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Daily Alchemy: a question to think on together
30d ago“Was JD Vance justified in warning Pope Leo about discussing theology at the TPUSA event?”
- curiousdwk...
No. Nothing in the Bible is a "verifiable fact": Not the story of creation, or of Jonah and the whale or any story within the Bible. The Bible is book of stories with wisdom and morals but not facts.... I really liked the secular application of grace near the end of the film. I suspect there is some overlap there with the beautiful truth vs terrible lie choice.... I love this line: Grace is our collective safeguard against the society becoming drenched in sin. I grew up Christian on the East Coast of America and tasted many varietals of the sin/shame/damnation Christianity.... - onWe need to recover the idea of the Soul from its destruction at the hands of modern metaphysics and its distortion in traditional Christianity.by
"In my Christian upbringing, I was taught that I AM a soul, not that I possess one. In this scheme, my Soul is fatally marked with Sin, incapable of pleasing God, and must be redeemed." You would know better than me, but: People might have said "You are a soul", but I don't... - Benford...
I am a 70 year old human trainwreck. I am very fortunate in that I have a great mind, in the gifted range. I was at 125 IQ last time I was tested in the 90's. This and reasoned faith are why I am still alive now. It has cost more to repair my skin suit than I earned with it.... - Rydersop...
- Fredwage...
There is a test question about nearly all of subjective reality, a test that breaks apart that which has been created by humans and that which is natural to the cosmos. The question is: How is that possible?... - Jhabante...
I see two possibilities: 1) God, who put us in charge: Gen 1:28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing...