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  Unbelief and Salvation

  by lriddle80 in

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  hebrews 6:4-8. for it is impossible, in the case of those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, and have shared in the holy spirit, 5 and have tasted the goodness of the word of god and the powers of the age to come, 6 and then have fallen away, to restore them again to repentance, since they are crucifying once again the son of god to their own harm and holding him up to contempt.

  7 for land that has drunk the rain that often falls on it, and produces a crop useful to those for whose sake it is cultivated, receives a blessing from god.

  8 but if it bears thorns and thistles, it is worthless and near to being cursed, and its end is to be burned.. but then i read articles that say that you cannot lose your salvation and that this scripture isn't talking about that.. but then 2 timothy says.

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  Thanks but better than praying you could address my objections to faith.
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  God and Unicorns

  by Sea Breeze in

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  atheist scientists now agree that "elasmotherium sibiricu" lived with humans.

  all they had to do was read their bible to know that.

  job 39:9 “will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib?”.

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  In brief - ageing is largely caused by free radicals produced by respiration. Oxygen kills us in the end. Iron in our cells is kept locked up to prevent it reacting with free oxygen radicals. Despite this and other protective measures our cells age and one effect is increased cross-linking of collagen. We get wrinkles!
  

  At death the highly reactive iron is released and causes proteins and cell membranes to tie in knots - an action that mimics Formaldehyde thus preserving amino acids and therefore proteins.

  It is a brilliant and fascinating discovery that allows investigation of samples that are millions of years old, previously thought impossible. It offers no comfort at all to Iron Age creation myths.

  More information here...

  See also Oxygen - The Molecule that made the world (chapter 9) by Nick Lane
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  "Independent" Scotland joke!

  by BoogerMan in

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  humza yousaf, scotland's first minister, said: "scotland, i'm afraid, is suffering because we are not independent.

  " https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-66012834.

  try telling that to scotland's tourists and many island communities: the ferry services are dying month by month, and the two new overdue & over-budget ferries justify a serious legal/criminal enquiry.. any bunch of incompetents who can't provide a small country with a ferry service and a legally binding contract to build 2 new boats - having controlled scotland since 2007 - has no credibility in claiming they could run a country!.

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  But BoogerMan think of all the cushy jobs those phoney embassies create for SNP cronies.
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  Unbelief and Salvation

  by lriddle80 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  hebrews 6:4-8. for it is impossible, in the case of those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, and have shared in the holy spirit, 5 and have tasted the goodness of the word of god and the powers of the age to come, 6 and then have fallen away, to restore them again to repentance, since they are crucifying once again the son of god to their own harm and holding him up to contempt.

  7 for land that has drunk the rain that often falls on it, and produces a crop useful to those for whose sake it is cultivated, receives a blessing from god.

  8 but if it bears thorns and thistles, it is worthless and near to being cursed, and its end is to be burned.. but then i read articles that say that you cannot lose your salvation and that this scripture isn't talking about that.. but then 2 timothy says.

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  Once you've tasted the goodness of God and seen the miracles. I couldn't do it knowing what I know now

  Once you've understood how the bible promotes slavery and infanticide and how an all powerful and loving god is incompatible with reality I couldn't go on believing.
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  Unbelief and Salvation

  by lriddle80 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  hebrews 6:4-8. for it is impossible, in the case of those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, and have shared in the holy spirit, 5 and have tasted the goodness of the word of god and the powers of the age to come, 6 and then have fallen away, to restore them again to repentance, since they are crucifying once again the son of god to their own harm and holding him up to contempt.

  7 for land that has drunk the rain that often falls on it, and produces a crop useful to those for whose sake it is cultivated, receives a blessing from god.

  8 but if it bears thorns and thistles, it is worthless and near to being cursed, and its end is to be burned.. but then i read articles that say that you cannot lose your salvation and that this scripture isn't talking about that.. but then 2 timothy says.

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  'forfeit love'

  Wow!
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  would you be more happy not knowing what you now know?

  by ExBethelitenowPIMA in

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  a good question is would you be more happy not knowing what you now know?.

  were you more happy pimi?

  are all the pimis more happy than the the pimos or the pomos?.

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  Word salad.
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  would you be more happy not knowing what you now know?

  by ExBethelitenowPIMA in

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  a good question is would you be more happy not knowing what you now know?.

  were you more happy pimi?

  are all the pimis more happy than the the pimos or the pomos?.

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  we will never know the full truth if intelligence was involved or was it all blind chance ... please don’t mistake this view as denial of scientific discoveries or denial of well established facts

  We absolutely do know. It is exactly the same as the 'full truth' that the earth is not flat- EXACTLY the same level of evidence. How are you in any position to comment since you have never read a single book on the subject?

  You ARE totally in denial of some of the best established facts in the history of science.

  It matters for lots of reasons.

  • There was no Adam and Eve
  • Humans were not a special creation
  • We did not fall from perfection

  To name just three.

  You can believe what makes you comfortable but you can't expect to be taken seriously when your worldview is predicated on the denial of simple irrefutable facts. 3.78 million scientific papers!

  Your second post makes no sense at all because you don't understand the connection between design and natural selection. How could you unless you made some effort? I also think you should google 'false dichotomy'.
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  would you be more happy not knowing what you now know?

  by ExBethelitenowPIMA in

  1. watchtower
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  a good question is would you be more happy not knowing what you now know?.

  were you more happy pimi?

  are all the pimis more happy than the the pimos or the pomos?.

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  Okay please tell me about these biologists who believe intelligence was necessarily involved in the evolution of all life from a common ancestor. I gave you 3.8 million papers that say otherwise.

  I am asserting that these 'young scientists' are a figment of your imagination.

  Why are you STILL proposing a false dichotomy between intelligence and 'chance' despite my explaining this countless times. It's as if you have never read any books on natural selection ... oh wait!
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  would you be more happy not knowing what you now know?

  by ExBethelitenowPIMA in

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  a good question is would you be more happy not knowing what you now know?.

  were you more happy pimi?

  are all the pimis more happy than the the pimos or the pomos?.

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  The two groups that can’t agree are those that think common ancestry proves intelligence and those that think it proves chance

  Please tell me about all these biologists who conclude that all life descended from a common ancestor over millions of years who reject natural processes as a cause. I'm NOT talking about the origin of life or the origin of the universe.

  Who are these 'many more young scientists' of whom you speak. Where are their thousands of peer-reviewed papers showing that ID is necessary to explain common ancestry? (there are none - not even one)

  Why do you keep repeating the word 'chance'? The elegance of evolution by natural selection is its explanation of how complexity was achieved without the need for 'pure chance'. You cannot successfully criticise something that you have not begun to understand. Again we are ONLY talking about common ancestry - NOT abiogenesis or cosmic origins.

  Please stop changing the subject. My only point here is that every living thing descended from a common ancestor over millions of years through unguided natural processes. Good luck finding any biologist - who doesn't have a fundamentalist religious agenda - who disagrees with this simple fact. It is literally as well established in science as the shape of the planet.

  Here are 3.8 million academic papers discussing the evidence for evolution by natural selection. They are written by scientists of all ages. There is no disagreement between 'old school' and younger biologists. That is a lie that fundamentalists like to tell each other without any evidence.

  Going back to your OP you advocated for 'informed ignorance'. Apart from that being an oxymoron, my point is that in order to maintain that position you have to make a lot of effort and tell yourself endless lies in order to stay in that state.
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  Unbelief and Salvation

  by lriddle80 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  hebrews 6:4-8. for it is impossible, in the case of those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, and have shared in the holy spirit, 5 and have tasted the goodness of the word of god and the powers of the age to come, 6 and then have fallen away, to restore them again to repentance, since they are crucifying once again the son of god to their own harm and holding him up to contempt.

  7 for land that has drunk the rain that often falls on it, and produces a crop useful to those for whose sake it is cultivated, receives a blessing from god.

  8 but if it bears thorns and thistles, it is worthless and near to being cursed, and its end is to be burned.. but then i read articles that say that you cannot lose your salvation and that this scripture isn't talking about that.. but then 2 timothy says.

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  It's the christian version of the 'no true Scotsman' fallacy.

  It's identical to the way JWs comfort themselves that apostates were never REALLY true believers. It gives comfort and calms fears that just maybe the one who left knew something you ought to think about.

  Yes Heb 6 is perfectly clear that true believers 'who have tasted the heavenly gift, and have shared in the Holy Spirit' do leave faith.