Posts by Christ Alone

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Should We Worship Jesus?

by Perry in

there is one lord, one faith, one baptism.. jehovah and jesus are also both spoken of as savior.

this is true because even though there are two personalities, and jesus also possesses a human body, they both also share the same substance or essence of god.

this is similar to my son who shares 50% of my essence in dna.

Christ Alone

There is something we don't know so the person of faith readily accepts an evidence-free assertion that fills the gap and pretends that the ability to accept that answer is humilty.

The evidence I accept is not the evidence you accept. When I look at several events in my life, they prove to me that God exists. And they match up with what the Bible says about it. So I accept the Bible as solid evidence in these matters. So the gap was created by science, stating that there was no evidence. When there is nothing BUT evidence for the existence of God, IMO.

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Should We Worship Jesus?

by Perry in

there is one lord, one faith, one baptism.. jehovah and jesus are also both spoken of as savior.

this is true because even though there are two personalities, and jesus also possesses a human body, they both also share the same substance or essence of god.

this is similar to my son who shares 50% of my essence in dna.

Christ Alone

Why if he doesn't show himself.

He will.

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Should We Worship Jesus?

by Perry in

there is one lord, one faith, one baptism.. jehovah and jesus are also both spoken of as savior.

this is true because even though there are two personalities, and jesus also possesses a human body, they both also share the same substance or essence of god.

this is similar to my son who shares 50% of my essence in dna.

Christ Alone

A human body with no blood is scientific because of some vague nonsense about quantum physics.

For the record, I didn't claim that it was physically scientific. I'm not going to pretned to know what it means that the Bible shows that Jesus was raised in His physical body.

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Should We Worship Jesus?

by Perry in

there is one lord, one faith, one baptism.. jehovah and jesus are also both spoken of as savior.

this is true because even though there are two personalities, and jesus also possesses a human body, they both also share the same substance or essence of god.

this is similar to my son who shares 50% of my essence in dna.

Christ Alone

Jesus is called "The Man" in 1Tim 2:5. He said that he would raise his own BODY. However, it is not our corruptible body. It put on incorruptibility, just as ours will. He is now immortal. What changes that means to the actual human body, the Bible does not say. Does Jesus still have blood? Does Jesus grow hair, sneeze, have other bodily functions? The Bible doesn't say.

But it does make it clear that Jesus was raised in His physical body.

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Believers, do you believe in evolution?

by everchangingworld in

after leaving, i still couldn't wrap my head around evolution (after the years of seing "intelligent design" in everything around me).. there's a series of videos that give a good intro to evolution and critical thinking.

they've probably been posted here before, but, for any new members, these are worth watching.. evolution: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdddbyilel0.

critical thinking: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6olpl5p0fmg.

Christ Alone

And yet so many seem to know so much about this realm.

I spoke about this on another thread. Many pretend to know so much about it, but no one really does. It's not based on ideas, but on the Bible. That's my main source, whether you agree with it or not. I can't go beyond what the Bible says about the "spirit" or what is "spirituality". So I can't answer cofty's questions of "Does Jesus fart?" I hope I'm known for someone who can say "I don't know" if I don't. It's a rare thing. Believers and non-believers claim to KNOW far more than they do.

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Should We Worship Jesus?

by Perry in

there is one lord, one faith, one baptism.. jehovah and jesus are also both spoken of as savior.

this is true because even though there are two personalities, and jesus also possesses a human body, they both also share the same substance or essence of god.

this is similar to my son who shares 50% of my essence in dna.

Christ Alone

then you can be sure you don't understand it.

I absolutely cannot understand it fully. I'm still in a physical reality. Job 36:26 says: "How great is God--beyond our understanding! The number of his years is past finding out."

And saying that because I would be required to change my views if something new was discovered is not being disingenuous. It's an attempt to keep a humble, always seeking attitude. I don't want to be like the fundies that have it all figured out and will never acknowledge anything that science reveals. I'm open to it.

However, the "gap" is something that the Bible CAN describe, and science CANNOT. At least at this point. The gap is that you don't agree with my source. :-) I don't believe something BECAUSE science has not answered it.

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Should We Worship Jesus?

by Perry in

there is one lord, one faith, one baptism.. jehovah and jesus are also both spoken of as savior.

this is true because even though there are two personalities, and jesus also possesses a human body, they both also share the same substance or essence of god.

this is similar to my son who shares 50% of my essence in dna.

Christ Alone

We are very close to explaining how life emerged from non-living chemicals and minerals.

Beware your god-of-the-gaps, it has a short shelf-life.

As I said, if science ever did it, I would have to majorly shift my views on what life IS, and that includes the spirit and spirtual natures. I read avidly about what the current theories are about who life emerged from the non living. I'm VERY curious about it. But so far the theories fall short. I've seen a few very good TED videos that show some of the research into it, and they are fascinating. But I'm still going out on a limb and will say that it will never happen. If/when it does, I will be the first to admit that I was wrong the whole time.

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Should We Worship Jesus?

by Perry in

there is one lord, one faith, one baptism.. jehovah and jesus are also both spoken of as savior.

this is true because even though there are two personalities, and jesus also possesses a human body, they both also share the same substance or essence of god.

this is similar to my son who shares 50% of my essence in dna.

Christ Alone

By "positive" you want "visible". That's why I said this is where the problem begins. You do not accept anything that is not physical. As physical beings we can only view the physical. By it's nature the spirit is unseen. It must be a negative. It's the opposite of the physical reality. I can't give you a positive definition of the spirit when the spirit is an unseen force/reality.

However, I did give you a positive. "That which causes life". It is life. And science cannot recreate it. They never will, imo. They cannot harness the spiritual.

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Should We Worship Jesus?

by Perry in

there is one lord, one faith, one baptism.. jehovah and jesus are also both spoken of as savior.

this is true because even though there are two personalities, and jesus also possesses a human body, they both also share the same substance or essence of god.

this is similar to my son who shares 50% of my essence in dna.

Christ Alone

"you are not spiritual enough to understand"

Cofty, I didn't mean it that way. I meant that without understanding that there is something behind LIFE, there is no ability to understand. If science is able to recreate LIFE, then I will definitely have to reevaluate my belief. But thus far, science cannot (and IMO will not) create life. They can't give life to something using purely biological processes. Yet, even with information and knowledge at their disposal, it's still eluded them. Yet, somehow, life began without any outside information or knowledge going into it. It was all directionless and random. Yet, life still began.

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Should We Worship Jesus?

by Perry in

there is one lord, one faith, one baptism.. jehovah and jesus are also both spoken of as savior.

this is true because even though there are two personalities, and jesus also possesses a human body, they both also share the same substance or essence of god.

this is similar to my son who shares 50% of my essence in dna.

Christ Alone

Think for a moment about how radically different a bloodless body would be. What exactly would be left to call it human?

Blood is what makes us human? Cofty...come on...what makes us human has nothing to do with blood.

CA

- A positive definition of "spirit" please.

The spirit is the non-corporeal non quantifiable substance. Usually its contrasted with the material body. You could call it "the unseen". That's one reason it is not physically testable. What causes us to be conscious? What is life? So far (and I speculate that it will never happen) science has not been able to bring anything to life. There is the missing "spirit", which is what is unseen but behind all life. Spirituality is recognizing the unseen that is behind life and behind what we see as physical nature. The outer world flows from the inner world. When you are connected to your own spirituality you are connected to the very source of everything in the world. You uplift your world by first transforming and uplifting your own inner world and your inner vision. I disagree with Psac that there was a time when humans did not have the "spirit".

Perhaps that is why atheists have a problem with "spirit" because they are captives of the idea "I only believe what I see".