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Ummmmm.... are you new here, Brian? :);)

The reason why I have been saying these things, Soleil, is because I disagree with the gospel that you have been, in a sense, preaching. I disagree with it, because it is not the gospel of Jesus Christ; it is something of your own creation. It is a gospel of self-righteousness, where our goal is...

This is a bit of a semantics game, but I'll play along. Alex, I don't think that Jesus died for everyone's sins per se. Theoretically he could have, but using what Tao just said as my example it's pretty clear that not everyone accepts Jesus' sacrifice. In that sense, Jesus did not die for Tao's...

And you may want to read, 'The Bible." You can google it. Zacharias was the father of John the Baptist. The Holy Spirit (i.e. God) was and is the father of Jesus.

He might have, but I chalk religion up to mankind. The ambitious among us always find a way to organize people into large groups, whether religions or political parties or trade unions. Religion was certainly not what God had in mind for us when he created us. God didn't want a temple; he wanted...

Yeah, I notice that it says that Satan will be let loose for a little while. I also notice that in no place does the Bible actually say that the Earth will be a paradise; that's something you made up. I also notice that the Bible actually says that the Holy City is going to come down from Heaven...

Look at that; Marsh just went two for two in the prophecy department. Anybody interested in my predictions for the Stanley Cup Playoffs? Jehovah's Witnesses do indeed have a reputation for having zeal for the Bible. You have zeal, Mee-- zeal, but very little understanding of your own. Talking...

According to the Bible, everyone who died before Jesus' resurrection went to the grave. However, from my reading it appears that those who are forgiven through their faith in Jesus Christ do not, but rather go to be with him in what we refer to as Heaven (though, in truth, the real Heaven is far...

If Judas hadn't have betrayed Jesus, somebody else would have. Jesus wasn't murdered because God orchestrated the whole thing as part of a little sideshow; Jesus' murder is a statement of what society really is: evil. This is what gives me such a kick out of the way everyone oooohed and...

Speaking of false religious teachings, here's one. The Earth is certainly not going to become a paradise during that thousand years; the Bible says no such thing. Does that sound like the whole Earth becomes a paradise, Mee?

I never said that it was, nor would any Christian who believes that God is sovereign, and can do as he pleases (including forgiving whomever he'd like to forgive). If you knew me better, you'd know that I'm not big on theology and doctrine, and the whole "substitutionary atonement sacrifice"...

So let me get this straight, Mee: God's putting a physical being into a symbolic abyss?

Ping God? That's a great idea! :);):)

Oh yes, God certainly forgives....... those who ask for forgiveness. But consider the following passage for a moment: God can forgive whoever God wants, because he is God, and can do as he pleases; he says so in this very passage. But if the process is so easy (as you sort of implied it is)...

Nobody disagreed with it, either. That's tacit agreement, isn't it?

We agree.... how? You believe that Jesus' crucifiction was not a painful event for God; I believe that it was. Where's the agreement?

But the scriptures do say that, P. Trust me, I understand the distinction between scripture and doctrine, and the idea that Jesus' death was necessary for the salvation of human beings is scriptural. I assumed by citing scripture in the gospels of John and now Matthew that this would be...