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It has occurred to me how diversely salvation is presented in the Gospels. And so I took to the task of listed most of those occurrences the subject comes up in the teachings of Jesus. And what I found is quite remarkable. Passage - Method of Salvation Matt. 5:3-10 Poor in spirit, meek...

I would like to get a Jewish take on what is called the 'Divine Council', as perpetrated in the following article: The Council and the Kabbalah Is their any Jewish thought to this matter?

It is interesting the kind of advertising links one finds on this forum. I just clicked on one for something called Quantum Jumping, which the ad claims is far more profound than astral projection and oobes. It also promises success when one learns the techniques to quantum jumping, offered in a...

In light of discussion with FaithfulServant in I’ve become an Evangelistic Universalist thread; I felt it necessary to start another thread to address a specific issue. The purpose of this new thread is to re-examine point-by-point Universal Reconciliation claims that FaithfulServant expressed...

ATTENTION MODERATORS: If it’s all the same to you, and if possible, I’d like all the discussion on Noahides/Noachides in the I've become an Evangelical Universalist thread, be moved to the other thread on Bnai-Noach, beginning with Saltmeister’s post on 28 (the discussion on Noahide in response...

Or more precisely, an Evangelical Universal Reconciliationist. Huh? What? Basically, I believe in the evangelical fundamental message of salvation, including the doctrine of hell (though not necessarily in a literalist form), only I do not believe Hell is permanent. I also believe this to...

To literalist evangelicals, the above scripture, along with certain other passages, leaves no room for doubt that the Holy Bible is inerrant in every word penned down by the writers, as inspired by thbe Holy Spirit. There are those who would even venture to proclaim that a certain version of the...

(Sura 10:94) (Y. Ali) If thou wert in doubt as to what We have revealed unto thee, then ask those who have been reading the Book from before thee: the Truth hath indeed come to thee from thy Lord: so be in no wise of those in doubt. (Sura 10:94) (Asad) AND SO, [O man,] if thou art in doubt...

I've been getting into this blog that speaks of something called 'Relational Theology', which I'm finding to be in large agreement with. I wonder if anyone else has heard of this? The Institute of Relational Theology - Relational Theology in a Nutshell

I'm inspired by Did Jesus (pbuh) die for our sins? thread. I'd like to focus on the idea of sacrifice and what it means to different people. The root meaning for sacrifice is "to make sacred". In most cases it involves giving up something of value to another in order to produce a positive change...

I've always been interested in near-death accounts. But this one took me aback, needless to say. It's rather lengthy, but chilling. (And a bit graphic, so heed warning). Dreaming of Moshiach: The End What do you make of this?

Been reading a book called "Witness to the Holocaust" by Michael Berenbaum and was struck by what went on at the Conference at Evian in 1938. It seems the Nazi's were actually attempting to export Jews out of their country, but were met with resistance by prospectable countries to take them in...

As an atheist, I truly believe Africa needs God What do you think about the implications of introducing socialogical change along with humanitarian aid in undeveloped countries, rather than aid alone? Should we try and chance a society in order to induce positive change to their lifestyle...

The Metaphoric Hell Language is an elusive thing, particularly when one attempts to describe something no one has experienced before. Or if you are the only one who has experienced it, and attempt to describe it, your audience will not get it, for they would have not experienced it...

I wonder who here has not done the Santa Claus, for whatever reason. I, for one, chose not to play Santa with my kids. Not because of religious reasons, but because I remember how sorely disappointed I was in finding out the hard way that the truth. As a child, every Christmas, I would make...

I read this article entitled "Seven Habits of Highly Ineffective Terrorists", probably written as a response to the aftermath of Mumbai. But I was struck with the idea of the need "social solidarity" as motivator for people to join groups like this. Seems to me that most people have some...

Sometimes when I like to find a particular post someone has posted, I would click on their profile name and select "Find more posts by....". But then the system tells me that I have to wait 30 seconds before I can do 'another' search. But this is the first time I'm doing any kind of search, so...

The first footage of the Large Hadron Collider in action. Watch closely: Large Hadron Collider Awesome!

Is there any legitimacy to this as originating from Gandhi? Gandi's Seven Deadly Sins 1. Wealth without work. 2. Pleasure without conscience. 3. Knowledge without character. 4. Commerce without morality. 5. Science without humilty. 6. Worship without sacrifice. 7. Politics without principle.

Listening to a Christian program on TV called Amazing Facts, the speaker, Doug Batchelor, was talking about the state of man at death. And I was struck by the notion that when a man dies, according to him, that the soul dies with the body, that there is no more consciousness, no memory, no...