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  1. A Devil's Advocate

    Repent, or else!

    Repent, or else! That's not what people normally say, but it's often the sense I get from hearing 'you must repent.' Before I start this thread, a quick question to those who believe we are to repent of our sins either for salvation or in a maintaining of salvation.... Are we to repent of the...
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    A Christian misconception

    If you're a religious christian (repentance, confession, and a constant focus on sin is the foundation of your faith) where your faith is all about doing this or that and not doing this or that, then this may be difficult for you to read. On the other hand, if your christian faith is all about...
  3. A Devil's Advocate

    A follow up to me post "Am I dead wrong when it comes to death and life?"

    In light of my previous post with there possibly being death in the world before sin, I've some questions that have recently come to mind. I apologize if these questions have been asked a hundred times over. But, if they have been asked plenty of times before, then I should feel confident in...
  4. A Devil's Advocate

    Freewill and evil, can we have one without the other?

    Freewill is the means through which we are capable of choosing a relationship with the father, or going at it independently of him. What is freewill? Freewill at it's very core is the permission given to us by God to say "No! I want nothing to do with you!" It's the "creations" freedom to deny...
  5. A Devil's Advocate

    Aliens from an eternal point of view

    In 1987 the movie Contact, starring Jodie Foster and Matthew McConaughay first aired in theatres. In that movie Jodie's character had asked her father about there being alien life out there? Her fathers response was, "It would be a lot of wasted space if there wasn't." That answer has stuck with...
  6. A Devil's Advocate

    Am I dead wrong when it comes to death and life?

    It is commonly understood that before the fall, there was no death. But, is this actually true? And when death entered the world, was it a physical death, or a spiritual death? When Adam was placed into the Garden of Eden, he was to work it and take care of it. This may seem trivial but it's...
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    A challenge to read scripture in the light of what I said here

    Many years back when I first became a Christian, it didn't take very long before I began seeing contradictions or discrepancies in what I was being taught versus what I was reading in scripture. Granted, I was a new believer, but simple common sense shouldn't be thrown out the window for the...