The question has been and is: Is God in Control of Everything?
The obvious answer is no. Look around. Obvious.
Can He? Of course.

PrincetonGuy said:

I have never on a Christian message board demeaned or goaded another member because that is not who I am! I do not know you and I said nothing about you. My comments were entirely limited to what you posted. However, you have written and posted:

“Obviously you are oblivious of logic and only attack without defending your attack. You do know how to explain and defend your posts, right?”

There is something very, very wrong here!

Moreover, I did explain and defend my post, writing “I would call it subjective reasoning in the absence of objective facts.”

Furthermore, knowing that God exits (the subject of this thread) and coming to God (the subject of other threads) are two very different things. Let’s stay on the topic of THIS thread.

Click to expand...

Your earlier post:

PrincetonGuy said:

In Chattanooga, they would call this “hogwash.” Where I live, they would call it “gibberish!” In Southeast Los Angeles, they would call it “####!” I would call it subjective reasoning in the absence of objective facts.

Click to expand...

This is goading and attacking the poster. Hogwash, gibberish and cursing does not lead to a civil discussion. Just stating that you thought that it was subjective reasoning with an explanation would have sufficed.

I do remember you (primarily your username) from 10 years ago. We used to have conversations in the Baptist room and GT back then.

SabbathBlessings said:

They were given before Mt Sinai here is an example of it

Exo 16:26 Six days you shall gather it, but on the seventh day, the Sabbath, there will be none.”

Click to expand...

Did you even read Exodus 16? Is not God speaking directly to Moses and telling him what to tell Israel? There is nothing showing that God gave his Commandments, to be written down before Moses went up the mountain to get them

Brain-rot was the Oxford word of the year in 2024, I wonder why?

PrincetonGuy said:

Where is this coming from?

Click to expand...

General Theology statement of purpose which is a sticky in GT. The statement of faith includes the nicene creed.

“The General Theology forums are for discussing and debating the various theological doctrines of the Christian faith. All member's who participate in GT are self-identified Christians through adherence to the Christian Forums' Statement of Faith and the Trinitarian nature of God.”

BelieveItOarKnot said:

That may be what your mind heard, the devil made me do it (Flip Wilson version)

Scripture says: The devil did it

Critical difference in hearing

Click to expand...

Same outcome for the one on the recieving end of it (like my sons mother-n-law, whose friend was stabbed to death by her special needs teenager. Without the individual, Satan is powerless to affect anything ...

Hentenza said:

This is general theology. The existence of God is a priori. No need to prove that God exists. In order to post here you have to agree with the Nicene creed. You do know that, right?

Click to expand...

Where is this coming from?

Michie said:

One of my very good friends is Holiness Pentecostal. One of the sweetest ladies you’d ever want to meet. ♥️

Click to expand...

It's just Pentecostal here in Australia. We don't use the term "Holiness Pentecostal". The assumption is that if you're Pentecostal, you should be into holiness anyway, so using both names together amounts to tautology.

You need to look up the terms of the refugee convention. Actually going into another country to claim asylum is what is legal, not hovering at the border begging while the enemy comes to kill you.

Hentenza said:

In theology is called scriptural.

“No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him; and I will raise him up on the last day.”
‭‭John‬ ‭6‬:‭44‬ ‭NASB2020‬‬

John 6:44 No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him; and I will raise him up on the last day. | New American Standard Bible - NASB (NASB2020) | Download The Bible App Now

No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him; and I will raise him up on the last day.

bible.com

If no one can come to God unless He draws Him first then if an unbeliever proves in his/her mind that God exists then God drew them to Him. It’s perfectly scriptural.

Obviously you are oblivious of logic and only attack without defending your attack. You do know how to explain and defend your posts, right? Demeaning and goading posters is against the site’s rules. You should know this as you’ve been here long enough to know.

Click to expand...

I have never on a Christian message board demeaned or goaded another member because that is not who I am! I do not know you and I said nothing about you. My comments were entirely limited to what you posted. However, you have written and posted:

“Obviously you are oblivious of logic and only attack without defending your attack. You do know how to explain and defend your posts, right?”

There is something very, very wrong here!

Moreover, I did explain and defend my post, writing “I would call it subjective reasoning in the absence of objective facts.”

Furthermore, knowing that God exits (the subject of this thread) and coming to God (the subject of other threads) are two very different things. Let’s stay on the topic of THIS thread.

Apple Sky said:

Well why didn't you say 'Joseph of Arimathea' I'm not a mind reader.

Click to expand...

Why didn't you READ my post?
I said:

Strong in Him said:

It seems likely that Joseph died after Jesus' 12th birthday, because he is never mentioned again. As the oldest boy, Jesus would have then been head of the family and looked after them financially.
He probably handed over to a brother when it was time for him to start his ministry.

Click to expand...

i) Joseph of Arimathea is not mentioned at the time of Jesus' birth/childhood. But is mentioned after Jesus' death.
ii) Jesus would not have been head of the family if his dad, Joseph, was still alive.

The context can only refer to Jesus' father, Joseph. But maybe you don't understand context?

CoreyD said:

The Hebrew word chatta'ah, translated sin, is offence, and the Greek word hamartia translated sin, is offence, but emphasizes that it is due to missing the mark.
So, anything that misses the mark of God's standard of right, is an offense to God - sin.

Sin, thus, only enters the scene when something goes in opposition to God, and that is what the angel who got the names Satan (opposer), and Devil (slanderer) did.
He introduces things that were in opposition to God.

There is only light and darkness.
To go away from light, is to head into darkness.
Jesus spoke about light in this way. The scriptures themselves called Jesus light.

So, before God created, there was light, and darkness outside that light.
Would God consume the darkness? I believe that in time, darkness would be completely consumed, and light alone would remain.

Click to expand...

To throw it out there ... Light called out of darkness is a spiritual principle, in relationship to the soul, as is light and darkness are the same to him; or as there is no place God is not, and why a cross, or to become desolate brings forth fruit unto, or a coming to this truth that is God to us, and in us (and this in relationship to each other) ...

God is a word and the darkness the lack of knowledge of what this word is in realtionship to us.

One day we will all know as all along we have known to be of light/God, which is as individual, as it is collective ... it is an ascending forever ...

RDKirk said:

Creation does not make it clear "that God cannot exist."

Creation displays evidence that God does exist.

And creation displays evidence to a sufficient degree that no man has an excuse to assert that God does not exist.

Click to expand...

Be a good idea to reread my post there, RD. Sounds like we misread each other.

Valletta said:

These were known terrorists,

Click to expand...

What are their names? And what has that got to do with what I asked?

Valletta said:

the submarine was carrying a large shipment of fentanyl and other drugs.

Click to expand...

Actual fentanyl or the ingredients? What other drugs.

Valletta said:

Over 80,000 Americans died of drug overdoses in 2024. 58, 220 Americans died in the entire Vietnam War.

Click to expand...

Perhaps Americans should stop taking illegal drugs. It's not as if the cartels were making them - they are seeking them out and paying good money.

BCP1928 said:

Nobody is trying to make excuses for Hamas, just trying to come to consider their motivation in order to deal with them more effectively.

Click to expand...

Motivation? It is found in their charter - they want the elimination of the Jews

Say it aint so said:

I don't know about Hamas, no one is defending them.

Click to expand...

Making excuses for atrocities is synonymous with defending them

retired firefighter said:

so sorry you are mis informed, i assume you are catholic?

Click to expand...

Misinformed? About what? I only said that "Holiness" churches aren't a thing in Australia - we don't call them by that name here. And no, I'm not Catholic, I'm a baptised-in-the-Spirit Pentecostal.

Strong in Him said:

I didn't say "Joseph of Arimathea", I said "Joseph" - Jesus' earthly father.

Click to expand...

Well why didn't you say 'Joseph Jesus's father' I'm not a mind reader.

Jesus did go to his Father’s house, and whipped them out. But he was the LORD, and had all the authority to do so. I try to keep my temper towards injustice. It’s good to remember that we can receive the same measure of grace.

Apple Sky said:

Joseph of Arimathea died of old age at the estimated age of 86,

Click to expand...

I didn't say "Joseph of Arimathea", I said "Joseph" - Jesus' earthly father.

Strong in Him said:

It seems likely that Joseph died after Jesus' 12th birthday,

Click to expand...

Joseph of Arimathea is a Biblical figure who assumed responsibility for the burial of Jesus after his crucifixion.

Joseph of Arimathea died of old age at the estimated age of 86, according to BBC. He died after converting thousands to Christianity in England and founding Glastonbury Abbey, with his funeral procession reportedly carried by six kings.

• Cause of death: He died of old age.
• Age at death: He was approximately 86 years old.
• Location: He died in Glastonbury, England.
• Legacy: He is credited with converting many people to Christianity and founding Glastonbury Abbey.

Fantine said:

MSN

How do you justify starving, bombing, and leveling the homes of 3.2 million Palestinians in Gaza in order to eliminate up to 30,000 members of Hamas?

Either Israel has the most inefficient gang that couldn't shoot straight in the history of mankind...or they are hyper-focused on destroying the Palestinian population in a vicious, callous disregard for human life.

So which are they?

The International Court of the Hague believes the latter, and so do I. They are technologically advanced and well-educated with mandatory military service for young men and women. They are not inefficient--they have denied the humanity of their "enemies," 50% of whom are children.

Click to expand...

You need a history lesson. Just about every war has been started by an aggressor. In just about every war the war inevitably lands at the aggressor’s land. In just about every war, a bunch of people from the aggressor’s land die in vain. In just about every war the aggressor is the root cause of the conflict and the root cause for the deaths of the innocent.

Hamas was/ is the aggressor and the root cause of not just the war but also the deaths that resulted from said war. Hamas could have ended this war any time by returning the hostages and stoping hostilities but they chose not to at the expense of the Gazans. Hamas took hostages to Gaza and hid them in tunnels AMONG the people and would not give them back. Israel attacked Hamas in Gaza because that IS where they fled. They took the war to Gaza. Israel followed them.

The bad people here is Hamas NOT Israel but you can’t see past your hatred of Israel to see the logical conclusion.