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Recent content by BobRyan

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    I have a question and I’m confused

    Adventists did not write AI for google. I am not targeting an SDA source and my question does not say to avoid Lutherans. If you have a very short question as in my example, that does not mention any person or any denomination, as in my example, and you get that answer above, then feel free to...
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    WHEN WAS THE LAW TAKEN AWAY. AND GRACE BEGAN. ??

    Most people know the actual meaning of grace so they know it when they see it in Gen 3. Adam and Eve are not killed immediately as God's warning in chapter 2 clearly indicated even in Eve's own statement at the start of 3. The entire argument of the serpent in 3 is that God's warning was mere...
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    Do the Ten Commandments apply to Christians today?

    Not true. Adam did not "take God's name in vain" Gen 6-7 shows that even the distinction between CLEAN vs UNCLEAN animals we observed before the flood And no command saying "Do not take God's name in vain" n Gen 1-10 either By not following the point from the very start you miss the entire...
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    Daniel 9:25 — Interpreting “Messiah the Prince”

    Truly a novel reading of the chapter. Thanks for helping me see how that suggestion unfolds. Historically, figures like Irenaeus, Hippolytus, and later Protestant reformers emphasized the Messiah's coming within this single 490 year timeline. Vs 25 "70 weeks have been cut off" is a reference...
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    Do the Ten Commandments apply to Christians today?

    Not true. Adam did not "take God's name in vain" Gen 6-7 shows that even the distinction between CLEAN vs UNCLEAN animals we observed before the flood Gen 4 shows that the law against Murder declaring it to be sin, was known and enforced before the flood. The Sabbath commandment itself points...
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    Do the Ten Commandments apply to Christians today?

    Rom 3:31 "do we make void the LAW by our faith? God forbid!! In fact we ESTABLISH the Law" That same law where as Paul said "the first commandment with a promise is - Honor your father and mother" Eph 6:1-2 Heb 8 demands that the Law of God known in Jer 31:31-33 is what is STILL written on the...
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    Do the Ten Commandments apply to Christians today?

    Jesus fulfilled all the commandments including "do not take God's name in vain". Fulfill is not a synonym for "delete" Were we simply "not supposed to notice?"
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    I have a question and I’m confused

    you appear to be saying their is confusion in the world. But the question was about selecting a single denomination with the criteria listed where they actually are one single denomination and and not a federation of disparate groups.
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    WHEN WAS THE LAW TAKEN AWAY. AND GRACE BEGAN. ??

    Grace began in Gen 3, the moment Adam sinned , since God has stated that to was to die, and Adam lived over 900 years after he sinned. The Law of God is written on the heart under the New Covenant according to Jer 31 and according to Heb 8 and Heb 10. "Sin is transgression of the Law" 1 John...
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    AI search says Adventists are the largest single denomination holding to Sola Scriptura

    ok I believe you. But I think this AI comment about why it did not include Lutheran church does make sense. AI said: =============================== Why others don't fit the final criteria: Assemblies of God: While very large and...
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    AI search says Adventists are the largest single denomination holding to Sola Scriptura

    I did not mention my bias. I never asked for the Adventist church to even be in the list. The only theological POV I specified was "Sola scriptura testing of doctrine". If your point is that such a search criteria is just another way to say "select the Adventist denomination" , then I am more...
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    AI search says Adventists are the largest single denomination holding to Sola Scriptura

    My criteria said nothing about decentralized Admin. Here is the AI discussion of why certain denominations were rejected based on selection criteria ============================== begin AI response regarding the alternative candidates Why others don't fit the final criteria: Assemblies of...
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    AI search says Adventists are the largest single denomination holding to Sola Scriptura

    I loosened the search criteria a bit to ask the question this way, to eliminate the "single administrative body" restriction AI Answer was unchanged because the objective was to identify a single group managed by one integrated admin holding to the same doctrine .
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    AI search says Adventists are the largest single denomination holding to Sola Scriptura

    I asked this question on a Google AI search page "what are the top 3 Christian denominations holding to sola scriptura testing of all doctrine and having a single set of administrators with one single set of official doctrines and having no autonomous subgroups included in the total...
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    I have a question and I’m confused

    Interesting detail... ASK AI this in any browser: "what are the top 3 Christian denominations holding to sola scriptura testing of all doctrine and having a single set of administrators with one single set of official doctrines and having no autonomous subgroups included in the total...