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Recent content by tdidymas

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    Best Possible Uses for AI Imagiable

    Sounds nice, but I would not have a robot attend to my medical needs, since any mistake could result in death. Robots have no conscience. I saw a video where a robot was supposed to assist a tech on a production line, but stabbed him with a screwdriver. I think AI at best is precarious at this...
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    Best Possible Uses for AI Imagiable

    There is also potential for evil: https://www.pressrundown.com/top-news/anthropic-ai-model-turned-evil-after-hacking-its-own-training-data?lctg=675f1dc3eef77bb512459560 So it all depends on the moral integrity of the programmers, and their competence in discovering what could go wrong.
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    Best Possible Uses for AI Imagiable

    AI can't do some necessary work for you. It is limited, as its available databases are also limited. No doubt at times there may be wrong information in the web, and AI might give you a bum steer. Choice of words might be critical for AI giving you the "right answer." Therefore you have to have...
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    Am I Saved?

    The two verses you quoted indicate an ongoing lifestyle, or continuous attitude of repentance. 1 Jn. 3:6-10 is not talking about absolute sinless perfection. Therefore, it's about direction in life, not a state of being. Consider this: the sinful nature causes people to be self-centered. If God...
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    Does Regeneration Precede Faith?

    I'm no longer going to respond to you, because all you're doing is looking for yet more objections to what I say in complete disregard of the scripture I cite. This means to me that all you want to do is argue about the matter. Consider this my last response. 1. Eph. 2:8 tells us that...
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    Does Regeneration Precede Faith?

    Part 2: A human rescuer may not be able to save everyone. Then a person who was actually saved will all the more appreciate being saved. If the burning building wasn't bad enough that the situation was desperate enough to kill most people in it, and then everyone was indeed saved, then the...
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    Does Regeneration Precede Faith?

    Who said anything about a pill? Humility is not an "emotion" as you claim, but is a spiritual understanding of one's own condition. "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven." When you talk about "emotions" you are talking about living according to the flesh - that is...
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    Does Regeneration Precede Faith?

    No, not everyone humbles himself, this is the why of Luke 14:11. If a person accepts the gospel as charity, it means they understand that God wants to reconcile with them, which is a measure of faith in Christ, since it is the gospel. I suppose that Hagar and Ishmael accepted charity from God...
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    Does Regeneration Precede Faith?

    You didn't say what you are objecting to, so how can I respond? Everything I write is found in scripture. If you are injecting yourself in the conversation at this point, how do I know you aren't taking my statement out of context? I said that God sees nothing at all in us that merits (prompts)...
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    Does Regeneration Precede Faith?

    So then does God see someone's "humble acceptance of His undeserved pure charity" prompt Him to cause Spiritual blessing, namely eternal life? You said, "This willingness to accept of your own free will is all God needs to shower you with unbelievable wonderful gifts." - is this "free-will"...
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    Does Regeneration Precede Faith?

    It seems to me that you don't believe what the apostle Paul clearly states in 1 Cor. 2 and Rom. 3 about unregenerate man. It also appears to me that you don't think "choosing to believe in Jesus" is a righteous choice. There is a cognitive dissonance in your stand. If you agreed with Paul in...
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    Does Regeneration Precede Faith?

    When you say, "but regeneration must be accepted by man," are you assuming that a person already regenerated, having the Holy Spirit in him speaking to him, could actually have such a rotten attitude (hate toward God) that he rejects the regeneration given? If God is merciful toward someone...
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    OSAS - I was wrong...again

    What about all the people who believe and die long before the mark of the beast becomes the ultimate test? It seems to me your scenario is a straw man, because it appears to be set up for failure. There is plenty of evidence for OSAS in the NT that you can find, if you care to look for it. But...
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    OSAS - I was wrong...again

    No true believer will ever take the mark of the beast; but I doubt you will agree. Jesus said, "not everyone who calls Me 'Lord' will enter the kingdom of heaven. Therefore we know that many people who claim to be Christian will take the mark. But they were never saved to begin with. And I still...
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    OSAS - I was wrong...again

    Your response makes no sense at all. It appears to me you're just wanting to argue. I'm putting you on ignore.