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  1. Philip_B

    Answer the Question with a Question (6)

    Like we should welcome the alien in our land?
  2. Philip_B

    Does the Bible command Christians to support the State of Israel?

    I was probably thinking more closely of Genesis 17:1-8. When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to Abram, and said to him, ‘I am God Almighty; walk before me, and be blameless. And I will make my covenant between me and you, and will make you exceedingly numerous.’ Then Abram...
  3. Philip_B

    Does the Bible command Christians to support the State of Israel?

    My problem with the children of Abraham argument is that Abraham had children by three women: Hagar, Sarah, and Keturah. And I also acknowledge the rather more general argument from Paul, that as children of faith, we too (Gentile Christians) are children of Abraham.
  4. Philip_B

    Anyone up for a chat thread?

    Has anyone else read The Crisis of Colonial Anglicanism by Martyn Percy? I found it interesting, challenging, sad, scary, informative and insightful. I would be interested in discussing it.
  5. Philip_B

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    However, surely veracity and utility are not the same thing?
  6. Philip_B

    Israel-Hamas Thread II

    Wisconson?
  7. Philip_B

    Israel-Hamas Thread II

    What does the Lord require, but to do justice, to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God.
  8. Philip_B

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    Do you feel with your fingers or your toes?
  9. Philip_B

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    Who doesn't like prizes when handed out by a knight of the realm?
  10. Philip_B

    Does the Bible command Christians to support the State of Israel?

    The Question is: Is the Israel of the Old Testament the same as the State of Israel that has emerged as a result of the UN resolutions of 1947-48?
  11. Philip_B

    What if Trump held a press briefing and nobody came?

    I have just read a Biogrphy of FDR and it left me wondering if FDR was the playbook for DJT save that he want to roll back the NEW DEAL.
  12. Philip_B

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    Do British people speak English?
  13. Philip_B

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    Can you dream arithmetic?
  14. Philip_B

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    Did you really want a date?
  15. Philip_B

    Israel-Hamas Thread II

    There is a big difference between anti-Semitic and anti-Zionist. Semites are the children of Shem, and this would include the children of Hagai, Sarah and Kendra. Many of the people being accused of being anti-Semitic are themselves Semitic people.
  16. Philip_B

    Thoughts and prayers!

    Whatsoever you beg of God, also work for it.
  17. Philip_B

    Artificial intelligence

    That is a hope, however, I don't think it is an established reality. It involves money, and the algorithms are tailored to include bias. The veracity of Wikipedia is regularly called into question. We don't live in an ideal world, yet.
  18. Philip_B

    Artificial intelligence

    Thanks for raising a really important issue. Here is an AI summary of AI Part 1 - The Image of God We do affirm the nature of humanity made in the image and after the likeness of God. In a sense, being made in the image and after the likeness of God almost predestines that at some stage we...
  19. Philip_B

    Make America Grateful Again

    I think equating justice with condemnation is to miss the point. Justification and Righteousness are basically built on the same Koine Greek concept and in that sense are pretty much the inverse of condemnation and to do with setting us in a right relationship with God. We condemn I suspect more...
  20. Philip_B

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    How could it be a bookshelf if it didn't have books on it?
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