I was refering to Luke in which he relates Jesus speaking a parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus. In this, the Rich man and Lazarus die but Lazarus...
Why then does Jesus teach a lesson where the two main figures are definitly concious after death? Why would Jesus use an image so unfamiliar to...
I was in a similar situation. I rejected Catholicism of Pagan and evil (a quick search of Burbot in these forums will reveal some hilariously...
How can it be both. Those who are sleep-dead in Christ do have hope. Those who were sleep-dead before Christ who died in fedelity with God had...
I'm going to break this down. The brutality of the Old Testament is a hard one mainly because it is seen as inspired, the Word of God, and True....
With all due cynicism, people are rarely kind or patient--especially in matters relating to conflicting faiths.
Which death is this? The first sleep death or the final destruction death? If it is the former, then you are doing what Peter warns in his...
http://blog.adw.org/2010/09/burning-the-quran-is-a-bad-idea-and-a-sin/ The planned event is a sin (on many levels). An interesting viewpoint.
I once played this horrible game by some girl I used to like in high school who was a pretty conservative "non denominational" Protestant where...
I am actually a little impressed. I takes a lot to get excommunicated. Would it be improper to ask what happened?
I've been over this before. What it is most likely Jesus is saying is that the kingdom is present there currently, not someplace somewhere else....
Why would it be sacrilege? Is it something about the Church or you?
So then you'd not be received by the Father? Isn't that something Jesus commanded us to do?
I have read the gospels. What about having to eat his flesh? Do you do that? cf. John 6 [51]I am the living bread which came down from heaven....
I repeat: You did.
The bolded sections are where I think you run into problems. Although we are created by God, it does not necessarily follow that God therefore...
I wasn't being judgemental, I was asking what you thought Christianity was. Is Christianity a religion where you just have to be nice and think...
So what you think Christianity is is a warm fuzzy religion where all God wants us to be is nice to each other? If Satan is real, should not we...
Like how we have to gnaw, chew, and eat the flesh of the Son of God (cf. John 6)? ;)
There is one bodily ressurection, even though our souls are immediately judged after death. Christ goes to the Father to prepare places for us...
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