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Full disclosure it's possible that I thought we were having a different conversation, and I'm sorry, if that's what happened. I certainly have no mental limit placed on God's grace for anybody or anything. Although murder is a tough one. Well and bearing false witness. Rape. Some other...

There's a lot of money at stake.

Except not when it's in direct conflict with something like Colossians three, is all. Because otherwise then Colossians three makes no sense. Why did Paul write it that way, if not to 'flesh out' what he meant by "things above" in verses 1-3? He even quoted the Torah! He's like 'Psalm...

And if we are already in heaven right now, then what does it mean to 'lose' faith? I suppose it might even mean that 'your body' disbelieves, but that doesn't mean that 'the real you' who's actually literally in heaven right now, doesn't fervently believe in heaven since that's where you are...

What was deactivated? The Old Covenant, or the New Covenant, or something else?

I guess you could understand Paul's overzealous ideology deceiving him into thinking that cold blooded murder (of the right person, such as Stephen in Acts) was not only permissible but was something to boast about; this means it brought him glory, and boasting is when you get glory, and you...

We went over this and over this. @musterion

Read the rest of the chapter. Paul provides enough detail to know precisely what he's talking about, don't you agree? Don't you agree that he explained his mystical language in verses 1-3 quite well in the balance of Colossians chapter three? It's about ethics, or morals, largely, we would...

When?

'Appreciate your concern, but frankly that sounds terrible. I think I'll just keep being a light smoker, and keep exercising to work on all those other things. And I've not smoked for way longer in my life than I've ever smoked, never noticed any taste or smell difference one way or the other.

It's bad for your heart too. But I haven't personally had an issue with taste and smell, and I haven't had a cold since being careful about the virus (since before March 2020 iow, coming on two years without a cold----unheard of for me). fyi I smoke about a pack a week.

If you die from covid then your quality of life is zero. Smoking is better than the virus.

Right. And neither do cigrits, not even over the longest time frames; closer to 25-33%. But taking up smoking cigrits will never kill you in a week, never.

Colossians 3:1 " If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. 2 Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. 3 For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God."

Sometimes it's a shame that the words 'liberal' and 'conservative' are used improperly. In this story they use 'liberal' to mean Democrat basically, same with how the media talk about the Supreme Court; they call basically Republican justices 'conservatives' and Dems 'liberals', but the words...

https://apnews.com/article/winter-olympics-putin-xi-meet-0e9127176250c0cab19b36e75800052e I agree; Taiwan is a part of China. But Xi Jinping, the single-party state and the mainland have it backward. Taiwan's stable democracy should be ruling the mainland, and not the other way around.

Which would you say is more irresponsible regarding health. Smoking two packs a day, of something like Marlboro Edge, which is the modern version of the old Marlboro 'Reds'. Or not being careful with this virus? It's easily the latter. Smoking excessively might lead to early death, with a...

First, this was a temporary situation, history shows that besides the Apostle James who was executed in early Acts, all the others died somewhere far away from Judea, so they all did fulfill the Lord's Great Commission, eventually. And second in answer to your question it's a matter of...

Begging the question.

Because of the Scripture corroborating the most ancient and unchanging testimony of the Church, we know "a Unitarian God" is fictional. Technically, true enough.