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  1. Clete

    The continued policing problem in America.

    Cops are trained and expected to be suspicious. It is literally what they are getting paid to do. I didn't watch the entire video but that first driver (if there was more than one) went to jail because he was dumb and talked way too much. If not giving the officer anything to use against him...
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    Is eternal suffering literal?

    Dolly Parton was not a demon worshiper! It's ridiculous to the point of being asinine. I don't have the time or sufficient interest to debunk every video the internet can invent to suggest otherwise. The fact that there are "no other signs" is evidence, Nick! Do you really think people can...
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    The Plain Reading of Scripture

    A recent exchange on another thread here on TheologyOnline struck me as a nearly perfect example of a problem that comes up constantly in discussions about Scripture: RightDivider: The body of Christ is not Israel and Israel is not the body of Christ. Derf: True. And Israel is not Israel...
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    toldailytopic: What do you suppose God thinks of the Catholic Church?

    I remember the first time I heard Bob Enyart talk about it. It was at one of his seminars. It has to have been the seminar he did on The Plot. I remember being simultaneously astounded by the contrast and annoyed that I had been a christian for so many years without it having ever been pointed...
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    Is eternal suffering literal?

    It is definitely not more recent. The Access Hollywood interview is fairly well documented. Plus, I now know for a fact that Dolly was not referencing Azazel. She was making specific reference to the Azul brand of Tequilla. By shear coincidence, the truck in the photo below drove past me...
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    toldailytopic: What do you suppose God thinks of the Catholic Church?

    The contrast is definitely stark enough to raise the suspicion that their both having used Abraham to make opposite points was intentionally done. Perhaps Paul had read or heard about James' epistle and chose to make the opposite point as a result. Or it may well have been coincidental Abraham...
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    Is eternal suffering literal?

    I trust next to nothing that I see on social media. Particularly when there's insufficient context or no context at all. That particular video you posted is from a December 2018 Access Hollywood interview with Dolly Parton and Jennifer Aniston, interrupted by Sandra Bullock bringing tequila...
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    Is eternal suffering literal?

    I showed Chat GPT that video and after it's initial response, I also asked whether Dolly ever made any public professions of faith in Christ. Here is it's response... Yes. Dolly Parton made many public professions of Christian faith over the course of her life, and some were quite explicit...
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    Is eternal suffering literal?

    The point of the question that your statement, "Sheol is enlarged because it was never intended for men to be cast into it.", seems to be incompatible with the teaching that men and the devil fell at the same time.
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    toldailytopic: What do you suppose God thinks of the Catholic Church?

    I understand that serpentdove has been banned but I want to respond to the short essay he linked to in the above excerpt from his post, which tries to argue that James 2 isn't talking about actual belief but only stated (i.e. pretend) belief. I won't post the full text of the essay here. The...
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    Is eternal suffering literal?

    The men it was intended for were those who follow the devil. Do you a agree with Bob's teaching about Lucifer, (i.e. the yet unfallen angel) having sinned in Genesis 3 and that it was his temptation of Adam and Eve was where sin entered creation?
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    Did the apostle Paul mean to rightly divide the Bible?

    Okay, so the immediate context absolutely does involve Hymenaeus and Philetus and their false teaching about the resurrection. Paul contrasts Timothy, who must handle the truth correctly, with men who have “concerning the truth…erred” (See verse 18). But the claim that “rightly dividing” means...
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    Is The Physical Realm Analogous To A Simulated Reality?

    There is precisely one reality. It includes all real things, thus the word, REALity. That isn't sarcasm, by the way. It's just me making the point. Whether we can experience it or not is beside the point. If it is real then it is part of reality, by definition. The argument I made in my...
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    Is The Physical Realm Analogous To A Simulated Reality?

    Yes, it would be better if you just apologized to everyone and promised to try not to promote stupid ideas, try to state what you actually mean and not to respond to arguments as if they're personal attacks. You won't do it but it would definitely be very much better. OH! You meant me! Here's...
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    Is The Physical Realm Analogous To A Simulated Reality?

    I took no shot at you. I do not know you. I don't care anything about you whatsoever! I took a shot at the notion that we're living in some sort of simulation and I responded to what you said with an argument. If you take statements of fact and rational arguments personally, then you've got...
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    Is The Physical Realm Analogous To A Simulated Reality?

    You wasted your time. You are a waste of time, but not of mine any longer. I regret having ever engaged this thread at all. It must be awful for you to have say what you actually mean and explain yourself more than once. Please don't ever put yourself out like that again for the likes of me. Not...
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    Is The Physical Realm Analogous To A Simulated Reality?

    I wanted to discuss the issue you brought up and debate it as best I know how. You respond to that with insults. Just go believe whatever the hell you want. You're going to anyway! See if anyone here gives a damn. I know I won't.
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    Welcome!

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    Is The Physical Realm Analogous To A Simulated Reality?

    There is no such thing as an irrational truth! You used it repeatedly and were clearly not only entertaining this idiotic idea but believed there were a lot of other idiots of the same flavor! Heaven forbid you explain yourself you self-important imbecile! Why is it every time I take you off...
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    Is The Physical Realm Analogous To A Simulated Reality?

    That tells me nothing. What are you even talking about? I cannot fathom what that could even possibly mean and it isn't what you said. "We are spiritual beings that for some reason, God decided to interact with us firstly via this simulated environment of the physical realm. That is what I...
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