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Can you point me to any New Testament exegete/scholar, of whatever stripe, who interprets this verse as you have here? Is this an idiosyncratic gloss? cksalmon, Shame on you. You know that the breadth and depth of all biblical interpretation is exhausted by the penetrating minds of CES, the correla...

To be moral, according to Jesus, man must shackle his reason. Less criticism leads to more faith. Indeed, "unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven" (Matthew 18:3). Children, after all, will believe almost anything. I disagree with a lot of what...

CkSalmon, sidestepping the federal headship concept a moment, I wanted to point out that Mormons do not have an assumption that this fellows apostasy will all work out ok. Mormons would not think all hope for him is now over. Okay, but. I don't see how Mormons can meaningfully identify him as an ap...

An interesting observational data point re: Mormonism. Mormons must feel some sort of historical angst vis-à-vis the ECFs. The verdict of history is largely irrelevant. New Testament perhaps somewhat less so. The important ECFs were "Mormon," or, when it counts, completely supportive of &q...

BC space observed, Protestant Christian = Telestial glory Hinduism = Telestial glory So no change in destination. One needs to become LDS (or the ancient equivalent) before the Judgement to inherit the Terrestrial or Celestial. Celestial Kingdom Salmon, I am puzzled to understand what you are heari...

But he's doing all right by Mormon standards, near as I can tell. Best he can. It'll come out in the wash. Protestant Christian = Telestial glory Hinduism = Telestial glory So no change in destination. One needs to become LDS (or the ancient equivalent) before the Judgement to inherit the Terrestri...

But he's doing all right by Mormon standards, near as I can tell. Best he can. It'll come out in the wash. Maybe another instance in which Mormons are "Christian" while disagreeing with every vested other who names the name. Maybe we need a new definition. In this particular instance, m, ...

…and becomes a Hare Krishna? My Conversion to Vaishnava Vedanta: An Open Letter to My Facebook Friends "Knowing me as the enjoyer of all worship, the Lord of all worlds, the dearest friend of all beings, that man gains perfect peace." (Bhagavad Gita 5:29) Sudduth, a well-respected, articu...

Yes. I can be an informant who attempts to tip you off about the wrath to come What wrath? Is your God going to punish me for not believing in him? It appears so. Is he going to have his vengeance because I condemned the genocide of the Amalekites? Talk of "genocide" is woefully ill-infor...

Stormy Waters wrote:Don't give up on me cksalmon! Who knows, maybe one day I'll find it in myself to kill children to prove my devotion to God.

Yes. I can be an informant who attempts to tip you off about the wrath to come or I can leave you to your own devices.

I choose the former.