The First Lie believed by World Religions!

Someone shut this guy down please. @Jan

I see nothing in the founding expectations of the CD forums that would justify Jan's taking action against @theMadJW. In another thread, you call Jehovah Witnesses a "cult" and a "false religion," but even if either of those assertions is true - and I'm offering NO opinion as to their accuracy - they aren't sufficient rationale for the action you propose.

The expectations call CD a place for "respectful online theological discussion" in which "Bible questions [and] theological discourse" arise among people who are "passionate about the Word." The expectations say nothing about the theological or ecclesiological resumes of posters.

In a January 2019 post you called Mormons and the Roman Catholic church cults. Is it your view that members of those communities also should be barred from posting in the CD forums?

And then, of course, we could also revisit the question of whether those who violate the CD expectation that posters will not engage in "name-calling" or "ad hominem attacks" should be barred from posting.... 😛

The last line in my previous post - the one that referenced violations of the CD expectation regarding name-calling and ad-hominem attacks - was not about you or your posts. However I welcome this chance to urge you (and myself and the rest of us) to comply with that expectation.

Given the bitterly partisan nature of many of the political and theological debates among both the politically and theologically passionate these days (as many threads in the CD forums attest) your turn toward "kinder" tones can be a blessing.

I hope for and celebrate an active community of diverse voices in these forums, as long as those to whom those voices belong comply with what I believe is our most necessary expectation: Criticize ideas, not people. I have no trouble expressing my disagreement with others' views when I wish to do so. My intention is always to express that disagreement in ways that fully adhere to that principle. I encourage you (and the rest of us) to adopt the same posting approach.

Yes, you can't have Christian Debate if you are not Christian. Mormons and RCC are out in my opinion as well.

What died on the day Adam & Eve disobeyed ? Why hide from Holy God ? (Genesis 3:1-8) Clearly something changed.

Observation is all graphics posted by @theMadJW in this thread lack any Bible references (disappointing for Bible Question discussion)

Are these words spoken by Jesus true ?

“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter into the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and expel demons in your name, and perform many miracles in your name?’ And then I will say to them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Depart from me, you who practice lawlessness!’ (Matthew 7:21-23 LEB)

What words do you want to hear from Jesus ?

To me, Matthew 7:21-23 is truthfully consistent with Revelation 20:11-15 (LEB) And I saw a great white throne and the one who was seated on it, from whose presence earth and heaven fled, and a place was not found for them. And I saw the dead—the great and the small—standing before the throne, and books were opened. And another book was opened, which is the book of life, and the dead were judged by what was written in the books, according to their deeds. And the sea gave up the dead who were in it, and Death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them, and each one was judged according to their deeds. And Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death—the lake of fire. And if anyone was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.

Deeds show human choices reflecting what they really, really, really love the most.

By the way, Jewish convention of reading Adonai (Lord) instead of יהוה has Matthew 7:21-23 implication of Jesus being called יהוה

What is different between ἀγάπη (agapē) , ἀγαπάω (agapaō) , & ἀγαπητός (agapētos) ?

Keep Smiling 😊

@reformed wrote:

Sorry, I had a research paper due this week, and let emails pile up. I only just noticed what's happening.

@Bill_Coley wrote:

I agree.

@reformed wrote:

Non-Christians can have Christian Debate with Christians.

I'd love to stick around for this one, but sadly need to set priorities. I've got about ten open threads with atheists in the comment section of my YouTube channel...... Those have been piling up as well while I was finishing off my paper...

Christian Discourse is respectful online theological discussions (includes interaction). Please provide your answers to these questions:

What died on the day Adam & Eve disobeyed ? Why hide from Holy God ? (Genesis 3:1-8) 

What words do you want to hear from Jesus ? (Matthew 7:21-23)

Simple Koine Greek language question: (avoiding question again implies your lack of Biblical Greek language learning)

What is different between ἀγάπη (agapē) , ἀγαπάω (agapaō) , & ἀγαπητός (agapētos) ?

Is "The Watch Tower Society" worthy of trust ? Wikipedia page about Jehovah's Witnesses includes:

Simple test for prophet of True God is accuracy. The Watch Tower Society has failed (lied) a number of times: 1914 "harvest of the Gospel age", 1925 Hebrew patriarch resurrection, 1975 start of Christ's thousand-year reign (revised from 1914), 1980 admission by the Watch Tower Tract society about building up hope regarding 1975, 1995 change about Armegeddon dating (with subsequent 2010 "generation" teaching change).

Keep Smiling 😊