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Didn't I just do that? Are you thinking he only reads those lines that are specifically addressed to him? Dont treat him like a dunce, just like none of us want to be treated like dunces, in spite of some amount of dunceness in all of us. I'm certainly not innocent of getting frustrated--with...

I'm not ready to go the "mental disorder" route, but I agree that @Gary K reverts to previously held positions even after one logically leads him away from them. On the other hand, just repeating the same exact point isn't usually effective, unless you bring more evidence/scripture/explanation...

The word translated "angel" is not Elohim. It's מַלְאָךְ Transliteration: mal'āk I'm uncomfortable with the idea that Jesus was once a regular angel (non-diety), but not that He was once the great Prince of the children of Israel. Michael is the only one called "archangel" in the canonical...

There's an interesting footnote in the Geneva Bible (translated earlier than, and in some sense inspiring the KJV) that explains that Michael is really Jesus Christ prior to His incarnation. If this is true, then when Stephen said he saw Jesus standing at the right hand of God, it could be seen...

*Sigh*

I've been wondering if the choice of who gets to participate in the 1st resurrection is somewhat similar to the testing Abraham experienced when told to sacrifice Isaac. In other words, the testing revealed A's heart by his actions. In like manner, God might know our hearts if we submit...

It's interesting to me that you so quickly give up on conversations by calling people "liar", "stupid", "moron", etc. Those aren't generalities. And they make you seem childish. I know you aren't, because ive seen some excellent, well-written posts by you. But you so quickly resort to...

Then you DO care. Maybe I was confused by your statement that said you don't care. Fools answering, or not answering, fools according to their folly. Carry on. Sounds like good advice. You should take it.

Ummm...the reason might be different than what you think.

Let's try another one. 2 Kings 20:12-18 KJV — At that time Berodachbaladan, the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present unto Hezekiah: for he had heard that Hezekiah had been sick. And Hezekiah hearkened unto them, and shewed them all the house of his precious things, the...

That's fine...I'm trying to figure out what you're getting at. Sometimes people say they hold to something or reject something, but when they describe it, they are using the wrong label. So you are saying that both thieves got the same things, the same amount of Holy Spirit prompting, and they...

Here's where your view falls apart. It is Calvinism if the one thief that believed had some special extra something from God that allowed him to believe where the other thief did not have that. If you say that both thieves had the same things, the same promptings by the Holy Spirit, or...

That may be so, but Calvinism isn't contradictory on those points, though it is on some others.

Here's Gary's post. Actions can demonstrate something that those actions don't cause. Therefore, Gary's statement about the thief's actions demonstrating the effect caused by Christ's sacrifice is totally valid, and not contradictory.

If he adds nothing, and you don't care what ge thinks or posts, doesn't that make your comments back to his of less worth than his? I think we can officially say that Clete considers his own posts to be of negative value, even in his own estimation. There's a fix for that.

Maybe I don't quite understand what you say I've established. Could you explain? If the king was taken to Babylon for sins he led the nation to commit, and he was freed when he repented, don't you think God used Babylon to chastise him?

Doesn't help much with the John Deere Tractor.

Then it's not the Holy Spirit's influence that made the difference, right? Iow, the Spirit influenced both of them, but one accepted the work of the Spirit, while other rejected the same work of the same Spirit. Do you agree?

Do you think that the influence of the Spirit means he HAD the Spirit? And do you think the other thief had that same influence?

Are you saying a person has to already have the spirit in order to believe?