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This is more rigid, black and white thinking. And, ultimately, people can think what they want to think. If one is secure in his/her beliefs, it should not matter what someone else thinks. yes yes this this - one of the cardinal signs that you have indeed actually really and truly LEFT the coc is w...

It was pointed out to me that, the very fact that I have decided to choose another "religion" even though it is Christian, condemns my CoC friends to hell. Gordie, This sounds like a classical case of psychological projection, which is just one variant of many types of psychological manip...

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Oh the infamous VIRGIN verses!! Ok - Again - what earthly use to Ahaz is a sign that doesn't come about for FIVE HUNDRED YEARS?? He wants a sign that the siege he is facing NOW will be undone, that his nation NOW (ca 500 BCE) is going to survive. Who cares about 500 years in the future? THAT isn't ...

Let's see - isn't 53 the chapter with the figure being unfairly beaten, etc? Ah yes, the 'Suffering Servant' verses - Pull back a bit and start reading from a chapter or two previous, and it begins to make more sense. Isaiah personifies 'the nations' and 'Israel'. The nation of Israel is 'the Suffe...

Agricola, What is your take on the subject of the "fulfillment of prophecy" in Isaiah 7-9. Of course Christians point to this and say that Isaiah is prophesying Christ, but the more I've studied that, I don't find that to be the case at all. Also Isaiah 53. Who is the prophet talking about...

BH, is the coc your "new path?" I thought you were a Muslim, or a djinn, or something?

You can find the video online. Google Carter Warden. Previously known by Adam Mann.

I have an old habit of keeping notes on thoughts, quotes, ideas, etc., that I think are worth hanging onto. I was just looking at some old notes and found this recorded a couple of years ago during a Sunday sermon, while still a full fledged believer: "We should pray to see the Scriptures in wa...