Otherworldly Historian

@folith-feolin

Ok, so I’m going to write down my thoughts, I’m about in the first third at this point. So all he’s said basically is what we believe, and how that is deviated from Christian orthodoxy. Yes, we believe in a lot of different things (So far all those things I do have a comfortable understanding of everything he’s pointed out) but so…[Read more]

@folith-feolin

oh, weird, it just appeared, sorry😅

@folith-feolin

Yep, Absolutely! The Savior taught us to love our enemies, not to say that queer individuals are our enemy, but many can be for that reason, and the principle remains the same.

Btw, I still only have a link to the Radical site, could you maybe tell me what the video is called?

@thearcaneaxiom

I think you are exactly right about needing to approach gender issues lovingly and gently. I feel that in my experiences sharing the gospel with those populations you first have to get to know them as a person before you can actually talk to them about the gospel (if that makes sense?).

@folith-feolin @orangearmadillo

I completely agree on what you’ve said concerning gender ideology, and it was in the subtext of what I said about technology. My Church is very firm with the Proclamation to the Family, which is simply collecting and reaffirming what we already believed:

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Sorry KP is weird sometimes

Radical

sorry KP is weird sometimes.

@folith-feolin

What’s the video you want me to watch? This is just a link to the radical site…

@folith-feolin

just wondering what your thoughts are on this. (note if you don’t want to watch a 35 min video were a christian theologian tries to use the bible and history to disprove the Church of the Latter Day Saints that makes sense. So you don’t have to respond. The current discourse just made me want to know your thoughts on the video bel…

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@whalekeeper

Yeah, determinism vs free will is definitely important. If you’d like to see below, I would recommend reading Romans 9, concerning that area of theology. As for the idea of God’s Word being subtly changed over time, that goes into the territory of, ‘is God’s Word infallible or not?’ If you mean translation-wise, yes, there are many…

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@light-warrior-pen

hmm interesting discussion in terms of technology, schooling, christians.

So in terms of technology I agree with the arguments previously mentioned by thearcaneaxiom keilah-h and orangearmadillo. In addition though technically has been very helpful in the spread of the gospel in areas that are hostile toward…[Read more]

@whalekeeper

Hi! Yeah, determinism vs free will is defiantly a big thing in this regard. We know we have to accept some degree of determinism, but how much is the question, because we want to preserve our own free will and ability to choose God or deny Him, as that is His great Plan of Happiness.

@orangearmadillo @light-warrior-pen

Absolutely! Does God not want all to come unto Him, every Man and Woman, Jew and Gentile, Race, tongue, and culture. It simply doesn’t make sense that God would intentionally force one to bitterness, then punish them for it, that wouldn’t be a loving God, but a vain and hateful one. I think it’s good to point…[Read more]

@orangearmadillo

Maybe, but chronologically, Pharaoh says no, then the plagues come, Pharaoh says he would let them go if they remove the plague, they remove the plague, then his heart was hardened and he says no again. The issue with the plagues being the hardening is that it says his heart was hardened after the plague was removed. Of course,…[Read more]

@light-warrior-pen

That is very true. I don’t think it is a particularly new development, but it is a major factor. All the other reasons such as school and technology would also heavily inflate that particular problem by getting people to put other things before God in the day to day, such as their schooling and likes on social…[Read more]

@godlyfantasy12

I (and OtherworldlyHistorian) have experienced a bit of the opposite experience as in we need rules (or create them) in order to function best creatively. (Hence the chapter-by-chapter outline) However even with rules you have to realize that you have to be willing to change things. I think what may have happened also is that you…[Read more]

@orangearmadillo

By the way, would you like to check out my ‘What’s a Question?’ forum? (I think you would like it there)

@anyone

Here’s another thought for y’all. I already have my views on this, but I’m curious what any of you think. Why did God basically play a game of stop hitting yourself with pharaoh? If you need me to elaborate, just…[Read more]

@orangearmadillo

Good points again, but the whole thing with numbers, you’re starting at one. God didn’t start. He is outside of time, and by eternal, I mean we perceive Him to be. He exists outside of time, so in our eyes, he never began and never will end. It’s not that he’s inside of time, he is outside of it, which means He literally can’t beg…

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@light-warrior-pen

Great question! That’s just our world right now I would say. The most rapidly growing religion right now is the absence of it on some counts. Truth right now is simply being attacked more than ever before. The idea that God can make a mistake, and put you in the wrong body has grown greatly in past years, and the next step this…[Read more]