Why?
Because I want to.
Aren't I allowed to ask questions about your beliefs?
I'm always happy to answer questions. As long as I don't have to cut through pages of nonsense to get to them or they're not designed for an ulterior motive.
Strange, I thought I made it a series of briefly stated questions.
Perhaps instead of telling me what you will do, just start answering the questions I previously asked.
In post 7, they were simply stated.
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I always describe my beliefs. Everything I say is my beliefs. Those are my beliefs. I even dedicated an entire thread to my beliefs regarding the Bible and later posted a link to that thread titled "
what I believe."
I'm asking them here, because I'd like greater clarification.
The manner that you stated them has raised numerous questions, so I thought you would want to make sure people actually understand what you're talking about.
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Ask me any questions you like. Save me the nonsense.
Just answer what I've already asked.
Post in thread 'Obtaining definitions'
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Immortal: living forever; never dying or decaying; an immortal being, especially a god of ancient Greece or Rome.
Eternal: lasting or existing forever; without end or beginning;(of truths, values, or questions) valid for all time; essentially unchanging: seeming to last or persist forever, especially on account of being tedious or annoying.
Well, neither are the biblical definition of eternal and immortal.
Apostate: a person who renounces a religious or political belief or principle; abandoning a religious or political belief or principle.
Ok. So, who are the people you're talking about?
All the people I associate with in my life are diligent in their pursuit of the Kingdom of God and Jesus and his righteousness.
Christianity became an apostate tradition en masse increasingly after Constantine the Great (325 CE). The Jews in 332 BCE after Alexander the Great. Primarily with Greek philosophy replacing Bible teachings.
Ok. Sounds like you're talk about the catholic church.
None of the people I'm acquainted with are Catholics.
Former Catholics, who left Catholicism, and have been following Jesus, studying the bible daily, and learning to follow Jesus.
So, just who are the apostates you're talking about?
I don't know why. You just give a series of letters. That's not a name STVB.
It's not STVB.
It's SteveB.
Perhaps you should learn how to read, and comprehend.
Names are translated. Why don't you use that translation? Why Not refer to Jesus as JSHS or YSHS?
Rather interesting, because YHVH's name is YHVH. He's the one who gave it to us.
In fact, Hebrew is a curious language in that it is a 22 letter alphabet, but to take those letters and apply vowelization, it has a series of diacritical markings.
There are 3 basic letters which are used as vowels. Aleph, ayin, and yod. Yod isn't actually a vowel, but with the diacritical marks, it's applied as a vowel.
All the applications for vowels are diacritical marks.
Humans are the one's who put vowels to it.
In other translations, his name, YHVH, is written as LORD.
So, doing what you have here doesn't help you.
Sounds like you have an erroneous idea of what eternal life is.
According to Ephesians 1, 2 Peter 3:13, and elsewhere, we who follow Jesus are looking forward to a life filled with activity and righteousness beyond description.
Paul describes it too in 1 Corinthians 2.
So, if your idea of eternal life is boring and sitting around doing nothing, someone told you lies.