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Serving Zion

['Member']Joined: August 27, 2019 at 12:34Last active: December 14, 2019 at 00:301 discussions161 comments

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I am a born-again Christian. I was raised by people who believed false doctrines, and it harmed my view of Christianity, from which I ran at every opportunity. Then one day God began His work of drawing me back to faith, and through that personal relationship with Him, and standing firm to the truth, I have grown in understanding of the knowledge of the faith beyond what is necessary to believe.

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In: Is consciousness located in the brain?  — view comment
By naming "the consciousness" it seems you are describing the sense of self - the thoughts I have, my awareness of who I am. Of course my thoughts, as...
December 06, 2019 at 20:48
In: Nature of time.  — view comment
Time isn't a property, it is a concept. Even in absence of changes to observe, a mind that is observing will still conceive of the concept. Time is a ...
December 02, 2019 at 11:18
In: Is intelligence dependent on your concentration?  — view comment
Hi Wheatley! .. one thing that you might find interesting, is the relationship between honesty and intelligence. Creativity is one thing, but when it ...
November 19, 2019 at 19:32
In: I’ve solved the “hard problem of consciousness”  — view comment
This is interesting! I'm looking for an example of such a creature, so that I can consider the validity of this claim. As it is, of the examples you h...
November 12, 2019 at 23:40
In: A Masturbation problem  — view comment
You are suffering from an unresolved cognitive dissonance, in which the conscience is participating, that empowers the conviction to feel "supernatura...
November 12, 2019 at 15:35
In: The Judeo-Christian Concept of the Soul Just doesn't make sense  — view comment
The soul is the article of interest for the spirits, because it is the ego that combines all faculties (brain, gut, heart, conscience, memory, name) i...
November 11, 2019 at 12:45
In: The Judeo-Christian Concept of the Soul Just doesn't make sense  — view comment
The spirit is the way of thinking. When we make decisions about which ideas to believe (as it happens every time an idea comes to us - whether by word...
November 10, 2019 at 23:33
In: The Judeo-Christian Concept of the Soul Just doesn't make sense  — view comment
The brain is only an instrument for the spirit. The soul in fact is responsible for the judgments that render it into the possession of the spirits. B...
November 09, 2019 at 22:27
In: The Judeo-Christian Concept of the Soul Just doesn't make sense  — view comment
Yep. Keep digging into it - look at the root word in the scriptures, Hebrew ??? "nephesh". You are describing a concept that is prevalent in churches,...
November 09, 2019 at 13:32
In: Are humans intrinsically superior to other animal species?  — view comment
Pure morality doesn't do that, and that is what compels questions such as yours and those who become vegetarian when they realise that the way of the ...
November 09, 2019 at 13:06
In: The Universe is a fight between Good and Evil  — view comment
It's cunning, how it appeals to our desire to blame a higher authority - because that is a natural human response. In order to be a valid complaint, o...
November 09, 2019 at 12:27
In: Abortion and premature state of life  — view comment
Yes, of course. In morality, it is the life of the one who is living that is appreciated by it, and it is exclusively its complaint that its life has ...
November 03, 2019 at 23:16
In: Abortion and premature state of life  — view comment
This appears to be contradicted by your previous comment: Do you accept that contradiction? .. that a fetus does not assault the mother by being prese...
November 03, 2019 at 17:07
In: Abortion and premature state of life  — view comment
I am a native English speaker.
November 03, 2019 at 11:02
In: Abortion and premature state of life  — view comment
You are saying absurdity, you have to explain.
November 03, 2019 at 10:57
In: Abortion and premature state of life  — view comment
Potential is from the word "potent", meaning a thing that can make a big impact when it is activated, but whose impact is presently dormant or unreali...
November 03, 2019 at 09:18
In: Abortion and premature state of life  — view comment
How did that happen? .. Did it result from the choice of the fetus, or the mother? Murder is simply categorised as taking life from another, especiall...
November 03, 2019 at 08:42
In: The Universe is a fight between Good and Evil  — view comment
That is not the purpose of my having given reference to material for further consideration.
November 03, 2019 at 08:28
In: The Universe is a fight between Good and Evil  — view comment
Well, yes ok, but that is different from what I have said though, so it really does show that we aren't going to achieve much good by continued discus...
November 02, 2019 at 17:24
In: The Universe is a fight between Good and Evil  — view comment
So before our conversation is over, I see that I haven't clearly shown you the difference between evil and bad. I say this because what you are speaki...
November 02, 2019 at 11:06
In: Abortion and premature state of life  — view comment
You are hard work, Banno. And you aren't making it worth my while!
November 01, 2019 at 21:01
In: Abortion and premature state of life  — view comment
To say "that's because", is circular reasoning. I don't agree with this. I only agree that you don't see it. Now, to use the word "person" as the qual...
November 01, 2019 at 20:52
In: The Universe is a fight between Good and Evil  — view comment
I appreciate your input, but I really don't think that is the best measurement. Any injustice is too much for me to be satisfied, but what we have in ...
November 01, 2019 at 12:17
In: HELL? Only a lack of God?  — view comment
It's a rich expression! "Forgetting God" - well, who is God? "God is love". Does the name Jesus convey love? Not necessarily, and why? 2 Peter 2:2 "Th...
November 01, 2019 at 06:09
In: Job's Suffering: Is God Still Just?  — view comment
You actually have it pointing the wrong way: it is God who challenges Satan (Job 1:8), and it is Satan who puts Job to the test (Job 1:10-11). Satan d...
November 01, 2019 at 05:01
In: God and time  — view comment
Who says that God is timeless? The bible says that God knows time (a thousand years is like a day to Him). Yes, time is present wherever there is chan...
November 01, 2019 at 03:31
In: The Universe is a fight between Good and Evil  — view comment
My real complaint is that the bad keeps getting in the way of the good, and there is no power against it because justice is woefully absent.
November 01, 2019 at 03:02
In: The Universe is a fight between Good and Evil  — view comment
If you say so. Yes, that is my life, precisely! That is fair to say, but it doesn't necessarily mean that there weren't days past where folks were dec...
November 01, 2019 at 02:59
In: Abortion and premature state of life  — view comment
That's not what I said. In fact, I haven't provided a definition for being human, but there isn't really a substantial difference between what you and...
November 01, 2019 at 02:36
In: The Universe is a fight between Good and Evil  — view comment
Not necessarily. Culture is constantly fluid. One thing we can know for sure, is that vacuum cleaners and chemical technology have (potentially) contr...
October 31, 2019 at 18:25
In: The Universe is a fight between Good and Evil  — view comment
You have said three things that I don't understand: It seems that the time is good for me to stop reading the bible. Things work out (somehow - contex...
October 31, 2019 at 17:56
In: Abortion and premature state of life  — view comment
Yes, wholeheartedly I am agreeing. But, I am saying that the moral solution is not to kill the child as some sort of act of mercy, but to heal the par...
October 31, 2019 at 13:14
In: Abortion and premature state of life  — view comment
I'm not attempting to make a point by it (isn't that interesting!). I am simply asking you to explain why you take the commandment that says "eating s...
October 31, 2019 at 11:17
In: Abortion and premature state of life  — view comment
This is where you and I have fundamental difference in philosophy, which empowers you to do that which is immoral in my view. You deny the rights of a...
October 31, 2019 at 10:47
In: Abortion and premature state of life  — view comment
Do you not understand that morality is different from desire?
October 31, 2019 at 10:37
In: Abortion and premature state of life  — view comment
@Banno, this is another important unanswered question too, along the same lines.
October 31, 2019 at 10:25
In: Abortion and premature state of life  — view comment
That is prejudice. Then the fact is clear that your failure to read me is the cause of your opinion, as you have admitted here. In light of what I hav...
October 31, 2019 at 10:23
In: Abortion and premature state of life  — view comment
Another one? .. ok, in addition to those you have already ignored, what makes you repeatedly say that my moral views wrt abortion are from what the bi...
October 31, 2019 at 10:09
In: Abortion and premature state of life  — view comment
If you were interested, you would see quite the opposite - that is what I see. I also see that you made many accusations, some repeatedly, without jus...
October 31, 2019 at 09:49
In: Abortion and premature state of life  — view comment
It's about rights and enforcement of responsible behaviour. Does a person have a moral right to take life from a living entity that came as a result o...
October 31, 2019 at 03:45
In: Abortion and premature state of life  — view comment
Could you show where the text makes that distinction? I really am suspecting now that perhaps you genuinely don't understand what that word means... O...
October 31, 2019 at 03:22
In: Abortion and premature state of life  — view comment
Actually, I have noticed that you'd quoted a story from Judges, and I had read the gist as being the story of Sodom and Gomorrah. In review of that st...
October 31, 2019 at 03:06
In: Abortion and premature state of life  — view comment
It doesn't say that though. Lot subjected his daughters to the townsfolk instead of the strangers. They are girls that had lived in the town all their...
October 31, 2019 at 02:42
In: Abortion and premature state of life  — view comment
It is interesting you have found it to be a matter of morality, where it has said only "a thing detestable" to you - ?????? Sheqets, from Leviticus 11...
October 31, 2019 at 02:37
In: Abortion and premature state of life  — view comment
That's laughable, Banno. I am the judge of what is moral or not in my own words. What on earth does that have to do with the topic? .. and after all I...
October 31, 2019 at 02:22
In: Abortion and premature state of life  — view comment
With morality and self-respect (as I would say for men too, if you would like to venture into that realm of conviction).
October 31, 2019 at 02:19
In: Abortion and premature state of life  — view comment
Misogyny is inappropriate because it does not accurately describe my views toward honourable women. There is a character of behaviour, not a gender, t...
October 31, 2019 at 02:15
In: Abortion and premature state of life  — view comment
For the third time, Banno, It is not women that I disrespect, but those who despise children, whether male or female. Furthermore, it is disrespectful...
October 31, 2019 at 02:03
In: Abortion and premature state of life  — view comment
I'm happy to say those things. It's not ugly or nasty, but tells of a person who does not love children: it is they who are ugly and nasty. It is only...
October 31, 2019 at 00:36
In: Abortion and premature state of life  — view comment
I wouldn't recommend it, Banno. Remember what I said earlier:
October 31, 2019 at 00:28
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