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Immanuel Can wrote: It is that. But it is not merely a choice made by the individual to restructure himself. Rather, it's a submitting to the dynamic of God's Spirit in one's own life, starting with an admission of one's own personal failure (repentance), an admission of one's own powerlessness (an...

'Natural' is not a synonym for 'biological'. Yeah, it pretty much is. But you must have some idea in mind, so please explain. What your argument constantly leaves out is 1. technology frees women from all these employments, including bearing children(hypothetically) and breast feeding... That still...

I wrote: "I could easily say, and I think it would be fair, to say that my own inner processes of metanoia, be they theologically definable and theologically kosher, as the case may be, does not have a great deal of relevance for me." Do you mean that you have found them unsatisfactory, o...

Your claim that nuclear families are biologically necessary is not true. Sexual reproduction is the norm for humans to date but it is now biologically possible to clone animals. Human beings are not presently being cloned. Or if they are, it's in some illegal lab somewhere, because that practice ha...

Could you explain what you understand the word to mean? There are at least two quite different precise theological definitions, plus some more informal, colloquial alternatives; so I have to ask It is likely that in my case the definition I'd provide is similar -- in its colloquialness -- to what I...

The life of Jesus of Nazareth is definitive for millions of people. Explain exactly what it "defines." That depends on which interpretation has been learned. Well, you asked me: "Is there a definitive event , such as the Resurrection event, that defines Christian doctrine?" &quo...

I would have thought that repentance gives you a chance moment by moment to be new man. Repentance is I think a very interesting topic. Could you explain what you understand the word to mean? There are at least two quite different precise theological definitions, plus some more informal, colloquial...

Belinda wrote: ↑Fri Jan 07, 2022 9:19 pm The life of Jesus of Nazareth is definitive for millions of people.

Explain exactly what it "defines."

Glorification of the nuclear family has has had both good and bad repercussions. Nobody's talking about "glorification." We're just noting that the basic unit of civilization is a family unit with two parents of opposite sex. And that's just a simple fact:it's not even possible to reprodu...

Glorification of the nuclear family has has had both good and bad repercussions. Nobody's talking about "glorification." We're just noting that the basic unit of civilization is a family unit with two parents of opposite sex. And that's just a simple fact:it's not even possible to reprodu...

Didn't I just say I wasn't interested in your religiously motivated garbage (which has nothing to do with reality)? I didn't say a single thing "religious." I was speaking merely of sociological fact. You might not like them, but those are the facts. See previous. I saw. And remained unim...

vegetariantaxidermy wrote: ↑Thu Jan 06, 2022 11:14 pm Didn't I just say I wasn't interested in your religiously motivated garbage (which has nothing to do with reality)?

I didn't say a single thing "religious." I was speaking merely of sociological fact. You might not like them, but those are the facts.

...this 'nuclear family' (even the name is a ridiculous, meaningless concoction) has never existed except in American sitcoms. Actually, it's the mainstay of civilization. "Nuclear" has nothing to do with America or the '50s. It simply means, "having a nucleus," or "formed ...

Such horseshit. When you research genealogy for about 5 minutes you realise that this mythical 'nuclear family' has never existed. Life for women especially was a complete nightmare. It was a complete nightmare for everybody. It might have been tough for a housewife, but how was it for her husband,...

Is there a definitive event , such as the Resurrection event, that defines Christian doctrine? "Defines"? I'm not quite sure what that means, B. That's not the verb one ordinarily uses with a view to the word "doctrine." Do you mean something like, "Is there an event around...