james bond
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If I cut off my finger I'm still me. If I remove or replace any part of me, other than my brain, I'm still me. Seems obvious.
Okay, it may be obvious to you, but not to me. First, I like all my body parts and want to keep them. Who wants to live without a leg or arm?
Second, wouldn't losing something affect your brain such as not being able to walk anymore and then I have to get around in a stroller or chair.
Do you have children? Are they part of you? I have two. They seem like a part of me now. I don't want to lose them.
So one may still be their soul, but something negative would have affected them. They may not be the same personality anymore.
Theologically complete, accurate, and infallible maybe, historically complete, accurate, and infallible, not even close. You're probably right the Bible can answer all questions but it usually provides a series of answers to choose from.
Assuming this is what you believe, i.e. worldview, then the Bible tells us what happened so that everything including the universe, Earth, and that which is in it is here. It gives me the answer to whether there was a big bang, multiverses, aliens, whether we will be multi-planetary, and so on. Now, it may not specifically say something such as are we going to find some microbial life on Mars, but we can get the gist of it. The Bible isn't and can't be a science book or else people wouldn't have understood it when there was no science. I don't think it provides a series of answers to choose from. The easy parts are the Psalms. The science parts are Genesis. The difficult parts are Matthew or with Jesus' teachings. The parts we do not totally understand are the prophecies. We understand the one that have happened already, but don't understand those which have not happened.
Paul would agree with you, Matthew would not.
Okay, I can accept that. Paul, when he was Saul of Tarsus, was more than a Jewish lawyer, but the one who enforced the law. He sent many Christians to their deaths. His conversion was important for us Christians who lived around his time. It allowed me to keep my arms, legs, more of my appendages, and not be staked to a tree.
Saul of Tarsus, terrorist, christian, Pharisee
As for Matthew, he was a tax collector and probably lived a nice life working for the Romans. Many Christians and people hated him as he could enact unfair taxes upon you.
More here:
Who was Matthew in the Bible? | GotQuestions.org
If I wanted to follow Satan, how would I do that? Or is it just not following God?
Is Satan right? We're made in God's image, we have free will, we judge others and, way too often, kill them. That all seems god-like to me.
Oh, you mean to be like God? Well, the Bible says Satan tempts while God warns. One could start by giving in to his temptations. Don't follow the Bible, but the Antibible (see my thread on Is This Evidence Of Satan). Eventually, work up to the sins God really hates.
Did you notice that at the end of the world, there is going to be a final battle to settle it between Jesus vs. Satan? The Bible says the good will win and Satan is chained and locked up for 1000 years. What does the Antibible say? Obviously, that isn't in the Bible.
I don't think Satan is right since he's the master of lies; he also is the master of disguise masquerading as the light. I have healthy respect for him, but am not afraid of him. That's why pursuing evidence of Satan, when he wants to remain hidden, isn't a winning argument. It's better to provide evidence for God. Judging others and killing them is being like God, so I would say that is what Satan tempts you with. Saul of Tarsus had that power. He was considered a terrorist. Is that what tempts you?
Even Jesus respected Satan's powers. He had the power to give Jesus lordship of all the world and not have to suffer a blood sacrifice. All he had to do was bow down in front of him.
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