Re: Re: "The best of all possible Worlds."

Hi meekerdb Picking and choosing can sometimes be incorrect. When you try to find the meaning of a verse from the Bible, ideally you should find the meaning from the Bible as a whole. [Roger Clough], [rclo...@verizon.net] 1/8/2013 "Forever is a long time, especially near the end." - Wood

Re: Re: "The best of all possible Worlds."

Hi meekerdb There are some errors in fact in the Bible, but IMHO it is inerrant with regard to faith and practice. By inerrant, I mean that it is completely consistent along those lines. You have to take it as a whole. [Roger Clough], [rclo...@verizon.net] 1/7/2013 "Forever is a long time,

Re: Re: "The best of all possible Worlds."

Hi meekerdb Sorry, I obviously missed the point of your quote from Matthew. What is your point ? [Roger Clough], [rclo...@verizon.net] 1/6/2013 "Forever is a long time, especially near the end." - Woody Allen - Receiving the following content - From: meekerdb Receiver: everyth

Re: Re: "The best of all possible Worlds."

Hi meekerdb I'm sorry that Christ does not measure up to your liberal standards. [Roger Clough], [rclo...@verizon.net] 1/6/2013 "Forever is a long time, especially near the end." - Woody Allen - Receiving the following content - From: meekerdb Receiver: everything-list Time:

Re: Re: "The best of all possible Worlds."

Hi meekerdb You say, "It's that cartoon known as the Christian Bible. Brent For Christians, it's far more important to believe in a god than to determine the accuracy of the hypothesis. That's why they had only two significant publications, and the most recent one is 2000 years old.

Re: Re: "The best of all possible Worlds."

Hi meekerb, Heaven is not part of contingent creation, so your statement that there is no heaven is illogical or irrelevant. [Roger Clough], [rclo...@verizon.net] 1/4/2013 "Forever is a long time, especially near the end." - Woody Allen - Receiving the following content - From: B

Re: Re: "The best of all possible Worlds."

Hi meekerdb The world down here isn't heaven, yes, but there still is a Heaven for the afterlife, IMHO. [Roger Clough], [rclo...@verizon.net] 1/3/2013 "Forever is a long time, especially near the end." - Woody Allen - Receiving the following content - From: meekerdb Receiver:

Re: Re: "The best of all possible Worlds."

Hi Stephen P. King I suppose that you're referring to the cpre-established perfect harmony, which makes it seem as if everything we do is determined (by God). IMHO that only means that God knows what we will do, not make the decision for us. [Roger Clough], [rclo...@verizon.net] 1/3/2013

Re: Re: "The best of all possible Worlds."

Hi Stephen P. King 1) I dobn't know what you mean by subjective. Things happen. Crap happens. 2). You seem to have some incorrect ideas about Leibniz. Leibniz in no way pretended that he created a perfect system. The world is far from perfect. All L did suggest is that God did the best job he