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We have tested that truth,
Originally posted by Kastogere
reply to post by randyvs
When you see him...ask him why my man parts couldn't have been bigger.....and why he charges for the peep booth.
Originally posted by lonewolf19792000
Originally posted by Kastogere
reply to post by randyvs
When you see him...ask him why my man parts couldn't have been bigger.....and why he charges for the peep booth.
Well being that he knew you before you were born, he likely gave you a small penis to instill some humility in you LOL.edit on 2-1-2013 by lonewolf19792000 because: (no reason given)
Do you believe in the pre-existence of the soul? Do you think that the soul resided with God before being "sent" to Earth? Or, do you think he designed us in heaven, while our bodies were being created in our mother's womb?
Originally posted by jhill76
reply to post by lonewolf19792000
No intent in asking this.
You said scripture supports life at conception, some say at birth, the soul is given unto the vessel. Where do I look for this?
edit on 2-1-2013 by jhill76 because: (no reason given)
For on the first day He created the heavens which are above and the earth and the waters and all the spirits which serve before him -the angels of the presence, and the angels of sanctification, and the angels [of the spirit of fire and the angels] of the spirit of the winds, and the angels of the spirit of the clouds, and of darkness, and of snow and of hail and of hoar frost, and the angels of the voices and of the thunder and of the lightning, and the angels of the spirits of cold and of heat, and of winter and of spring and of autumn and of summer
and of all the spirits of his creatures which are in the heavens and on the earth,
(He created) the abysses and the darkness, eventide and night, and the light, dawn and day, which He hath prepared in the knowledge of his heart.
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“As a child I was by nature well endowed, and a good soul fell to my lot; or rather, being good, I entered an undefiled body.” (The Wisdom of Solomon 8:19-20)
Proverbs 8
“The Lord brought me forth as the first of his works, before his deeds of old;
23 I was formed long ages ago, at the very beginning, when the world came to be.
24 When there were no watery depths, I was given birth, when there were no springs overflowing with water;
25 before the mountains were settled in place, before the hills, I was given birth,
26 before he made the world or its fields or any of the dust of the earth.
27 I was there when he set the heavens in place, when he marked out the horizon on the face of the deep,
28 when he established the clouds above and fixed securely the fountains of the deep,
29 when he gave the sea its boundary so the waters would not overstep his command, and when he marked out the foundations of the earth.
John 9:2
And his disciples asked him, saying, Teacher, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind?
WTF ? No truth was even defined in the question !!!!
AI, seeing that I didn't even define or dictate, any certain truth what so ever and it being obvious you don't even read enough to understand the question entirely. And not only was it not addressed to you, but seeing how I have suggested we not reply to each others posts. Mostly because of the menace you pose that you have just so perfectly exampled.
Could you just please comply with my request ? Because I have nothing to say to you.
Your choice to ignore me is more indicative of your inability to counter my arguments than of your superiority to my personal opinions
Look at the big brain on Winword. ? Impressive.
So pre-existence of the soul was a common belief among early Hebrews. Apparently, during the time of Jesus, it was still widely believed.
John 9:2
And his disciples asked him, saying, Teacher, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind?
The use of the genre “apocalypse,” by definition, entails use of literary contents from the spatial axis, particularly cosmic beings such as angels and demons. The use of these literary features implies some treatment of the significance of cosmic beings for humanity.
Thus far, Jubilees is like contemporary apocalypses. Despite variation in the details, contemporary apocalypses typically attribute great significance to cosmic forces for the origin of evil, the progression of human history, and the resolution of evil. Jubilees breaks this convention. Jubilees uses the genre to deal with the significance of cosmic forces, but inverts the view typical of the apocalypses. Jubilees blames humanity for the origin of evil and the flood, postulates that Israel is exempt from angelic rule and demonic affliction, and simply writes angels and demons out of the plan for the resolution of evil.
This is not to say that angelic beings play no role in Jubilees except to be unimportant. The apocalyptic worldview is only one of many concerns in the Book of Jubilees, and, like many non-apocalypses, Jubilees does use angels to solve exegetical problems. The core issue is the view of non-human sources of evil and suffering. Jubilees uses the genre but inverts the typical view.
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CHRISTIANS must not forsake the Church of God, and go away and invoke angels and gather assemblies, which things are forbidden. If, therefore, any one shall be found engaged in this covert idolatry, let him be anathema; for he has forsaken our Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, and has gone over to idolatry.
THE COMPLETE CANONS OF THE SYNOD OF LAODICEA IN PHRYGIA PACATIANA
Hebrew people had a history of believing in the pre-existence of the soul, and some believed in reincarnation, too.