Hello Arcee! I assure you many American, British, Aussie expats here in Cebu City are very accommodating when it comes to these types of discussions. Sure, ...
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handsome.monkey48
handsome.mon...
Jan 5, 2011 1:09 am
Luke 2:12 And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger. Since today is Christmas, I thought I...
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bootsdpm
Jan 6, 2011 5:35 pm
does anyone here believes in near death experience?...
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Isa
isalcordo
Jan 7, 2011 12:34 am
Yes, I do believe in NDE's. I did experience it myself. The Biblical basis, I believe, for NDE's is Jn 11:25-26: Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and...
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William
eliadefollower
Jan 7, 2011 10:49 pm
There has been a lot of research into NDE's by both skeptic and believers. The skeptics tend to offer explanations that seem to ignore some important points,...
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Paul Leonard
anotherpaul2001
Jan 8, 2011 12:31 am
I think the key is in the word "near". No one dies. Paul There has been a lot of research into NDE's by both skeptic and believers. The skeptics tend to offer...
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Isa
isalcordo
Jan 8, 2011 1:47 am
If death is defined as the separation of conscious-life/spirit from the biological body, then NDE is "aborted" true death. So, the one who experienced it, (as...
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Paul Leonard
anotherpaul2001
Jan 8, 2011 4:04 am
Aah but we must remember the expression "near death experience" is not a theological one. So your definition would not apply. Plus your definition is ...
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Handsome Monkey
handsome.mon...
Jan 8, 2011 5:36 am
Yes I do ________________________________ From: bootsdpm <bootsdpm@...> To: biblicalapologetics@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thu, January 6, 2011 1:16:56 AM ...
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Hawk Eye
hawkeye6500
Jan 8, 2011 5:36 am
I do. My Mom had one ________________________________ From: bootsdpm <bootsdpm@...> To: biblicalapologetics@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thu, January 6, 2011...
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Isa
isalcordo
Jan 8, 2011 6:55 am
Correct me if I am wrong. I believe that behind your statement: "So your definition (of death or of resurrection or of both?) would not apply. Plus your...
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Jimmy Sloan
jamesalexand...
Jan 8, 2011 7:35 am
A few moments after I said, "I do" I looked at my new wife and was like, "Where am I and what did I just do?" Does that count? Best regards,Jimmy To:...
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Paul Leonard
anotherpaul2001
Jan 8, 2011 7:08 pm
Hi, You are wrong. But my post was very brief so that is probably why. Again the expression "near death experience" is not a theological one. It has been...
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William
eliadefollower
Jan 9, 2011 3:58 am
Isa, For the Jewish people of Jesus' day to be considered truly dead meant to be lifeless for three days. However, part of a day counted as the whole day,...
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Isa
isalcordo
Jan 9, 2011 7:35 am
Thanks, Bill: That appears to be the orthodoxy's position, so be it. I truly believe that NDE is a foretaste of the resurrection - the resurrection of the...
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Isa
isalcordo
Jan 9, 2011 10:53 pm
Bill: This is an addendum to my earlier comment. I accept that for the Jews of Jesus'day, one had to be lifeless for at least 'three days' to be declared...
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tcmadd2@...
Jan 10, 2011 5:12 pm
Folks, Sometimes these discussions begin to enter the realm of the absurd. These pronouncements that in Jesus' time the Jews did not believe someone was really...
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Isa
isalcordo
Jan 11, 2011 11:28 pm
Hi, Tom M. I think that Jesus' action in the NT indicating that Jewish authority or leadership did not believe that someone was "truly dead" unless that...
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Isa
isalcordo
Jan 11, 2011 11:30 pm
Hi, Tom M. I think that Jesus' action in the NT indicating that Jewish authority or leadership did not believe that someone was "truly dead" unless that...
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William
eliadefollower
Jan 12, 2011 12:45 am
Isa, The passage does not dictate what is meant by a day or a night, thus your dictating that it must be 12 hour periods is adding to scripture. Again, the...
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bootsdpm
Jan 12, 2011 12:45 am
many Christian NDE believers say that God's love is unconditional. There's no eternal torment nor eternal "soul" sleep". Everyone regardless of their earthly...
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bootsdpm
Jan 12, 2011 12:45 am
well I've heard that marriage is the death of romance. lol...
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William
eliadefollower
Jan 12, 2011 12:45 am
Tom, I had to read back to confirm, but it seems that I did note that the extraordinary account of a post clinical death NDE report was posted in "Lancet", the...
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Isa
isalcordo
Jan 12, 2011 1:23 am
Bill: The wailing wall that is left standing to this day is/was NOT any part or portion of the TEMPLE WALL. It is part of the wall SURROUNDING THE TEMPLE. So...
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tcmadd2@...
Jan 12, 2011 4:58 pm
Bill, Isa is correct. Archaeologists are still not sure exactly where the temple stood. Herod the great constructed a large platform as a site for his...
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William
eliadefollower
Jan 13, 2011 4:35 pm
Boots, I do believe that God's love is unconditional, but I also do not think that God will ultimately override our free will. However, I do also recognize...
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William
eliadefollower
Jan 13, 2011 4:35 pm
Tom and Isa, That it was not a literal wall of the Temple has been well known for quite some time. However, it also becomes a question of just how did Jesus...
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Isa
isalcordo
Jan 14, 2011 10:41 pm
Bill: Here is Mk 13:1-2: As he (Jesus) was leaving the temple, one of his disciples said to him, "Look, Teacher! What massive stones! What magnificent...
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William
eliadefollower
Jan 15, 2011 5:18 pm
Isa, You have offered what is a plausible defense; However we are left with the problem of not being able to be certain just what Jesus meant. The scholars...
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bootsdpm
Jan 15, 2011 5:18 pm
BIll, according to nde accounts, there are "purgatories" where souls go to be purified before entering heaven. it's not a place of torture. ... 628 nuing to...
