K C Sunbeam

                                                          I want as many to be saved as possible. So, I try to eliminate any unnecessary barriers that block one  from God.   Consider former Christian and now Atheist Vel who calls herself " Club Schadenfreude".  Besides her video with TV evangelist Ray Comfort, she and I bantered on WordPress. Her complaint was "The bible teaches Calvinist predestination. That is, this god already chose who it will save, then damns the rest through no fault of their own."  And "Your god has no interest in free will per your own bible, that states that this god has already chosen who it will allow to be a Christian."     First, some explain that the words predestinate and predestinated as used in the Bible simply mean that whatever path we chose, we would naturally arrive at the...

                                         Heresy, originally defined, was a religious doctrine contrary to dogma established by the Church, or which implied denial of revealed truth. That is, heterodoxy. A heretic would be one who dissents from established Church dogma or deliberately and obstinately disavows a revealed truth. That is, a deviationist. Principles of avoiding heresy and condemning it are indeed scriptural.  But it also came to mean departure from a dominant doctrine, practice, or theory in any field.  That is, innovation. A heretic came to mean anyone who dissents from an accepted doctrine, opinion, or theory of any kind, or who opposes generally accepted beliefs.  That is, a nonconformist. In other words, don't you dare defy popular opinion.   For lauders of popular opinion to be logically consistent, they should allow ant colonies to take over...