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The Trinity/Binity, Supplemental: Trinitarians Desperate to Plug Mark 10:18

Trinitarians and Binitarians are so desperate to explain away Mark 10:17-18 that they scrounge for any excuse that has nothing to do with the Biblical text, but the explanations are so weak that they can't even come to agreement about it. A False Translation Some Trinity-biased commentaries claim that the best rendering of Mark 10:18 is "Why do you ask me concerning that which is good?" But in verse 17 the young ruler said, "Good teacher!" (Gk, "didaskale agathe", an exclamatory statement), but even if you translate it as "Teacher!, what good! should I do to gain eternal life?" his question would remain to be about a verb "doing good", not a noun "what is good". After all, he can't "do" God, but he can do good works, which is what he was asking about. Also, the grammar in the verse is very clearly Jesus saying, as every translation in the world puts it, "Why do you call me good?" Then, after hi...

Hellfire and the Underworld

Fear of punishment in an afterlife has haunted the dreams of mankind for millennia. Many ideas about this punishment have been put forth by various religions. But it might surprise you to know that the fear of the dark underworld where souls undergo judicial punishment by fire did not begin with Abrahamic religions, but from other religions and national groups. The fact that the earth's core is molten is indeed associated with the destruction in the lake of fire with Deuteronomy 32:22 , but that is merely an illustration of its destructiveness. (See DOES DEUTERONOMY 32:22 BURNING ALIVE IN HELLFIRE? below.) However, unlike the Trinity, or inherent immortality of the soul, it is understandable how hellfire could be read into the Scriptures given all the references to souls being tossed into the fire and certain entities being "tormented". In fact, Luke 16:19-31 and Revelation 14:9-11 understandably seem to provide a very clear representation...

The Mosaic Law, Part 2: A Brief History of God's Laws

Law from God has played an integral part throughout human history. Rebellion against Jehovah God's laws began with the very first rulebreaker, an angel whom we now call Satan, ( Re 12:9 [ pa | in ] ) whose jealousy led him to pretend to be a serpent and lie against God to bring mankind death through sin. ( Ge 3:1-5 [ pa | in ] ; Joh 8:44 [ pa | in ] ) It was by loving his wife more than God ( Ge 2:22-25 [ pa | in ] ; Ro 1:21 [ pa | in ] ) that the first man, Adam, rebelled, breaking the one simple rule ( Ge 2:16-17 [ pa | in ] ; 3:6 [ pa | in ] ) and thereby lost the gift of everlasting life for all his descendants by passing sin to them, and lost paradise for us all. ( Ge 3:23, 24 [ pa | in ] ) Afterward, his son Cain violated the natural law of human existence not to murder. He had even been warned not to let his petty jealousy consume him, and then he murdered his brother anyway and was therefore driven from ...

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