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*LCMS Lutheran. There is a large difference between that and ELCA lutherans.
Our belief structure didn't start off believing what the Catholics believed; we had the same faith ever since Christ came to earth but it was lost during the Middle Ages. When people started becoming educated and began to actually read and examine the Scripture, there were many Reformations.
Here is a quote from
Clarifying Christianity which basically states the same thing I was getting at.
Behemoth has the following attributes according to Job 40:15-24
It “eats grass like an ox.”
It “moves his tail like a cedar.” (In Hebrew, this literally reads, “he lets hang his tail like a cedar.”)
Its “bones are like beams of bronze,
His ribs like bars of iron.”
“He is the first of the ways of God.”
“He lies under the lotus trees,
In a covert of reeds and marsh.”
Some people try to say that this was an elephant or some other large animal but there is no way you can get that when looking at the characteristics.
That could be dozens of different animals, not just a dinosaur.
Excuse me about giving the crocodile example. There are
some reptiles that do not stop growing, not all. Humans do not grow up until they die (unless they had a growth disorder).
God explained this at Mount Sinai to Moses. I'm not sure the verse but I think it is in either Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, or Deuteronomy (sorry for the vagueness).
All the dinosaur were fossilized except for the two (of each species) and their future offspring. Floods are one of the special conditions that are able to fossilize creatures. There is so much sand, mud, sediment, and rock being thrown about in the huge currents during a global flood that the creatures would be fossilized instantly. There is actually a dinosaur that was fossilized while giving birth.
That means all the fossils ever found were created at the exact same time, witch is false. And something cannot be "fossilized instantly". It takes thousands of years.
There is absolutely no way dinosaurs existed the same time as humans. There would be countless records from across the globe of this.
During the flood, the water was not exactly perfect living conditions; there were large currents that would easily have buried them with tons of sediment in hours and maybe even minutes. What exactly do you mean by certain animals being evil? All animals (after the first sin) have the instinct to survive no matter their means of doing so. I don't see what you mean by some being evil and others not.
Lucifer tried to actually be God himself. That is a huge difference from just doing a little sin. Besides, in heaven, there is no sin and it is perfect. Apparently, the angels could sin but they also already were able to be in paradise before that and were smart enough not to sin.
The Bible says that the sins of the fathers will carry on to the third and fourth generations of those who hate him. It could easily go farther then that. Our world was perfect before sin entered into it. Once it came in, sin would always be present, in everything aspect. That is why you see thorns, weeds, disease, and evil in our world. Every person is born into a sinful world with a sinful nature. Now that Adam sinned, the world is sinful. Once you are born into that world, you are born with sin.
Why would such a malevolent force allow that to happen? It is possible to wipe out sin yet sustain free will. Religion wasn't "invented"; it has always been here.
Actually it came around when man had enough brain power to wonder about things and used gods to explain the forces of nature. It also isn't for getting people to join but rather to save people's lives for eternity.
And to capture Jerusalem from the Muslims, lol.
Cool.
Uhhh....this is a complex question. I can't say yes or no. Just because the Pope isn't Lutheran, it doesn't mean he isn't going to hell. There could be someone in a different denomination who has the right faith (by reading the Bible and disregarding some of what their church teaches) and could still be saved. If the Pope actually believes what his church teaches, then he would be going to hell since the church contradicts the Bible.
Again, what about people in the Americas before its discovery by Europeans?
We really can't know for sure. I don't like thinking about it because it makes me sad if it is true. What I think is that if the baby has somehow heard the Word (through his mom), then I have the inclination to hope that the baby would be saved. Unfortunately, we don't know because the Bible doesn't actually say so. It does say that you will be saved through Baptism but also through hearing the Word. That is really all I can say.
Good question. We pray (in the Lord's Prayer) that God's will be done but that doesn't mean it always is. Since Adam sinned, the world is cursed with sin. You would be exercising your free will by doing the crime and God would be sad. God would have allowed you to do that because of our sinful world but he wouldn't have wanted that.
Another good question. You would be forgiven from your sin(s) if you really are truly repentant. You would also have to have the right faith to be able to go to Heaven.
That means that 2/3 of the population is going to hell.
If you ask for forgiveness and then go and do the same crime, then you are not truly repentant. You would then go to hell by really not asking for forgiveness.
It is impossible for everyone (except Jesus) to live a life without sin. If you could, then it would be possible but everyone knows that it is impossible. You have already sinned before you were able to consciously think about it.
There is no such thing as a non-sinner but assuming your premise is correct, the unbelieving non-sinner would be worse (as long as the penetant sinner has the right faith). The "non-sinning" atheist would not believe the saving work of Jesus Christ (since he doesn't believe in God) and thus, would not lead a "non-sinning" life. It is impossible for someone to not sin unless they have the right faith.
Again, good bye to the 4 billion non-Christian people going to hell.
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