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Why would you expect him to answer 16 questions when you've seen already how seldom he answers questions?

Was Abraham wrong to question God's morality regarding taking of human life? [Gen 18:23, 25 KJV] – 23 And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked? ... 25 That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the...

Funny that after so much time spent on this thread, you're still only able to articulate something you say is "something like" open theism. Spend some time finding out what open theists actually say before critiquing them.

I allowed for that in my post, which you abbreviated. Can God murder?

What "here" are you talking about? Earth? God tells us He is going to make His home on Earth, so it seems odd to say it is a punishment of some sort. We came to earth because we chose our will over His?? And we can do that better with reincarnation? I'm not seeing that in scripture at all...

That's a pretty big claim considering your admission that the New Testament uses it for resurrection. And remember that the Old Testament was not originally written in Greek. Which, obliterating your assertion above, was prior to Jesus' resurrection. What is a "soul"? Genesis 2 describes it as...

By "absolute", do you mean that something morally bad will always be morally bad in all cases? I would maintain that morality is at least somewhat subjective, or it is circumstantially derived. For instance, God can kill a human impunitively, but we cannot always. Another example: adultery will...

I guess if you have to find your particular favorite doctrine in scripture, you'll be able to, even if you have to ignore all the rest of scripture. Regarding the story of the workers, it could hardly be about reincarnation. You don't pay what looks like a different person for the work someone...

Can God change the events He sees in the future?

Jonah, perhaps?

So you are saying the 12 (not including Paul) were going into all the world, but not going to Gentiles? I'm struggling to understand the point you are trying to make. Here's what you started with: I gave a response that they did indeed go out into the world, i.e., they did not stay in Judea...

They aren't now. Are you asking whether they ever did? Scripture doesn't say one way or another, but it seems very unlikely that they stayed in Jerusalem and Judea as it was being besieged and falling, since Christ had told them to leave Matthew 24:16 KJV – Then let them which be in Judaea flee...

There's a national Catholic shrine to an unbiblical event that is antithetical to Christ's atoning work? That's weird.

@Clete Did you listen in on the recent Real Science Radio broadcast where they talked about trinary asteroid systems in the asteroid belt?

Yes, but only older versions, usually, and I don't have a lot of storage for apps. What do you recommend?