Welcome!

His Name Is John · Post by **His Name Is John** » Fri Jun 01, 2012 9:10 am

It seems to me, that new members rarely post a introduction thread anymore. As such I am making this thread as a way that new members can say hi, and get to know a couple of people on the forums.

So to all the new members:

First of all, hello!

Second, why don't you tell us a little bit about yourself?

McCulloch · Post by **McCulloch** » Sun Aug 12, 2012 5:04 pm

jimvansage wrote: You all will know me as Jimvansage
I am a Minister for the Sesser church of Christ in Illinois
I became a Christian four years ago

I am trying my best to make it clear that it is not my intent to force my beliefs upon others, but to give an answer demonstrating why I believe what I believe
(and of course, on occasion and in debate, show why reasons for unbelief are inadequate)

I believe that the following facets of my faith can be demonstrated by logical deduction
1. There is a God
2. The Bible is God's Word*
3. Jesus Christ is the Son of God

Don't ask me what denomination I am because I am not a member of any denomination - I am a Gospel preacher and a member of the church of Christ (Rom. 16:16)

*By the Bible, I mean the 39 books commonly found in the Old Testament (Genesis-Malachi) and the 27 books commonly found in the New Testament (Matthew-Revelation) - not a precise enough definition for my taste, but it will do for know

Any questions, feel free to ask!

Welcome

I would like to ask a number of questions, but not here in the chat, but in a proper debate forum so that we can test your beliefs.

However, one question that need not be debated, by church of Christ do you mean a kind of generic Christian unaffiliated with any denomination or did you mean the denomination known as church of Christ with their doctrines of believers' baptism for the forgiveness of sins, no instrumental music in worship historically linked to Alexander Campbell and Barton W. Stone?

Here are links to the other questions:
Can the existence of God be demonstrated by logic?
Can the Bible's divine authorship be demonstrated by logic?
Can Jesus Christ can be shown to be the Son of God by logical deduction?

jimvansage · Post by **jimvansage** » Mon Aug 13, 2012 8:48 pm

I am not a member of a denomination. The church is an assembly of Christians who desire to only practice and teach what is found written in the New Testament. One does not need to be a member of a denomination to be a Christian.

Though we believe in "singing and making melody in our hearts" (Eph. 5:19) without mechanical instruments and believer's baptism for the remission of sins (Mk. 16:16; Acts 2:38; 22:16; 1 Peter 3:21), I believe that the head of the church is Jesus Christ and that the church came into existence on the Day of Pentecost (Acts 2).

I deny the existence of miracles past the 2nd century AD, and that the Scriptures in their entirety are Divinely inspired and all-sufficient (2 Tim. 3:16, 17; 2 Peter 1:3).
I say this to explain that my connection to the apostolic church is not through Campbell, Stone, or any human agent, but the New Testament.

jimvansage · Post by **jimvansage** » Tue Aug 14, 2012 12:06 am

As for those links, I hadn't expected to be debating so soon.
I'll need some time to review, but I'd like to address the topics in that order:
Existence of God
Inspiration of the Bible
Deity of Jesus of Nazareth

I look forward to some good discussion!

jimvansage · Post by **jimvansage** » Sun Nov 25, 2012 3:19 pm

I'm going through some major life decisions at the moment and will not be active on this forum for some time.

Armed Citizen · Post by **Armed Citizen** » Wed Dec 12, 2012 11:34 pm

Nickname is Sig. As in the firearms Manufacturer

I am a gun nut.
I am a non union blue collar worker.
I am a family man.
I am an Athiest.
I flirt with Agnostism and Deism but I have a fear of comitment to myths.
I am a political conservative.
I am an Independent voter.
I support our soldiers.
I don't support our wars.
I speak a small amout of German... and less English.
I love Chinese food.
I Love to cook.
I like to practice making babies!!!

I have ran out of things to mumble about....

:2gun:

Post by **otseng** » Thu Dec 13, 2012 9:32 am

Armed Citizen wrote: Nickname is Sig. As in the firearms Manufacturer

I am a gun nut.
I am a non union blue collar worker.
I am a family man.
I am an Athiest.
I flirt with Agnostism and Deism but I have a fear of comitment to myths.
I am a political conservative.
I am an Independent voter.
I support our soldiers.
I don't support our wars.
I speak a small amout of German... and less English.
I love Chinese food.
I Love to cook.
I like to practice making babies!!!

I have ran out of things to mumble about....

:2gun:

Welcome to the forum.

My next handgun will most likely be a Sig. What Sigs do you have?

Armed Citizen · Post by **Armed Citizen** » Thu Dec 13, 2012 9:51 am

otseng wrote: Welcome to the forum.

My next handgun will most likely be a Sig. What Sigs do you have?

Might be easier to list what I don't have lol.

I have:

P220
P226
P229
P239
P250
SP2022
SIG522
SIG556
SIG716

and will buying a M400 prolly in Spring (if the wife let's me... she says I have toooooooooo many guns

)!!!!

Post by **otseng** » Thu Dec 13, 2012 10:03 am

Armed Citizen wrote:
otseng wrote: Welcome to the forum.

My next handgun will most likely be a Sig. What Sigs do you have?

Might be easier to list what I don't have lol.

I have:

P220
P226
P229
P239
P250
SP2022
SIG522
SIG556
SIG716

and will buying a M400 prolly in Spring (if the wife let's me... she says I have toooooooooo many guns )!!!!

Wow, that's an impressive collection. I understand why people call you Sig.

Armed Citizen · Post by **Armed Citizen** » Thu Dec 13, 2012 12:00 pm

otseng wrote:
Armed Citizen wrote:
otseng wrote: Welcome to the forum.

My next handgun will most likely be a Sig. What Sigs do you have?

Might be easier to list what I don't have lol.

I have:

P220
P226
P229
P239
P250
SP2022
SIG522
SIG556
SIG716

and will buying a M400 prolly in Spring (if the wife let's me... she says I have toooooooooo many guns )!!!!
Wow, that's an impressive collection. I understand why people call you Sig.

Whats worse is some of those I have multiple versions

I am debating to buy a Sig 1911 at some point but I am kinda not a 1911 fan over all. I would take one of my two P220's over a 1911 anyday of the week.

Let me know when you are ready for purchase and I provide myself for any questions you might have.

AHHHHHGGHHHH!!! Forgot my .22lr Mesquitos! Pooey...

:2gun:

StephanM · Post by **StephanM** » Fri Dec 14, 2012 11:44 am

Hi everyone! I just registered because I found the discussion here to me much more useful than any other site I've seen in my searches for information. A short bit about myself: I was raised a serious Christian, played keyboard/organ/keytar (that's right), at pretty much every church I attended for about 7 years, and left the Air Force to move to Sin City to help start up a church. Vegas was a nice place for evangelism because of all of the foot traffic, and while I was there, I got many questions from people. I never came across anything I couldn't explain, but I wanted to be better prepared, so I gave a thorough, honest look at the evidence for/against Christianity. In my research, it just didn't add up, and of all the world views that had any evidence, Judaism seemed the strongest. A year later, I moved to the DC area, and 2 years after that, with the help of many kind Rabbis and friends, my wife and I finished conversion with the Orthodox Jewish court. I'm always looking and learning, keeping track of every side of every disagreement that I can find, and trying to keep an open mind. I hope to find many sides of many disagreements here well represented!

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