re: Would you support government or Christian’s in the United States?

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Switching gears a little because if I made a new thread it would be deleted or anchored.

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No doubt! This one has been. I’m ok with it, at this point, because I think we’ll have a better conversation with some privacy and less distractions.

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Have you ever thought Genesis 19:24 sounded funny? Why does it say the LORD twice. Seems very awkward and redundant.

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It does marginally pique my interest.

Your post has a lot of content. Content that I am not educated enough to provide a suitable response to. I will say, that I like Heiser. I think he meant well, but, I’ve read that he gets a lot of his interpretations and consequent theology from the inter-testamental writings (and maybe apocryphal and pseudepigraphal?). I don’t have a problem with the divine council, etc, but I haven’t seen anything by him that lends credence to any of the gnostic theories you espouse. Marcion, and the like, were thoroughly refuted by Irenaeus in the second century. Forgive me for not being knowledgeable enough to swiftly respond to your impressive barrage of claims. Maybe slow down for me, and let’s take it one claim at a time, and then see if we can tie it all together.