Scientific advancement has reached the point where we really can know the answers to some of the questions that people have wondered about for millennia.
Charles Darwin (1809-1882)
It should be apparent, firstly, what a profound impact Darwin's work has had on the development of human civilization but, secondly, how simple it is to eliminate its influence as a hindrance to the truth.
Destruction
If souls are eternal and continue to exist regardless of our choices during life, or if our body is alive or dead; and the phrase soul-destroying means "continuing in a sad or depressed state," is this meaning in the Bible?
Soul Destroying
"Soul destroying" is commonly used to mean "causing a person to feel very unhappy or depressed." For example: the soul-destroying confinement of city life. This means that the soul is continuing in its unhappy state.
Heart Condition
Consider the cause and effect of heart condition. For example, which came first: smoking? or heart disease? What if heart disease is the result of a poor relationship with God, and that's the reason why we smoke?
Only Half a Life?
What do you really want out of life? Do you want to fool yourself with SciPop that there's no hell so that you can live this fraught and miserable existence and end up in it?
Be discouraged: יָר֔וּץ – ratsats
Discouragement is one of the words used in the Bible to describe the emotional condition we call depression.
Why Art Thou Cast Down?
We have found a third way that the Bible describes depression: 1) a spirit of heaviness, 2) discouragement, 3) feeling cast down.
Upon Your Bed
Christmas is over. Once again the anticipation and excitement, planning and preparation, that builds in intensity from Thanksgiving and which bursts upon us in a flurry of excitement is over. The year is winding down.
Withstand in the Evil Day
Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness; And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace; Above …
