I didn't know who Maimonides was; I simply extrapolated from the fact that it's a Greek-influenced name, and I knew that the Jewish diaspora resulted in several communities in among the Greeks, especially in Asia Minor. From there it was a simple deduction.
Growing up Southern Baptist, the question about the Great Awakening was easy because it's central to the development of SBC doctrine, today. Whitefield and Edwards are "household names" among evangelicals. Edwards' "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" sermon, which is considered to have kicked it off, is still the essential framework for most revivalist/evangelist sermons today.
Growing up Southern Baptist, the question about the Great Awakening was easy because it's central to the development of SBC doctrine, today. Whitefield and Edwards are "household names" among evangelicals. Edwards' "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" sermon, which is considered to have kicked it off, is still the essential framework for most revivalist/evangelist sermons today.
A Christian told me: if you were saved you cant lose your salvation. you're sealed with the Holy Ghost
I replied: Can I refuse? Because I find the entire concept of vicarious blood sacrifice atonement to be morally abhorrent, the concept of holding flawed creatures permanently accountable for social misbehaviors and thought crimes to be morally abhorrent, and the concept of calling something "free" when it comes with the strings of subjugation and obedience perhaps the most morally abhorrent of all... and that's without even going into the history of justifying genocide, slavery, rape, misogyny, religious intolerance, and suppression of free speech which has been attributed by your own scriptures to your deity. I want a refund. I would burn happily rather than serve the monster you profess to love.
I replied: Can I refuse? Because I find the entire concept of vicarious blood sacrifice atonement to be morally abhorrent, the concept of holding flawed creatures permanently accountable for social misbehaviors and thought crimes to be morally abhorrent, and the concept of calling something "free" when it comes with the strings of subjugation and obedience perhaps the most morally abhorrent of all... and that's without even going into the history of justifying genocide, slavery, rape, misogyny, religious intolerance, and suppression of free speech which has been attributed by your own scriptures to your deity. I want a refund. I would burn happily rather than serve the monster you profess to love.