Daniel P. Barron

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You can find me in #Bible on EFNet IRC.


I also have a discord channel.


Otherwise, comment on my articles.


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67 Responses

  1. [...] Looking to buy a FG? Contact me. [...]

  2. Anonymous

    I’m not seeing a “search” feature, am I missing it?

  3. Nope. I don't have a search. All the articles I want people to see are linked from the side bar. If you think there's a topic I could add, let me know.

  4. Anonymous

    You are a moron

  5. I don't want you to feel like I am hiding from my words, so here is your other comment which you spammed on several other articles:

    Daniel P. Barron: Rogg, no spin required. sometimes it's okay to smash babies against rocks


    This is of course a reference to Psalm 137:

    9 Happy the one who takes and dashes
    Your little ones against the rock!

  6. Moses

    Nice attempt to cover you freak.

  7. What have I hidden? You say you have the logs; feel free to provide context.


    Rogg: I have all the [chat] logs as well you psychopath
    Rogg: just to back up the blog posts, ya know
    Rogg: the stonings as well , crackhead

  8. Anonymous

    Cree beat you in a debate and you runaway lol.

  9. Vasile S

    Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household. (Acts 16:31)
    Everyone needs to be saved because, "there is none who does good, no, not one" (Romans 3:12), and because God "has appointed a day on which He will judge the world" (Acts 17:31). When God judges the world, all who have not been saved will be judged according to their deeds (Romans 2:6) and cast into the lake of fire (Revelation 20:11-15).

  10. Amen. So are you still defending A True Church or are there some teachings of ours with which you disagree?

  11. Vasile S

    Disagree...? With the word of God? No way.
    I defend the word of God in every situation, in fact I live only because of God.

  12. I take it then you still believe we are in the truth. That's awesome! Are you part of a church where you're at? It would be cool for me to have an answer to the question I get so often which is: "are there any other true churches in the world?" People like to accuse us of claiming we are the "one" true church, which was never our assertion.

  13. Vasile S

    Yes, I know you are in the truth and this thing it is awesome. For this was possible only by the grace of the Lord Almighty. And I know also that people like to make accusations, sometimes to look less sinful in their eyes.
    I'm right now in Romania with my wife. We speak the word of the Lord everywhere we go, that is, in Canada, Romania or Greece. At this point I know another person (except the two of us) whom the Lord has endured and now this person is in the truth.

    1 John 4: 6 But we are of God; whoever knows God listens to us; who is not from God does not listen to us. By this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of wandering.

  14. Bogdan B

    The only way to be save is Bible (John 14:6) but Bible say clear only few people will know the narrow way (Matthew 7:13-14) and many people like to follow liar's (2 Peter 2:1-2 ; 2 Timothy 4:3-4) . And who believe and say what the Bible say ,he's seen as a liar (2 Corinthians 6:8) .

  15. Anonymous

    Praise to God (John 17:3) because Him had mercy of me (Romans 9:16) and brought me out of deception, from the darkness, from the teachings of men (Jeremiah 17:9 ; Revelation 12:9 ; Matthew 15:8-9) and Him showed me only Him is Truth (John 14:6) and who's from God listen His word's (John 8:47). Reality and truth is that I have not searched for God (Romans 3:11) . But God choose people to be in truth (John 6:65).

  16. Bogdan B

    Praise to God (John 17:3) because Him had mercy of me (Romans 9:16) and He took me out of deception, from the darkness, from the teachings of men (Jeremiah 17:9 ; Revelation 12:9 ; Matthew 15:8-9) and Him showed me only Him is Truth (John 14:6) . Reality and truth is that none seek the Lord (Romans 3:11) ,God brought me to His Son (John 6:65). Who's from God listen His word's (John 8:47).

  17. I hope you two will get in contact with Darwin. I've already informed him of this correspondence.

  18. daniel p barron

    hello daniel p barron

  19. Yes hello. Who are you?

  20. Bob

    Can one make a account on here to see content before it is released

  21. Yes and no. Yes I could do that but no I don't want to.

  22. [...] Please use PGP to protect any messages you send to me. You must have a PGP key in order for me to be able to respond in private. [...]

  23. Anonymous

    Hi there,
    I

  24. I am Daniel; not I.

  25. It looks like you've misspelled the word "drunkeness" on your website. I thought you would like to know :). Silly mistakes can ruin your site's credibility. I've used a tool called SpellScan.com in the past to keep mistakes off of my website.

    -Kerri

  26. Hello Daniel, with little hope left sparking within me I opt for this last stitch attempt. I firstly wish to apologise for the trouble caused to u last evening. I only wished to speak to u, a humble few words. With all my messages to u blocked or deleted I leave my final goodbye here. It has been fun Daniel, I sincerely hope u will wish me goodbye as well for the memories created. Best wishes, big boy.

  27. Hello Daniel, this is my final goodbye. This last stitch attempt at contacting you will hopefully not be in vain for all of my other messages have been blocked or deleted. It saddens me greatly to think that I may have caused you any trouble this past evening and so I apologise. But alas my fruitful hope is dwindling with no reply and no more ways to contact you this is my last option. This is my last message. I do hope my request to cross some humble words with you will not be ignored and you will reply to this with at very little a solemn goodbye. For the memories we have made, and for the little time we spent together. I will be awaiting your response even if it may never arrive. My dearest regards, big boy.

  28. I appear to have made a mistake, I am sorry for the two messages one did not show up previously.

  29. All comments are moderated by me before being published.

  30. Is that the only thing your going to tell me Daniel? No goodbye, no hello, I just simply want to have a conversation with u :(

  31. What do you want to talk about?

  32. Tell me about Daniel

  33. no no Daniel as in yourself. I want to know about u Daniel :)) unless ur calling urself a sinner?

  34. That's right. "If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us." (1 John 1:8)

  35. What’s your typical day like Daniel? What foods do you like to indulge in?

  36. I spend most days contending for the faith (Jude 1:3) in chat rooms. Lately, I've been making a smoothie for breakfast. It consists of various fruits and nuts, frozen banana and kale, and leftover cannabis from my dry herb vaporizer.

  37. What else do you do? I found your YouTube channel is that a hobby of yours?

  38. I meet with fellow believers in the Bible. We get together and discuss Scripture. My youtube channel isn't something I have taken seriously, but I have intentions to start a podcast.

  39. Anonymous

    Hey Daniel can you unblock and friend me on discord
    Judge Judy#0765

  40. Why should I do that?

  41. TemporaryNarwhal

    Because I'm [very] based, obviously

  42. I think you misspelled the word "cheif" on your website. If you want to keep errors off of your site we've successfully used a tool like SpellPros.com in the past for our websites. A nice customer pointed out our mistakes so I'm just paying it forward :).

  43. You're right, and in two different articles! Thanks for the help.

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  45. Thanks for the offer, but I am not interested in being paid to advertise anything on my blog. You are more than welcome to advertise in the form of comments, provided that you aren't too bothersome about it.

  46. Hi,

    I thought I would mention that it looks like the word "untill" is spelled incorrectly on your website. I've seen some tools to help with problems like this such as SpellAlert.com or WebsiteChecker.com. I just thought you should know!

    -Harry

  47. Hi There,

    Just a heads-up that I believe the word "Particularily" is spelled wrong on your website. I had a couple of errors on my site before I started using a service to monitor for them. There are a few sites that do this but we like SpellingReport.com and ErrorSearch.com.

    -Sarah

  48. That's not a misspelling. Mircea had a particular way of spelling particularly in his game called Eulora.

  49. Angrysaladman! !

    WHO did you ban me from diskordans server!!!

  50. The ban list is currently empty.

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  52. I don't think I'm interested in advertising in that way. But thanks for the offer.

  53. Anonymous

    You're a rapist

  54. I say I'm not. I guess it's your word against mine. Who are you?

  55. Anonymous

    with god as my witness you have raped my daughter! You are a foul human being Daniel! You should kill yourself NOW!

  56. Hi There,

    Just a heads-up that I believe the word "isnt" is spelled wrong on your website. I had a couple of errors on my site before I started using a service to monitor for them. There are a few sites that do this but we like SpellingReport.com and ErrorSearch.com.

    -Kyle

  57. Emily Gloeggler

    I have read Darwin Fish’s articles and saw some of your comments on the blog. You stated that “If a woman loves a man and also believes, it would be cruel not to marry her”, and yet Darwin on his blog says this - “ In 1 Corinthians 7:9 Paul tells the church to “let them marry.” It is not a command to “get married.” It is a command to “let them marry.”

    It is the Greek word γαμησάτωσαν (gamêsatôsan), an imperative. In other words, it's a command. The command is to “let” the "unmarried and . . . widows" (vs. 8) "marry" (vs. 9), if they "cannot exercise self-control." And as should be obvious, the "unmarried" includes virgins, for this same term (ἀγάμοις vs. 8) is used for a virgin in verse 34 (ἄγαμος).

    But, is it really a command? A prior verse in 1 Corinthians 7 says,

    But I say this as a concession, not as a commandment (1 Corinthians 7:6).

    What is “not . . . a commandment”? Is it the prior verses? There Paul commands,

    let each man have his own wife

    let each woman have her own husband

    Let the husband render to his wife the affection due her

    and likewise also the wife to her husband.

    Do not deprive one another (1 Corinthians 7:2-5)

    In the Greek, these are all in the imperative. They are commands. Likewise, after 1 Corinthians 7:6 (“not . . . a commandment”) “let them marry” in verse 9 is in the imperative. It is a command. So, what do we find in the text that is “not . . . a commandment”? What is not in the imperative? The non-commandment is the decision to be single or not.

    Paul was not married (1 Corinthians 9:5, 15), and he wrote,

    But I say this as a concession, not as a commandment. For I wish that all men were even as I myself. But each one has his own gift from God, one in this manner and another in that. But I say to the unmarried and to the widows: It is good for them if they remain even as I am; but if they cannot exercise self-control, let them marry. For it is better to marry than to burn. (1 Corinthians 7:6-9)

    Paul desired that all would be single as he was, but he knew that was not what God had designed, as he wrote,

    But each one has his own gift from God, one in this manner and another in that.

    This non-command is akin to Jesus' words in Matthew 19.

    All cannot accept this saying, but only those to whom it has been given: For there are eunuchs who were born thus from their mother's womb, and there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs by men, and there are eunuchs who have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven's sake. He who is able to accept it, let him accept it. (Matthew 19:11-12)

    Some are not able to accept singleness. Some “cannot exercise self-control” (1 Corinthians 7:9). So, it is imperative that we “let them marry.”

    Paul's “concession, not as a commandment” (1 Corinthians 7:6) is the non-commandment of singleness. To remain single is a strong suggestion by Paul throughout the chapter (vs. 7-8, 26-27, 32-35, 37-38, 40), and in verse 28 he makes it abundantly clear it is simply a suggestion. He writes,

    even if you do marry, you have not sinned; and if a virgin marries, she has not sinned (1 Corinthians 7:28).

    Clearly, if you don't stay single, “you have not sinned.” There is no command given by Paul to stay single, although he strongly encourages it. The "concession" are his words about singleness.”… He then goes on to say… “ When God places romantic love upon a couple (as in 1 Corinthians 7:9), the game is up. Let them marry.”

    So with the aforementioned, if a genuine natural man and a genuine natural woman genuinely love, respects, wants to be with, and both internally want to but not openly stated to marry and yet if one or both decide not to get married to each other, is it not then a choice - as Darwin quotes the Word. That it is not a commandment to get married but a concession and it’s up to them to decide to marry or not, regardless of the love for each other? If one or both decide to move on from that love - then, cruel as it is, is it a sin?

  58. god

    hi daniel :)

  59. No Emily, it's not a sin.

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