Evidence for God from Science

A Jewish man goes to talk to his Rabbi. The Rabbi sees he’s in an agitated state, and asks what’s wrong. The man says,”It’s my son, Rabbi. He wants to marry a Christian woman.” The Rabbi said, “YOUR son!? YOUR son!? Let me tell you about MY son! He not only married a Christian woman, but he did it i...

I have been debating with my friends as to how a moral standard leads us to believe in an intelligent designer, and I was wondering what your thoughts were on what my friend said: Ok, let's deal with this in some detail: Simply having a standard doesn't prove anything as far as the scheme of the un...

Actually, early in the discourse he makes that same acusation against Calvinists. On more than one occassion he starts with scripture. Yes, my observation was more based on his writings than the video. The sermon format obviously does not allow for lengthy exegetical arguments, but even in the plac...

jlay wrote:Aug,

I brought up this point on the FW thread and provided a link which covered the different perspectives of FW. it's pretty obvious that when the term FW is used, that not everyone is abiding by the same definition.

Thanks, I will go look for that. It may be worth posting here too.

Not sure I follow here - I never stated that we have the power to save ourselves - only God can do that. Not sure what you mean by unconditional free will? I think this dumb welshman needs some enlightening. :ebiggrin: :ebiggrin: :ebiggrin: If only God can save, would that not suggest some kind of ...

Just sharing a link... I started reading through this today, this will take a while, lots and lots of info... maybe some would like to read through with me as well... http://www.evangelicaloutreach.org/calvinismrefuted.htm Dan Corner is not someone I would recommend reading, he is somewhat of a nut...

Dom, this is getting tiresome. Firstly, you are just flat out lying now: Then I have 2 others who flat out REFUSE to watch the presentation with any kind of open mind. One is citing that he has read Norman writings and thus doesn't need to listen because its likely not new to him Again, did you miss...

No I don’t, Bro, since we still exercise choice. I think, because of the fall and sin, there is no absolute free will. We love sin and are at enmity with God. God still allows us to freely act on our sinful and worldly desires. But by grace He has willed so that some will freely come to Christ. Thi...

August, Norman is an apologetic and philosopher. If he doesn't even do his job as you say, then he is just a plain hack. If this is what you are affirming then you are doing nothing but an ad hominem attack. The philosophical face value of Calvinism is something he has thought about. He understands...

Echoside wrote:Emotionally charged words aside I don't think I've ever heard a satisying answer to this question.

Satisfying in what respect?

I own and have studied the full set of Geisler's Systematic Theology, because it does have some value from an apologetics point of view. However, he is either obtuse or biased when it comes to understanding the reformed faith, as he consistently misrepresents or misquotes when it comes to that. His ...

What is the format? Is it to state the most common objections and answer them, or to present evidence/favorable overview in monologue type format? Is the overall context intended to be theological, or to answer secular objections? The reason I ask is because the two main topics I have found with the...

Prayers to the Great Healer, and for wisdom for the caretakers.

Two things...it is clear that God does not love all people in the same way, as Byblos points out. Some do perish, and Romans 9 makes it pretty clear. The other thing is that we need to be careful to say: "Hey look, God chooses to treat some people differently, so we should too." We don't h...

Alien life is possible but unlikely.

Anyway, as Christians we do believe in other life forms already, so it won't be such a big deal.