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by ScienceAndFaith
Sun Nov 25, 2007 7:32 pm
Forum: Questions for Christians
Topic: What is the correct way to read the Bible?
Replies: 16
Views: 4830

Re: What is the correct way to read the Bible?

I heard Dr. Carroll Osburn speak on the book Philippians. He was a professor of Greek at Abiline Christian University, and arguably one of the top 5 New Testament Greek scholars in the world. He was one of a handful of scholars granted access to the original Greek manuscripts archived in Germany. Af...
by ScienceAndFaith
Sat Nov 24, 2007 7:03 pm
Forum: Questions for Christians
Topic: God + love + hell = ?
Replies: 84
Views: 27172

Re: God + love + hell = ?

This used to be a question that I could never give a fully satisfying answer to. I've since stumbled onto a concept (at EdwardFudge.com) that puts it in what I now believe is the proper perspective. The idea of people burning forever in hell actually started around the 2nd and 3rd centuries. There s...
by ScienceAndFaith
Sat Nov 24, 2007 6:49 pm
Forum: Questions for Christians
Topic: What makes you believe?
Replies: 22
Views: 7021

Re: What makes you believe?

I was with a very legalistic church and spent all of my time trying to convert people to that church. And that was the problem. My goal was converting people to the church and not to Jesus. I suspect that you are having the same thoughts that I did, and hence the same cure might apply. My faith soar...
by ScienceAndFaith
Sat Nov 24, 2007 6:35 pm
Forum: Questions for Christians
Topic: Help with understanding a proof of God
Replies: 10
Views: 3405

Re: Help with understanding a proof of God

At the risk of oversimplification I would suggest that the only point being made is that if there was a time when there was nothing (no space, time, energy, or matter), and if something does now exist, Something (capitol "S" intended) must have brought it into existence. It did not come fr...
by ScienceAndFaith
Sat Nov 24, 2007 6:23 pm
Forum: Questions for Christians
Topic: Can you prove God exists only using logic?
Replies: 131
Views: 35640

Re: Can you prove God exists only using logic?

I have a different take on this. I would answer "yes" (in a sense) because the very fact that we can ask the question and have this discussion means that we have consciousness. I believe it's safe to assume that we are not wooden 2x4s responding to each other. Wooden 2x4s will never one da...