Evidence for God from Science

All the YEC criticisms aside, one of the things that has truly impressed me about Hugh Ross (and I've been reading his stuff about 20 years now) is that he is very humble and polite in rebutting those he disagrees with or that haven't a clue. The guy is just about always going to be the smartest fel...

Rick said: "lol I don't know much about Hovind except for the video debate he had with Hugh Ross. I like Hugh's website and visit it often." Yes, Rick, I also am a HUGE fan of RTB, Ross Inc. In the debate with Ross, every time Hovind makes a statement, you can look over at Ross and can te...

As for the shroud, even if perfectly authenticated, it would be but one more astounding evidence for the reality of God, albeit amongst mountains of other evidences. Psalm 19 tells us that, "The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork." But one man can l...

Philippians 1:16: “The latter DO IT OUT OF LOVE, knowing that I AM PUT HERE FOR THE DEFENSE OF THE GOSPEL.” Much of God's Church, has, historically, done a very poor job of answering many of the key questions common to unbelievers (about God, the Creation, Jesus, the Bible, etc.), many of which God...

Bippy wrote: "Amen to that my friend. It looks like you got the bug also." Bippy, indeed I have! But what frustrates me is that most Christians have a total lack of understanding of the importance and power of knowing how God can work in an unbeliever's mind and heart through exposure to ...

Bippy wrote: "As soon as I got hold of the first few peer reviewed articles, the curiousity started growing and it became almost an obbsession with me." Bippy... ALMOST an obsession???!!! :) :D :lol: :pound: Seriously, though, I wish all Christians had your passion for seeking the truth o...

It is impossible for God to act outside of His holy nature or will, as God simply IS. That is why He is the unchangeable and "Great I Am." Who and all that God is forever remains unchangeable. His decisions all flow from what is inside of Him that makes Him God. But, also, God's perfect an...

Delete / Duplicate: don't know why this happens?

"First, why for eternity?" That's a great question: Why would God punish finite sins for an ETERNITY? Very likely because their rejection and rebellion of him CONTINUES into eternity. Notice the parable of Abraham's Bosom and the rich man in hell: Notice that the rich man, even finding hi...

Clearly, a totally GOOD God could not have made any evil creature. God cannot cause sin, but he can direct, divert and influence those who are already determined to sin, and as they begin to actualize their intentions. In other words, God can direct sinful intentions and actions to a conclusion whic...

Bippy wrote: "Philip im surprised that after I posted all my evidences about the shroud that you would post an article from joe nickell." Bippy, relax! My post was in no way an endorsement of the linked article, nor of anyone's contentions within it. It was merely an FYI that an article a...

FYI: Shroud article today: http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2012/05/20/holy-shroud-or-clever-hoax/ Article references Joe Nickell and Dr. Emily Craig, a forensic anthropologist and experienced medical illustrator. It contends that Craig and Nickell have independently demonstrated that a medieval artis...

Callisto wrote: "What I want to know is - were angels then created before OUR universe? Wouldn't they had to have been, since some had fallen before we did? For our universe the Bible says, "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was God, and the Word was with God". I'm just cur...

A great book that does much to de-mystify the Old Testament is, "Is God a Moral Monster?" by Paul Copan. It tackles such issues as slavery, atrocities, strange purity laws - much of what makes us scratch our heads, or even recoil, at disturbing mis- or non-understood aspects of the OT. The...

"This is all a hypothetical situation" Yes, it is SO hypothetical that you would probably be extremely hard pressed to ever find even one such example of gay people going as far as marriage, but yet not "consummating" their relationship sexually. But God judges the heart, and fo...