Search found 1046 matches
- Fri Mar 08, 2013 1:40 pm
- Forum: The Bible and Scripture
- Topic: 5 Miracles Deleted From the Bible For Being Too Awesome
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1722
Re: 5 Miracles Deleted From the Bible For Being Too Awesome
Well, first of all, Cracked is a comedy website. They tend to take real-life things and blow them up to comical proportions. In other words, the formula is: Some truth + some exaggeration = funny. So while these things might have actually been written down in ancient texts found by archaeologists, C...
- Thu Mar 07, 2013 3:43 pm
- Forum: God and Science
- Topic: Examples of Microevolution occurring
- Replies: 35
- Views: 7586
Re: Examples of Microevolution occurring
Neo, Hugh Ross is both a "pulpit preacher"(he's a pastor), and a very knowledgable astrophysicist. So much for that logic. Rick, with all due respect, this kind of comparison is not really valid. Hugh Ross has a PhD in astronomy and has been an astrophysicist by trade. This is completely ...
- Tue Mar 05, 2013 12:21 pm
- Forum: Christian Theology
- Topic: Problem of the slaughter of the Cannanites
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3274
Re: Problem of the slaughter of the Cannanites
Ivellious imagine for one second that those kids grow up and perpetuate the child sacrifices that they would be taught by their parents, and they end up in eternal hell. Imagine now that they are enjoying eternity in heaven with God . If you look at this with earthly eyes it can never be justified ...
- Mon Mar 04, 2013 2:31 am
- Forum: Christian Theology
- Topic: Problem of the slaughter of the Cannanites
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3274
Re: Problem of the slaughter of the Cannanites
I've heard versions of this argument reiterated by several different people/groups, and I'm yet to be convinced by it. The notion that it's ok to kill children just because, to that point in their lives, they had been raised by bad people is insane to me, and sounds like a moral cop-out. By that rea...
- Fri Mar 01, 2013 6:42 pm
- Forum: God and Science
- Topic: Question about Genesis creation and today
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1403
Re: Question about Genesis creation and today
I suppose if you were a young-Earth creationist, things like us witnessing the various stages of millions-to-billions year long processes would be troubling. After all, if the universe is just 6,000-10,000 years old, why should we be able to see stars and planets both being formed and dying in vario...
- Fri Mar 01, 2013 1:07 am
- Forum: Philosophical Discussions
- Topic: Ontological Argument.
- Replies: 39
- Views: 12064
Re: Ontological Argument.
I might be wrong (I'm no expert at this), but here's how I understand it: We can conceptualize God in our mind, and understand what God is. Nothing can be greater than God. If the greatest possible thing (God) can exist in our mind, it necessarily must exist in reality as well. As far as I understan...
- Tue Feb 26, 2013 3:06 pm
- Forum: God and Science
- Topic: Science and morals
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2096
Re: Science and morals
I have long said (and I believe I have said so on this website) that those who try to take Darwinian evolution and its general concepts and start applying them to the realms of psychology, sociology, morality, and etc. are not doing proper science. The only thing that comes close to this is the stud...
- Wed Feb 20, 2013 2:56 am
- Forum: God and Science
- Topic: Higgs boson, aka "god particle"
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1868
Re: Higgs boson, aka "god particle"
Many secular scientists are anti-Christ (whether admitting it or not) and so I know why many "hate" the term. I'm not so sure that all that many scientists hate the term "God Particle." The term itself is simply not accurate, and gives the public an idea of what the Higgs Boson ...
- Mon Feb 18, 2013 12:52 pm
- Forum: Politics and World Events
- Topic: Homosexual Marriage (aka digging up a hot-button topic)
- Replies: 106
- Views: 24446
Re: Homosexual Marriage (aka digging up a hot-button topic)
No. The Muslim country that tolerates a form of homosexuality (actually, pedophilia) between boys and men is Afghanistan. Effeminate boys are usually taken by powerful men and taught to dress & sing like women; and they are used sexually. The boys are discarded as they enter puberty. While I'm ...
- Sun Feb 17, 2013 5:17 pm
- Forum: Politics and World Events
- Topic: Homosexual Marriage (aka digging up a hot-button topic)
- Replies: 106
- Views: 24446
Re: Homosexual Marriage (aka digging up a hot-button topic)
Gay couples getting married and rearing children won't have a ''neutral impact on society'' either. Not entirely neutral, but it won't drastically impact society in a negative way. Sure, it will change society; you would conceivably see more children raised by homosexual couples, you will see a gen...
- Sun Feb 17, 2013 4:25 pm
- Forum: Politics and World Events
- Topic: Homosexual Marriage (aka digging up a hot-button topic)
- Replies: 106
- Views: 24446
Re: Homosexual Marriage (aka digging up a hot-button topic)
Same sex marriage is simply a logical outworking in a secular culture. You might classify this as being a negative, but we do indeed live in a secular society. We are protected from any one particular religious view being forced upon us, at least in theory. It is therefore logical that carious laws...
- Sat Feb 16, 2013 1:23 pm
- Forum: God and Science
- Topic: William Lane Craig's view on creation (yec specifically)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2352
Re: William Lane Craig's view on creation (yec specifically)
One thing I noticed that Craig said was that certain evolutionists that believe in a literal Adam, believe he was just one of tens of thousands of humans living at the time. Can an evolutionist believe that Adam was the first human? Doesn't evolutionism teach that whole populations evolve, not indi...
- Sat Feb 16, 2013 2:18 am
- Forum: Politics and World Events
- Topic: Homosexual Marriage (aka digging up a hot-button topic)
- Replies: 106
- Views: 24446
Homosexual Marriage (aka digging up a hot-button topic)
In November of last year, my home state held arguably one of the most contentious and hard-fought public votes in the history of our statehood. A narrow margin defeated a proposed amendment to our state's constitution that would have officially defined legal marriage as between one man and one woman...
- Thu Feb 07, 2013 8:14 pm
- Forum: Creation Talk
- Topic: Finally Picked a creation stance.
- Replies: 432
- Views: 82563
Re: Finally Picked a creation stance.
Since I know Craig is a favourite of many here, highly recommend video Craig vs. Ayala debating "Is Intelligent Design Viable?" (http://www.reasonablefaith.org/media/craig-vs-ayala-indiana-university) As soon as Craig starts his argument with "I'm going to focus on trying to disprove...
- Tue Feb 05, 2013 8:08 pm
- Forum: Creation Talk
- Topic: Finally Picked a creation stance.
- Replies: 432
- Views: 82563
Re: Finally Picked a creation stance.
It works both ways though. That is, Atheists claim to know Scripture but willfully distort it, or choose portions to suit their purpose. Of course they do, and I don't think I've ever said otherwise. It's a slightly separate issue, but I agree that this happens rather frequently. Like what I said a...