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by avenger1212
Sun May 20, 2012 9:57 pm
Forum: Christian Theology
Topic: Who are we to judge homosexuality/others?
Replies: 231
Views: 57897

Re: Who are we to judge homosexuality/others?

What exactly is it you are looking for? It seems to me non-heterosexuals aren't really looking for equal rights. They'll say "stay out of my bedroom" in one breath, and "we should have equal protection of the law", bringing everyone back into their bedroom in the next breath. Leg...
by avenger1212
Sat May 19, 2012 11:07 am
Forum: Christian Theology
Topic: Science and Theology
Replies: 12
Views: 3169

Re: Science and Theology

Thanks Jac3510. You make a number of good points. I was raised in a Baptist church, that is, when we were allowed to go with my Grandmother as kids. Later, my father divorced and remarried, and we were in church together, a lot more often. Growing up in the Bible belt made it really easy to be Chris...
by avenger1212
Fri May 18, 2012 3:58 pm
Forum: Christian Theology
Topic: Science and Theology
Replies: 12
Views: 3169

Re: Science and Theology

My faith has been built on the idea the Bible is the inspired word of God. I can reconcile just fine, that the church can mess up in interpreting the scripture. I know the church has its issues representing God. I can deal with the idea that the church can mess things up, and people get wrong theolo...
by avenger1212
Thu May 17, 2012 7:39 pm
Forum: Christian Theology
Topic: Science and Theology
Replies: 12
Views: 3169

Re: Science and Theology

By the way, if Adam and Eve are reinerpreted as metaphors for the original sin of man, and that they could represent a larger population of early man, why does the Bilble go to the trouble of telling us how long they lived? Adam was said to die at the age of 930. We base Biblical timelines on this s...
by avenger1212
Thu May 17, 2012 6:59 pm
Forum: Christian Theology
Topic: Science and Theology
Replies: 12
Views: 3169

Re: Science and Theology

The topics discussed in these articles are at the heart of what has nearly driven me to atheism on multiple occasions. I can't explain the pain associated with that process, going through no longer recognizing the world and your place in it, having no hope for the future, and feeling (all at once) t...