You're right, taking the bible as is and trying to understand it doesn't clarify anything. It can actually make it pretty confusing. But thinking from the christian perspective: isn't it through the holy spirit, prayer, and fellowship that God's word is understood? I'd also agree that God...
I have a question concerning the bible. This is basically a question for those who believe in it but I'd like everyones viewpoint. I've noticed a lot of one thing in here from bible supporters and that is: When a question comes up that contradicts something else said in the bible or contradicts...
Sorry for the confusion, I'll try to clarify what I was trying to point out with the first post. If I understand what your saying correctly, we would both agree that their is a actual objective truth right? The point I was trying to make with the analogy was this, Can a person convince you that...
Impressive argument Tawn. I noticed the main argument here is turning to rational belief vs. irrational belief which made some interesting questions for me. 1. When you grow up and construct your own view of common sense and rational choice, doesn't society and culture have the greatest impact...
Thanks for clearing things up Pah but I still hold my stance. Jesus' command was for us to love everyone that I would agree with, but I'll jump back again to a previous analogy. A murderer, or a child molester comes to church, should I love and accept his ways? Love him, yes, accept his ways...
"God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them." Genesis 1:27 Directly after this statement he tells them "Be fruitful and increase in number, fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and over...
A man and a woman are designed to reproduce, when God created Eve, he made her fully capable of reproduction. How do you know that? Gen. 3: 16 , "To the woman He said, "I will greatly increase your pains in childbearing; with pain you will give birth to children. Your desire will be for your...
The convenient thing about using religion to justify "irrational" acts is that it removes all feelings of guilt and responsibility from the person who commits the acts. The more an individual becomes aware of God's character, the more guilt he feels about his own. Theres three ways of getting...