I haven't seen a good knock-down-drag-out abortion debate for awhile.
I say abortion is a necessary evil, at least up until quickening. Even afterwards if the mother is endangered or the fetus will be born with a crippling disease.
Here's my question: Is there anyone who denies ensoulment...
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A few years ago my attention was drawn to the question of the historicity of Jesus. I'd overheard some debates and I began to join in and ask questions. All my life I'd thoughtlessly followed the cultural assumption that Jesus actually existed around 30CE, so I was pretty...
I've noticed over the years that religious shunners are generally unwilling to defend shunning behavior. In fact, many don't even seem comfortable admitting that they might shun a family member or close friend if that person were to 'leave the faith.'
It puts me in mind of American slavery...
I'm not a biblical scholar and am trying to put together a dateline of first-century events. So I'm asking if any experts or non-experts could give their best guesses about these questions:
1) In what (approximate) year was Jesus crucified?
2) In what years was Saul persecuting Christians...
This is a debate about morality -- especially about its underpinnings. My friend 1robin has insisted that there can be no proper morality unless we are willing to assert that God originates all moral truth.
I disagree. It's not only a poor way to go about moral thought, but it certainly isn't...
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So oldbadger has badgered me into starting another Historical Jesus/Mythical Jesus (HJ/MJ) thread. I didn't wanna do it. I'm really losing interest in the issue. The question Was there a...
Lately I've been studying the frubal situation and trying to make sense of it.
First, there are folks with twice my message count but half my frubals. Obviously these folks are not nearly so cool or smart as I am and must pay for that with their frubal hunger.
But then there are people with...
Three or four years ago my attention was drawn to the question of the historicity of Jesus. I'd overheard some debates and I began to join in and ask questions. All my life I'd thoughtlessly followed the cultural assumption that Jesus actually existed around 30CE, so I was pretty surprised when...
I've always been perplexed by the idea that 1) God would select special men to channel His thoughts to us in the form of human words, and that 2) these Godly words retain their Godly meaning no matter how many times they are translated from century to century, place to place, language to...
Hello, everyone. Im AmbiguousGuy, and Im just a humble Prophet of God.
Ive come here to share Gods Truth with you and to listen carefully for those Truths which He has whispered into your ear but neglected to tell me. Every once in awhile I chap His *** in some special way, and He reacts...
Whose side did God take in the conflict between Galileo and the Catholic Church?
Ive got an answer if anyone wants to discuss it, but Im curious what others think about it.
This isnt about guilt or blaming the Church for anything. It is what it is. Im just wondering whether Gods Interests...