The Bible links celebration/banquets with wine. However it speaks out against the drunkard. ie. drinking is OK, however, getting drunk is not acceptable as once you lose control of your faculties you are prone to sin.
Rice University study reveals only 15 percent of scientists at major research universities see religion and science always in conflict
Results on the issue science & religion from a survey of 2,198 tenured & tenure-track faculty in the natural & social sciences at 21 elite U.S. research...
It's a backlash against Christian roots and heritage and the arrogant belief that they can run world a better way. Many secularist don't understand that this Christian heritage and thinking is the basis for what the Western world enjoys now, in material wealth and freedom of thoughts and...
Quran (9:38-39) - "O ye who believe! what is the matter with you, that, when ye are asked to go forth in the cause of Allah, ye cling heavily to the earth? Do ye prefer the life of this world to the Hereafter? But little is the comfort of this life, as compared with the Hereafter. Unless ye go...
The Bible uses "faith" as synonyms for "trust", "depend", "believe". Certainly some people do pretend to believe/trust/depend in something or someone but it wouldn't used as a synonym for "pretending to believe".
John 1
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. 4 In him was life, and the life was the light of men. 5 The light shines in the...
The oft quoted by often our of context is Philippians 4:7
"4 Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice. 5Let your reasonableness be known to everyone. The Lord is at hand; 6 do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your...
pragmatically, I'd rather be coherent and so I can fully understand and appreciate the God's creation, than be "zonked" out under the influence of a mind-altering chemical
I agree, in the Bible we have been given the revelation of what is installed for Satan.
As Christians we should continue to pray that God's will be done on earth as it is in heaven and that the works of the evil one are recognised and avoided.
Morality based on truth is a world we can all hope to live in. an analogy is building a brickwall. If at the base you are 1cm off vertical, by the time your wall in 10metres high it's going to be 1metre off plumb and eventually, if you keep building it will topple over.
Likewise morality, if...
thank God, NO. There are many accurate and faithful English translations of the Bible from the original Hebrew and Greek.
I am however looking to learn New Testament Greek to better understand the nuances of the Bible
two things I'll quickly point out why the Bible, and inparticular John16 doesn't point to Muhammed
Muhammed doesn't speak on behalf of the man to God
Muhammed doesn't glorify Jesus, instead Islam believes Jesus is just a prophet. The Bible tells that Jesus is God.
The NT doesn't point...