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Hi and welcome I agree with everything you have said. Have you done any reading in feminist theology?

What examples do you have in mind here juantoo? It is very important to remember that evolution relates to species i.e. to populations, not to individuals. So we need to break down your question into more than one question. 1. If my pet chihuahua chooses not to mate with my neighbour's...

When things cannot evolve in response to a new environmental challenge they become extinct. So long as a species is not extinct yet, it CAN evolve. That doesn't necessarily mean it WILL evolve. There is no living species on earth today which has not evolved. That includes humanity...

I can't tell you what a pleasure it is to meet someone who is acutally willing to do research!! So often those who raise questions on evolution merely rant and run. What we are really dealing with here is the imprecision of common names. More often than not common names refer to higher...

Of course, the principal message behind most of the texts about Jesus' return is that we do not know the day or the hour. So we are to be on the alert and ready at any time, yet not waste time in idle speculation looking to the clouds, but be busy serving God in our daily lives. Clouds and...

Now I am not Roman Catholic, but I still find this a curiously paranoid point of view. Is it really likely that, apart from some special revelation, the unlettered masses would be able to interpret scripture better than monks who spent their whole lives in studying it? How can you say the...

The Catholic and, I believe, the Orthodox churches hold that the Church is the official interpreter of scripture. We Presbyterians, and most Protestants, I believe, hold that the Holy Spirit is the official interpreter of scripture. A number of denominations hold that the guidance of the Holy...

What a rich discussion this is. I subscribe to orthodox Trinitarian belief. I think it is important therefore to acknowledge that this belief is not stated directly in scripture, but is the outcome of three centuries of reflection on the relationship of Jesus of Nazareth to God the Father...

Thanks for the intro to a new forum. I posted an answer there, but for the benefit of folks here, I'll post it here as well. The flaw is not in the theory of evolution, but in one of your assumptions: that all non-human creatures live in harmony with nature. They don't necessarily. They...

I don't blame you. Christians don't either. :) Are you wanting to know something about various denominations? Or why there are so many denominations?

The Greek is "ethnesin" the plural of "ethnos" from which we get the English adjective "ethnic". It is the usual NT term for non-Jewish peoples and is often translated as "Gentiles". Another key word here is the term used for "world". Of several possible Greek terms, the one used here is...

Maybe the sparsity of females among Catholic theologians? :)

Most people when they ask "Do you believe in God?" mean simply "Do you believe that a divine being exists?" Did you notice the change from "believe in" to "believe that"? To "believe that" is to give assent to a proposition as fact: in this case, the proposition being "God exists". But...

True, but these killing methods are no more humane either. Agreed.

We should not forget that Easter is tied to Passover which was already a spring festival. So it is not because of pagan influences that Easter ended up in the same time-frame as pagan celebrations of the vernal equinox. What is more of a puzzle is why, when most European languages use a form...

Yes, if you are not taking the position that one cannot hunt at all, or the rather silly position that clubbing a seal is somehow more inhumane than some other form of killing, then we are essentially in agreement. I think you have defined the "fisherman mentality" well. But I would only...

Thanks, Brian. Have enjoyed your posts.

The question is, given the processes used by evolution, why would you expect any other result? This goes back to understanding the branching nature of evolution. Once that is firmly in mind, this becomes a red herring question. Whether they cannot, I am not sure, but the results of some...

Thanks, juantoo. And thank you for a very comprehensive and thoughtful reply. I'll do the best I can with your questions. This is a very important distinction that is often overlooked. By "variation" I mean, as Darwin did, a variation in the actual morphology, physiology, and/or...

A most interesting question and one of the sources of lively discussion in current Christianity. The Hebrew for "spirit" is "ruach" and is feminine in grammatical gender. The Greek equivalent "pneuma" is likewise grammatically feminine. Both words also mean "breath" and "wind". Yet in...