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Wil - it's funny you mention that story. When I lived in Mexico, I had a similar experience. Mexicans are notoriosly "late" for events. If you tell someone the party starts at 5:00pm, they'll show up at 6:00pm or 6:30pm. Of course, they know that the party doesn't really start at 5:00, as you...

Or that we're all young people, with no stereotypes to hold us back in life from reaching our full potential. Why do people ask how old someone else is, if not to try to put them in a "box"?

Ben - what does "faith in Jesus" mean from your perspective? What does "faith in God" mean from your perspective?

Hi Dan, something I have never understood about the 7,000-year-old earth view and literal 7-day creation belief is: how do dinosaurs fit into that theory? If animals were created on the 5th day (Genesis 1:20-23) and humans on the 6th day (Genesis 1:26-31), what do you make of the fossil...

Luecy, what is your definition(s) of faith? Let's say your car runs out of gas on a rural Iowa highway. (Not that this has ever happened to me :)) You have no cell phone, the sun is starting to set, and you're literally hours from your house (where your wife is). Who do you have more faith...

Hi Dan, I asked that particular question because I have heard some Christians say that the phrase sheep "not of this flock" could refer to those that never heard Jesus' message, yet would be in heaven with all the "believers" someday. The bible otherwise doesn't adress, to my knowledge, what is...

How does the Buddhist concept of "No Self" relate to the Luceferian goal of "freedom of will"? Are they at odds with one another, i.e. mutually exclusive? Or could they work together in harmony?

I agree 100%, good point Dream. My family was all born into Conservative Christianity so no conversion, but I agree the conversion/faith stories tend to line up as you describe. Good food for thought, thanks for that perspective. It's tough sometimes when someone you love and care about...

Good points ACOT, and I don't personally take the bible literally. I think of it more as a history book. Sometimes I present a counter-argument of literal interpretation to illustrate a point. I don't want to put words into Thomas' mouth, but one point of Tradition is to correctly interpret...

Hi ACOT, I indeed am arguing from a narrow perspective. I'm trying to establish the "spectrum" and the rationale for those positions, i.e. morality is absolute (one extreme of the morality spectrum) and OTOH, morality is entirely relative (the other extreme of the spectrum). You are right that...

What about the gentiles that never had a chance to hear his message, either because they lived and died in the 197,000 years before Jesus came, or they lived and died in the 1,500 years on another continent (let's say, North America), after Jesus was on earth but where Jesus' word didn't reach...

SG and ACOT - when argued from the Christian standpoint for morality (which is what I'm trying to refute in this post if you look at the OP), "morality" implies an absolute; often times using a biblical standard. Here is a Catholic viewpoint on it, from a Catechism: Is there really such...

At the risk of delving into apologetics, let's look further into the 2nd chapter of Romans: Romans 2:2 - "But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against them which commit such things." Romans 2:8-9 - "But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but...

Thomas - good food for thought, as usual. Here are a few counter-points: When did NML begin? If it was written into the cosmos, as you suggested earlier, does that mean it began even before humans came onto the scene? And how did NML begin? You suggest it is separate from "God"; therefore...

You think we have been "assigned" a self? Knowing oneself, self-knowledge, is key to enlightenment. "What one has become" could be way off track, depending upon your path in life...