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Thank you, I hope things are well. Karen :)

Not theirs, but OURS!

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John 3:17-20 says that people are condemned by their own choice. Christians believe that the death of Christ on the cross paid the penalty for the sins of all humanity, for all time (since Adam, until the end of the world). This solution to the problem of sin preserves God's demand for justice...

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This IS the Christianity page. I had the wrong idea about this forum. I had no idea this was a place where Christians were not permitted to explain their faith. Rather, this is a place where you all come to congratulate each other on being so much smarter than us, while you repeatedly...

We are commanded to be the hands and feet of Christ, to feed the hungry, clothe the naked, and care for widows, orphans, and the stranger. Where it leaves them, is entirely up to each one of US. God will provide for their needs, and calls upon us to be the delivery system.

That’s a very nice Buddhist argument. Before I address the specifics, let me make this more general comment: Since this is the forum on Christianity, I must assume that you are here to investigate the possibility that Christianity, as a system of beliefs, has some kind of valid point...

I am not God. God is not me. This is absolutely true. It is, was, and always will be true. My role here is similar to the role of the younger son in the tale of the Prodigal Son. I thought I knew better how to run my life; I took control and dissipated my resources on earthly pleasures; I...

I was not aware that the Tao was full of gobbeldygook. Contemporary commentary can certainly help people to relate to the writings of a holy book. Modern Bible commentators do so with great care to neither add to nor take away any of the scripture, so as to prevent it becoming a written game...

In the absolute sense, and how I live in this world, is that Wisdom is not enclosed in my head, but is contained in the boundless Living God, Creator of the Universe. Compassion is not enclosed in my heart, but is contained in the boundless God who loves me so much that He sent His only Son to...

Reading God's Word and believing Him requires no leaps of faith, just a willingness to understand. You have disregarded my question... What is outside yourself?

The Bible changed the world: built hospitals, freed slaves in the western world, started the civil rights movement, built universities, and changed the calendar… There have been many horrible things done in its name by misguided people who had not actually read it, but this Holy Book is the...

Your labeling my question as “meaningless” because you don’t find or don’t agree with its meaning is the same as labeling your acts as “good” because they make you “feel good”. Feelings are NOT definitions. Now this is truly meaningless…If a Zen-master asks a meaningless question (koan) and...

Your response indicates an assumption that everything that happens inside your body is a product solely of your body. You assert that your brain is the source, and possibly plays the only role. In so doing, you have already rejected the possibility that there is a God. You are, apparently...

Since you are genuinely interested, let me tell you about my experience of having God in my heart and mind. Most Christians talk about this after Jesus has come into their heart, because it is much stronger then. But God in his Infinite grace, makes his presence known even in those who deny Him...

I guess it was directed at you… we really do not want to get into it on this thread, but you may want to check out the Dead Sea scrolls and the additional scrolls found at Qumran to clean up that argument. Archaeological finds have established scripture as the most faithfully preserved text in...

Are you implying that thoughts and feelings are merely chemical reactions?

Do you think your thoughts and feelings were "installed" at the factory like a car radio?