An interesting perspective, Skeptic44. The atheists of my acquaintance have strenuously maintained that atheism is not a religion. However,...
What annoys Christians generally about the Jesus Seminar is its methodology, which is I think an acceptable one but not well publicized: to see...
1. It appears to have been a one-time issue, FWIW -- before and after the sesson when I posted the OP, I've experienced no problems. 2. I'm...
After having read and posted on the new forum format for several days, I opened the board this evening to find that the main index spreads wider...
Nasty mess. FWIW, the article writer makes one error: Rama is not, strictly speaking, a Hindu god, but rather the incarnation (avatar) of...
I probably don't need to tell you that this issue pushed any number of my buttons. Needless to say, I've followed the issue closely, and can...
The whole Adam story, Creationism and all, gets in the way, for most folks, of what I believe that a proper relationship with God and Christ...
It's worth noting that the Resurrection is not, per Paul and the apparent standard of early Christianity even without him, a unique event that...
Intuition, someone said, is reasoning with the subconscious. The noumenon, from a Platonic or other Idealistic viewpoint, even more real than...
My own take on it is quite a bit at skew with anything I've ever seen anywhere else, but fits with what Scripture has to say was said about it,...
I'm back too -- had real problems when the board converted over, and thanks to Brian and Siege, I'm back among the posting.
If you've seen or heard any fundy. comments since 9/11, you know that they're bound and determined to paint Moslems as men given to hostility, and...
Just noting, in connection with Omar's post, that the only purpose of the Koran is to preserve the Surahs -- they are, according to Allah, to be...
Spectacularly good questions! I'm wondering whether the Septuagint versions will have readings more closely in line with the New Testament....
Can I get away with a "Me Too" post here? Because IMHO Siege said it all right there.
According to C.S. Lewis, this was the standard view during the Middle Ages. (I retyped a long passage from The Discarded Image to answer this...
... uh, I meant "next-to-last paragraph"
On target, Bill. Though I'd say that I can put my trust in God and His promises, and that I have a job to do, right here and now, and I'm not too...
As a Christian I'm "not supposed to believe in reincarnation" but I have a fairly strong conviction that it's one method that God uses for...
Are you sure you want that much controversy on your comparatively baby board, Brian? We American Episcopalians beat you Brits to it by a few days...
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