Evidence for God from Science

Mastermind, did you have to throw this one at me? I've struggled a lot over what I thought was Jame's direct opposition to Paul's theology, and for some months declared to people ( :( ) that James doesn't belong in the Bible, and as a result of that I also declared to people that the Bible was falli...

And I thought this thread would be light! "I'll read this one first and save the hardest for last," yeah right! *sigh* Okay, first of all seedling, you can in fact prove which religion is right, and doing so you find it does matter which one you believe in. Hmmm, can you guess which one I'...

I think there's another incident like that, and in one of those two it was Judas Iscariot himself who first said something about it, being very concerned! I think Jesus let him be treasurer, (Jesus was president, and Peter vice president? :lol: J/K ) to expose more of his wickedness. If money was hi...

I don't get it- how can you read on a treadmill? I used to read on the bus when I was in school but it was always a challenge. Wiggly words don't make much sense to me. LittleShepherd, I know exactly what you mean! I often find myself reading several books at once. Right now I'm in something of a re...

I don't want to dig up the verses now but Judas had a bad attitude towards the money. I've researched this a little before and I concluded that the Bible portrays him exactly as we usually think of him- wicked. The apostles were pretty dense about a lot of things if you ask me! They might not have h...

i just feel that due to the high level of ritualism in services/worship, i was never able to develop a relationship with God--it's as if he was masked behind the mechanics of worship, as if by the time I was done "worshipping", i forgot what my intentions had been to start with; i was too...

Somebody here needs to call a halt to all this ill-natured "debating." Might I do it now, in this post? Tempers are hot, (at least so the posts appear,) and all of these back and forth accusations aren't getting us anywhere in regards to the purpose for being on this forum in the first pla...

SLP, I'm sorry HMG harrassed you. Please don't let that, and others' "babbling" cause you to give up on us. I like to have different takes on the evidence for things so that I can sift through it and decide for myself, and you seem to be able to help with that more than other evolutionists...

I agree with bizzt except for the Angelican thing. Legalism kills the spiritual. It confuses rituals or symbols with the thing it symbolizes. I know a lot are going to disagree with me on that. I basically protested ritualism at a Lutheran backpacking camp in Montana I went to, and it wasn't too pre...

I agree with Joel 100%, but what exactly are you talking about when you try to convert them? Is it like debating the atheists on this board, or is it more direct and confrontational: "Do it or burn! And quick before you die tomorrow!" These things make a difference- whether you're directly...

Shouldn't it be considered cheating on innocence itself? Even if you don't have an adulterous heart, aren't you still damaging your innocence? Won't it affect the brand-newness of sex for your honey moon? I'm not positive on this either, but these things I've mentioned make sense to me. Based on the...

Oh, so "idiot" really is one? No, I was only sarcastic regarding your avatar, sadly changed. I used to eat Play-Doh for breakfast when I was a wee youngster, you know! I guess you got nothin' on me, Mr. Soap-Crates! :lol: No, j/k. I do have a lot of respect for you. But do you believe the ...

I'm slowly trying to build up a respectable Christian library filled with the classics, (Christian, that is,) biographies on people God used mightily, tons of references, theological books, and doctrinal ones. I'm not yet that interested in commentaries or devotionals, so I only have a handful of ea...

Tell me then, "idiot outside," what you think happened. You do seem to know a lot on the details of evolution for your age; it actually impresses me, (though one as uneducated as me in this area is easily impressed, and probably for the most part with things that deserve scoffing at instea...

I haven't read all of the links you provided Tim, but I like this:

Notice that none of these reasons are culture-dependent, they are eternal - but the out-working of the principles may differ according to culture