Evidence for God from Science

Someone once told me that in order to get Christianity, you have to initially take a leap of faith. This idea of exclusivity kinda reminds me of that, because I think from a secular/"modern" perspective the idea of there being one right way, God's way, brings up all these moral and logical...

Reading theological tomes and ponder the meaning of existence, of course. :eugeek: :shock: :P Heh. Yeah, on most days studying languages is about as much "fun" as I get up to, so I can kinda relate. I had gone out to a few meetups in my area when I first moved, but that kinda slipped off ...

So I started working with kids about a month ago, and I realized just today that I haven't been playful enough -- too much hanging back and trying to defend what's fair rather than getting into the thick of things to entertain directly. So as I was playing more with the kids, it made me wonder what ...

This is one of the big things that makes Christianity feel real to me. Most other religions feel too much like a game or a test to me. Like we have to "win" at what God has laid out for us, and everything else is just there to separate the winners from the losers. With Christianity, it fee...

So I thought I'd revive this thread to review my understanding of the Trinity. And perhaps get more discussion going. ...(much like your social trinity suggestion), it suggests that when they are thinking about the Trinity, they are thinking of the three Persons as distinct beings that are in some m...

I probably wouldn't, but I might depending on what there was to do alone vs with others

Just in to say that I've long been concerned that our culture is too suppressive of anger, but I haven't been quite sure where to really draw the line. I agree with most of what's written here, especially the part about not responding to your anger with fear on the one hand and making sure it's just...

And yet, you know, for some reason you're drawn to Christ. You say " the Christian notion remains the most coherent form ", yet such is truly foolishness to those who don't believe. I'm not sure you could get there, unless Christianity also resonated as true in your very being. Such, is a...

Revisiting this issue, I think this position could only be fully held by someone who doesn't see gnosis as necessary for trust/faith. Because this logically implies trust, faith, or confidence in God without any rationale supporting the thesis "God exists" as true. I think this would most ...

Well, fwiw I sorta identify with this position -- I wouldn't consider myself to be agnostic about theism itself but rather to be agnostic about any form beyond the Aristotelian/philosophical notion of God. I think it's possible to have personal experiences that would provide tangible support for a b...

Yeah, this is one of the most frustrating things to see coursing through my own circles. There are just ridiculous levels of hypocrisy and frankly blindness with how most liberal/progressive-leaning people have handled these election results. Always pointing to the extremists to justify their fighti...

So I've read that the link of Russia to the recent cyber attack on the US is questionable. Yet I've yet to read a probable cause for another party running it. Previously I thought it was simply Assange, the person running WikiLeaks, but WikiLeaks simply reports stories that it can get a hold of. So ...

From a naturalistic POV, I think suffering is seen as an indicator of an animal being stuck in nonideal conditions. For instance, octopi evolved to behave in certain ways that we don't yet fully understand, so when placed in a tank for study they are always seeking a way to escape. Whether these way...

I said earlier that it seems to me a bright line distinction between people, those who apparently are able to just choose, and then believe, and those whose minds dont allow for that sort of self deception (as it seems to me to be). People apparently do believe in the book of mormon, as translated ...

I think Matthew 5:43-48 says that we should pray for them like we would anyone else, we should not treat them different, they may see us as enemies, but we should view them as our neighbour. Just like in the story of the Good Samaritan, he sees his enemy (neighbour) and he takes him and looks after...