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- Wed Jan 27, 2016 10:48 am
- Forum: Christian Theology
- Topic: Shades of Sin
- Replies: 23
- Views: 5210
Re: Shades of Sin
Where did such concepts originate? Why do all the religions of the world seem to embrace such things, in one way or another? That is, sin and the need to be cleansed, deal with it or have a solution of some sort to such? Are you not at least intrigued by such questions? These are not concepts my de...
- Tue Jan 26, 2016 7:02 pm
- Forum: Christian Theology
- Topic: Shades of Sin
- Replies: 23
- Views: 5210
Re: Shades of Sin
When we see an accident many look upon and reflect on their own mortality. The result is fear. This feeling can often overshadow the feelings of sadness for the people affected, the victims family and for the victim themselves. And one thing I noticed is that there is also a beauty to death that ev...
- Mon Jan 25, 2016 8:53 pm
- Forum: Christian Theology
- Topic: Shades of Sin
- Replies: 23
- Views: 5210
Re: Shades of Sin
Sorry to disappoint. I am not.RickD wrote: You sure you haven't been holding out on us? You're really a Christian, aren't you?
- Mon Jan 25, 2016 8:37 pm
- Forum: God and Science
- Topic: Do you think the Bible says the universe is expanding?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2380
Re: Do you think the Bible says the universe is expanding?
The Universe may not be expanding. The 3d space we are familiar with could very well just be an interpolation of an underlying fixed universe. Like the memory in your computer is used to map a 3D space in a game. The memory is a fixed 2D structure. In other words the space around us could be an emer...
- Mon Jan 25, 2016 8:28 pm
- Forum: Christian Theology
- Topic: Shades of Sin
- Replies: 23
- Views: 5210
Re: Shades of Sin
When we see an accident many look upon and reflect on their own mortality. The result is fear. This feeling can often overshadow the feelings of sadness for the people affected, the victims family and for the victim themselves. And one thing I noticed is that there is also a beauty to death that eve...
- Fri Jan 22, 2016 6:35 am
- Forum: Questioning Non-belief
- Topic: Why is it so difficult to believe in God?
- Replies: 141
- Views: 29235
Re: Why is it so difficult to believe in God?
Question for you BGood... The ant, I see both those being true. A collection of atoms acting from stimuli and an ant making a sacrifice for the greater good. The very fact that there are those options, that we can think, feel and reason. Does that not at least suggest the possibilty of God? Yes it ...
- Thu Jan 21, 2016 10:39 am
- Forum: Questioning Non-belief
- Topic: Why is it so difficult to believe in God?
- Replies: 141
- Views: 29235
Re: Why is it so difficult to believe in God?
B Good: Imagine a single situation like an ant dying for its colony. You can see it as, a permutation of atoms which are a statistically probable outcome given the laws of cause and effect and physics, a complex set of chemical reactions, an ant behaving the way it is because it was evolved to beha...
- Wed Jan 20, 2016 12:15 pm
- Forum: Christian Theology
- Topic: Shades of Sin
- Replies: 23
- Views: 5210
Re: Shades of Sin
I was wondering if there was an underlying concept to Jesus' teachings on sin. Does the following even come close? Once you judge someone you no longer treat them, or consider them as equals, as brothers or sisters you have sinned. Everyone has their own path, judging your path with another's result...
- Wed Jan 20, 2016 11:57 am
- Forum: Questioning Non-belief
- Topic: Why is it so difficult to believe in God?
- Replies: 141
- Views: 29235
Re: Why is it so difficult to believe in God?
Sorry, you didn't accept Jesus as your Lord and Savior, you are going to hell eternal!!!! .... Like, will it really be like that with you and the rest of the world who isn't Christian at the time of your/their death? (I don't think so) Anyway, from what I've read in your comment, you remind me of a...
- Wed Jan 13, 2016 9:11 pm
- Forum: Questioning Non-belief
- Topic: Why is it so difficult to believe in God?
- Replies: 141
- Views: 29235
Re: Why is it so difficult to believe in God?
I have always found it easy to see that complexity can emerge from a few rules. The more rules the more complexity can emerge. And each system which emerges is more complex than the last. Quantum emerging from the abyss, the "material world" emerging from the quantum. Life from the materia...
- Thu Jan 07, 2016 9:53 am
- Forum: Politics and World Events
- Topic: Hillary's Ticking Timebomb
- Replies: 18
- Views: 5858
Re: Hillary's Ticking Timebomb
This is complete speculation by Joe DiGenova a FORMER federal attorney. This kind of "News" makes me laugh out loud!
- Sun Dec 27, 2015 7:08 am
- Forum: Politics and World Events
- Topic: Strange Bedfellows Supporting Trump
- Replies: 75
- Views: 21497
Re: Strange Bedfellows Supporting Trump
You can't just stop raising the debt ceiling. A truck going 60 miles an hour needs 250 ft to come to a complete stop. It won't stop on a dime.
- Sat Dec 26, 2015 2:48 pm
- Forum: Friendly Chit-Chat
- Topic: Word Association Thread
- Replies: 101
- Views: 17460
Re: Word Association Thread
Desire
- Sat Dec 26, 2015 2:44 pm
- Forum: Questioning Non-belief
- Topic: Atheists: Does anything attract you to Christianity?
- Replies: 449
- Views: 73174
Re: Atheists: Does anything attract you to Christianity?
I think what Jesus teaches is very appealing. Discarding the self, and seeing the bigger picture, to help make the decisions in ones life is something I naturally strive for. This takes great sacrifice. But often, people don't relate. They will label you cold in many instances, and a push over in ot...
- Tue Dec 08, 2015 11:07 pm
- Forum: Politics and World Events
- Topic: Immigration: Interesting Commentary
- Replies: 17
- Views: 4561
Re: Immigration: Interesting Commentary
People will look back one day at the acrimony between Muslims and Christians, like we do now at how it was between Catholics and Protestants. Something we had to learn in school to pass the test.