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- Sat Jun 07, 2014 2:17 am
- Forum: God and Science
- Topic: How God Creates
- Replies: 330
- Views: 60075
Re: How God Creates
and they were able to manipulate matter to behave abnormally, such as cutting and transporting stones weighing hundreds of tonnes without a noise. This technology was perfected in the days of Solomon who used it to build the temple's foundations. We know how ancient civilizations transported massiv...
- Tue Jun 03, 2014 1:14 am
- Forum: Christian Chit-chat
- Topic: Mental illness or demonic possession?
- Replies: 26
- Views: 7585
Re: Mental illness or demonic possession?
I'd be hesitant to attribute specific medical conditions (like schizophrenia) to demonic possession simply on the basis of "scientists don't fully understand it." We've made great strides in studying the brain and mental illness over the years, but until very recently the brain was, practi...
- Thu May 15, 2014 8:02 am
- Forum: God and Science
- Topic: A troublesome Inheritance
- Replies: 34
- Views: 7053
Re: A troublesome Inheritance
Sure, Darwin had many racist views. So did virtually every white person on the planet for hundreds of years, including when Darwin lived. Should we call every discovery and new idea from that era racist because nearly every person who discovered them had racist tendencies?
- Thu May 15, 2014 7:56 am
- Forum: God and Science
- Topic: A troublesome Inheritance
- Replies: 34
- Views: 7053
Re: A troublesome Inheritance
And a quick note on linking evolution with racism. It is absolutely wrong to say that, because evolutionary theory has (incorrectly) been used to promote racism, that it is an inherently racist concept. Same goes for saying that, because Darwin and many others in his time had racist views, that evol...
- Thu May 15, 2014 7:48 am
- Forum: God and Science
- Topic: A troublesome Inheritance
- Replies: 34
- Views: 7053
Re: A troublesome Inheritance
As for the overall point of the topic originally posted...There is no doubt that there are certain biological differences between races, at least "on average." The average person from Jamaica or Africa is biologically a better runner than the average East Asian person. The people living in...
- Fri May 09, 2014 7:47 pm
- Forum: Christian Chit-chat
- Topic: Biblical Law I've Never Heard of
- Replies: 16
- Views: 4208
Re: Biblical Law I've Never Heard of
I never said that a good Christian was no longer a Christian. But you said that a Christian who didn't know obscure Bible verses was like a pilot who couldn't fly...So are you saying that if you don't know obscure Bible verses, you simply aren't a Christian? If so, then I amend my previous statement...
- Fri May 09, 2014 7:27 pm
- Forum: Christian Chit-chat
- Topic: Biblical Law I've Never Heard of
- Replies: 16
- Views: 4208
Re: Biblical Law I've Never Heard of
The insinuation that it is a bad thing for a self-proclaimed Christian to not know a specific and obscure line of scripture kind of made it clear that you did not approve of his Christian-ness. And a pilot who doesn't know how to fly is, by definition, a bad pilot...it's pretty easy to apply that sa...
- Fri May 09, 2014 7:17 pm
- Forum: Christian Chit-chat
- Topic: Biblical Law I've Never Heard of
- Replies: 16
- Views: 4208
Re: Biblical Law I've Never Heard of
If you call yourself a Christian, why are you ignorant of what is in the Bible? A Christian who doesn't know the Bible is like a pilot who doesn't know how to fly an aircraft. If this is the definition of a "good Christian", then there are more atheists and agnostics in the US (and most o...
- Tue Apr 29, 2014 11:37 pm
- Forum: Christian Chit-chat
- Topic: "Frozen" is gay propaganda? Huh?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1096
Re: "Frozen" is gay propaganda? Huh?
People will find all kinds of reasons to hate certain things, even if it requires some serious stretching of the imagination to reach that point. Because Hollywood films have a tendency to have themes contrary to the beliefs of ultra-conservative religious folk, blockbuster movies are a big target f...
- Tue Apr 29, 2014 11:20 pm
- Forum: Christian Theology
- Topic: YEC vs OEC - Does it matter?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3387
Re: YEC vs OEC - Does it matter?
I would say that, from a Christian perspective, I don't see it as a major issue in terms of faith or being saved or anything like that. From the perspective of society at large, there is some reason why this "debate" has relevance, especially when many are actively pushing for YEC Christia...
- Thu Apr 17, 2014 1:58 am
- Forum: God and Science
- Topic: Proof for the Biblical Exodus
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1839
Re: Proof for the Biblical Exodus
This author either has no idea what the word "proof" means, or is an expert in the field of "incredibly hyperbolic article titles." All this guy has done is draw some really weak links between a couple texts that don't even remotely describe Exodus and apparently that proves Exod...
- Mon Mar 31, 2014 7:05 pm
- Forum: Christian Chit-chat
- Topic: Ken Ham on Russell Crowe Noah Film
- Replies: 34
- Views: 6281
Re: Ken Ham on Russell Crowe Noah Film
I feel like I have to ask, what did anyone expect from this movie that makes them so upset that the film includes "artistic liberties" to make it more appealing to the audience? After all, if the film actually followed the biblical story verbatim, with no alterations or additions, it would...
- Sat Mar 22, 2014 12:12 am
- Forum: General Discussion & Introductions
- Topic: First direct evidence for inflation
- Replies: 54
- Views: 10806
Re: First direct evidence for inflation
Interesting. I admit, most of this stuff is well over my head (physics was never my thing, and certainly not this crazy cosmic-level physics), so I don't totally get how this latest gravitational wave data leads to evidence for a multiverse. But even then, that article is mostly referring to old new...
- Fri Mar 21, 2014 4:43 pm
- Forum: General Discussion & Introductions
- Topic: First direct evidence for inflation
- Replies: 54
- Views: 10806
Re: First direct evidence for inflation
I personally have not heard that yet, and don't necessarily see where this evidence points to that at all. Did you read an article about it?Why are a lot of scientists saying at the moment that this discovery is pointing to a multiverse?
- Wed Mar 19, 2014 6:41 pm
- Forum: Moral and Ethical Affairs
- Topic: Jerry Brown Sounds Intelligent!
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2449
Re: Jerry Brown Sounds Intelligent!
Is smoking pot really that bad, though? Drinking alcohol is a far more common behavior than smoking pot (and will continue to be even if every state legalizes marijuana), and its ability to do harm to someone's ability to think, work, etc. is as bad or worse than pot. And since prohibition ended, it...