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It's not a new idea, and you don't get to blame science for it. Biblical inconsistencies have troubled people for a very long time. The desire to iron out the inconsistencies was strong enough in Tatian to drive him to write the Diatessaron, a "harmony" of the Gospels that is intended to read...

Thank you for sharing that! It looks interesting. I checked and it is hard to buy here in the US. It would have to be imported from France, I think. Amazon.fr has it, but I can't read the site :P

Israel invaded Lebanon, not Palestine. You must have missed the news.

I think I am. Tell me, are you getting my point about how a democratic government derives its authority? Okay, could you explain in other words what you mean here, because I don't understand what you're trying to say: I should be complaining about the democratic process? I don't think that's...

That gets me thinking, how long has this church been around? How long have any gay churches been around, for that matter? How long have they been relatively common? Anybody?

Pontius Pilate would not have recognized Jesus as having any authority to intervene for those other men, anyway. [/FONT]

Well, it didn't work. Taft executed Barton last week. To anyone who did try to intervene for this man's life, thank you. In a two party system, you inevitably vote for someone who doesn't believe as you do... Honestly I don't see the point in this argument. Show me where you have the authority...

Much love to you, Joe. Do you think it would be a good idea to call her and talk to her about how she made you feel? I think it would, not as a way to ask her to "take it back" but to keep your feelings in the open so that your friendship has a hope of continuing. Realize, Joe, that when you...

Pascal's wager? Hardly deserves mention, but here it is, taken seriously (and thus thoroughly debunked) http://www.infidels.org/library/modern/richard_carrier/heaven.html "Only nontheists go to Heaven." That ought to make somebody's head pop :D

A Brief History of the Apocalypse: http://www.abhota.info/

Well, considering that even the earliest Christian writings we have, the letters of Paul, are filled with theological discussions of peripheral issues like circumcision... it looks like it was never that simple;)

Hi all. Consider me an Ally. I have a couple things I'd like to share. I think if we can get someone to go to church with us, or talk about Christ with us, we also have something of an obligation to help them steer away from "the deep end." Consider what we've seen in this thread. Someone...

Thank you all for the suggestions :) Can anyone who read Miller's book tell me, am I correct in understanding that he spends some (significant?) time advocating the anthropic principle? Does he address opposing viewpoints such as Everett's many-worlds interpretation? It seems from the reviews...

Innnnteresting survey. I took it and agreed strongly with the first two results. It got a little flaky after that. All in all I'm pleasantly surprised. That must have taken a lot of work to set up. LOL! The very last result, the church least suited to me, is the one I was raised in :D I...

Pardon me. I didn't realize I was dancing so close to the edge. I think I would have liked to see the debates that got so heated that this topic had to be exiled. takes two steps back Anyway, Pats, the point I was trying to hint at is that some of us don't believe in Hell at all, for various...

I find your ideas intriguing and wish to subscribe to your newsletter. :) Can you point me to this, or whatever allludes to it, in scripture? Thanks.

Oh, of course it must be. Thanks for setting me straight. You don't think scholarly understanding of ancient Hebrew and Greek has improved at all since 1611? An utter end. Shall not rise up a second time. Sounds like annihilation to me, not Hell. May I point out that you really have to reach...

Most Unitarian Universalist churches are very open, though the thing to keep in mind is that there are going to be non-Christians there too and there may be readings from other faiths' scriptures. Some people find this to be eye-opening, others are uncomfortable. Some Methodist churches, and as...

SteelDisciple, I think you've got the cart before the liberal horse. Liberal Christianity generally starts from a question, and it's a legitimate question: "Is God a loving God?" And liberals answer, "Yes." Everything else follows from that answer.

What about singles? Not all of us are in relationships.