Recent content by dnich163

Hi there RT, The problem with a God who can be denied is that he is not all powerful, that he can be denied and rejected by man. This is obviously not correct as it would mean exactly what you say; that Jesus died in vain. David

Hi there RT, The problem with this idea is that we have a God who is not all powerful, who can be denied, who is not all loving. This is not my idea of God. David

Sorry for the double post Tommy...same message replied to twice by error. David

This is unfortunately a problem with our interpretation (or mis ) of Gods word as far as I can see it. Even the great medeival Theoelogians understood that we cannot fully understand God, he is mystery. The one thing that seems sure is that God is love. This can only mean he wills our good...

Hi Tommy, I'm not so convinced that Slavery is dead. I work with a thrid world aid agency and can assure you we have structures in place for "legal slavery". I've never advocated or understood this idea of doing nothing either, but the problem is that we sometimes can't see further then our own...

Hi Tommy, I work for a third world aid agency. I never advocated not doing something against Saddam or any tyrant. The questions I raise in this respect about Iraq are why were US and UK bombing Iraq for years after the first gulf war, sanctions against Iraq that affected only the poor during...

On the UNESCO and slavery issue we will need to disagree. There are various forms of slavery today. For example in Columbia there is a large banana plntation that is owned by an American firm. They spray chemicals onto the crops while the workers are in the fields.This chemical is for the colour...

On this last one porcy, slavery is worse today than at any time in history...UNESCO would tell you this for sure. This is one of the reasons that there is a big issue with illegal immigrants. But of course there is the issue of "legal slavery", where financial institutions of the west are...

Well prickly one, this is a bold statement here...you imply that you know the mind of God!! Jesus himself came to overcome death..yet we humans still interpret the death sentence as the ultimate sanction against another human being. What I suggest is that this very act makes us all less then...

Hi Ern, I don't know that I agree with this assertion or interpretation about God actually commanding us to kill his created creatures..which everyone is after all. On the Jesus bit, he accepted the situation as it had to happen, but remember on the cross he said to "forgive them for they know...

Hi Robert, I don't believe so. I think it would be more indicative of our inhumanity than the killers...we become less human as a result. Why do we kill people who kill people to show that killing people is not right? David

But isn't this just it.......God is love. What is the passion and the crucifixion if not out of pure love for mankind? We attribute many things to God; explained in our very limited human terminology, but surely this greatest of all acts by Our Lord can only be deduced as the ultimate act of...

Brethren....... I'm disappointed in you friend. Does this mean a literal interpretation of what was seen or experienced? Is it perhaps using human language to explain the inexplicable? To describe what is beyond description? It would seem in this literal interpretation that the evil mean...

I already do that friend. Nothing I have said goes against Catholic belief. The RC church itself states we can't know who is in Hell....what no Hitler we might say.... David

Yes I do believe in hell and a purgatory. For me there is no contradiction here in saying that we will all be saved eventually. The contradiction arises when we say that we are beyond the saving power of God. My belief is that when we see the full face of God we won't be able to reject him, nor...