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    Is Christianity against Ayurveda (India Herbs System)?

    I have a somewhat personal take on this. Over 3 decades ago I took a course in Transcendental Meditation (TM). At the time, I was going to college, but also had a habit of getting drunk and smoking pot from time to time. My grades were suffering also as a result. I had fallen away from my...
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    How to explain 13.8 billion years?

    Thank you for taking the time to reply. And I agree that we should we respect and obey the Lord more than men (as Peter said in Acts 5:29 as an example of one of numerous places in the Scriptures with this theme). To me, what I see happening is a feud between Young Earth Creationists (YEC) and...
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    How to explain 13.8 billion years?

    Another way to look at this, however, is that if the Bible were truly inspired by the Creator of all (including language) then He would have no problem in giving the language multiple layers of meaning that those who earnestly seek the Truth in every generation could find truth and meaning in...
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    How to explain 13.8 billion years?

    That's interesting. Could you elaborate on what you find offensive about Hugh Ross and the Reasons to Believe folks. To me it is something of genius. Wouldn't you say that bringing others to Christ, as they have done for many, is a good example of the way that the Lord is showing His favor on...
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    How to explain 13.8 billion years?

    To me, the question has been settled by Hugh Ross and the folks at Reasons to Believe (reasons.org). They do a beautiful job of reconciling the creation stories in Genesis and Job and Psalms with the science that is being done in top notch universities today (which actually goes back to the...
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    Remodelling the bible as a science textbook

    Interestingly, the people at Reasons to Believe (reasons.org) have done just that. They have used the Bible as the source of truth when determining where to come up with the next scientific theories. It kind of turns the evolution / Bible debate on its head. They claim that the Bible, rightly...
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    Okay, We Give Up

    This used to be the consensus, no doubt, of the scientific establishment. But since this is a Christian forum, I would just point out that over the past couple of decades (even during the time apparently of this editorial), there is mounting scientific evidence for the special situation that we...
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    Scripture is Consistent - Mary has no sister; Jesus has no brothers

    Let me add another perspective. But first I will thank the OP for a good explanation of the Catholic doctrine. I had never heard it explained that way before, and so that was enlightening to me. For the other perspective on all of this, though, and of the importance of Truth, some of us look at...
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    Conservatives Build Case To Impeach Judge Robard

    Just as a general comment, I am pleased that many evangelical leaders have protested Trump's action about refugees, even those who supported his presidency and spoke at his inauguration. Conservative evangelicals join letter denouncing Trump’s order on refugees I could say more, but would...
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    How did such a primitive people, get the "order" of creation, or how life came about...

    I won't pretend to have come up with this myself, but some smart people do see a great parallel between Genesis 1 and what scientists have found. I am referring to many Old Earth Creationists like the people at Reasons To Believe : Where Modern Science & Faith Converge. The key is to take the...
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    Male Accountability Thread

    I can identify with everyone in this thread to one extent or another. I would suggest checking out the resources that have been listed at Christian Forums here - Crisis Hotlines & Resources and here - Statement of Purpose - MUST READ & General Information for SWS Statement of Purpose. There is...
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    Evangelical Quakers

    Another thing that comes to mind concerning pacifism. There is a long tradition of pacifism in the Quaker church. But in a practical sense, I know that there are a lot of veterans that go to our church as well. I know one of them used to be a Navy Seal. So I would imagine that some of our...
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    Evangelical Quakers

    I go to an Evangelical Friends (Quaker) church, and my experience is that it is different than the Baptist church in several ways. Our pastor once remarked that his dad did not want him to be a Calvinist, and from what I understand of Calvinism I would say that the Evangelical Friends (EF)...
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    Is the age of the Earth worth disputing?

    One resource that has helped me along the lines of harmonizing the scriptures and science has been the work of the Reasons to Believe group. I won't provide a link because I don't want to appear like I am advertising, but you can do a search and find it easily. They are Old Earth Creationists...
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