Recent content by Wiccan_Child

To be clear, Darwin's theory of evolution has been superseded the modern theory. How did you derive this statistic? Not if the conditions after the first Big Bang precluded any further Big Bangs. Or perhaps Big Bangs are happening all the time - just not in our universe. Since the Earth is...

Perhaps their own reading of the texts leads them to that conclusion ("I don't believe the text, but if I did, I would be non-Trinitarian"), and they want to share their conclusion with Trinitarian Christians - a bit like Christians who cite Quranic verses proving Islam is hostile or demonic or...

Speak for yourself. The exploration alone is enough for me.

Why? If God is omnipotent, he can do whatever he likes as often as he likes. Again, why? Nothing in the Bible indicates that God can only save one of his created species. Says who? And even if it does, who cares? We're talking about salvation from Hell, from an eternity of suffering. If I had...

Actually, most do (source): Most also believe in the mainstream theory of evolution: No, no, of course they didn't... 99.97% of scientists believe otherwise, and they have the fossils and genetics to back it up. That's one steep and slippery slope. I'm not sure how you're making...

Faith healers make a living out of fooling others into believing they can do miracles and whatnot: James Randi Debunks Faith Healer - YouTube It's only really in the US that Christians don't believe in evolution - the rest of Christendom has moved on. Besides, is God made life on Earth in six...

Once Jesus actually does cure cancer and end famine, I'll be first in line to convert.

I'd say I'm fairly familiar with the Bible. I've read it, I've discussed various parts of it in-depth (mostly Genesis, some Exodus, Leviticus, and Romans). If you cite the Bible, I won't cringe, but neither will I nod along sagely and uncritically. If you quote the Bible, I'll examine it on its...

If it beneficial, then that alone would answer the OP - Why worship God? Because if benefits you. So, what are the benefits of worship? What happens that wouldn't happen if you didn't worship? You say that we need to worship. That's quite a strong sentiment - 'need' implies that we can't not do...

Is it possible to believe in God, believe he is your creator, died for our sins, loves us, etc, and not want to glorify him? The impetus behind the thread was to look at how one goes from belief in God to the desire to worship God. Much of the dialogue with Christianity is in working out...

Why do you treasure, value, revere, honour, fear, respect, and love Jesus? I'd tentatively agree with that, but does it matter if one's master isn't God? What if one's master is, say, curing cancer or ending poverty?

*bows* I'm not the hero CF wants - I'm the hero CF needs.

*twitch*

Nope - ending a sentence with a preposition is perfectly fine English. The idea that it's wrong is falsely promulgated by overzealous grammarians. "Who did Jane go with?" is clear and unambiguous, so it's hardly breaking English. Oxford has some great examples of where ending with a preposition...

I agree with znr, the two challenges are different - "Do X, because I believe God will move you in mysterious ways" vs. "Stop doing X, because it's the opposite of the other challenge". The first one had a specious logic to it, this one... doesn't.