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Nice theory. Based upon what evidence does "gender happens 5 months later when the brain develops?

Call it whatever, but if I have a person that desires to overcome sin in their life, I'd counsel them as to any other. If the law says I am practicing conversion therapy, then so be it.

Hi Beloved A. Would you write about how God brought you to Himself? It may be helpful to know more about what God has done for you before any of what you wrote about ever took place.

I don't think you can desire salvation too much. And how can you desire to be saved at all and not be selfish? C. S. Lewis makes a great point in The Weight of Glory. Here is a bit from it: Indeed, if we consider the unblushing promises of reward and the staggering nature of the rewards...

2 Thessalonians 3:10-12 For even when we were with you, we would give you this command: If anyone is not willing to work, let him not eat. For we hear that some among you walk in idleness, not busy at work, but busybodies. Now such persons we command and encourage in the Lord Jesus Christ to do...

You are so very clever! I'm trying to hear what the grownups are saying though, so you need to go busy yourself.

Why isn't it? Or alternatively, what makes a theory scientific? Seems to me any model that explains - and even better, predicts - what we observe is a scientific theory. If I throw a rock into the air and it always falls back down, I may theorize it is the great god Oobilly that causes it...

It's only a Satanic symbol - inverted pentagram - if the wearer walks on their hands. A general rule in life is to avoid people who walk on their hands and wear Converse sneakers.

Please point me in the direction of even 100 atheists being martyred for their atheism. I know of a few, but to declare equivalency with the number of Christians martyred is a fantastic claim in the sense it is fantasy. Edit added: My mistake. Upon re-reading Freodin's post, I realize he is not...

You do not know if unicorns exist either, THAT DOESN'T MEAN THEY EXIST. I don't accept and live by the belief that something doesnt exist. Argument ad nauseam. I simply DON'T KNOW whether or not one exists, same as you DON'T KNOW whether or not a magical flying teapot exists, yet you don't...

The Bible - what I believe is our most objective source of what God wants of us - speaks of God's perfect will and his permissive will. (The scriptures don't give them the titles "perfect" and "permissive"; it's just helpful language for describing what is seen in the Bible.) We know God's...

My bad. My analogy was an attempt to understand how you can rationally not know something exists and yet accept and live by a belief the "something" doesn't exist. Do you want to try to give me your own analogy? Duh! Blind faith that leads to believing God doesn't exist even while not knowing...

God is in control. Just as he did throughout the Bible, he leads his children into and through horrible circumstances. And "through" may end in their martyrdom. This passage I have found helpful: Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or...

Like all strong lies, there is a bit of truth in the Law of Attraction. The bottom line for me: it is inconceivable for me to think that I, a created being, have the power to manipulate my Creator. It's as wildly ridiculous as a puppet pulling the strings of the puppeteer. I treasure the fact...

Cea, Christianity does not see your biggest problem as having broken relationships with your mother and your friends. Your biggest need is to be reconciled to your Creator; for your relationship with Him to be brought to life. He provided a way for it to happen. Jesus referred to himself as...

(I know some of my questions have been tongue-in-cheek. This one is not.) Does this analogy work for you: before rolling dice, you do not know if upon rolling they will come up with a specific value. Nonetheless, you choose to believe and act on the results of the roll being seven. Regardless...

Why be sad about me believing something you believe to not be true? What rational basis does your naturalism - I assume you believe there is nothing beyond nature - give for you to be sad about anything? And from your perspective, isn't your sadness simply the result of a electro-chemical...

Please be patient with my ignorance and help me dispel some of it: if I understand you correctly, you do not know if there is a God, but believe he does not exist. Is this belief then an atheistic step of faith of some sort? In my ignorance I am struggling to see the rational thought necessary...

I'm curious. Why be saddened when you don't believe any of it anyway?

Heatios, Just for fun, can you give a formal definition for blind faith and then an argument how there is no blind faith in coming to the conclusion there is no God? Honestly, I can understand the argument for agnosticism, but atheism seems to make a jump I have yet to see as rational. You have...