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I would like to see how one justifies the following contradictions, and whether they are contradictions at all or just my inability to read in context Those two are quite self evident. This verse clearly states that heaven is not eternal, and yet nowhere is this taught and I have never...

I had quite a few conversations with my friends on the subject, and I noticed some of us, actually do not believe in love, myself included I fail to see how love is anything more than the evolutionary byproduct of tribal society, in fact love and many other feelings we experience are quite well...

\Has a creationist ever won a CvE debate? I'm quite interested if that has ever happened in the history of the debate

I always thought that spacetime moved at the speed of light. In a physics book I read that if the moon was suddenly vanished away, and there was an observer on a beach watching the moon and tide, as soon as it appeared that the moon vanished, the same time the tide would fall back...

This seems very strange to me, ooh our holy book written 2000 years ago says we have rights to a country!!!! lets invade and make it happen No, our holy book, written 1600 years ago says we have rights to this country, and we will fight you for it.... Is it not expected that if an omnipotent...

Apathy, as far as I can perceive in society, Apathy is seen in a negative light, but my proposition is, is Apathy really an immoral/unethical thing? Is a person apathetic about suffering, yet donating more money, helping out more to those who are suffering, because rationally it good to help...

A random question, to decrease my ignorance somewhat What is the purpose of Ramadan? And how does the celebration of Eid play part in that purpose? (Or is it just a celebration that Ramadan is over?)

First let me state that my mother is a very religious Orthodox Christian, so we have a lot of priests staying at our house at different times And a conversation I had with one, led to him telling me that the only two doctrinal differences between the Orthodox and Catholic churches, are in the...

I was having an interesting discussion with a Muslim about criteria in religion, and wanted to see how this is applicable within Christianity, Basically, this will not work for someone who was brought up Christian and stayed, although it will work for anyone who was ever at any point in time...

For science to stand still, is to stagnate, and in a way for science stagnation is death Inevitably the theories which we hold now to be true, will eventually be replaced, or heavily modified, some have even been completely buried It is not illogical to assume that eventually, the TOE will...

Sorry to keep bothering you guys like this, but it seems I will never run out of questions ;) What is the purpose of being "born again" What is the mechanism by which one is born again? How do you tell the difference between a normal person and one who is born again? Is it a requirement to...

There seems to be a big problem, lately in arguments, Ive encountered people talking about who the founding fathers and, some claim: They were Christians, loved Jesus, and created a state based on Christianity They are atheists and deists, who hated Christianity, and founded a secular state...

I was just speaking to an Orthodox priest (literally 2 hours ago) We were discussing Christianity, I brought up the epic of Gilgamesh, and the dates, the priest I spoke to was very knowledgeable, he knew the dates of when everything happened, reasons, influences, and during this discussion, I...

Check it out This is a strategy game like chess, but with Egyptian themed pieces and lasers, for 45$ I love playing chess, and came across this game randomly, now Im going to be unwrapping this game for Christmas tomorrow Anyone heard of this/has it?

Im randomly hoping someone who knows this comes along My main question is what is charge? What is it that makes something positive, or something negative, what is it makes that opposites attract, and same charges repel? What is it that makes an electron attracted to a proton, how?

I'm wondering, about everyones religion here Does your religion get along with scientific fact? Did your religion, predict scientific facts, before mainstream science found out? Has your religion significantly contributed to scientific knowledge? Looking forward to your replies!

The question, is revolving around faith When I sit next to a fire I feel its heat, whether I have faith or not (in the fire/heat) When I swim in icy water I feel its cool, whether I have faith or not (in the water/cold) When I am in the presence of a friend, I hear them/see them, whether I...

Can anyone imagine the following scenarios: God telling Moses about evolution? God telling Moses about subatomic particles? God telling Moses about electron shells? Genesis having a larger figure than 10,000 years for time of Creation? Jesus preaching to his disciples about antibiotics...

Anyone here play Supreme Commander? the 3.0 beta is out, as a closed beta but betas 2.1 to 2.7 have had modifications allowing LAN and singleplayer games This is porbably the best RTS to have ever been released, if you dont know what Im talking about check out...

I was wondering, how does one speak to God? There seem to be many things, I will not understand about Christianity, or think are faulty, but the main question seems to hinge about having a relationship with God, In order to form a relationship, one needs to converse, so I wanted to hear, how...