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There are a lot of analogies people use to describe the concept of the trinity, and I'm sure you will find that all of them fall a bit short of a full explanation, and the reason of course is that this is something somewhat beyond our understanding. The Bible teaches that Jesus and the Father...

Well, he got replacements. Also, new camels.

Thank you for caring, Autumnleaf. My experience for the last year is that every day is the same day, except those days when something even worse is revealed to me. I know there's no real answer except to grit my teeth and wait a couple years for the pain to go away. I wish there was some answer...

Yeah, after I posted that I figured you'd read it wrong. The free-will comment referred only to the fact that you can believe whatever you want. It did not refer to the pond analogy.

As I said above, you will only accept a God that does things exactly the way you say He should. Nothing I say will mean anything to you.

I've met a lot of people who choose not to believe in God's forgiveness because it would require them to admit that they are wrong and need forgiving. I understand that you are judging the God by the standards and beliefs of the society you currently live in, rather than the other way around...

That is not what God is doing, but I know you will not believe that. You believe what you choose to believe - It's that pesky free will again.

You are missing the main point: the punishment has been paid. Nobody need be punished for what they did. Mercy and forgiveness has been made freely available. According to the Bible, those who choose not to accept forgiveness will be judged, "according to their deeds." Do you have a Bible...

It deals directly with the question posed, which was one of responsibility. Apparently God thought free-will was worth preserving, so He chose not to remove mankind's freewill. That means that people are still able to choose to do evil just as they are able to choose good. I am not qualified to...

I'll add that what I posted above makes me conclude that the Christian concept of God does match reality, because God addressed this very issue, rather than just leaving people some rituals and saying "Better do good or I'm gonna zap you."

I noticed no Christian's have chimed in yet, so here goes: God is omniscient, and can see the whole of history since He exist outside of time. Therefore I would say that God definitely knew what would happen if He gave man free will, yet He did it anyway. So there are two perspectives to to...

Nothing in the bible says that suicide guarantees hell. You are absolutely right in what you said. Christ has provided forgiveness for all sins, including suicide. If you have asked for that forgiveness, you will receive it.

Here is the full story, if you've got some time to kill http://www.christianforums.com/t7354112/ The short of it is, my wife is leaving me for another guy. She says she never really loved me, and looking back on the last 10 years I have no doubt about it. She says she always felt guilty that...

I beg to differ. The Bible describes at least one non-terrestrial form of life: Angels. I don't think it is necessarily unbiblical to think that God may have made other intelligent beings on other worlds. I think it is merely irrelevant. Our central focus is to be our relationship with Christ...

Would she be happy with an Anglican or episcopalian church? Something with a more Catholic "feel"

And again you appear to be focussing on the end, “eternal paradise”, rather than the act of killing. Please answer the question: when do you think it is acceptable to kill babies and children? Is it acceptable to you because they end up in “eternal paradise”? If so then why would you object to...

I find it difficult to believe that some unknown women could be spared, yet all the babies and unborn children were so evil and vile that every one of them had to be killed. Then again, I find all the nonsense in the Bible difficult to believe. Do you believe that all the babies and unborn...

Well, continue to act according to your convictions. You're saying that it's not just about her wanting to be with her, she wants you to be getting drunk, so it sounds like compromise in that area cannot happen. I do think you are being reasonable though. You sound like you know where the line...

Genesis 7:21-23 claims that your God deliberately killed every fœtus, baby, toddler and child on the entire planet. It didn’t discriminate among them. It didn’t spare some and kill others. It indiscriminately killed every single one of them. Genesis 7:21-23 claims that God wiped out everyone on...

In answer to the question in the title of the post: Christians worship God because they believe that he is real. This belief is based on the historical evidence surrounding Jesus, on their thoughtful reasoning, on personal experiences; it's not just blind faith. There is an element of faith...