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AV - An element is defined by the number of protons in a nucleus. With that, you can get varying numbers of neutrona and still have the same element. the atomic number is number of protons, the mass number is the number of protons plus neutrons. E.g. Hydrogen has one proton and one...

This is in fact the main reason that I believe that faith and belief are two separate issues, not least when it comes to salvation. Belief is something which, for many people at least, requires thorough investigation of data, of historical evidences, and of various philosophical ideas. Belief...

Nadiine, might I politely point out that that post came across as quite arrogant? I don't mean it in a nasty way, but telling others that by differing in their opinion from yours that their post is so ridiculous you wont "DIGNIFY" their post with a response, with capitals no less, is a bit rude...

So why did Jesus and the apostles not seek to have any morality legislated? Why were they happy to obey the rules of the coutry they lived in, and to obey God and encourage other Christians to ebey God? I don't think a lack of christian morality in the governmental laws in 'mocking God'. In...

If the laws were only for Christians, then I'd agree. However, it's not, and it's not all written and decided by Christians as well. I do think we should obey God in everything, but when He was giving direction to Israel in regards law, that was to His chosen people. It would be like...

So adultery is corruption of, specifically, a marriage then?

Do people think that it is right to force those who do not hold to Christian belief to live by it's moral code? I ask as a large proportion of America is non-Christian, at least to the extent of not thinking of the bible as their moral code in life. Is it right to force them to act as you...

Is that ever referred to as adultery? I'm fine with being corrected on it, but I wouldn't have thought that was described as such, other than maybe the prostitution... What is spritual adultery, and where do you get that definition from? I mean, again, it's fair enough if it's clear from the...

This is a useful website: http://www.childrenareunbeatable.org.uk/pages/info.html

Any other definition I have found seems to confirm this - that adultery is sexual intercourse between a married person and anyone other than their spouse. As the quote above shows, this is shown even in the basis of the word, adultery essentially referring to corruption of the marriage bed. I'm...

This is the first time in a while that I've felt like this, but I do agree with those who think that America should probably have WMDs, and Iran should not - America is very unlikely to ever use theirs, and Iran almost certainly would, given the chance. That said, a few points about the deabte...

We can say it may not be a 20th century idea (and is probably not, I'm sire other people have held differeing beliefs over the ages), it certainly is a 20th century movement. It is only this last century, for example, that creationism has been viewed as a potential evangelical tool, and it is...

Totally serious question here... My understanding is that a species, as a whole, is constantly evolving, some individuals will have large mutations, others none, but overall a species will continue to evolve. Surely this means that any species, at any point in time is transitional between...

Buesterdog - most of the apostles of the church simply did not say whether they believed it was literal or not. They wouldn't have had the evidence for a young earth either, they would have based their ideas solely on scripture - after all, they could hardly study ice cores and geological...

Perhaps, and that "It always takes more time to understand a scientific fact than to misunderstand it" is also true, but both sides of the debate here would have agreed to the terms. I don't think I learned anything at all about the subject from this debate, I'm afraid.

I actually listened all the way through, and to be honest, I don't think either side did that well. There was simply not enough time on each individual question for any individual to give a full explanation for their viewpoint. There were no real important points that stood out, no question that...

Well, since none of the biblical authors never said anything as to how literal Genesis was. That said, even if they did believe something, what would that prove? Unless Jesus told them directly it would mean little, but since they don't mention anything about literalness or otherwise, why do you...

I don't know much about this, so this is only a guess, but still... I would think that the creationist movement has only become a big deal this last hundred or so years because it is only in this time period that it has become an issue for the general masses. Theologians may well have debated...

Science is a systematic method for studying the natural world, through the scientific method. For the scientific method to be able to study God, He would need to be a mechanical system, with predictable outputs to any inputs, rather than the personal God He is. Theology is a systematic study...

No problem, I can see how you got that impression. What I meant was that my experiences of God are not confined to the bible. For example, my experiences of God would not confine Jesus to being the only way - that is theology which I get from the bible. I believe the bible to be God's word, but...