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I figured out what Socrates figured out, that I know nothing and that makes me wise.But then, that's only figuring out a paradox of knowledge, one might say.

From what I can gather, you're positing the theory of recollection: that is, because we know things we can't directly experience, there must have been some pre existence of our minds as a soul. This hardly seems logical, but Socrates is not considered ultimately the best philosopher all around...

Another problem I have (not that you seem to be confronting me on these problems, but instead are just asserting your position as right instinctively) is this notion that we are born with some sort of curse. But I try to view life as a blessing in that we are alive. Even if we are imperfect and...

This always bothered me in some sense, particularly the first principle. The second has some sense in that when you transgress a law, you should realize that you did wrong in some sense, that never really bothered me. It's this all-or-nothing attitude about sin in relation to the law that...

That's something, from what I understand, that we could agree on, but that's basic Greek philosophy for the most part. Immaterial objects, but nonetheless useful and basic for living and thinking. Unlike, in my opinion, God as a concept, even as prime mover in Aristotelian thought. If nothing...

I fail to see how knowing things constitutes knowing perfection or even constitutes a perfection in itself. And the notion of knowing numbers as a perfection also seems mistaken in that numbers are self evident ideas for counting, not something on the level of algebra. The world being...

This issue reminds me of another thread that existed on here about Christianity and pacifism. The notion of Christian vegetarianism is probably as foreign to even devout Christians, for the most part, as Christian pacifism, since the very imbedded notions in the West are more carnivorous and...

Bad experience with Raelians and/or panspermia advocates?

For those who voted and didn't comment, perhaps you could explain why you chose that option? It would help in engagement on the topic and understanding where each person comes from about their opinion on gender, obviously from the Christian perspective primarily. Since my opinion is, I suppose...

It's one thing to categorize general religions, but it's another to try to apply categories to varying theologies within, say, theistic religions, like christianity. I might've wanted to have a spectrum, but even that's hard. I usually prefer to stick with more basic categories and apply them in...

Then the question would be whether science is a better philosophy than say, theology, for a common contrast

That's kind of what the message Mohler was saying. Of course it isn't offensive to a Christian, but they will have to realize, in his belief, that the Gospel message is offensive to people for the reasons you put forth. Though it disappoints me more than offends, if I had to nuance it. People...

s_s, you can wiki them if I'm inadequate. That's really where I got the basics anyway. Or did you vote anyway before you posted?

If you mean no offense, one could say you're not being a true Christian. Albert Mohler, who I still disagree with, put it a good way.To paraphrase, "The Gospel is offensive and yet we (Christians) are called to preach it," Sound familiar? Convincing? Why should you worry about offending someone...

Did I do a sufficient job of explaining the positions, or do you need more exposition?

What, no vote, lol? It applies to Christians, why not participate? Unless you're...chicken?

Agnostic can stand on its own, but it's less common for people to associate agnostic as a qualifier merely of epistemology and not things of a religious nature in general, which was what Huxley designed it for when he created the word. You can be a Christian and be an agnostic theist. There...

The selective nihilism concerns me, not to mention the focus on righteousness as opposed to goodness, but then, that's part and parcel with the belief system in general anyway. My answers would be more ambivalent and probably only frustrate or disappoint him. I cannot desire what I do not even...

Topic title sums it up, but I suppose some brief background would be in order. Christianity seems to have a few approaches to gender identity and gender issues as a whole, such as masculine/feminine traits and how that relates to conforming to God's will, etc. An obvious verse that comes to...

Part of this depends on what you mean by the term science. If we take it from etymology, it could conceivably extend to the disciplines you named, since the basis of the word is scientia, knowledge of things. Albeit my Latin and Greek are fuzzy and amateur at best. Scientia is the practical...