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    If God loves everyone, then why would he let some people suffer for eternity in hell?

    So you're one of those. Tell me, how would people still have free will and how would the universe run normally if he was doing "something" for them all the time. How many times would you need him to do "something" for you too?
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    If God loves everyone, then why would he let some people suffer for eternity in hell?

    So, Munising, are you going to respond to the evidence I posted about?
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    If God loves everyone, then why would he let some people suffer for eternity in hell?

    God's love of everyone is directed towards humanity as a group, not as individuals. Therefore, he will do what is best for the group, which involves separating those who do not want God and his reign from those who do. However, he does always hold out the offer of salvation to individuals while...
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    Do skeptics have a chance?

    All the miracles? So you don't think Jesus had a divine nature? Do you think the evidence for "Krishnamurti, Paramahansa Yogananda, Lao Tzu, and countless others" having a similar connection to God is equal for Christ's claim to divinity? This is fine. Inerrancy isn't an essential belief of...
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    A Struggle

    Well, as Christians, we believe the important thing is having a commitment of faith in Jesus. This is how the Christian life starts and how it is sustained and lasts. Due to this belief, and because of your professed turmoil, the best thing I can ask is what is keeping you from Christianity...
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    Obama support for gays (please read if you oppose homosexuality and marriage)

    I didn't say they couldn't love the child, but they can't provide them with the optimal upbringing. I will answer the articles cited later. But if an argument can be made for the objective morality of it, then that is binding on everyone, whether or not everyone agrees. Also, do you cede the...
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    Question from a non-believer

    I'll answer this with a question and answer. Why do I have to explain them if I am to show that Christianity is true? The Apostle Paul says in 1 Corinthians 15 that Christianity is true if Jesus rose from the dead, and if not, it is false and Christians should be pitied for believing a lie. That...
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    Obama support for gays (please read if you oppose homosexuality and marriage)

    Christians are called to love their neighbor. When the Jesus speaks of love, he means doing what is objectively good (not feels good) for the group in question first, then the individual. Therefore, this obligates Christians to seek the common good of a country they are citizens of if they have...
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    Reasons for conversion and faith in Christ, modern and historical.

    It's simply stated in the NT. -Acts 17:29-31 (NIV) They would have said Jesus' resurrection was proof. Elsewhere, the early (3-5 years after the crucifixion) creed Paul relayed points us to the evidence. -1 Corinthians 15:3-6 (ESV) These claims could be easily checked out by going to Israel...
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    1 Timothy 2:11-15

    I do believe we are done here.
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    1 Timothy 2:11-15

    These verses fit as a rebuttal to ideas known to be around in Ephesus at the time. Doesn't matter. The writer is arguing for the position I agree with. Ever heard the use of scribes was a common practice? That's why I don't find this particular point persuasive. You allude to 1...
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    1 Timothy 2:11-15

    I can only repeat what I said. ‘The earliest strands of proto-gnostic and proto-mystery religions we know of had the characteristics of the false teaching in the Pastorals: nonsense syllables, ritual immorality, belief that the woman (variously Eve or other primal female figures) was the...
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    As an atheist, will I go to Heaven?

    You may find this interesting too. It's an argument for why hell is forever. Here's the most relevant excerpt. "It clarifies and simplifies the argument that sin is an "infinite offense" against God requiring an infinite payment. Under the honor and shame paradigm, sin is particularly an...
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    1 Timothy 2:11-15

    If you had read everything clearly you would see that I don't think it was a 'kind of Judaizing Gnosticism.' But the problem is that I do accept Pauline authorship. And you just gave an argument from authority. Nor do I buy the idea that they expected the end of the world to happen in...
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    As an atheist, will I go to Heaven?

    Who says the finite crimes have infinite punishments? It's very possible that finite crimes have finite punishments in hell. It just goes on forever because sinners don't stop sinning. Now, is it that surprising that sinners keep sinning? Except that someone who truly repented will change...
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    1 Timothy 2:11-15

    “Let a woman learn quietly with all submissiveness. I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; rather, she is to remain quiet. For Adam was formed first, then Eve; and Adam was not deceived, but the woman was deceived and became a transgressor. Yet she will be saved...
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    Looking for open debate on apologetics

    So you were a Christian because it worked for you and made you happy? Not a very good reason. Now, since you say you want to debate apologetics, why do you think Jesus didn't rise from the dead?
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    Proof that the Earth is millions of years old?

    Don't worry about it. Reading Genesis as history doesn't require one to reject evolution. Nor does taking the seven days as 24 hour days require one to reject evolution or an old universe.
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    Former Christian, now Agnostic

    I know you may respond later to my post because you're dealing with one particular poster right now. However, I do have a few comments about what you have said from page 10 onward. Christianity never defined faith the way you're talking about it here. I'll go ahead and quote the relevant...
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    Former Christian, now Agnostic

    Sounds like you had a mistaken idea of prayer. If you think the details will show that you didn't, feel free to feel me in. He doesn't go in depth to the arguments for Christianity. He's writes popular level introductions to it. And as far as I know, he thinks evolution is incompatible with a...