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The critique is closer. -CryptoLutheran

Then let me clarify, erect humanoid biped. -CryptoLutheran

I'm not asking you to dismiss Scripture. I'm simply pointing out that 20-30 foot tall bipeds aren't physically possible. Additionally, just because you interpret a very tiny passage from Genesis to mean a race of giant bipeds that were half-angel and half-human doesn't mean that's what the text...

Tabloid-esque pictures. Do you know the original sources of these pictures? Do you know who the photographers were? Where they were taken? When were they originally published? -CryptoLutheran

Fantastic game. I wasted so many hours away with friends on multiplayer. Problem was someone would eventually be cheap and play as Oddjob. -CryptoLutheran

Massive giants ala of the folklore variety are, for all intents and purposes, not possible given the simple fact of physics. Large human beings, such as Goliath, would already have so much stress placed upon their bodies that they would probably struggle just to survive. Large animals such as...

Aionios is the adjective form of the word aion, which means "age", an indeterminate amount of time. The word in and of itself doesn't mean "eternal" or "everlasting"--it is often rendered this way interpretively and because there's no real English cognate for the word. As such I have a very...

Oh snap, she's onto us. Where's that MIB memory eraser thingy when you need one? -CryptoLutheran

The poll feels a little too one dimensional. I agree that the Church has handed down Scripture to us, but I don't see this as a distinctively Roman Catholic belief. -CryptoLutheran

Neither. Though probably closer to The Silmarillion. Genesis 1 is a mythopoetic text functioning as a narrative polemic against standard ancient near eastern creation myths by deconstructing common motifs such as waters of the deep (which would correspond to Tiamut from the Enuma Elish) and...

Denver Airport conspiracy debunked here. -CryptoLutheran

What I'm really curious about is why the Canadian government is building a giant icecream cone factory on the moon. -CryptoLutheran

It's not "based" on them, it's based on Jesus of Nazareth who we receive and believe is the Christ and the received teaching of His apostles. The Bible is a collection of books that have been received by the Church as a faithful witness to the faith of the Church which communicate and proclaim...

I'm quite sympathetic to Ultimate/Universal reconciliation myself, however per the rules of the site, discussion of it isn't permitted except on the Unorthodox sub-forum. Just a heads up. -CryptoLutheran

<staff edit> Christians in Palestine - YouTube Palestinian Christians mark Christmas amid Israeli restrictions - PressTV 091224 - YouTube WCC article here. And the fact still remains that Christians, Muslims and Jews have and do stand side-by-side in solidarity with one another on the issue...

It's far more common in Eastern Orthodox theology due to the theological work of St. Gregory Palamas, his chief opponent was Barlaam of Calabria, an Italian who joined the Orthodox Church and had been trained in Western Scholasticism. Gregory's theology triumphed in the East and the crucial...

Of course not. God does not change. God is not a creature or part of the universe (apart from the Incarnation of course). Evolution deals with created things, those which are creatures, created, material, natural and organic. God is God, not a creature. Again, of course God doesn't evolve. God...

Also used the Latin alphabet. Oh no, so are we! God save us from this paganism! -CryptoLutheran

You're confusing Fundamentalist Evangelicalism with orthodoxy. It doesn't work that way. -CryptoLutheran

So no matter how theologically accurate or appropriate a title or term might be, if it's not mentioned explicitly in Scripture than it should be rejected? We should therefore not call Christ "God the Son" even if it's true? Nor refer to Mary as Theotokos/Mother of God, even though it's true? We...