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The standard interpretation of the alpha and omega references in Revelation and the other "first and last" statements are that Jesus (and/or God) are eternal, and that there is no other god (CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Alpha and Omega (In Scripture)), not that God himself evolved. It seems to me...

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I watched the video, and have a few comments. It is said, a few minutes into the video, that belief in evolution is based entirely on faith, and that no "true facts" have ever been found in support of it. Here I must strenuously disagree. A very common misunderstanding of the scientific...

Hi, there. Sort of - I grew up in a house that wasn't religious. My mom was mildly religious, and would have called herself a Christian, but really that was a bit of a stretch; mostly she called herself that just because that was what the American culture commonly "told" you to be. When I was a...

I've marked the video to watch. In the meantime, I'll try to address your points (although there are a lot of them, so I might have to split up the responses! I've gotten more responses to my OP than I thought - it's hard to keep up with! :blush:). Actually we do have tons of intermediate forms...

I have a good friend whom I've known for 40 years who was a long-time member of the WWCG, and became very disillusioned after the death of Herbert W. Armstrong.

I'm probably not a great choice (if I understand you), as I'm against teaching Intelligent Design in schools.

Hi, Apostle Joseph. What are Holy Ghost fireworks?

Thanks - I've brought the document up in a browser tab (that's one way to have a to-do list :), and will read it. It may take a bit, as things get busy at work (I'm writing this at 12:30 am).

I definitely realize that I am in the minority, even among secular scholars. I have watched many debates between Christian scholars and secular scholars, and many between secular scholars and other secular scholars. But I have found the arguments of the good mythicists, especially Richard...

A number of authors have done extensive analyses of the UFO phenomenon. What I've seen is that the vast majority are hoaxes or misunderstandings. Humans make incredibly lousy witnesses, to a degree that most people have no idea about. Because of this, stories get exaggerated tremendously, and...

We've gotten into a mythicism discussion; should this be moved to another forum (and is there a way to do that?), rather than in the intro section? (Sorry if this is obvious)

As far as I understand, scholars are pretty sure Peter existed, because Paul mentions him repeatedly. But that's about it. We don't know how he died; the only place that his upside-down crucifixion is mentioned is in the apocryphal Acts of Peter, written some time in the mid-second century by...

This was the starting point I had, as well. In particular, I always thought that the mentions of Jesus in Josephus were conclusive, but that was before I started to learn about them. It turns out that in the entire corpus of Josephus's writings there are only two mentions, and both are highly...

Hi, @I'm_Sorry. Yes, I have read all of the Gospels. I'm hoping to eventually read them in Greek, and have started studying it on the side. It goes a bit slowly because of time, so I might just take an actual course. What I have seen is that they are beautifully written, and give the strong...

Extraterrestrial beings visiting us are not supernatural in the typical sense, although I am very skeptical about their reality. This is again a big subject, but over the years I've seen many investigations. There are a number of subtle problems with the stories. For example, if you look at the...

Hi, @DennisTate. I read the post you pointed me too, and I can't say I found it particularly useful. Although not a physicist, I do have some background in physics (I started as a physics major in college, but ended up switching to computer science and math). I'm not quite sure what question...

Excellent! I am your obedient servant. <eyes down>

Thanks so much, Hidden in Him!

Hi, BNR32FAN. Of course, that's a huge question that we'll no doubt get into, but the short version is that I think life evolved on Earth over billions of years, starting with very simple molecules that randomly interacted to get a slightly more complicated molecule that would copy itself by...