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"Origen developed a symbolic method of reading the bible. Thus the virgin birth of Christ in the womb of Mary was not primarily to be understood as a literal event but as the birth of the divine Wisdom in the soul." (pg. 100) A History of God, by Karen Armstrong It seems as if many great...

Challenges, as in reading material that may show you what you hold to be true might not be true.

New information. It was a difficult process, challenging my beliefs in the beginning, but now the uncomfortable feelings have passed, and I thoroughly enjoy different perspectives.

Great post. I don't think science conflicts with God at all; with religion, maybe, but not with God.

But just because Gnosticism died out during that time, does that mean it wasn't the real way Christianity was supposed to be interpreted? Could a separate cult of Christians have gotten together, only taking the literal, outer mysteries of the Gospels, leaving out the inner mysteries...

I would think so, due to the Jews were embracing the pagan, Hellenized culture that was surrounding them, and synthesizing it with their own traditions. Even though Paul employs somatic language to describe Christ, couldn't it still have some deeper, symbolic meaning? For example, His death...

Plutarch didn't write about Jesus, if that's what you are implying. http://www.tektonics.org/qt/remslist.php Apologies if I read this wrong.

Weren't Josephus' references altered though?

Good evening Christian Forum members, I have a few questions I was wondering if some of you could address? 1.) During the time, just before the Maccabean Revolt, is it plausible to posit that the Jewish tradition became diluted from the surrounding pagan, Osiris/Dionysus cults, to bring...

The original OP was more of a vent, fueled off feelings. It definitely came off as immature, but I had to get it off my chest. I still think it had truth in it, pertaining to myself, it just came out in a harsh way. To really discuss these issues you need to have a solid background in...

I am now starting to reach the conclusion that you can't teach intelligence; you either have it or you don't. Even though I read as much as I can, try to learn new vocabulary, it is utterly useless for me to try and procure an understanding of anything other rudimentary, simpleton terms or...

Will do. Question: why post the definition when I already know what these terms mean? Or, did you do it for yourself? From reading your previous posts it doesn't seem like you are trained in research methods. Just curious....

Operationalization.

1.) utility 2.) location 3.) individual shape 4.) common shape 5.) sub-function 6.) invention 7.) copied or studied by man 8) not brought into existence by random occurrence 9.) complexity 10.) assembly

All I need is the head.

Atheists are fascinating, my dear chap. I don't know what I admire about them more; their omniscience or their malice towards people that acknowledge God's existence. Either way, they're awesome! Hopefully more show up on this forum, and congregate in the science forum.

Such a lively dialogue going on.....

More reasonable than, "I'm not complex, nature made me." Should they re-name it the Big Expansion?

This is what I am after! Thanks for this. I'll enjoy dissecting this a little later today.

Choanoflagellates and animal multicellularity | dayel.com Sounds like it's a mystery to me. I know there is no fossil evidence for any transition; my text expounded that. There are come nice hypothesis' (colonial/syncytial), but the rise of multi-cellular likes seems to still be shrouded...