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Hi Everyone, Quick question. From what I have read it is a sin to have sex before marriage however i just wanted to know if that applies if you are in a loving relationship with only one women? Would that make a difference as in you two may not be able to get married due to financial...

I would definitely agree with you on this. I think my main thing was if Jesus whipped the people as well as the animals. I mean maybe its reading into the text to much but as mentioned Father Lawrence who is way more knowledgeable then me understood it as just the animals. However reading on...

Thanks Buzuxi02. Cappadocious- I tend to think so but I'm intrigued if you have a different view of it?

Hi Guys, Just finished reading a book by Father Lawrence Farley on the Gospel of John and came across the past of Jesus cleansing the temple with the whip/scrouge. Father Lawrence says in the book that it was used to drive out the animals in terms of whipping them and not the people. I've read...

Great help much appreciated and a fantastic read !

Thanks for the replies all. He said that he read it in a book by NT Wright ages ago so can't remember what book it is. I tried too find it online with no success so yeah maybe someone who knows or has read NT Wright a lot might know, otherwise he is just plain wrong

Hi Everyone, Was chatting away to my mate the other day who is also a Christian (Protestant) anyway we got into a debate about the resurrection. Pretty much he said that we don't really need the resurrection hypothetically because Jesus came as God incarnate, taught us how to commune with God...

Thanks for the time taken to reply guys. I think I was thinking more along the lines of what RKO said however I thought even if they had a concept of God or their creator etc etc doesn't mean it has to be the same as ours as there are too many variables and hypotheticals to take into...

Hi All, Been watching a lot of sic fi stuff recently (i know very geeky too some but big fan) and had a random thought in regards to other intelligent life forms out there. Now i know this is a massive hypothetical and isn't much use to think or even dwell on about (since it doesn't help our...

Thanks everyone! Didn't mean to offend you Kylissa was just curious :)

Thanks for the answers and resources guys! Kylissa- I find the allegorical view like that as perfectly fine and just but have read from many Orthodox priests, clergy and laymen that we can't view the whole Old Testament or pick bits and pieces that we find hard and treat them as allegorical...

For example the part where God instructs the killing of everyone and everything in Canaan, so mainly in terms of how that should be viewed. I mean i realise that we have to look to the New Testament in order to understand the Old it just seems hard to connect the two for me when it comes to the...

Hi Everyone, Been reading the holy scriptures a lot to better acquaint myself with them. I have been having some troubles in regards to the violence in the Old Testament and how we view it and then combine it with the New Testament. I listened to a podcast by Father Thomas Hopko on ancient...

Hi Guys, Quick one from me, just wanted to know how we view the difference of Johns gospel to the Synoptics? What I mean mainly is why did he write it so differently and uniquely compared to the rest? Thanks all

Hi Guys, Sorry if this has been answered before (please point me to it if it has) but wanted to ask a question in regards to what I have been reading recently. I have been reading up on the reliability of the New Testament in regards to it early composition etc etc but have come across this...

Awesome thanks for the responses guys!

Hi Guys, Recently read up on a lot of things from DM Murdoch also known as Archaya S. Keeps me on my toes and intrigues me when others have different views on things. Anyway she has a book out about the Moses being a myth and on her freethoughtnation website she has many other things that...