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Looking at the appalling suffering that there is in this world, I think it can broadly be divided into suffering deliberately or accidentally inflicted by living creatures and so-called natural events, like earthquakes, extreme weather, etc. There was a graphic example of the former on the BBC...

There are many reasons why I don't believe in evolution, but the other night I was thinking about the size of the world's population and it seemed to me that if evolution were really true, there would have to be many more people in the world than there really are. Even working to an approximate...

Everyone will have their own opinions on this, but I find there are many reasons to believe in God and a few to doubt whether in fact he exists and is just a figment of our imaginations. Let me list a couple of reasons to doubt first:- If, as some people believe, the universe simply (???)...

A case was on our BBC news channel yesterday concerning a man who suffered horrific injuries when his jealous ex-partner threw concentrated sulphuric acid over him while he lay in bed. The poor man could be heard screaming while a neighbour was phoning the emergency services. Subsequently, and I...

I have suffered a lot of pain in my life, both physical and emotional (currently, I have Sciatica, Tinnitus, IBS and Migraine), but my suffering is nothing compared to some. Watching a TV documentary last night, an undercover reporter was filming in Iraq and for those who are trapped there, it...

To some extent, pain is another one of life's mysteries. If you are one of the few individuals in the world who never feels physical pain, how could anyone explain to you what it feels like? It would be like trying to explain colour to a person who had been born blind and never been able to see...

I had a thought recently while considering what to make of time. Now whether one believes the Christian explanantion that God created time (and space and matter) but exists outside of it or whether you allude to Einstein's idea of time being inextricably linked to space and matter but don't...

Everyone knows that there are terrible things happening in this world all the time, but what I can’t seem to find an answer to is where is God when people really need him the most? Let me mention an example, which I happened to see on catchup TV last night. The documentary was about people...

I hope this is the right place to post this. ------------------------------------------------- Some people suffer much while others suffer much less. Some people are born with terrible afflictions while others are not. Some people have everything (looks, fame, fortune, etc) while others can...

I sometimes wonder whether God or Satan is currently in control of this world. Let me give just one example: A famine in Africa. We’ve all seen the pictures on TV of people starving to death; even children. Now we could say that this is all man’s fault because if everyone worked together on the...

I would like to list some of the points I have considered in coming to the conclusion that God must exist and that Christianity is the only true religion. First, some reasons why I find it hard to believe:- The terrible suffering in the world. Related to this, why did God create pain to be...

I'm not sure if I'm posting this in the correct place because I get confused by all the different aspects of religion, especially theology. What I wanted to say was to express my surprise that according to something I heard on the BBC the other day, a recent poll of people calling themselves...

Is it generally believed by most Christians that God actually wrote down the ten commandments and gave them to Moses, or is the majority view that this event didn't really happen and is just another mythical story like Genesis 1? For those who don't believe the Genesis account of creation to be...

Just a couple of topics that have fascinated me for a long time. What did Jesus look like when here on earth? I'm sure many Christians must have pondered this question at some stage. We have many variations on this, from the white man with blue eyes (e.g., Robert Powell in "Jesus of Nazareth)...

Has anyone come across this web site before: http://www.divinerevelations.info/ It has lots of dramatic stuff on the site, including some pretty scary alleged testimony, but I'm wondering how much of it is real. I'd be interested to hear what other think.

I've recently become interested in watching a previously-shown TV series called "Touched by an Angel". Now I realise that the storyline is not completely mainline Christianity, but an interview with the producer makes it clear that the programme had to be made to be respectful to Christianity...

I'm not sure whether this is the correct part of this forum to post this message so perhaps the moderators can move it if it's in the wrong place. ------------------------------------------- I would like to ask some questions about things concerning The Bible, which I find confusing. But...

I often hear Christians say that to not accept evolution is damaging to the Gospel because it destroys its credibility in the current scientific age. But there is another side too as discussed here. I must admit that from personal experience, when Ken Ham from Answers in Genesis came to speak...

I've received an article but it doesn't mean much to me as I'm not a scientist, but I thought those among you who are might find it interesting. It's in two parts:- Beneficial Mutations - Real or Imaginary - Part One Beneficial Mutations - Real or Imaginary - Part Two Enjoy.

I have just read a short quote from Frank Zindler, American Atheist, in a debate with William Craig in which he apparently said this,"The most devastating thing though that biology did to Christianity was the discovery of biological evolution. Now that we know that Adam and Eve never were real...