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I do not agree with you about the gospels not being eyewitness accounts. I suggest you do more study about the gospels and how historians determine if something is reliable. It is okay to disagree on some things and there are things about the Bible that can't be proven or disproven, but there...

I have been that alcoholic guy. Fortunately God loved me before I loved Him and spared me from losing limbs or my life. Others I used to run with were not so fortunate. I sometimes ask why me Lord? Others were more intelligent, braver and more compassionate than I am. It is one of those...

Thanks @sfs for the reasonable well thought out response. As for me, I am not sure if I would call our common ancestor (if we have one) a monkey of I saw it. When I look at guesses some researches have made on the fleshed out appearance of some very old fossils they look not quite like an ape...

Thanks for the reference @Ophiolite. I will look for that book at Thriftbooks.com and my local library.

Some interesting discussions here. Sadly, I don't speak the same language some of you do. I was a Lit/Journalism major and some of the words being used leave me behind. :help: I do want to understand but prefer not to respond when I am not sure what is being said. Still, I want to learn more...

One more question. Hey, I know I am can be a bother but I just want to tie up a few loose ends but don't let it bother you. Like my brother-in-law Seymour always says "What, me worry?" :wave:

Darwin theorized that apes, monkeys and humans must have a common ancestor because of the similarities between us. Make of this what you will but those who study his theory don't believe he is saying we evolved from apes or monkeys. When someone refers to miracles as magic I ask why they think...

Nice post thanks. It is common for some of us Christ followers to use expressions like "We did not evolve from monkeys" I may be splitting hairs here but that is not what the theory of evolution teaches. I suggest that anyone who is interested in this subject read Darwin's "Origin of Species."...

I agree with everything except the statement that only one side is armed. There are fringe groups on both sides of the spectrum. I think some people here are missing the point. I agree that we won't have an actual civil war here but some folks here on this site are content to continue to bang...

May have missed it but I haven't seen you showing contempt or questioning the intelligence of other posters here. Wasn't thinking about you when I wrote that, among I was thinking about myself after seeing some of the posts that veer off into personal comments. it never hurts of me to ask...

Where does a civil war start? Does it start in our hearts and then come out of our mouths. We can disagree and discuss things but when we express contempt for each other it only serves to end communication and causes others to get defensive. If we want to avoid civil war even if it is a non...

I was a teenager in the turbulent 60's and there were some similarities to today but there were also some differences. There was polarization between the boomers and their parents but there was a unity in younger folks like we don't see today. This post is not intended to support of oppose any...

Good point. Still, this is a website for Christians and I am talking to us followers of Jesus. Should we choose to keep our eyes on Him or worry about what other people including those who don't follow Him are doing?

"For you, brethren, have been called to liberty; only do not use liberty as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this: "You shall love your neighbor as yourself." But if you bite and devour one another, beware lest...

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I believe all of the Bible. I also know that some of it is historical narrative, some is poetry, some books are epistles addressing specific situations, and much more. It is good to study the Bible, who wrote it, who they were addressing, what those people were like, what was the purpose of the...

I don't see any churches keeping all of God's commandments, especially if I am a member of the church. Still, God uses me DESPITE my best efforts. I don't know who God's true church is but I want to be ready when He comes. I will leave that judgement up to Him and worship Him. There are folks...

Your name @Itsahappyday reminds me of this song, and that is a good thing. It is an old one but I still love it.

Praying for you, may He hold you in His arms and protect you. May He give you wisdom. He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord, "He is my refuge and my fortress; My God, in Him I will trust." Psalm 91:1-2 You will...