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Another poster brought up a good point. Lot was apparently raped by two of his daughters. How often does this happen outside of the Bible? I honestly have never heard of such a case. Does anyone know of an instance where a woman raped her father?

We know that he offered his virgin daughters to rapists. And then had sex with them, resulting in pregnancies. Why did God find him righteous?

Does everyone who winds up in Heaven get the same reward? Let's say a Christian who truly believes, but hasn't managed to help lead another soul to Christ. Would their reward be the same as one who led thousands of souls to Christ?

Marsupials live in Australasia and the Americas. They don't exist in the Middle East. Did some descendant of Noah collect all the marsupials, build a SECOND ark, and sail to Australia? Was there yet another marsupial-centric ark that travelled to the Americas?

On another thread, the subject of "spiritual truths" found in the Bible came up. I asked the poster who brought it up, "How many spiritual truths are there in the Bible?" The poster was a little vague with the number, but I came up with 2. "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you."...

I am puzzled by what Paul says in 1 Corinthians, as I have been to churches where women can speak. 1 Corinthians 14:34-35 34 Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience as also saith the law. 35 And if...

Why do some people pray openly? Didn't Jesus say to pray in a closet?

Where did he build it, where did it land, and when did it happen?

How did the Aboriginal people get to Australia from wherever it was the Noah's Ark landed?

Some people here think Greta Thunberg is a joke, or should be treated like such. I don’t get it. Why do some people here find her worthy of ridicule?

Is Peter a saint? What is a saint, anyway? Is it an official title?

... or why are we even here right now? If the Bible is the true word of God, why do have centuries of commentaries and debates about what it actually MEANS?

Cain and Abel. Sibling rivalry. Culminating in murder. Parents: do you foster rivalry between your children? Why did God do that with Cain and Abel? It ended in fratricide. WHO DOES THAT? Why create such mischief? The very first children born. Why did God screw it up right from the get-go?

Genesis chapter 4. And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the Lord. 2 And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. 3 And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain...

What does the Bible say about the afterlife?

There was another cannibalism thread that seemed to go off on tangents. I’d like to get back to the original topic: cannibalism. Does anyone here know anything about it?

There are SO many varieties of Christianity. And yet you are all Christians. What is(are)the belief(s) that all Christians hold in common?