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Do you believe in ideas like “The One,” that single special person who’s been prepared by God for you. Is the idea childish Disney twaddle infiltrating the church, or does the belief in that one special person seem natural, since Eve was made for Adam and Adam gave up part of himself for Eve...

So for everyone who isn’t a believer in five point Calvinism, would you prefer it if five point Calvinism were true? A simple yes or no answer to start your response would be great, then the rationale behind why you have picked either yes or no.

So for everyone who isn’t a believer in the universal reconciliation of all things, would you prefer that universalism were true? A simple yes or no answer to start your response would be great, then the rationale behind why you have picked either yes or no.

Recently I contributed to a thread where the author was struggling with Christianity’s supposed sexist verses, material in the Bible which (at a glance) can be disappointing to modern sensibilities. If you check out my recent message history you can get in there yourself and give this lady some...

Hey everyone! Statistically women are said to initiate anywhere between 70% and 90% of divorces, so the vast majority. I’ve read all kinds of extra statistics, things that help to clarify the divorce numbers, for example, when women are educated in university the likelihood that they will file...

I’m a firm believer in “it’s not you, it’s me.” It’s better for the reluctant singleton to look inwards in a reflective way for answers to their status, rather than to look outwards and angrily towards their old partner. People who have been jilted should think less condemnatory thoughts about...

Happy Easter Sunday all! So it’s officially Easter Sunday here in the UK, and many of the strongest arguments to believe in the Christian faith are taken from the Resurrection of Jesus as an actual historic event. Historical arguments grounded in solid principles were one of the great building...

Question: Does how you imagine God cause your anxiety to worsen? There’s a long list of the walking wounded here on Christian Forums, posters who are trapped in an awful state of fear about blasphemy, backsliding and many other psychological maladies. But how much of those fears are a byproduct...

I watched a video today that really got me questioning the supposed lost state of people who renounce their faith under the worst kinds of torture. The video’s totally unrelated to the Christian faith, but it did get me thinking about the personality warping effects of torture on an otherwise...

Based upon your own personal experience with Christians, how do you feel about sensational coming to faith stories, are they an absolute inspiration that shows the whole world Gods power in the here and now, or are they a bit of silly, self important fun people are having? NOTE: I’m not asking...

Very recently I was exchanging in a topic built around doubts and possibly exiting the faith here on CF, and as usual everyone was very pleasant, reserved and indirect, but the objections to the faith (and as a result the reasons one might leave Christianity) were so bad. Perfect inspiration for...

Over the years there are loads of videos, sermons, books and songs that begin, enliven or help preserve our faith. Besides the Bible, if you could share just 1 Christian resource that’s shaped your faith, what would it be? I’d share an essay titled The absurdity of life without God, by...

Recently I read a book titled All you want to know about Hell, it explained 3 famous historic perspectives on the nature, duration and purpose of hellfire. The three viewpoints were that the fires of hell torment (traditional hell,) the fires consume (annihilationism,) and lastly that the fires...

Maniac Methodists, obnoxious orthodox, kooky catholics, we may meet one someday, but there’s not a widely recognised phenomenon of these things. But in Calvinism there is, it’s called the cage stage. The late R.C. Sproul (himself a Calvinist) described cage stagers as obnoxious, insisting...