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I understand the view here, and the view of the original post. I disagree with the idea that AIDS is God's direct punishment against sinners. I think it is a punishment of nature, just as jumping into a fire is quite likely to harm me. People assume that 1. The Bible says sinners will be...

Ezekiel 20:25 "I also gave them over to statutes that were not good and laws they could not live by." Was this the right verse, Lucaspa? Maybe I'm missing the point. I'd like to hear problems with this idea that God cannot do everything (everything meaning the large sense of the word...

I meant to die not in the physical sense, but to diein all senses, to be completely annihilated, cease to exist. Physical death is only a transition of our soul, not someone's end. If He didn't know certain things, how did He regain His knowledge? Who would have told Him? I think He just...

So you're saying that there is a complete dichotomy between the way God works and logic? Hmmm... could be. I kno for certain that God does not function under our cause-effect system, since He is outside of such boundaries as time and space, but can He be what He is not? In other words, can...

Actually, Late Cretaceous, I do suffer from depression. I take wellbutrin for it. I think it is definitely possible to rationally want to die, though. Christians who want to be with God can sometimes understand how much greater heaven is, and they would naturally prefer to be there. This is...

Hey guys, mind if I jump in? Personally, I think there is a much easier answer than what has been said. God cannot do anything. There are a number of things God cannot do. He cannot lie or cease to exist, for example, since if He did He would cease to be God and would never have been God...

Hey all, I'm pretty new here. Just wanted to say that I am a 17-year-old guy and I have never had a problem with inappropriate content or masturbation. God has kept me free from these prisons, and I thank Him for that. I have been very good about keeping lustful thoughts low, but it has took daily training to...

Hey luckie, sorry you feel that way about death. I know how it is. I think our fear of death is the way God wired us to help our survival. Personally, I am looking forward to death. Sometimes this life makes me so depressed, the thought of heaven makes me want death. Death sounds like the final...

  I agree with these two statements, and think that nothing could be more true. In my studying of the Bible and science I have found harmony so far and the Bible continues to stay true to scientific findings. I believe in an Old Earth and a literal interpretation of the Bible, including...

I'm in agreement here. I never stated that the purpose of science was to prove/disprove God, but maybe to hint at His existence. For those searching (Seek and...) they may see God in design of life or fine-tuning of the universe (...you shall find). The full image of God is also above human...

You're right Hank, it's easier said than done, but I'm not suggesting a method for finding God, only suggesting that IF God wanted to reveal his existence to us, he could do it through science. You wouldn't be able to prove it very well if design was from Him, though this was much easier to do...

It must have a point of view. The condition of the earth as seen from under the atmosphere is different than the condition of the earth as seen from outside. It makes sense that with a description comes a place of reference. The Hebrew language had only three verb tenses, one for command, one...

What do you mean by "account for Him"? If you are saying science cannot explain God in the same sense that it can explain gravity, I would agree with you. But I also believe God reveals part of Himself to people. To many He reveals Himself spiritually (by touching the emotions), and a select few...

Does anyone really know what the 40 youth are saying to the prophet? What kind of an insult is "You're bald." For God to kill some boys for that seems ridiculous, but is that really what they're saying? I would like someone well-versed in Hebrew to correct me if I'm wrong, but I was told...

  As I understand the reading of Genesis 1, the Bible establishes a frame of reference for the six days in Genesis 1:2 "the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters." Thus everything that occurred was...

lucaspa, I would tend to the common OE account of creation consistent with the literal interpretation of Scripture that denys that the account describes a six 24-hour days. I'm sure this has come up before, but what problems do you have with this view? After all, if one holds the Bible to be...

Thank you, clue, for the clarification. I know some YEC who would hold that pupolarly held science is either wrong, or just irrelevant to their beliefs. Many agree with a large dichotomy between the truth of the Bible with the truth of science. I think the reasoning often goes something like...

I am an old-earther who believes in the compatibility of the Christian faith with the Big Bang scientific account of creation and I wouldn't hold to evolution. I was wondering about the view of young-earthers as to the function of faith concerning our understanding of the truth through science...