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A Matter of LabelsThis will try to be a gentle message. It is not my intent to incite any feelings of anxiety, hatred, or any other negative feelings, but rather to enlighten.A Matter of Labels
The question is whether or not various churches or denominations should claim to be Christian. The term "Christian" is fashionable in many places these days. Use of the term "Christian" is also intended to lead a person from what might be called an orthodox Christian denomination into a group which clearly departs from it in major ways.
The population of Christians who belong to mainstream denominations have agreed to certain basic ideas which are called, by som
in Philosophical on 1/13/06
Absolutism and RelativismThere are three umpires, all with philosophies of how they call plays.Absolutism and Relativism
The first umpire says: "I call em' as I see em'." The second umpire says: "I call em' as they are." The third umpire says: "They ain't nothin' til' I call em'."
In a recent discussion in my Abnormal Psychology class, it became blatantly obvious that the majority of the people in the class seem to disagree with the idea that there are such things as absolutes.
The general agreement seems to be that what is considered "normal" and "abnormal" is defined solely by societies and individuals. The same goes for "rig
in Philosophical on 11/13/05
CreationCreationCreation
The laws of science show that everything has a beginning. Things like the sun and other stars are running out, and since, therefore, it cannot last forever it must have a beginning. The same can be shown true for the entire universe. ‘Where did everything come from?’ is the logical question that must be asked. One of the best known crusaders for evolution, Prof. Richard Dawkins, states that "we have seen living things that are too improbable and too beautifully 'designed' to have came into existence by chance."(1) Design is everywhere around us, consistent to the Bibles explanation that God created ever
in Essays on 9/13/05
Matthew 18:8-9Matthew 18:8-9Matthew 18:8-9
“If your hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life maimed or crippled than to have two hands or two feet and be thrown into eternal fire. And if your eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into the fire of hell (Gehenna).”
-(1)- BibleGateway.com
Break-down:
Let us break the words down to get to a clearer meaning:
Matthew 18:8 CUT IT OFF = Here Jesus is not teaching self-mutilation. Instead the
in General Non-Fiction on 8/17/05
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well, believe it or not it does not mean go kill innocent people, but those Stupid imbeciles go interpret it the way they want.....
it is for killing those who invade one's home, killing woman and children (it does not apply to Americans in this case) it is To Kill People who announced Wars against Muslims in Public, It is to Defend our belief AND GOD/Allah
Well, you're indeed lost for you do not believe in Islam, there are Far to many miracles in it not to believe.... and plus, Muhammad (peace be upon him) was foretold in the bible, one of it's version at least, oh how many are there?
and Jesus is the son of God? so God has a son? so God is human?
is God really fit for taking a Son?
so God's son got crucified..... wow that's messed up!!
it's your obligation to investigate, not to completely shut Quran out of the way, at least give it the benefit of the doubt. and I wish that God guides you to the right path.
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رأس الحكمة مخافة الله
Summit of Wisdom is fearing Allah
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Are you [saved]?
God loved the world so He sent His Son (Jesus Christ) so that anyone who believes in Him will not die in Hell but have eternal life in Heaven.
. [john 3.16] .
If you died today...where would you go?
Stef
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God loved the world so He sent His Son (Jesus Christ) so that anyone who believes in Him will not die in Hell but have eternal life in Heaven.
. [john 3.16] .
If you died today...where would you go?
(You cannot judge a group of people "Muslims" nor their beliefs by actions of individuals who have clearly strayed away from the right path)
{ if anyone killed a person not in retaliation of murder, or (and) to spread mischief in the land - it would be as if he killed all mankind } 5:32 Quran
{ do good to parents, kinsfolk, orphans, Al-Masâkin (the poor), the neighbour who is near of kin, the neighbour who is a stranger } 4:36 Quran
so what's your point?
who ever is killing in Iraq, killing Iraqis, American troops, Egyptians and so is not a Muslim but a criminal.
"I'd take "love you neighbor as yourself" (luke 10:27) over the Koran any day."
so wait a sec, you know that Quran is from Allah/God the same only God who sent Jesus as a prophet, but you don't follow it?
I mean do you know better than God? so you are saying the Islam the religion that God descended on humanity as the last religion is.... bad? and you don't like it?
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رأس الحكمة مخافة الله
Summit of Wisdom is fearing Allah
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Since May 1.
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Are you [saved]?
God loved the world so He sent His Son (Jesus Christ) so that anyone who believes in Him will not die in Hell but have eternal life in Heaven.
. [john 3.16] .
If you died today...where would you go?
I'd take "love you neighbor as yourself" (luke 10:27) over the Koran any day.
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Are you [saved]?
God loved the world so He sent His Son (Jesus Christ) so that anyone who believes in Him will not die in Hell but have eternal life in Heaven.
. [john 3.16] .
If you died today...where would you go?
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Faith in Humanity Points: -1251/365
Since May 1.
私は日本語を話しません。
We have chosen the flawed state we are currently in, we were not created that way.
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Are you [saved]?
God loved the world so He sent His Son (Jesus Christ) so that anyone who believes in Him will not die in Hell but have eternal life in Heaven.
. [john 3.16] .
If you died today...where would you go?
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لا اله الا الله محمد رسول الله
"God cannot literally do anything. He can only do what is possible to do consistent with his being as God. He cannot do what is logically or actually impossible. God cannot do some things. He cannot cease being God. He cannot contradict his own nature (cf. Heb. 6:18). He cannot do what is logically impossible, for example make a square circle. Likewise, God cannot make a rock so heavy that he cannot lift for the simple reason that anything he can make is finite. Anything that is finite he can move by his infinite power. If he can make it, he can move it."
To put it simply, God can do anything within LOGIC, and as long as it does not contradict his character.
As for your example of Galileo, yes the church has made errors, but it is not uncommon (especially in those times) for ANY type of authority to try and censor new ideas because they may feel that they may lose power. As for the changing of the bible to suit the new ideas, please show evidence to support your ideas.
"If a being is perfect, everything it creates must, as well, be perfect" - CORRECT
"If there is a perfect God, he cannot have created humanity, because we are not perfect" - WRONG. Man is imperfect because of free will.
Forced to go to church? Its pretty ignorant to suggest that all Christians were forced to go to church when they were children.
"dont read the bible correctly". Yes some people misinterpret the bible. However your explanation for such claims is incorrect. Some of the stories were meant as parables, with moral or other theological messages, however this does not account for ALL the stories in the bible. There are many stories on actual events that do not contain any moral messages.
The Interfaith Initiative is a club created for people of different faith to come together and engage in healthy discussions to help promote tolerance.
If anyone is interested in taking part, please take a look at our page
Could God create a stone that he himself could not lift?
If he can not, then God obviously does have limited power.
If he can, though, then there is now a stone that he cannot lift, and since he cannot lift it, he is not omnipotent.
The bible also says that God is both transcendent and omnipresent, which is clearly a contradiction of terms and therefore cannot be true.
To be transcendent means to be outside of space and time, while omnipresent dictates the act of being everywhere in space and time at once.
When Galileo discovered the Heliocentric model of the solar system, a heretical concept, he was imprisoned in his own home for the rest of his life simply because the church was hungry for
power and did not wish to be questioned. Record shows that soon after his model finally was accepted universally, parts of the bible were actually re-written to conform to the new
knowledge to seem as though the bible knew it all along. If it was changed for this, surely it was changed on many other instances and cannot possibly be a true text of the supposed God.
Another example...
There is no perfect God.
If a being is perfect, everything it creates must, as well, be perfect.
If there is a perfect God, he cannot have created humanity, because we are not perfect.
If God did create humanity, however, God must, too, be flawed to have made so many mistakes.
And if you religious folk would stop being so ignorant and just opened your eyes, you'd see how ludicris some of your bible's stories are... God talking to a carpenter, as a burning bush? It's
madness. And the reason all of you tend to be so bloody ignorant is the fact that you're forced to go to church and read the bible from childhood and you're taught to
disregard anything, INCLUDING HARD SCIENTIFIC DATA, that questions the church. You're conditioned to believe nothing but what the bible dictates.
And on that note, you people don't even read the bible correctly! The stories in it were not, by any means, meant to be taken literally as truth! They are hypotheticals and
anecdotes; little childrens stories for all ages, complete with a moral, which is supposed to be the important part. You're not supposed to take it word for word, you're
supposed to use the intelligence that God supposedly gave you and use it to make your own inferences on the stories and pick out life lessons.
So, two last things before I hit send:
only one reason for somebody to do that: Knowing that the opposing thought, herecy though it may be, is true and you're silencing it before your followers realize that it's true; same thing the
church did with Galileo.
let it into your thick skull.
Have a nice day.
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Since May 1.
私は日本語を話しません。
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Faith in Humanity Points: -1251/365
Since May 1.
私は日本語を話しません。
Gospel of the Atheists IV- A sin upon all science?
And here I thought I was the only scientist who didn't like to see my beloved discipline turned into a religion!
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Anyway, I don't want to be a pain so I hope you will continue to keep your mind open, as will I. Thanks for bothering to reply all those times; if anything you made those members of the group think.
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Besides, look, the replies have been indented off the page lol
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Your comments show that you lack the maturity to put aside your pathetic insults and actually converse at a sensible level. I have told you before that I have a significant background in evolutionary theory under some of the top researchers in evolutionary development and genetics (I am a qualified genetic engineer and researcher). It is true that I do not know a great deal about physics, I am quite willing to learn. However, since you have relatively no idea about the Bible, why should I be required to be overqualified in subjects that you are yourself only learning about in Uni?
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Anyway, I don't want to rant, so all I will say is, have a nice life and try not to die... its all you think you have.
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