To hopeinGod: On the Apostle Paul and the Status of Women in Christianity
hopeinGod writes [in another thread] – In Apostle Paul's first letter to Timothy, he wrote, "But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence." (1 Tim...
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I like your view of fundamentalism as a species of modern gnosticism. The philosopher Peter Singer has also compared George Bush's brand of fundamentalism to Manichaenism. Am I right in thinking that...
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I have certainly had "near-death experiences" and both traumatic and "glorious" revelatory experiences. Sometimes these produced a lasting change and sometimes I later saw them as nonsense. I confess...
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I confess that i have also spoken in tongues. At least, there have been occasions when--alone--I enjoyed the sound of my own voice enough to spout poetry aloud that made no sense whatsoever but had a...
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hopeinGod writes - There's always the right place to start, reph. In order to get past the reading of Scripture as if the passages were "The Tale of Two Cities," or "The Grapes of Wrath," one MUST be...
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hopeinGod writes --In order to get past the reading of Scripture as if the passages were "The Tale of Two Cities," or "The Grapes of Wrath," one MUST be born again. The eyes open after that...
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Hi Dave, just to follow up on what Robx2 just said, I am genuinely curious about how Christians like yourself deal with some of the questions and contradiction...Read More
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Just to add a few cents worth. Dave, I know you are a good person and very devout to tour own religion, but do you not think we should respect all religions. You know some terrible things have been...
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Perhaps hopeinGod has decided that an ascension out of this thread was necessary. That's a shame, because folks are asking respectful questions about his views, which they are curious to understand,...
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I do agree, and hope Dave will stay in this thread. I have every respect for religious people and do respectfully like to hear their views. And of course Religion is a great help to many people, the...
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i have got a question for dave ... this guy was the chief torturer for the khmer rouge in cambodia ... over 3 years he tortured and killed over 17,000 people but now he has become a christian he has...
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Fred, I don't know about your part of the world but in the states there are occasionally young people going door to door trying to sell Christianity. The first time I meet them I ask them about the...
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muttanjeff wrote: i have got a question for dave ... this guy was the chief torturer for the khmer rouge in cambodia ... over 3 years he tortured and killed over 17,000 people but now he has become a...
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Pd, the ignorance of some of these people is just out of this world. They read with out questioning. I do hope Dave knows all about the slaughtering that went on in the name of religion, I am sure...
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hopeinGod writes --It is easy to see how easily taken you are by anything that would lead you farther from the truth then nearer to it. Your love is not for the truth that is found in Scripture, but...
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Matthew's sermon on a mount is a sermon on a plain in Luke. Clearly, one of the gospel writers is incorrect. Jesus was born in the northern district of Galilee, and three gospels refer to Jesus...
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you could on all day ... should we be punished for the sins of our fathers ?Deuteronomy 24:16 16The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for...
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"The sermon on the plain" doesn't have much appeal.And, Rob, it might be more accurate to say that at least one of the gospel writers is incorrect.(I'd love to play, but I'm going on a trip for about...
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jchinnis wrote:"The sermon on the plain" doesn't have much appeal.And, Rob, it might be more accurate to say that at least one of the gospel writers is incorrect.(I'd love to play, but I'm going on a...
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(I'd love to play, but I'm going on a trip for about 8 or 9 days and will be without email (not to mention electricity or running water). 8 days without access to a computer ...oh my .. it gives me...
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I have been wondering whether Dave is a Fideist when it comes to his form of Christianity:"Alvin Plantinga defines "fideism" as "the exclusive or basic reliance upon faith alone, accompanied by a...
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