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I find it very disturbing how quickly some of our fellow TOLer's fall into the use of language that is more suited to the 14th century than today. When you say "Dangerous Heresy", it brings up images of belief-enforcers protecting their flock from the heretics- at any cost. When you say "misled...

Where in the Hebrew Bible ("Old" Testament) does it say that the Law is a means of being saved or getting to Heaven? I know that some of the later Christian writings claim that it was- and a failed way at that. Since one could not possibly observe the Law completely, the net result was that the...

Psalm 19 The law of the Lord is perfect, refreshing the soul. The statutes of the Lord are trustworthy, making wise the simple. 8 The precepts of the Lord are right, giving joy to the heart. The commands of the Lord are radiant, giving light to the eyes. 9 The fear of the Lord is...

The concept of Biblical "Kinds" has come up in recent decades. The idea being that God did not create individual species, but animals or plants that represented "Kinds" that later turned into species by rapid micro-evolution. The concept came up as a way of dealing with difficulties in a...

Modern Christianity is largely based on the teachings of Paul. The question is: Why do you accept Paul as an authority? If it is because of verses in the New Testament (which is the answer many will think of), then there is a small problem, as much of the New Testament consists of letters...

Why should I pay any attention to what your holy book says?

I am not asking what are the most important teachings about Jesus. Rather, what are the most important things that he himself taught.

A hypothetical question. If Jesus had had a son, would the son have been God's son, or God's grandson?

There was a thread about "Krishna's Butterball", where Stripe brought up the subject of an odd geological formation. I was expecting to hear Stripe's explanation of it- but he closed the thread without explaining, as far as I can tell. Stripe, without getting into into personal attacks or...

Why do you pick the battles that you do? There is so much effort put into fighting scientific theories, especially evolution. Wouldn't you energy be better spent helping other people? Why care so much about that topic in particular? So much effort fighting gun control. Defending the "correct"...

These are three different things, which many here confuse. Climate Change is just that. Climates are not completely stable, and changes in climate affect humans. An extreme example would be the ice ages. A more recent example is extended drought in parts of the Middle East- which can contribute...

Evolutionists' Mars agenda versus Hydroplate science Quite ridiculous. I wonder why the moderators allow this.

What do you think are the biggest 2 or 3 problems/challenges facing Mankind today?

Stripe has apparently closed his thread, but I would like to continue the discussion... He has said that "You two seem to have a fascination with trying to teach me stuff that I spent thousands of dollars studying for three years." I am interested in seeing some type of report summarizing this...

I've electronically published a collection of short stories. A short description: Stories ranging from the romantic (Hair), to the skeptical (The Last Rational Man) and a few macabre ones (do not read Anatomy Lab just before going to sleep). The book is free. You can download it here...

Do you know any Muslims? What kind of people are they? What kind of work do they do? What do you know about their families? I will answer these questions myself, later on in this thread.

Take the Chair challenge! Convince me that Christianity is true. Many of you have been trying to do this in various threads, so here is a chance to go at it in a straightforward way, instead of hijacking other threads. There are some rules: 1. Please define, BRIEFLY, what you mean by...