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By my actions, of course. Being the unprofitable servant of God that I am, I would most probably achieve nothing; but if even one person were to live the Life in Christ perfectly, he would convert the whole world without ever once opening his mouth. Regards, vizenos

I don't claim credit for the term; I believe it was originally coined by Lenny Flank, the scourge of creationists first on Fidonet and later on the internet. Well, that's certainly true as far as it goes, but of course there are a multitude of other reasons for turning to God which do not...

Actually, many, perhaps even most, of the accounts are both "accurate" and "intelligently recorded"--from the author's perspective, at any rate. To see how successful the author's effort may have been, one needs first to discover the author's purpose(s) in saying or writing what he said or...

Aha! I just knew there would be things we would agree about, and this is definitely one of them!:) And unfortunately, that's what one gets when one tries to mix capitalism (or just about any -ism) with theism. It's really not that surprising, just terribly sad. These alleged people prey on...

Arguments from incredulity. You know, like Michael Behe's soi-dissant "irreducible complexity" absurdities. Well, if they believed the accounts to be both accurate and entirely objective, I guess they would. I don't, but I wish them the joy of it, if any. Prior to the Exilic and Post-exilic...

I'm in favor of such things, so long as the preacher-type doesn't descend into blaming the victim whenever the hoped-for miracle doesn't occur.:mad: I know of one such, by report of an eye-witness I consider to be reliable, attributed to God through the icon of the Theotokos of Kazan. I...

Having, perhaps, a more scientific outlook than you appear to have, I find arguments from incredulity, such as the above, less than overwhelmingly convincing. YMMV, of course.... Regards, vizenos

Well, so long as you define "rational person" to exclude anyone who disagrees with you on this, you are certainly correct. :cool: However, IMO, this ignores two basic premises: Imprimis, most people are non-rational most of the time; and secundus, many things which can generally be seen as...

Absolutely not! As an Orthodox Christian I believe in the universal salvific will of Christ, which means that everyone has a chance, by the grace of Christ our God, to spend eternity with God, because He is good, and loves us all. No, and I don't even have those platitudes, whatever they may...

While I suspect this would depend on the reality-view of the individual, I've not only never had a problem with this, but I have found that modern science actually solves a fair number of problems and strengthens my own personal faith. Regards, vizenos