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Y'know, I don't see what the big deal is with flaws and contradictions and typos in the Bible (as long as they are minor and not of a theological nature). All they tell me is that the Bible isn't manufactured - that human beings from over two thousand years ago wrote it, and that it hasn't been...

Hey, here's a random thought... In Mahayana Buddhism, Nirvana is a condition experienced wholly within Samsara...in other words, the quality of permanence can be experienced in an impermanent existence... Perhaps the same is true with Christianity. The "Kingdom of God" is Heaven...

So religious beliefs do have an impact on our eternal life...it isn't solely about being a good person, although that is one facet of it...

It seems so. Perhaps the kingdom of god can be found here, in this life, while eternal life only comes post-resurrection? Yeah, but isn't the first commandment "Thou shalt not have strange gods before me"? So, that seems to limit the scope down to those of the Abrahamic faiths...

Didymus, http://neirr.org/profile_christianscience.htm

Wow, 9 whole pages on how one chooses to use one's genitals... Maybe the West really is too sex obsessed...;)

Hey, what do you guys think about JW's? My girlfriend's been kinda hassled to attend a JW service, and she feels kind of guilty for not going (she promised some woman or another she'd go)... There not...creepy...in any way, are they? All I really know about them is that they reject the...

That's why I voted 'yes'. ;)

As for the relationship between Father and Son, here is how I see it: I think there is a difference between being God in substance, being God in spirit, and being God in authority. One of the more common views is that Jesus was God made manifest - that he is God in the flesh. This seems...

Hey, Combot, your post reminded me of something I read just a little while ago. http://bible.org/page.asp?page_id=911 Just thought I'd throw that in here, if you are interested...

Meh, we have Dictionary.com, Socrates didn't. :p

Ah, I hadn't thought of it from that perspective. Good point... Ok, let me pull out the exact quote... Matthew, 3 9 When they had heard the king, they departed; and lo, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over where the young...

Who can say? Honestly, we aren't given enough information concerning them to make any claims as to who they are or where they came from. Heh, I get enough pointless speculation on Fox News; I don't really have any desire to apply that to the Bible. Um, if Christianity is supposed to be...

LMAO! - You forgot the part where he went to India, stole the Buddha's ideas, and then came back to teach them to Rome. 'Cause he was a hippy, and stuff. :D j/k

Lol...that's a humorous thought - God giving commandments on proper internet usage. :D Thou shalt use DSL, and not 56k, for 56k is an abomination in mine eyes. And whomsoever shalt useth 56k, must thou stoneth.

Matthew 28 18 And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. 19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: 20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I...

Aw, shucks, Quahom - you really think so? :D "Cthulhu" - that reptile dude - came from some stories by HP Lovecraft...its basically a demoniacal god who sleeps eternally beneath the sea, sending out visions of madness in its dreams to those who are susceptible. Or something like that. Coolest...

I don't get too many dates...:(

Ok, here's how I see it... Religion is a tool. Now, before anyone jumps me ;), I'm not saying religion is this false thing manipulated by "the Man" (as many atheists would lead us to believe). I'm not saying religion is the opiate of the masses. The Church is a means to an end, and not...

So ya don't want to be a Christian Pharisee, eh? :p Come to think of it, there are alot of those nowadays...