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Do you have physical thoughts? Like, you can touch them? Weigh them? And I don't mean in the Platonic, idealist manner. I can touch my physical body, but I cannot touch my soul. Since flesh comes from flesh, and spirit from spirit, isn't it clear that your thoughts are not part of your physical...

Debate is all about straddling, so I'm quite happy to do just that. :) By the way, you need not provide references that homosexuality has been identified within other species, because I believe that to be true already. I grew up on a farm, and my dad had a bull once that, over the course of...

Actually, read the scripture carefully and you'll see that you've just proven yourself wrong, Soleil. God created Adam in his own image, yeah? And then God created Eve. And Adam and Eve have a few different bits and pieces as far as their bodies go, and yet the Bible says that they were created...

I can't believe this is happening, but I'm going to have to chime in on Soleil's side this time. Although perhaps not using the most sensitive terms possible, Soleil has voiced an opinion that is perfectly valid, and is receiving an intellectual stoning for it. If we are all respecters of ideas...

This is one of the most ironic posts I've read lately. You said that you are interested in truth, but by focusing on what you call subtext (which is a literary feature, which is fiction, as you yourself said), you abandon the truth of the Bible in favour of what's on your own mind. You've...

You didn't. However, you did imply that a person's secular credentials gives them some sort of special status in a spiritual debate, which I don't think is true. By the way, has anyone seen my wash basin? I was just wearing it a few minutes ago...

Paul compares many things. When did Jesus ever compare himself to Adam? Answer: never. Jesus called himself the "Son of Man" (humanity, Adam), meaning that everyone who has ever come after Adam is, in origins, Adam. You have misunderstood what Paul said, friend, and have created a doctrine...

Agreed. Although God relates to human beings as Father, I don't believe he has a gender per se, because I don't believe that spirit can have a gender. The reason why he chose to impregnate Mary is perfectly logistical, rather than a function of his.... equipment. By the way, I've always...

I basically agree that our system is not as bad (right now) as the Nazi or Soviet systems of government. However, did you know that in Nazi Germany, school children were taught that Communism and Democracy were the worst systems? And in the Soviet Union, that Fascism and Democracy were the worst...

I still wouldn't go to war over someone putting their nose into my business. I'd just turn the other nostril. :D By the way, if there actually is a cultural war going on, and if Christianity is losing it, perhaps that just means that it's been selected by nature for extinction in its current...

Somewhat related to the discussion: deep down, doesn't everyone think that their way is the right way? Even people who say there are many ways to understand God-- aren't they saying that anyone who thinks their way is the right way is wrong, and thereby invalidating someone else's path? Ah...

No need to wonder, friend; there is no condemnation for those who are in Christ, and if you are making it your business to serve the Lord then you are indeed in him, and he in you. Otherwise, you wouldn't be wasting your time on spiritual things, and would be doing as the world does. Baptism...

Mockery is easy for those who haven't read for themselves...

Put up your hand if you think that theology can save the world? Ok, now those of you with your hands up, I'd like to invite you all to my timeshare opportunity seminar... By the way, if one keeps one's nose out of other peoples' business, one may find that said cultural war existeth not.

The Bible also says that Jesus is the lamb of God. Does that mean Adam was a lamb too? Where did Jesus ever refer to himself as the second Adam, by the way?

No, I think he's perfect to offer his insight in this debate. So is FaithfulServant, because the qualification to offer opinions on spiritual matters has nothing to do with secular education, and everything to do with having a soul. ;) Who Jesus is will, I believe, never be uncovered in a...

Is it the same as the grave?

If you're trying to make a connection between this 666 and the mark of the Beast in the Revelation of Jesus Christ, be aware that the mark refers to a name and not a time. Those may have been Zoroastrians, or may not have been. In any case, what's the significance? They figure into the Bible...

Today's Lesson In Elementary Logic If P, then Q Not P Therefore, not Q This is a logical fallacy. If you phrase propositions in fallacy form, then they appear to be self-evidently true. In this case, though, we could then assert the following argument: If you pick your nose...

Nope. He said it in the Bible though, scorner. Mmmmmmmmm..... apples.