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I personally think Ross's attempts to align his theories with the Bible seem a little forced at times. He has a good hermeneutical grip of the early chapters of Genesis but what I remember of reading...

No. The BSA allows all different kind of religious groups to give out religious awards to Scouts (i.e. Zoroastrian, Christian, Buddhist, Unitarian Universalist, etc.) A very high percentage of troops...

On my phone so no link handy, but Stefcui for defining OEC and TE as gnosticism.

Sort of a side question, but I'm just curious.. what do you make of the Wesleyan quadrilateral, especially in light of this?

OECs generally all believe in the historicity of Adam and Eve (Hugh Ross, the leading OEC proponent, actually wrote a book called Who Was Adam?). You clearly have absolutely no idea what the...

The legal codes (Romans 13).

I'll just link here: http://www.tektonics.org/lp/lawrole.html

Stefcui, do you even know what "gnostic" means?

Also, your statement that robrecht disbelieves the gospels is completely unsupported by anything he said.

Whenever I call fans of Jones, etc. out, I just get accused of running ad homs. Apparently pointing out their virtually nonexistent track record of ever being right somehow isn't fair game. :shrug:

(Actually, that Bowles article is what basically brought that detail to my attention.)

What?

In that culture, would the same word have been used for "brother" and "half-brother", since the latter is what they technically were?

It comes very close to it in verse 11, but doesn't specifically say it (forever is in the previous clause). If you want to look at the biggest challenge to the annihilationist position, look at...

One little detail in Revelation 14 that most people miss (or overlook) is that the torment is in the presence of the angels and the Lamb (Jesus) (see verse 10). Since people who come to differing...

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Yes, Stefcui, I get it. You think I'm not a Christian, and I'm going to hell. Your argument has been heard, and heard well. You don't need to keep bringing it up.

The other issue is that the earliest people in Genesis are portrayed as farmers when agriculture didn't develop until much sooner. Of course, theoretically it is possible that some of them figured...

I'll definitely take a look at it and thanks for posting it. I'll admit that I'm not familiar with that particular angle but I think it would be great if we could find a way to reconcile a historic...

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I've never seen another post inserted between the duplicates though.

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As I said in the other thread, this is certainly the strongest theological objection to TE. I really want to read through Pete Enns's recent book on Adam (I think they have it at the library here so...

(Did you mean to post this in the other thread? I'll go ahead and briefly respond here that yes, I agree this is by far the strongest scriptural argument against TE and I am still working through the...

A rare article about sports and Christianity that truly is anti-screwball worthy. Good find.

A rare article about sports and Christianity that truly is anti-screwball worthy. Good find.

I know of at least one church (I think they're affiliated with the ICC) which teaches that if you weren't sincere enough at your first baptism, even if you later become more serious in your faith,...

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Are Jesus's parables factual accounts? Yes or no.

Well, you're the one who got me to sign up, so I'm sure that might make everybody more inclined to think so. :tongue:

One key difference here is that archaeologists haven't been able to confirm it, which is, in essence, an absence of evidence. Most scientists would argue for positive evidence for evolution (as...

I brought this up to Stef before, but for the benefit of everyone: We have an example from the early church of a difference in level of literal interpretation being considered okay. Justin Martyr...

Yikes, I worded that badly. I mean to say that the meaning of the specific details such as the days of creation have spiritual and theological significance, as opposed to literal significance.

Um, I'm fully sane and not delusional?

This entire post is laden with slippery slopes, but I simply have one question: Is church history infallible? Are the early Christians infallible? If they are, then what is the point of interpreting...

Genetic evidence from the human genome project basically rule out the possibility of a genetic Adam and genetic Eve at the same time. It's not that I don't believe that God had the power to do all...

I have taken a look at all the biblical passages describing what is necessary for salvation, and I am not sure which of those my position would violate.

Having said that, I think appealing to what...

That used to terrify me so badly; however, the matter can't be so simple because James 5:19-20 and 1 Timothy 1:20 imply otherwise (and I think in a more clear manner than what Hebrews or Jude would...

Generally, copying and pasting the work of others without a comment of your own is indicative of a lack of desire to have a discussion.

These certainly aren't easy questions to answer. Anybody who professes to go against that the church has nearly unanimously believes has the burden of proof for it is not a light statement to make....

Addendum: Essentially, all of the content from Lamoureux's book is available in web lecture format on his website here:

http://www.ualberta.ca/~dlamoure/web_lectures.htm

You may not like what I have to say but I will be upfront about what I believe.

My view is essentially that which Denis Lamoureux espouses in his book Evolutionary Creation; he rejects concordism...

36 seconds of your life you'll never get back:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1ncB-cyBa4

I'm not sure where I would be right now without antidepressants. I think it's dangerous to discourage people from getting the help they need.

I just want to make one thing clear: My screwball nomination was not against all YECs as a whole. It was against the argument that angels breeded with fish and birds to create dinosaurs.

I've actually gone through the same fear of blaspheming the Holy Spirit before in my past, but the one main thing that set my heart at rest was realizing that the common saying "if you're worried...

Welcome to TheologyWeb! It's good to have you here. We'd be glad to discuss anything here you'd like to.

If you don't mind me asking, can you go a little more into detail about what you believe...

I echo what CP said, but I simply cannot allow this slander against God to go unchallenged... http://www.tektonics.org/gk/godevil.html

foudroyant (hereafter “foud”) quotes Paul O’Neil here to suggest that we cannot abstract a full sense of egalitarianism from Ephesians 5:21, and to be honest, I do think some egalitarians have...

But why limit it to critiques of evolution? I would suggest pointing out to the kids that Christians have multiple views on it (YEC, OEC, theistic evolution) and maybe present some basic arguments...