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Part I: Over the years, I've asked various Christians why God, if he exists, didn't just create us as faithful people; in other words, why aren't we innately Christian? The usual response is often vague, but basically comes down to the idea that God wants us to have "free will," and by making...

Please can you help? I'm having a discussion about population growth with a christian friend. I loosely recalled a couple of paragraphs from "Innumeracy" by John Allen Paulos and argued that for the numbers of people later quoted in the bible as being in places like the Tower of Babylon and...

I'm having a discussion with someone on another forum about the book of Job. Specifically whether someone called Job existed and that the stuff that happened to him actually happened. Now essentially the evidence presented for his existence is that he's in the Bible so he must have existed. I...

Okay, no it doesn't. But on the Archeology proves the Bible thread, Kurious_Kathy had cited Bill Cooper's "After the Flood" (http://ldolphin.org/cooper/contents.html) as evidence for the Bible. I read the chapter on Beowulf with great interest and mounting horror. I knew creationists argued...

Has this new book been discussed? http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1200486/The-Genesis-enigma-How-DID-Bible-evolution-life-3-000-years-Darwin.html

I have been trying to read up on New Testament history, and while I have learned a great deal so far, there is still so much information to wade through. I was wanting to start a discussion on the subject of the gospel writers, based on what we know historically and through tradition, starting...

Found this article written by John Scalzi, and his take on the Creationist Museum: http://www.homepagedaily.com/Pages/article7426-on-the-creationist-museum.aspx While he does compliment it on being somewhat professionally done (production-wise), he does rip into it on subject matter. Be...

The people at Answers in Genesis are at it again... Not only do they have a new intro tin Darwin's Origin of Species (that's the new, clipped title they've given it) telling you what's wrong with it, but have also can out with The Charles Darwin Bible, which includes (among other things), DNA...

OK, so like many others here, I've been trying to read the Bible, and, uh, well:boggled:... Yeah. That sums it up nicely:covereyes. Anyway, after spending way too much time at both Bible Gateway and The Brick Testament, I've decided that maybe the Qur'an might be a better bet. 'Cause...

In my thread "Evidence for why we know the New Testament writers told the truth" that is currently in the History and Literature forum we touch briefly on Isaiah Chapter 53 of the Bible. Since it deals with prophecy I thought I'd bring it to the Religion forum to take a closer look at this...

One thing christians constantly love atheists for is use of dodgy exegesis. At least, they claim it's dodgy because it doesn't match their own dodgy explanation of what the bible is supposed to say. My own favourite is Luke 17:34. By using the KJV - which some sects maintain is the only true...

Post your favourite Bible verses here. If you like, you can add an explanation of why you like it. There should be no judgement, no tergiversation, just the bits of the Bible you love the most, for whatever reason. Here's mine (NIV): Judges 4

I've been having a fascinating and surprisingly acrimonious discussion on the bible from a literary perspective only. Surprisingly acrimonious, because the other side isn't even christian. My position is this: While the christian bible (and quran) are extremely important historical documents...

Hello everyone. Early this evening I was having a debate/discussion with my friend that began with the Hot-Burrito-Paradox. I don't know if that's what it's properly called, but the general question is: if God is omnipotent, can he create a burrito so hot that he can't eat it? My friend stated...

Is there a translation of the first known version of the Bible, preferably translated into the German language?

Astoundingly, there are approximately forty cities on "seven hills" (Rev. 17:9), & all or almost every one of them exceedingly resemble "Babylon the great whore" of Revelation 17-18 of whose wine all the nations drink, which is described as both a "woman" & "the great city," and who commits...

Major Misconception: The Earth is 6000 years old. In the book of Genesis (1:1) it states 'When God created the universe, the Earth was formless and desolate" So the book starts with the Earth already half-formed. So obviously, the 7 days of creation are not meant as a week. And its not meant...

Rowan Atkinson's parody sermon on WAMA, you gotta love the guy......... http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=xFBZ8cRdQGM Enjoy!.........:D Edit; perhaps this lives in the humour section........maybe not.

Jeremiah 10:1-5 in the Bible says the following (King James Version): [1] Hear ye the word which the Lord speaketh unto you, O house of Israel: [2] Thus saith the Lord, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them. [3] For...

This is a spin off from a thread in the politics forum. Here's the pertinent exchange:

Hi, I'm contemplating reading, and blogging about the Bible. This is not going to be like Slate's effort where the blogger read one specific translation and talked about what he read with no outside references. I want to go over at two translations, one Catholic and one Protestant, but I also...

In an attempt to refute his poor understanding and "interesting" interpretation of the Bible, DOC asks: I'll start. Three times. Once in college as part of a literature course(KJV), once for kicks(NIV) and once to pick it apart(NAS).

http://www.amazon.com/review/RNSHSIU8RCHUT/

In the "Do Most Atheists know that Science..." thread I mentioned Norman Geisler and Frank Turek's book called "I Don't Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist" a few times because of its clear explanations of scientific theories. But, yes, they did talk about more than science. In chapter 11 of...

I finally have my website running, called PRIMARYPROOFSOFCHRISTIANITY.COM, which is the result of many years of careful study of the Bible, other classic texts which I read at St. John's College in Maryland, nature, and history. I call these "primary" proofs of Christianity because they are...

In a previous thread, the topic of the end times predicted in the Bible appeared in a thread about natural disasters. I created this thread specifically to address this particular topic. Most Christians believe majority of the Bible is concerned of the end times and how its going to happen...

Well, I went to my first Bar/Bat Mitzvah (B'nai Mitzvah) yesterday, and as I mentioned on another thread, it was a wonderful little affair, not much different from a Christian confirmation service. But one thing seemed... well, bizarre, really. Each of the kids had to do a Torah reading, and...

Would anyone who is a Bible skeptic be convinced if the war which is discussed in Ezekiel chapters 38 and 39 occured? Would you be convinced that the stage is set for this war right now? Consider that it involved Magog (generally agreed upon as Russia), Persia (Iran), Libya, Ethiopia (Read...

I've noticed that some people on this forum profess a literal belief in the bible, including the creation myth. It's my understanding that many denominations no longer adhere to the literal interpretation of the bible, so I thought it would be a good idea to have a thread devoted exclusively...

I'm putting it here because it seems better to. If the mods disagree then put in in the literature section. Ok some background. When I'm talking about the Bible I like to have a physical copy in front of me. I don't know why I just do. The bible translation that I use is the NRSV. As far as I...