Yeah, on this site in particular, it makes sense to wait to select an answer
even if one is good, a more thorough one may come along later.
haha
I doubt that
I've read more books on the subject of creation than any other subject in my life. I doubt an SE answer would have enough new evidence to change my mind.
One reason could be because he was "martyred". He :
he steadfastly refused to take the oath of supremacy of the Crown in the relationship between the Kingdom and the Church in England. Holding fast to the ancient teaching of Papal supremacy, More refused to take the oath and furthermore publi...
am i that wrong to not think what great guys these are?
It strikes me, watching this video, that the answer is plainly obvious
"Yes, the Catholic church is a force for good."
The far more interesting question to debate would be "Does the good performed by the Catholic church outweigh the bad performed by the Catholic church?"
Anybody want to review my comment here: christianity.stackexchange.com/q/1086/30? This is likely to be controversial and if there is a better way to handle that, I'm all ears.
@Flimzy I think the story is he dabbled in it for a while. Speaking of which has anybody seen any Scientology stuff on the site yet?
@dancek Thanks. Did you see his new comment and linked post? It looks like it's less about the "claim" than about the difference between "homosexual" and "gay".
@dancek Yes. Not everybody likes the term "gay" either, and it does have it's roots as a derogatory term as the accepted answer to that thread on EL&U pointed out. (Also it leaves out lesbians).
@Caleb Now that I look at it carefully, I actually have a slight problem with your question. I think there's a difference between how God created us and how we were born. God didn't create me a sinner, but I was born one.
Not sure if I should write an answer around that point.
This answer is based on the doctrine of original sin as held by at least Lutheranism. Related question: Are we born sinners?
There are, in fact, two important questions here. One explicit, one implicit.
The explicit question
Does God create some people heterosexual and others homosexual?
As ...
@Caleb phew, it was quite troublesome to write that while trying not to insult anyone...
Quite frankly Yes. Some people are created to go to hell. However you are looking at this the wrong way.
Everyone is going to hell without the intervention of a benevolent God (This is known as Total Depravity). Thankfully God has chosen some people to be his children (Unconditional Election). ...
@waxeagle Well... I don't believe I control my own destiny... but I also don't agree with your post. Although I didn't DV... I think it's a good answer, even if I disagree with some of the finer points :)
@dancek That's a good point. I need to look and see if Calvinists traditionally hold to "some are created for hell" or if thats me injecting opinion/shock value
@BeatMe I thoroughly read through davids answer and gave him a +1 and a comment. I appreciated his answer.
@BeatMe Of course I learned something new. I don't feel that 30 years of data can tell us what has happened over the last 10,000 years. I still believe that there are a lot of guestimates in those dating methods.
@BeatMe I'm not interested in debating about those here.
@BeatMe One thing that I am interested in, is seeing the answer on my second question.
I've been doing some reading about radiometric dating and I've come across an interesting find. If anybody has any additional information on this, that would be great.
First my question:
In regards to Carbon-14, is leaching of radiometric material a concern and does/will it have an effect on the...
@Flimzy It's not recent research. But I do enjoy reading about this stuff. I know more then I lead on. It seems that most atheists enjoy feeling a sense of "I'm right, you're wrong" so I attempt to be as humble as possible.
@Flimzy The answer to this question is YES. leaching is an absolute concern for any dating method.
I'm just posting the question for reference for other questions
Anybody here have any experience in Linux server management?
One reason could be because he was "martyred". He :
he steadfastly refused to take the oath of supremacy of the Crown in the relationship between the Kingdom and the Church in England. Holding fast to the ancient teaching of Papal supremacy, More refused to take the oath and furthermore publi...
This answer is based on the doctrine of original sin as held by at least Lutheranism. Related question: Are we born sinners?
There are, in fact, two important questions here. One explicit, one implicit.
The explicit question
Does God create some people heterosexual and others homosexual?
As ...
Quite frankly Yes. Some people are created to go to hell. However you are looking at this the wrong way.
Everyone is going to hell without the intervention of a benevolent God (This is known as Total Depravity). Thankfully God has chosen some people to be his children (Unconditional Election). ...
