Science suggest that the earth is millions of years old and many Christians accept this premise. Instead of accepting that God created everything in six days, they accept the finding of scientists based on scientific evidence.
I am a literal interpretation Christian and I have strong faith that ...
@JonathonByrd I gotta run.. but I've posted the first half-or-so of my answer :)
@JonathonByrd: Feel free to let me know if this is the sort of answer you're looking for... before I spend another hour+ finishing it later tonight/tomorrow :)
@JonathonByrd I've posted my take on the question, myself, if you care to read :)
I know the article I linked is very long. I only would pay attention to the first third of it or so, as it goes into New Testament chronologies and such later on, which is outside the scope of your question. :P
Claim: Augustine taught that deaf people (without today's cochlear implants) wouldn't be able to be saved merely because they wouldn't be able to hear people telling them about the Gospel.
The claim is just false.
Granted, Augustine did call deafness a "hindrance to faith" -- but in the sense o...
@ElendiaStarman given that the premise is false, the question might be better off closed or edited...
@dancek Why does a false premise necessarily mean that question is bad? After all, your answer is a good answer as it shows that the premise is false, giving valuable historical information in the process.
@ElendiaStarman I'm not saying the question is bad, I'm saying it might be better to either close it (so no new answers assuming a false premise are written) or to edit it (considering new important information)
@ElendiaStarman I'm not complaining if it stays as is.
Personally, I don't feel strongly enough to edit (or close) and where I got that false premise from can be seen in the chat transcript I linked to at the very beginning.
@Jonathon I think the new question looks alright. You might edit your comment about the weak faith being your premise into the question. "it has always seemed like this is the result of weak faith. How is my premise wrong here? " or something like that.
asking in such a way that you show not only your premise but that you leave the question open to showing your error should help the tone. Assume there is something you don't know to be found out and let the quality of answers satisfy that or not.
Editing is a beautiful thing. It is, however, a square peg and some holes are round.
Editing is good when you can fix grammar or spelling mistakes, format for easier readability, fix a broken link, or otherwise improve on a post.
Editing is bad when you make changes that affect the authors inte...
There have been two questions in recent days asked in an argumentative tone and being highly disrespectful to other Christians. Both by the same person, and both on the same topic. This question started off by calling those who disagreed with the questioner "of weak faith" and implied that they w...
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This is a to rephrase the following Are scientific findings a test to Christians' Faith?
It seems to me that without any outside interference, the bible itself gives no suggestion that the Book of Genesis should be taken any other way then how it's written. There are many places in the Bible...
I think the question is solid, however I think the second sentence (the one people are having issues with) is necessary and has been the point of controversy
@JonathonByrd I'm saying it doesn't need to be expressed, its not related to the question. Its a belief you hold, but its not crucial to the answering of the question
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Any and all areas of Christianity are suitable for asking questions. However, there are a few points to be made first.
This site is not a debate forum. We are here to talk about Christianity, not tear each other down. Users do not expect to be challenged on thei...
I got in the habit of deleting my stupid questions on the main site when they're answered in the q/a. Should I leave them in meta, though, since they're discussion?
@Caleb I rolled back my question because I felt that the meaning was changed
@Caleb I'm here to reconsider how to make my statement without it being offensive.
@DJClayworth, I will remove that sentence within my question until I can figure out a way to rephrase it. I do respect you and I'm not looking to "make a stab" at you or your beliefs.
@Caleb @waxeagle I'm forming another question but I don't want it to be offensive or closed
Here it is, let me know your thoughts
According to a comment in my last question http://christianity.stackexchange.com/questions/2904/why-do-oec-discount-the-literal-interpretation-of-the-book-of-genesis @DJClayworth has pointed out that I am completely ignorant to the evidence of Old Earth in the Bible. **And He's right.** I have no clue about Biblical Evidence for old earth.
I'm a Young Earth Creationist. I believe that the universe was formed in six literal days and that we can track the history of the Bible in order to find an approximate date.
I'm really glad I found this site!!! Thanks for all the thoughtful content. It's really nice to find a place that intelligent discussions can take place. Keep it up, and I hope I can contribute something remotely as intelligent as the things I've read from you all. This is now my top bookmark. Thanks!
Well, I know some really smart Christian folks as well... I will mention this site to them as well. I am not an expert, but I do find these discussions build my faith, and for that I thank you all. Back to reading the questions!
In my last question http://christianity.stackexchange.com/questions/2904/why-do-oec-discount-the-literal-interpretation-of-the-book-of-genesis I was looking for Old Earth Creationist's personal priorities as to why they discount the Bible's literal interpretation. I asked for no scientific evidence to be posted so as to avoid argument.
According to a comment by another user, apparently there's Biblical evidence for an Old Earth. As a Young Earth/Literal Christian I have never been introduced to this theory before. Thus my question.
Check out the quote on this question: What is the Biblical evidence for Old Earth? and the comments.
What should we do when trying to not paraphrase the bible, but actually doing your own translation of the bible? Is it legitimate to use the quote feature for quotes with no external source?
@JonathonByrd I don't have time today for an answer, but if I remember tomorrow and no one has beaten me to it, I'll try to expand on what I mentioned in passing here yesterday.
I'm listening to Podcast #18 and the ran through a litany of new sites from ones before us to ones after us, and I think they managed to talk right around C.SE as if it didn't exist. Quite amusing actually. Not sure if it was intential or not, just humorous.
> The duo discusses which Stack Exchange sites don’t meet their personal expectations. The hit list includes Super User, Writing, and Gaming. Jeff goes into depth about his issues with Gaming.SE, even though it’s the fifth most trafficked site.
@CRoss It does get a mention in one of them ... I can't remember who it was but we were referred to as somebodies "new site to hate, I always to have one."
@aceinthehole lol. Well notice neither have them have happened across our meta (Jeff pops in on RPG and Gardening on occasions)...(Jeff's contributions to us so far are 7 downvotes)...
@aceinthehole. Joel Spolskey has turned up on Judaism.SE once or twice. (And I used a question of his there as a jumping off point for one of mine here.)
Inspired by Joel Spolskey's question on Jewish Life & Learning, I ask why it is so common for Christians to fight against religious freedom by seeking to impose the restrictions of their denomination on all others.
Religious conservatives loved the HPV virus because it killed women. Here was a potentially fatal STI that condoms couldn’t protect you from. Abstinence educators pointed to HPV and jumped up and down—they loved to overstate HPV’s seriousness and its deadliness—in their efforts to scare kids into saving themselves for marriage.
And they fought the introduction of the HPV vaccine tooth-and-nail because vaccinating women against HPV would “undermine” the abstinence message. Given a choice between your wife, daughter, sister, or mom dying of cervical cancer or no longer being to scream “HPV IS GOING TO KILL YOU!” at classrooms full of terrified teenagers, socially conservative abstinence “educators” preferred the former.
— Dan Savage.
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I am angry. I am very angry indeed. Again.
But I think a good question (or perhaps many good questions) could be made out of those posts.
But not by me. At least, not in my current frame of mind.
If you look at my profile, you'll see that I mention that I deliberately read slacktivist because I need the occasional reminder that some Christians are actually decent people. Given the other news sources I read, I sometimes need to be reminded of that point.
The context for that story also matters. There's an absolutely excellent book by Ben Goldacre, one chapter of which is available free online. It couldn't be included in the original edition of the book because the subject of the chapter was suing him for slander: badscience.net/2009/04/matthias-rath-steal-this-chapter
That's South Africa, not Mozambique, but I'd imagine that the cultural context is broadly similar on these issues.
Claim: Augustine taught that deaf people (without today's cochlear implants) wouldn't be able to be saved merely because they wouldn't be able to hear people telling them about the Gospel.
The claim is just false.
Granted, Augustine did call deafness a "hindrance to faith" -- but in the sense o...
Check out the quote on this question: What is the Biblical evidence for Old Earth? and the comments.
What should we do when trying to not paraphrase the bible, but actually doing your own translation of the bible? Is it legitimate to use the quote feature for quotes with no external source?
Inspired by Joel Spolskey's question on Jewish Life & Learning, I ask why it is so common for Christians to fight against religious freedom by seeking to impose the restrictions of their denomination on all others.
