> "'If there is an infinite amount of time before now, we would never get to today, since you cannot traverse an infinite amount of anything.' I'm not so sure about that. That's like saying that an arbitrary point on a number line cannot exist, because the number line is infinite and you can't reach this point from the beginning of the line. You're reasoning in circles: Time must have a beginning, because if not then we couldn't have reached this point from the beginning of time."
Mason, I'm a mathematician and I take issue with that comment.
For one, an arbitrary point on a number line is at a specific point, not at infinity! In addition, we don't start the number line at -infinity and then work our way up to zero in discrete steps. We start at zero and go to infinity both ways, mathematically.
Time is discrete, not continuous (see Planck time). So, to go from infinitely far in the past to the present in discrete steps of time is impossible.
I recently came up on a question that was very offensive to me. It was troll question that asked if a particular song about "banging nails into Jesus" was in fact Christian. It also contained explicit sexual content in reference to God (that I'm still desperately trying to forget).
I requested m...
I’ve found this application that lets you access Christianity SE on your android phone –
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.droidstack&hl=ru
The repository can be browsed using Mercurial at –
https://code.google.com/p/droidstack/
So far it is looking good. Doesn’t offer all...
My simple answer: the Holy Spirit promised to guide the Church into all truth. The Orthodox believe that He has fulfilled His promise. Now for my lengthier response:
There is somewhat of an implied dichotomy in Western thought that must be called out right off the bat: the distinction between Sc...
@TRiG I think one of the problems we have in the US and in politics is the urge to simplify. Universal heathcare is horribly complex (though maybe less complex than the current system) and among it's complexities is that it might (or might not) make healthcare delivered by religious organizations more secularized.
So people simplify and say universal healthcare == bad.
By the way, the news simplifies theology too and for much the same reasons.
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@DanODay I think the problem I have is "sola scriptura is a myth-a logical fallacy".
This is true: "Everyone appeals to tradition when interpreting scripture - we just don't agree on which tradition, and many deny that they have any such tradition (and this ignorance is even more dangerous)."
@JonEricson Which would be a good thing, in my opinion.
Incidentally, legislators in Louisiana have just discovered, to their shock and horror, that Religion != Christianity. I must admit I find this rather amusing.
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