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As far as I care about this topic (which isn't very much) there are only two reasons to wear any clothes ever at all: 1) You feel cold. 2) You look better with them, than without them. God knows exactly what we look like, naked, and doesn't seem to care one jot. So this idea of dress codes for...

Hmmm. Pleased to hear it. After being ignored for so long, I was beginning to suspect the worst. So, perhaps you would like to tackle my question: How do you know you are not 'false prophets'? If you are at all sincere in your ministry, you must have considered this. How did you resolve the...

By the way, what schism, denomination, sect or cult are you a Father of, Walter? Best wishes, 2RM.

Is it necessary to agree with you, Walter and Debbie, to be counted a believer, and therefore, saved? Best wishes, 2RM.

Are strikes unethical, immoral and evil? Some are, some aren't. For example, I have a lot of sympathy for the nurses, who have been overworked and underpaid for many years, now. But I have none at all for the train drivers, who are paid a good wage, yet seem unwilling to share in the collective...

Walter and Debbie seem to have decided this board is for them to preach at, not for discussing matters that arise. It's a rather condescending attitude, I think, but not untypical among such Christians as prefer not think matters through. Best wishes, 2RM.

I am sure Walter and Debbie can speak for themselves, if they choose to do so. To date though, they have never responded to any of the questions I have put to them. Best wishes, 2RM.

It may be a difficult thing for (some) Americans to understand, but God is not a capitalist, trading the devil in souls won or lost, and deciding His profit and loss thereby. But I do agree He is a mathemetician. (And logician, physicist, chemist, biologist, etc). For who but the most sublime...

Do you think Hitler will go to heaven? Much as I like the liberal theological position that 'everyone get saved in the end', I cannot help but believe that Justice will be done, that that requires of us all repentance and atonement, and that, at the end of days, when God makes His Judgment on us...

Hmmmm. How do you know, Walter and Debbie, you are not yourselves false prophets? Certainly our theologies and philosophies of religion seem to be at variance. The basic difference between us is that I make no claim to speak for either God or Jesus, and you seem to want to speak for both. Best...

So, all civilised people are against the corporal punishment of children. Such violence begets only resentment and revenge. Seeing as I see the civilised, of whatever faith or none, as expressing the best we currently understand of God, I am not at all surprised to learn He is not in favour...

Only if you think humanity forever confined to Earth, and never to explore and colonise the universe. Best wishes, 2RM.

So, this is about what I call 'the coercive bargain' theory of Christianity. Needless to say, it's an idea I thoroughly reject. If you are a parent, you do not demand your children's love because you will only do good to them if they comply, and you will torment them unmercifully if they don't...

A very, very, very small part, and then not without reservations. For example, there is some evidence that fluoride affects intelligence. But this book exaggerates that effect hugely. There is no indication in the academic literature that I can find that fluoride renders us 'docile and...