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Thanks everybody for your replies; they're much appreciated ^.^ @Prentis: Thanks for being so patient with me :P I would love to keep up the conversation, but my fall semester has just started, so I am going to be very busy with classes for the next few months. Thus, I won't have time to...

Okay, well I'm a little disappointed, but it was quite a bit to ask I guess. That's the nature of a book written by many different authors: you'll get different opinions on its interpretation :P. So you are saying that the law is obsolete? Thanks for clarifying that ^.^ Just another question...

Thanks for joining in! So which commandments are the moral parts and which are the works? For example, making images: does that belong to the moral category or the works? I'll ask the same question that I asked Prentis: How do you know that Paul's writings are in accordance with what Jesus...

If it's not too much of a hassle, would you be able to link me some references or suggest some reading that demonstrates that what Paul wrote is in accord with what Jesus taught? I have read some things to the contrary, but it'd be great to explore all sides of the argument. Thanks! But if the...

The thing is, most atheists do not say, "there is no God". We simply do not believe that one exists. Nobody can claim that there is/isn't a god because the very nature of the supernatural makes it impossible to prove/disprove. That is why, whether somebody is a theist or an atheist, the only...

Thanks for clarifying that for me ^.^ I do have some questions about this though. Isn't Galatians just a letter written by Paul to the Galatians? Therefore, it doesn't record what Jesus said, but is just what Paul has written, right? So how do you know that that is what Jesus taught and isn't...

Being an atheist myself, I must say that there are atheists who piss me off. I know some atheists who think and act as if they are smarter than everybody else (including other atheists who don't have physics degrees o.0) and some who are also anti-theists (something I disagree with), but I also...

Thanks for the reply! I admit, I'm not sure if I understand your response. What exactly do you mean by "following Jesus"? Does this include attempting to follow the OT laws? Or does it include doing what the followers of Jesus did in the NT? (For example, giving up all of one's possessions and...

Thanks for the reply! I hadn't realised that Jesus' phrase in that quote was referring to the physical Hebrew writing, but that makes a lot of sense. But then, I've been reading from the KJV, which says "jot" and "tittle" (not exactly a crystal clear meaning there :P). So, and please correct...

Hello everybody! It's been a while since I posted a new question here, but life's been a bit busy lately. Anyways, I am interested if this question could be settled for me because I have heard different answers from different people on this subject. I am wondering what everybody here thinks...

Thanks for all the replies. I have not finished reading the Bible and I did not mean for this to be a scriptural debate. I only mentioned suicide because I wanted replies other than the commandment against killing. Like I stated in my original post, "For argument's sake...": i.e. let's just put...

Two threads in one day! Sorry, I've got a lot of questions on my mind. :P Anyways, my question for this thread is: What (if any) denomination do you believe in? Are you non-denominational? For both these questions: Why are you one and not the other? Why do you adhere to this particular...

I have often read and heard people asking non-believers how they can live in a world without a god. They ask: what purpose is there for living without a benevolent deity watching over us? I am not asking your opinion on this, but I did want to point this question out so that I can turn it on its...

Thanks for all the answers so far. I think it's helping me understand a little bit better. @aspen: I really like your answer; I think it is very objective and honest. I appreciate that ^.^

This is a pretty broad question, so feel free to answer it however you like. I am really curious to know why Christians (and those of other faiths) believe what they believe. First of all, why did you choose to believe in Christianity? More specifically, why Christianity over any other religion...