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Hi there Trekson! Well, the question is out of what did God create the world: out of nothing or out of matter eternally pre-existent with God? You and H.Richard seem to side for “out of nothing” and so do I. I know why I do, but I ask myself why you do. The Big Bang Theory was first formulated...

Why is it that creationists reject the churchfathers' allegorical reading of Genesis, but so happily take Irenaeus' and Augustine's notion of creatio ex nihilo on board? If you insist on a literal reading of Genesis 1, shouldn't you come to the conclusion that God created everything out of the...

Oh, I see. You are right, maybe the Praise Forum would have been a better place for this. What I’m impressed with here is how beautifully Augustine expresses his deep piety and thirst for knowledge, that makes him implore God to give him an understanding for the mere sake of praising God by...

Hi there kerwin, sorry to hear you perceive this as spamming. I just wanted to share an uplifting experience and easy-access resource with you. If you don’t like audio-books or aren’t interested in Augustine, just don’t click the link. Should people click the link, Augustine certainly won’t...

There’s a wonderful Libri-Vox recording of Augustine’s “Confessiones” on YouTube that some of you might find just as enjoyable to listen to as I did. Here’s just Book XI with ponderings about time and eternity. Such meditative love for God and reason! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVQBO3Fxz0M

I’m not so sure whether I misunderstood your position on hell or whether I just pointed you to some of its logical implications and inner inconsistencies, which you have not yet considered. Seeing that you don’t want to go forth with this, alas we won’t get a chance to find out. But on a...

I kept banging on? What a weird perception! Reading back in this thread I see myself desperately trying to stir the conversation in direction of social justice etc. with you ignoring all my questions about it. Must have misunderstood that you were talking about Burkinis, sorry. As for seeing...

How could I have guessed you are still on about homosexuality after you had already suggested we agree to disagree on that one? You can’t let it go, can you? Had you actually read the thread on homosexuality which you commented on, you would have seen how I answer those questions of yours. In...

You find the principle of rehabilitation problematic? How many times did Jesus tell Peter we ought to forgive those who sinned against us? How many times do you think Christ Himself will forgive sinners before he loses hope in their possible rehabilitation? Let me clarify that in no way do I...

I’m afraid I’m still not quite sure what’s your actual question: If my Lesbian friend had been raised by her Vietnamese biological parents rather than by the German Catholic family that adopted her, likelihood is that she’d still be lesbian (created and loved by God as such), but that she’d not...

I find your standpoint slightly confusing. You find it “Good News” that – according to your reading of the Bible– the vast majority of humankind is hell-bound? In spite of their atrocities you don’t want ISIS-fighters to burn in hell, but you think God is not at least as compassionate...

Of course everybody will be purified before entering heaven. The Blood of Christ has seen to that. I'm a little bit surprised that as a Roman Catholic you aren't interested to read your Church's official declarations for yourself. It feels a bit odd to me to tell a Roman Catholic about the...

Hi there chuatnhat, welcome to the forum. Sorry, I had to delete your links. Links are only allowed after having made 10 posts. So just join the conversation a bit more and then post them again. Be blessed, ​ junobet ​

It seems you and I just have a very different focus when reading the Bible, mine being utterly Christocentric: While we are capable of hate all on our own, our ability to love solely stems from our connection with Jesus Christ (John 15:4-5). Of course it is depressing to see all the hate that is...

I’m afraid we all too easily confuse our human desire for vengeance with divine justice. IMHO in Jesus Christ, who did not come to condemn the world, but to save the world (John 3:17) and who showed us the healing power of forgiveness, God has indeed revealed that His thoughts are not our...

I’m not Lforrest, so sorry for butting in, but I fear from my point of view your comparisons aren’t getting any better. Comparing grown women to immature children, means you may as well want to strip them of the rights to vote, get a driving licence, travel unaccompanied, regulate their own...

Please remember: “Beloved, let us love one another, because love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. 8 Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. 9This is how God’s love was revealed among us: God sent His one and only Son into the world, so...

I respect the fact that my Muslim friends hold their faith to be true just as I hold my Christian faith to be true, which is the basis of respectful interfaith dialogue, in which we seek for what we have in common rather than for what separates us.

Don’t fret: even though few admit it, there’s probably not a single Christian out there, who’s never been afflicted by doubts. Theologian Paul Tillich even goes as far as saying that doubt is an integral part of faith. In my personal experience doubting is painful and scary, but whenever I’ve...

Well, as a Lutheran I fully subscribe to the “Joint Declaration On The Doctrine Of Justification” by the Lutheran World Federation and the Roman Catholic Church, according to which we are not justified because of our works but only because of God’s grace...