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Traditional approaches have been the ontological argument, the cosmological argument, the teleological argument and the historical argument.

I know a lot of anti-vaccine Christians. Unfortunately there are a lot of Christians who are buying into government conspiracy, etc. I dont doubt there are people across the spectrum who buy into the same anti-vaccine propaganda, but it's definitely prominent among Christians. It's a shame...

I agree completely that the concepts of headship and submission are very misunderstood and often abused. These roles are for the instruction of those who are in those roles, and not to lord that command over the other (i.e. "see, you have to do what I say!"). As a husband, God will hold me...

Ephesians 5-6 addresses issues related to roles in the home and society. The question I would like the address in this post is this: "Do these verses teach mutual submission?" This is a common misunderstanding of the verse, in my opinion. Generally, the argument is that verse 21 sets the...

Stan, I see what you are saying. I must say I don't think I agree. The Greek literally says, "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, new creation!" Paul's whole point is that we do not regard anyone according to the flesh. The newness is a spiritual renewal that comes with the Holy Spirit and...

Stan, I don't know that I am following your discrepancies here. I, personally, think it is talking about the individual. Even though the NIV2011 makes it sound more like the coming of the new creation in general, this still is referring to the individual. Again, the "anyone" is the focus of...

Stan, I think we have to allow the context to qualify what specifically the new creation is since the Greek is obscure. Yet the τις means anyone/someone so this also seems to be emphasizing the individual. As I pointed out, the context has everything to do with a change in how people perceive...

The command to circumcise in accordance with God's covenant with Abraham predated the commands given to Moses. Clearly, that is the point...and you are avoiding it. You are making assumptions about the significance of commands and their applications to Christians that are not expressly written...

Raeneske, I appreciate your well thought out reply. However, I do not agree that the 10 commandments were seen as "The Moral Law" whereas the rest of the law had no basis in morality. This is simply not true. Aren't homosexuality, gluttony, etc. moral issues? I think we have to be very...

No one is playing God. Acts 15 says nothing about Gentiles observing the Sabbath. They were ONLY required to abstain from sexual immorality, idolatry and blood. Perhaps you are adding to the word of God by mandating Christians follow the old covenant regulations and judging people with...

Show me where the Jewish people distinguished between the 10 Commandments and the rest of the law. As for the celebration of Christmas and Easter, I see nothing wrong with taking a pagan holiday and using it as an opportunity to celebrate and focus on Jesus instead of pagan gods. Some of the...

I would encourage all of you to read Acts 15. No where do we see the early Jewish Christians requiring Gentiles to observe the Sabbath as part of their covenant relationship with Christ. In fact, Paul expressly says we should not allow people to judge us according to days or feasts...

I appreciate your research into the word 7angels. However, I still have to disagree with you. Clearly, the context of Elohim in various passages in the OT would not really make sense if translated "God/gods." I also think its a little sketchy to try to draw an argument for Trinitarian...

7angels, I don't think Psalm 8:5 is mistranslated. Both the Septuagint and the quotations in the NT of Psalm 8:5 use αγγελους. Also, elohim is not always translated at God/god in the OT. That is the predominant usage, but clearly, from the Jewish standpoint, this would not be the right...

KingJ, I think its important to consider the context of 1 Cor. 2. Paul is defending himself as an apostle and talking about those who had been given the revelation of the Gospel to preach to others. I do not think these verses apply to all Christians, but are specifically focused on the...

I think under the Old Covenant, eating unclean food was forbidden and something that was considered breaking a covenant agreement with God. So yes, it was serious and not at all "crazy." In our covenant through Christ's blood, that law is not applicable to us or part of our covenant. I don't...

This is 7angels quote of which you wanted a response. It seems he/she is saying that whether or not a word is translated as abomination or taboo, its still defined as wrong. So I am not sure what you are looking for here. Are you asking if I think the word should be translated abomination or...

Aaron, In post #19 I started to address the Greek words and explain their meaning. Your response was that there were lots of denominations that thought like you and that you really didn't want to get in a discussion on the Greek with me. It seemed clear to me that you were not interested in...

Aaron, I said I didn't have time to review huge chunks of copy and pasted material. I am willing to discuss in detail any Greek word or particular point you want. But your method of discussion on this issue has been more of a filibuster approach with a ton of snippits of material, dozens of...

Aaron, I would encourage you to do some more reading on that term and how it was understood. The following lexicon offers plenty of reading material that review ancient texts that tell quite a different story. Its likely that Paul's word was created based on the OT law. If he had something...