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Johnlove, If you are going to start a thread with a provocative topic like, "The Christian Church Today is to be condemned" then you should add a little explanation. Listing 10 verses does nothing to help me understand your point. In what way do you feel the Christian Church does not embrace...

And I'm saying you are completely misunderstanding the grammar as well as the clear context here. When God says, "Let light be" (which is a little more literal), he is not allowing light to direct (since it is ex nihilo). Light does not have a mind of its own to do its own thing by its own...

So by that rationale, light came into existence through a passive/evolutionary means? I think you are trying to apply something in a specific way in verse 11 that is much different than how you understand the other command s in the other verses. "Let there be light" is not a passive command...

I disagree with your grammar. The verbs are imperfect in a jussive mood. They are not passive. These verbs are commands and are in an imperfect tense. The tense shows that something took place in the past with ongoing effects. Jussive means "command" and is a mood that is more mild than an...

I don't either. The Genesis account is the antithesis of a universal ancestor developed from mutation and natural selection. This is nonsensical. It is the opposite of what is being proposed. The creation of birds, mammals, fish, according to kinds implies both a distinct creative act for...

Perhaps on the same basis that you think its impossible for men and women to be created distinctly: the evidence. Only my primary source of evidence is the authority and teaching of the Bible. This is not merely a manner of interpretation or arguing if Yom means literal day or unspecified...

Or, maybe it seems that way if one takes a particularly liberal approach that suggests that any and every interpretation is valid. If you are thinking that I believe only one particular interpretation is valid and that mine is infallible, you are seriously mistaken. However, there are...

River, I haven't been following the discussion much but I would say that when your assertions are in direct contradiction with the Biblical narrative, then it is more than just observing something "God did." Scripture clearly states that God created animals according to "kinds." Darwinian...

Lets look at your scriptural precedents here shall we (since we are speaking the language of the Bible and not your wild "prophetic" accusations...I might engage). "No one can serve two masters." This text is taken in reference to serving God and Mammon/wealth. Jesus is saying that you...

That has been my point. As I said in the beginning: "I think any effort to use the Bible to denounce public education is speaking from Scriptural silence." I am not using Scriptures on this issue because there are NO Scriptures that speak for or against the State being involved in education...

I would encourage you to look at my forum on prophecy on this site. Unless you have recieved a direct, audible message from God that is new revelation not contained in the Scriptures, then you are not a prophet. If you have, I would be curious to know, what is your new revelatory message from...

This is really quite pointless. You would reference a video produced by Christopher Hitchens to defend your condemnation of another person? My purpose is not to appoint Mother Teresa in heaven or hell as I am in no position to do so. I know she wrestled with doubt but also spoke of grace and...

I do not think the issues are related at all. They have more to do with presuppositions than anything science discovers to confirm or deny Scripture. The reality is there is a 10164 probablility of a functional protein forming by chance. That is essentially much worse odds then finding a...

I think my comment implies that Mother Teresa trusted in Christ's grace applied to her and had made Jesus her Lord. I doubt she would have devoted her life to the dying in Calcutta if she had not. She very clearly proclaimed Jesus to be her Lord and that she was just as much in need of grace...

1) Do you disagree with the process for setting science curricula I described above? If so, how would you change it? I have no problem with those in the scientific community establishing the curriculum for students. Regardless of what you or I believe about this subject, the fact remains...

River, I already responded to these questions above. See post #170. I'll paste the section that relates to those questions.

I don't understand. I was just trying to make sense of what you were saying. The two statements appeared to contradict one another. So if a child wants to be a computer engineer, and their parents don't know anything about computers....are they just out of luck? I strongly resist the idea...

River, I think the founding fathers did not want an "official state religion." That is what they were escaping. That is not to say that they wanted the government to be void of religion or religious presuppositions (they had church services in the White House!). Clearly, if you read any of...

So, I am trying to mesh these two statements. Is the government potentially "godly" or is it always the "ungodly State"? I agree that the "separation of church and state" is a ridiculous notion. I don't see how this addresses the issues of the OP. If the state and church should not be...

Thanks for your response. Sorry for my slow reply. Well, I admit, I was being a bit sarcastic. It wasn't because I feel your view is "idiotic." Rather, I know there are very intelligent philosophers who ascribe to these concepts. My problem, however, is that while language is certainly...