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God didn't give anyone cancer, it's merely the result of the fall.

But they love goats.

Peter had faith, but he also had doubt. So, it's possible to have both at the same time, and doubt will negate faith.

Yes, my mistake. I meant Noah.

Integrated, sure, but not identical. There is a relationship between the mental and the physical, but they are also two distinct substances. The physical is objective. Feelings (fear, touch, etc.) are subjective. How the objective body and the subjective mind are able to interact is not...

I've been working at improving my health and wellness. Some days I felt terrible, like death warmed over. No joke, I had zero energy. I didn't even feel like moving. Right now, I'm trying to improve my mitochondria. All disease/problems really begin at the cellular level. If your mitochondria...

We can go round and round on this, but it seems evident to me. Gen 6:3 is a judgement prior to the flood. You can look at all the genealogies, and there is a clear distinction between post-flood and pre-flood lifespans. I've said all I can say about that.

I err on the side of a global flood for the following reasons: It would make no sense for God to tell Noah to build an ark and preserve the animals if it was a local flood. It would have been much easier to tell them to relocate to higher ground. ark rested on the mountains of Ararat. Water...

How does consciousness reside in the whole being?

I suppose we have been living in the end times for the past 2,000 years. And it's true, every generation speculates that they may be the last. We're certainly closer now than we were then. There are some things that I believe make our generation unique from times past... the rebirth of Israel...

Since writing my original post, I've had time to research the subject and refine my ideas. The question of where consciousness resides is both intriguing and thought-provoking as it poses a particular challenge to the materialist. If all we are are our brains, then consciousness should be found...

Gen 6:3 seems to be a foreshadow of things to come, not indictive of lifespans prior to the flood. There is some debate if the 120 years refers to lifespans at all. Some interpret the 120 years as a countdown until the flood occurred. Although, it's certainly possible it also implies that...

That verse is post-flood. All you have to do is look at the genealogies. After the flood, life span drops dramatically until it levels off to what it is today. Just a few examples: Pre-flood: Gen 5:5 So all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years; and he died. Gen 5:27 So...

If you believe the biblical account, ordinary humans had much longer life spans pre-flood. Earth conditions appeared to be much different, which contributed to their longer life spans. That's what they're missing; such a cataclysmic event would skew data across the board, making accurately...

I'm not a young-earth creationist, but I'm always dubious of these dating schemes, which are no doubt intended to support the theory of evolution. Determining when Mitochondrial Eve lived seems dependent on the rate of mutations. It assumes the rate of mutations has been constant throughout the...

One you deny free will, you turn God into a monster.

There is far too much to respond to, and my time is limited. I'll preface by saying I am neither a pacifist nor a warmonger. I'm actually a passive person by nature, but I also understand the realities of the world we live in. I'll state my position as clearly and succinctly as possible, so...

I'm aware of a certain group of knights led by Count Emicho who attacked Jewish communities along the Rhine in Germany (named the Rhineland massacres), but he was condemned for his actions, and it was not common for knights to randomly attack Jews outside of battles. I don't understand what...

No, not always. Clement of Alexandria said, “Philosophy is a schoolmaster to bring us to Christ.” God gave us the ability to reason for, well, a reason. There is a flip side to that in that we can rely too much on human reasoning, which is fallible. It's entirely possible to come to a reasonable...

By killing other Christians, are you referring to the Fourth Crusade? As for the Jews, they frequently sided with Muslims and chose to fight alongside them against the crusaders. War is messy. It was never God's plan for us, but this is the fallen world we live in, whether we like it or not...