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What's the difference between a creative power and a creator?

That's an opinion, not a fact. Ask ChatGPT if you want. Of the Christian denominations that believe in a rapture, the pre-trib rapture is still the most dominant, despite what you say. Says who? I thought it was invented by Darby or a little Scottish girl, at least that's what I keep hearing.

The death of pretrib is greatly exaggerated. It remains the most popular rapture view. So, you might want to hold off on the eulogies.

What would fit the bill as the creator of the universe in your opinion?

If the goal is to remove the baby to save the mother's life, that can already be accomplished via c-section as early as the second trimester without aborting the baby. But that probably makes up a tiny percentage of abortions. I'm no doctor, but I can think of very few instances where it would...

What, exactly, do you have against Genesis? Those doctrines didn't appear in a vacuum, they only exist because it was in Genesis first.

And yet, if Genesis didn't exist, the doctrine in those books wouldn't exist either.

I disagree. Esther and Obadiah, while important in their own right, are not foundational like Genesis is. Genesis explains the fall of humanity and sets the stage for the gospels. Without it, we wouldn't understand the nature of sin and why we would even need a redeemer in the first place.

If the Genesis account can be dismissed because it "sounds" like fantasy, which is a subjective argument, then the whole Bible could be dismissed by that measure. It's true that the Bible is not a scientific textbook, but there is no allusion to evolution whatsoever. Certainly, if God used...

Thanks, I did write it, but I'm no genius. I'm just a deep thinker who reads a lot. Evolution never made sense to me, but people are going to believe what they want to believe.

The time factor actually works against evolution for the reasons I already stated. Complex systems, such as the eyes and ears, must be complete and functioning as a whole from the beginning; otherwise, they serve no purpose. Evolution is contradictory to the second law of thermodynamics...

Evolution is real based upon what? Have we ever observed evolution taking place? I'm not talking about microevolution, which is really just the genic expression of a species and has limitations. I'm talking about macroevolution, where one kind changes (transitions) into another kind? Evolution...

It shouldn't be difficult to imagine why all the nations of the world would attack Israel. Just look at all the villainization of Israel/Jews today. They're blamed for every evil in the world. The nations of the world will believe they are doing a good thing by destroying Israel, just as Hitler...

Mutations generally aren't beneficial; more often than not, they are detrimental and result in physical disabilities. Why is there such a need to jibe evolution and creationism, which by definition are contradictory? It's like trying to combine oil and water; it just doesn't work. The fact...

A couple of thoughts... How so? Does it show the many transitions from one kind to another kind? Even Darwin admitted that the fossil record was incomplete and did not show all the intermediate forms necessary for gradual evolution. We don't know how long Adam (and later Eve) was in the...

Murder always involves killing, but killing doesn't always involve murder; there is a distinction. The difference being intent. Murder involves malice and ill will. So, I wouldn't classify lawful executions as murder. I'd call it justice. Even in the Old Testament they had a death penalty. It...

Scientists used to believe the universe was eternal and has always existed. Now, they concede it had a beginning. I don't have a strong opinion about the big bang, but it does fall more in line with the biblical account. There was nothing, and then there was something. The bigger question is...

It's certainly a reflection on society.

Lot's of strawman arguments when it comes to hell. There's a difference between being tortured and being tormented. Being tortured implies someone (God\Jesus) is doing the torturing, which isn't supported by Scripture. Being tormented is merely the consequence of something else. In this case...

No, that's not what I was talking about and has zero to do with what I said.