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I actually pitty the child, it will grow up with the whole world making fun. People aren't ready to accept difference and change. How very sad.Allan.

(kriss;46889) Well I guess thats your choice I know better. I'm glad you're not being condescending about it though.(kriss;46889) I have no problem understanding the Bible and what it says and what is to be taken literal, spiritual or is symbolic. I have no problem with it either, I simply hold...

(koulourakia_girl;46884) The Word of God is infallible, however, men's interpretations are NOT infallible. I believe in an economic God. And again, this sort of concept of God requires a theodicy, if God can work through people, in spite of people to bring about a truly perfect book, then why...

Hmm, see Kriss, I wouldn't interpret Biblical talk of the afterlife or of the "End Times" literally. I also have issues with saying that we are "souls" that are pre-existent and that this carnal body is simply a house or a shell for us. My issue, it's fundamentally dehumanizing! My spirit is my...

And I agree Kriss, yet I would take God's compassion even further. God looks for every reason to love someone. So when you are angry and bitter at someone, God will look behind that to the very soul of your relationship rather than staying at a distance, looking at the anger itself.Allan.

Well, see that's one of the problems.If you give people the opportunity to believe that God is interpreting the Bible through them. You can also give people the opportunity to use their interpretation of the Bible to accomplish their own ends. What we need is a methodology which states that the...

I absolutely love the Bible. I don't have anything against it. I believe it's inspired by God, and to me, that means that God isn't troubled by the fact that it's a very messy book.The Bible is only the Word of God when Jesus is preached through it. The Bible is only inspired when it is used for...

I believe that Sola Scriptura is a heresy and in actual fact, it is impractical and illusionary.In John, Jesus says, "I am the Way the Truth and the Life", in John, Jesus is the Divine "Word of God" that became incarnate to dwell amongst us. Notice something here? It was never Scripture that was...

Is Masturbation a sin?No, it's simply a normal thing which people do. It's actually healthy. I think in the Middle Ages men believed that if they masturbated their genitals would fall off. But that's not exactly true.I see fundamentalist religion as a plot to absolutely control people, there is...

The question of where the Bible comes from though, is another matter. It really depends which parts of the Bible we are talking about. Many of the books are basically anonymous, again, it really depends which parts you're talking about.Matthew, Mark, Luke, John; the Gospels, are anonymous works...

The whole Jesus-Myth theory doesn't really hold much ground anymore in scholarship. It was at its hight with Earl Doherty and G. A. Wells. I'd have to say that most modern historians believe that there was a historical Jesus.I think that the Jesus-Myth theory simply looks at the very embellished...

"What happens when we die?"~Opening QuestionI'd say, the same thing that happened before we were born when we didn't exist. The universe will continue without our existing in it.Allan.

I curse every now and then. I just don't see the point in saying that it's against Christianity or anything like that. If I remember correctly, St Paul cursed too in Philippians 3:8, "For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things, and I regard them as rubbish, in order that I might gain...

Hi. I'm Allan Popa. I'm a theology student from Brisbane, Australia. And I'm new. Pleased to meet me. Allan.