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9,100 | soc.religion.christian | re sspx schism larry l overacker writes responding to simon i may be interesting to see some brief selections posted to the net my understanding is that sspx does not consider itself in schism or legitimately excommunicated but that s really beside the point what does the roman catholic church say excommunication can b... |
9,101 | soc.religion.christian | re quality of catholic liturgy tim rolfe writes without active participation if you know the latin one really beautiful way to hear the passion is it s being chanted by three deacons the narrator chants in the middle baritone range jesus chants in the bass and others directly quoted are handled by a high tenor i heard ... |
9,102 | soc.religion.christian | re anger paul conditt writes in case you couldn t tell i get extremely angry and upset when i see things like this instead of rationalizing our own fears and phobias we need to be reaching out to people with aids and other socially unacceptable diseases whether they got the disease through their own actions or not is i... |
9,103 | soc.religion.christian | re online bible as bible study in apr athos rutgers edu eng nusunix nus sg ling siew wee writes hello i am about to embark on a bible study on acts i have online bible software with me i would like to know the the background of the authors of its various topics articles and about the author of the people s new testamen... |
9,104 | soc.religion.christian | re sda doctrinal distinctives healta saturn wwc edu tammy r healy writes in article mar athos rutgers edu jodfishe silver ucs indiana edu joseph dale fisher writes there is a book provided by the sda which is entitled the seventh day adventist church believes or something like that the book is called basic fundamental ... |
9,105 | soc.religion.christian | re rebuilding the temple was re anybody out there tcsteven iaserv b ingr com todd stevens writes chuck petch writes now it appears that nothing stands in the way of rebuilding and resuming sacrifices as the scriptures indicate will happen in the last days although the israeli government will give the permission to star... |
9,106 | soc.religion.christian | tuff to be a christian bissda saturn wwc edu dan lawrence bissell writes i don t think most people understand what a christian is it is certainly not what i see a lot in churches rather i think it should be a way of life and a total sacrafice of everything for god s sake he loved us enough to die and save us so we shou... |
9,107 | soc.religion.christian | c s lewis is ok was ancient books in article apr athos rutgers edu mayne ds scri fsu edu bill mayne wrote the last sentence is ironic since so many readers of soc religion christian seem to not be embarrassed by apologists such as josh mcdowell and c s lewis the above also expresses a rather odd sense of history what m... |
9,108 | soc.religion.christian | doctrine of god this is being posted as a general outline for your personal study of this doctrine the doctrine of god i the persons of the godhead of all of the doctrines of scripture this is the most important the bible is pre eminently a revelation of god therefore our first objective in studying the bible should be... |
9,109 | soc.religion.christian | re questions who exactly is the lord god or jesus christ john says nkjv the little green gideon someone forced on me one day in the beginning was the word and the word was with god and the word was god the word refers to jesus christ so from this john declares that god and jesus are one therefore the lord refers to bot... |
9,110 | soc.religion.christian | being right about messiahs i must have missed the postings about waco david koresh and the second coming how does one tell if a second coming is the real thing unless the person claiming to be it is obviously insane i m not saying that david koresh is the second coming of christ how could somebody who breaks his word b... |
9,111 | soc.religion.christian | an agnostic s question pardon me if this is the wrong newsgroup i would describe myself as an agnostic in so far as i m sure there is no single universal supreme being but if there is one and it is just we will surely be judged on whether we lived good lives striving to achieve that goodness that is within the power of... |
9,112 | soc.religion.christian | re phone number of wycliffe translators uk i m concerned about a recent posting about wbt sil i thought they d pretty much been denounced as a right wing organization involved in ideological manipulation and cultural interference including vietnam and south america a commission from mexican academia denounced them in a... |
9,113 | soc.religion.christian | esotericism i m compiling a bibliography on religious perspectives on esotericism hermeticism gnosticism mysticism occultism alchemy and magic and am interested in sources that others have found particularly interesting and insightful i m especially interested in medieval works such as the chemical wedding of christian... |
9,114 | soc.religion.christian | re certainty and arrogance in an earlier article i explained that what many people find arrogant about christians is that some christians profess absolute certianty about their beliefs and doctrines that is many christians insist that they cannot have made any mistakes when discovering their beliefs which amounts to sa... |
9,115 | soc.religion.christian | re sabbath admissions of all of the arguments concerning the sabbath ought to make the point pretty clear anyone outside of the catholic or orthodox oranglican or monophysite churches ourght to worship on saturday if they are really sola scriptura otherwise they are following a law put into effect by the church and onl... |
9,116 | soc.religion.christian | thinking about heaven james sledd asks what is the nature of eternal life how can we as mortals locked into space time conceive of it a if the best we can do is metaphor analogy then what is the best metaphor c s lewis s essay the weight of glory deals with this question i recommend it enthusiastically you might also r... |
9,117 | soc.religion.christian | quality of catholic liturgy i appreciated the follow ups and replies to my earlier query one reply which i have lost suggested several parishes in new york that have good masses one of which was corpus christi in downtown manhattan by coincidence last week s america the national jesuit magazine carried an interview wit... |
9,118 | soc.religion.christian | re did he really rise in article apr geneva rutgers edu parkin eng sun com writes desperately wanted the jewish people to accept him as the messiah if the crucification was the will of god how could jesus pray that this cup pass from him was this out of weakness never many men and women have given their lives for their... |
9,119 | soc.religion.christian | re hell black sabbath in article apr geneva rutgers edu jprzybyl skidmore edu jennifer przybylinski writes hey i may be wrong but wasn t jeff fenholt part of black sabbath he s a major brother in christ now he totally changed his life around and he and his wife go on tours singing witnessing and spreading the gospel fo... |
9,120 | soc.religion.christian | harrassed at work could use some prayers my news feed is broken and i haven t received any new news in hours more than days so if you reply to this please send private email to the address esther demand ed ray com i have set the reply to line to have that address but i don t know if it will work it depends upon the sof... |
9,121 | soc.religion.christian | re sspx schism in article apr geneva rutgers edu shellgate llo uu psi com larry l overacker writes you ask where we are i would echo that question i m not trying to be contentious but assuming that the pope has universal jurisdiction and authority what authority do you rely upon for your decisions what prevents me from... |
9,122 | soc.religion.christian | re when are two people married in god s eyes in article apr geneva rutgers edu mcovingt aisun ai uga edu michael covington writes in article apr athos rutgers edu randerso acad sahs uth tmc edu robert anderson writes i would like to get your opinions on this when exactly does an engaged couple become married in god s e... |
9,123 | soc.religion.christian | re certainty and arrogance darren dr nancy s sweetie kilroy gboro rowan edu writes darren in an earlier article i explained that what many people find darren arrogant about christians is that some christians profess darren absolute certainty about their beliefs and doctrines and darren in short the problem is that no m... |
9,124 | soc.religion.christian | re question jesus alone oneness in article apr geneva rutgers edu bjorn b larsen delab sintef no a writes can anybody tell me the basic reasons for holding a belief that there is only jesus and vice versa the foundations for the trinity bjorn i d love to know how jesus only proponents would answer questions like who is... |
9,125 | soc.religion.christian | daily verse for the lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout with the voice of an archangel and with the trumpet of god and the dead in christ will rise first then we who are alive and remain will be caught up together to meet the lord in the air and thus we shall always be with the lord thessalonians
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9,126 | soc.religion.christian | re god shaped hole was re accepting jeesus in your heart in article apr geneva rutgers edu fraseraj dcs glasgow ac uk andrew j fraser writes several people were involved in trying to figure out who first used the phrase god shaped hole clh there is a god shaped vacuum in all of us or something to that effect is general... |
9,127 | soc.religion.christian | radio free thulcandra was dungeons dragons an author s view there was a recent discussion of dungeons and dragons and other role playing games since there is a lot of crossover between gamers and science fiction and fantasy fans i will mention that i am the editor and publisher of radio free thulcanra a christian orien... |
9,128 | soc.religion.christian | re being right about messiahs jesus isn t god when jesus returns some people may miss him what version of the bible do you read mike jesus is god incarnate in flesh jesus said i and the father are one jesus was taken up to heaven after his day post resurrection stint and the angels who were there assured the apostles t... |
9,129 | soc.religion.christian | re revelations babylon in article apr geneva rutgers edu jbuddenberg vax cns muskingum edu jimmy buddenberg writes hello all we are doing a bible study at my college on revelations we have been doing pretty good as far as getting some sort of reasonable interpretation we are now on chapters and which talk about the wom... |
9,130 | soc.religion.christian | afterlife here is another way of looking at it when we die we are released from the arc of time and able to comprehend our lives in toto to visit each moment in time sequentially or all at once but not able to alter the actions thoughts or feelings we had have will have in this life from that perspective i posit that a... |
9,131 | soc.religion.christian | helphelp part hello i m back i would first like to thank each and every person who sent me a response be it a positive or negative one i read every letter and thought about each one i got all sorts of responses from marry her to have nothing ever to do with her again through reading the bible and through a lot of praye... |
9,132 | soc.religion.christian | re an agnostic s question in article apr geneva rutgers edu jdt voodoo ca boeing com jim tomlinson jimt ii writes pardon me if this is the wrong newsgroup i would describe myself as an agnostic in so far as i m sure there is no single universal supreme being but if there is one and it is just we will surely be judged o... |
9,133 | soc.religion.christian | re bible unsuitable for new christians true also read peter peter warns that the scriptures are often hard to understand by those who are not learned on the subject joe moore
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9,134 | soc.religion.christian | re need a book in article apr athos rutgers edu bassili cs arizona edu amgad z bassili writes i appreciate if anyone can point out some good books about the dead sea scrolls of qumran thanks in advance please reply by e mail at bassili cs arizona edu ok boys girls hang on here we go christ s eternal gospel robinson rob... |
9,135 | soc.religion.christian | saint story st aloysius gonzaga heres a story of a saint that people might like to read i got it from a the morning star and am posting it with the permission of the editor saint aloysius gonzaga the patron of youth the marquis gonzaga had high aspirations for his son the prince gonzage he wanted him to become a famous... |
9,136 | soc.religion.christian | re when are two people married in god s eyes in a previous article randerso acad sahs uth tmc edu robert anderson says i would like to get your opinions on this when exactly does an engaged couple become married in god s eyes some say that if the two have publically announced their plans to marry have made their vows t... |
9,137 | soc.religion.christian | pastoral authority there is some controversy in my denomination as to what authority is vested in the pastor i am still forming my opinion i am solicing opinions and references for what that is how much and how it should be used as a general reference i would not exclude responses from different denominations based on ... |
9,138 | soc.religion.christian | am i going to hell i have stated before that i do not consider myself an atheist but definitely do not believe in the christian god the recent discussion about atheists and hell combined with a post to another group to the effect of you will all go to hell has me interested in the consensus as to how a god might judge ... |
9,139 | soc.religion.christian | re certainty and arrogance my last article included this quote if any substantial number of talk religion misc readers read some wittgenstein of the postings would disappear if they understood some wittgenstein would disappear michael l siemon someone called boundary wrote this quote seems a little arrogant don t you t... |
9,140 | soc.religion.christian | re latest on branch davidians in apr geneva rutgers edu aaron binah cc brandeis edu scott aaron writes in article apr geneva rutgers edu conditt tsd arlut utexas edu paul conditt wrote i think it s really sad that so many people put their faith in a mere man even if he did claim to be the son of god and or a prophet i ... |
9,141 | soc.religion.christian | serbian genocide work of god are the serbs doing the work of god hmm i ve been wondering if anyone would ever ask the question are the governments of the united states and europe not moving to end the ethnic cleansing by the serbs because the targets are muslims can does god use those who are not following him to accom... |
9,142 | soc.religion.christian | goodbye but not forever praise god i m writing everyone to inform you that i have been accepted to the doctor of psychology program at fuller theological seminary in pasadena ca i ve been working long and hard to try to get in there and have said many hours of prayer i m very excited for this opportunity but also very ... |
9,143 | soc.religion.christian | re did he really rise in article apr geneva rutgers edu gt b prism gatech edu boundary writes anecedotal material which ultimately shows that but from my experience the modern jew is not known for his proselytism a rabbi once told me that theres is a talmudic tradition that someone who wanted to convert to judaism was ... |
9,144 | soc.religion.christian | re losing your temper is not a christian trait sheila patterson writes i always suspected that i was human too it is the desire to be like christ that often causes christians to be very critical of themselves and other christians i d like to remind people of the withering of the fig tree and jesus driving the money cha... |
9,145 | soc.religion.christian | re maybe i have some qualms about postings like this you might want to engage in a bit more conversation with joel before deluging someone who doesn t expect it with cards clh i d suggest that more than some qualms are in order without knowing anything about the situation it is impossible to evaluate the appropriatenes... |
9,146 | soc.religion.christian | re prayers and advice requested on family problem cloak yourself in god s sustaining and abiding love pray pray pray pray for your brother that he will assume the godly role that is his pray for your sister in law the what ever is driving her to separate your brother and herself from the the rest of the family will be ... |
9,147 | soc.religion.christian | help in a prior article lmvec westminster ac uk william hargreaves writes now i am of the opinion that you a saved through faith alone not what you do as taught in romans but how can i square up in my mind the teachings of james in conjunction with the lukewarm christian being spat out if you agree that good works have... |
9,148 | soc.religion.christian | re when are two people married in god s e in article apr athos rutgers edu randerso acad sahs uth tmc edu robert anderson writes i would like to get your opinions on this when exactly does an engaged couple become married in god s eyes not if they are unwilling to go through a public marriage ceremony nor if they say t... |
9,149 | soc.religion.christian | re the arrogance of christians if i don t think my belief is right and everyone else s belief is wrong then i don t have a belief this is simply what belief means unfortunatly this seems to be how christians are taught to think when it comes to their religion some take it to the extreme and say that their religion is t... |
9,150 | soc.religion.christian | re proof of resurection in article apr geneva rutgers edu reedr cgsvax claremont edu writes following christ from captialist who have polluted the enviorment in strict obedience to the gensis command to subdue the earth to nazi s who have justly punished the jews for the killing christ it is funny how this one little q... |
9,151 | soc.religion.christian | re sspx schism bob van cleef writes if the papacy is infallible and this is a matter of faith then the pope cannot be wrong if on the other hand this is not a matter of faith but a matter of church law then we should still obey as the pope is the legal head of the church in other words given the doctrine of infallibili... |
9,152 | soc.religion.christian | re the arrogance of christians in article apr geneva rutgers edu hayesstw risc unisa ac za steve hayes writes a similar analogy might be a medical doctor who believes that a blood transfusion is necessary to save the life of a child whose parents are jehovah s witnesses and so have conscientious objections to blood tra... |
9,153 | soc.religion.christian | re help in article apr geneva rutgers edu lmvec westminster ac uk william hargreaves writes hi everyone i m a commited christian that is battling with a problem i know that romans talks about how we are saved by our faith not our deeds yet hebrews and james say that faith without deeds is useless saying you fools do yo... |
9,154 | soc.religion.christian | re cell church discussion group jodfishe silver ucs indiana edu joseph dale fisher writes please define cell church i missed it somewhere in the past when this was brought up before in a cell church the fundamental building block is the cell group a small group of no more than believers the small groups are responsible... |
9,155 | soc.religion.christian | re proof of resurection in article apr geneva rutgers edu reedr cgsvax claremont edu writes we also cannot fail to note the intense suffering a devastation which has been wrecked on our world because of christians who were certain they were following christ from captialist who have polluted the enviorment in strict obe... |
9,156 | soc.religion.christian | re catholic church poland in article apr geneva rutgers edu s let rug nl m m zwart writes i m writing a paper on the role of the catholic church in poland after church concerning the abortion law religious education at schools there was an article on clari news religion in the last few days about a polish tribunal deci... |
9,157 | soc.religion.christian | re did he really rise in article apr geneva rutgers edu reedr cgsvax claremont edu writes the basic problem with your argument is your total and complete reliance on the biblical text luke s account is highly suspect i would refer you to the hermeneia commentary on acts moreover luke s account is written at least years... |
9,158 | soc.religion.christian | re sabbath admissions of i have been following this thread on talk religion soc religion christian bible study and here with interest i am amazed at the different non biblical argument those who oppose the sabbath present one question comes to mind especially since my last one was not answered from scripture maybe clh ... |
9,159 | soc.religion.christian | none i am satan
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9,160 | soc.religion.christian | re did he really rise in article apr athos rutgers edu oser fermi wustl edu scott oser writes and the two simplest refutations are these what impact the only record of impact comes from the new testament i have no guarantee that its books are in the least accurate and that the recorded impact actually happened i find i... |
9,161 | soc.religion.christian | re hell in article apr athos rutgers edu dmn kepler unh edu there s a seeker born every minute writes that would depend on what heaven is like if god is a king and an eternity in heaven consists of giving thanks and praise to the king i might opt for hell i read a lovely account of a missionary trying to but then on th... |
9,162 | soc.religion.christian | re did he really rise in article apr athos rutgers edu reedr cgsvax claremont edu writes in article apr athos rutgers edu luomat alleg edu timothy j luoma writes in article apr athos rutgers edu suppose you were part of the christian consipracy which was going to tell people that christ had risen never mind the stoning... |
9,163 | soc.religion.christian | re the arrogance of christians in a previous article phs d vaxc cc monash edu au says in article apr athos rutgers edu aa freenet carleton ca mark baker writes to demand scintific or rational proof of god s existence is to deny god s existence since neither science nor reason can in their very nature prove anything are... |
9,164 | soc.religion.christian | re tuff to be a christian someone writing anonymously asks would you have become a christian if you had not been indoctrinated by your parents you probably never learned about any other religion to make a comparative study and therefore i claim you are brain washed i did become a christian without having been indoctrin... |
9,165 | soc.religion.christian | re hebrew grammar texts choose english or german phil sells writes probably a tired old horse but maybe with a slightly different twist i wanted to know if there are any good english language texts for learning ancient hebrew and how these compare with german educational texts qualitywise if anybody has an idea i can t... |
9,166 | soc.religion.christian | re when are two people married in god s eyes in article apr geneva rutgers edu rob ll mit edu writes i think it was lewis who said that in a wedding it s the principals that marry each other the church and the state are present merely as witnesses this is not just lewis it s a summary of standard catholic theology howe... |
9,167 | soc.religion.christian | orthodox list i recently had to move and forgot to update my address to the orthodox mailing list can anyone e mail me the address for changes and what exactly i have to put in caps etc please send the original subscription address also thanks ahead of time ed ed shredder sayre internet shredder telerama pgh pa us unem... |
9,168 | soc.religion.christian | why religion and which religion my family has never been particularly religious singing christmas carols is about the limit for them thus i ve never really believed in god and heaven although i don t actually believe that they don t exist either i m sort of undecided probably like a lot of people i guess lately i ve be... |
9,169 | soc.religion.christian | re sabbath admissions of i wrote in response to dlecoint garnet acns fsu edu darius lecointe it s not clear how much more needs to be said other than the faq i think paul s comments on esteeming one day over another rom is probably all that needs to be said was paul a god too is an interpretation of the words of paul o... |
9,170 | soc.religion.christian | re when are two people married in god s eyes in article apr geneva rutgers edu cs mcd brunel ac uk michael c davis writes it has to do with honoring the laws of the state and also to do with how people will perceive us i e it is culturally insensitive to declare yourself married without going through a civil ceremony i... |
9,171 | soc.religion.christian | immaterial afterlife was is hell real in article c zaym m u spss com goer midway uchicago edu writes i thought everyone who died simply went to sheol the notion of going to heaven is a christianization based on those parts of the nt that speak of an immaterial afterlife richard l goerwitz goer midway uchicago bitnet go... |
9,172 | soc.religion.christian | re sspx schism from jhpb sarto budd lake nj us joseph h buehler many catholics will decide to side with the pope there is some soundness in this because the papacy is infallible so eventually some pope will straighten all this out but on the other hand there is also unsoundness in this in that in the short term the pop... |
9,173 | soc.religion.christian | christian s need for christianity was in article apr geneva rutgers edu mussack austin ibm com writes for example why does the universe exist at all whether there is a why or not we have to find it this is pascal s wager if there is no why and we spend our lives searching then we have merely wasted our lives which were... |
9,174 | soc.religion.christian | christian parenting hi i am a sociology student and i am currently researching into young offenders i am looking at the way various groups of children are raised at home at the moment i am formlulating information on discipline within the christian home please if you are a parent in this catagory can you email me your ... |
9,175 | soc.religion.christian | re anger in article apr geneva rutgers edu news cbnewsk att com writes paul conditt writes insert deletion of paul s and aaron s discourse on anger ref galatians i don t know why it is so obvious we are not speaking of acts of the flesh we are just speaking of emotions emotions are not of themselves moral or immoral go... |
9,176 | soc.religion.christian | re tuff to be a christian in article apr geneva rutgers edu mdbs ms uky edu no name writes bissda saturn wwc edu dan lawrence bissell writes i don t think most people understand what a christian is it is certainly not what i see a lot in churches rather i think it should be a way of life and a total sacrafice of everyt... |
9,177 | soc.religion.christian | interdisc bible research inst hi anyone know anything about the interdisciplinary bible research institute operating out of hatfield pa i m really interested in their theories on old earth as opposed to young earth and what they believe about evolution thanks in the master charley seek god and you will find among other... |
9,178 | soc.religion.christian | helphlphelphelp this is somewhat long but pleas read it boy am i glad you decided to read this i ve got a problem that i need as many people s help from as possible before i go in to the details of this let me go ahead and tell you that though it may sound it this is not one of those boy meets girl problem at least not... |
9,179 | soc.religion.christian | re sex education in article apr athos rutgers edu jviv usmi midland chevron com john viveiros writes it seems i spend a significant amount of my time correcting errors about the reliability tests for condoms and abstinence a few years ago i saw that famous study that showed a failure rate for condoms the same study sho... |
9,180 | soc.religion.christian | re accepting jeesus in your heart in article apr athos rutgers edu johnsd rpi edu writes in article athos rutgers edu jayne mmalt guild org jayne kulikauskas writes drugs are a replacement for christ those who have an empty spot in the god shaped hole in their hearts must do something to ease the pain i have heard this... |
9,181 | soc.religion.christian | re so far so good in article c z u jxo spss com luomat alleg edu writes this may be a really dumb one but i ll ask it anyways christians know that they can never live up to the requirements of god right i may be wrong but that is my understanding but they still try to do it doesn t it seem like we are spending all of o... |
9,182 | soc.religion.christian | does just justifiable war exist hi there netters i have a question i would very much like to see some discussion on is there such a thing as a justifible war what i would love to see it some basis from scripture for either all war is wrong or some war is justifiable to get things started i would like to outline why i a... |
9,183 | soc.religion.christian | when is a couple married i used to be a marriage commissioner for the alaska court system sort of a justice of the peace i had great difficulty with that duty i used to pray earnestly in the courthouse bathroom before the ceremonies mostly asking that the couples would come to appreciate and fulfill the true holiness a... |
9,184 | soc.religion.christian | divine providence vs murphy s law romans rsv we know that in everything god works for good with those who love him who are called according to his purpose murphy s law if anything can go wrong it will we are all quite familiar with the amplifications and commentary on murphy s law but how do we harmonize that with roma... |
9,185 | soc.religion.christian | re accepting jesus in your heart religion especially christianity is nothing more than a drug some people use drugs as an escape from reality christians inject themselves with jeezus and live with that high why would you say especially christianity mark
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9,186 | soc.religion.christian | what s in a name the sequel i ve been thinking about the idea that was raised by michael covington i think that words mean what we think they mean regardless of etymology i ve been reflecting on what certain words meant in my childhood and tracing how this shaped some of my attitudes i grew up in a home where christ wa... |
9,187 | soc.religion.christian | re tuff to be a christian in article apr geneva rutgers edu mdbs ms uky edu no name writes bissda saturn wwc edu dan lawrence bissell writes same hey we can t do it god himself inspires us to turn our lives over to him that s tuff and most people don t want to do it to be a real christian would be something for the str... |
9,188 | soc.religion.christian | re an agnostic s question perhaps you can tell your friend that you feel pressured by his continual discussions of this topic surely he doesn t feel you should be pressured into something you feel uncomfortable about since christianity should be a choice one should make on one s own please also realize that he is doing... |
9,189 | soc.religion.christian | re sspx schism here is some material by michael davies on the subject of schism in general and archishop lefebvre in particular he wrote it around the first part of the two part article was on the scandalous activities of archbishop weakland in this country but i cut all that and i pared down the rest to what was relev... |
9,190 | soc.religion.christian | re atheist s views on christianity was re accepting jeesus in your heart jason smith jasons atlastele com wrote the discussion begins why does the universe exist at all one of the laws of nature specifying cause and effect seems to dictate at least to this layman s mind there must be a causal event no reasonable altern... |
9,191 | soc.religion.christian | re a question that has bee bothering me wquinnan sdcc ucsd edu malcusco writes my problem with science is that often it allows us to assume we know what is best for ourselves god endowed us with the ability to produce life through sexual relations for example but he did not make that availible to everyone does that mea... |
9,192 | soc.religion.christian | re the arrogance of christians phs d vaxc cc monash edu au writes in article apr athos rutgers edu aa freenet carleton ca mark baker writes this is not true the athiest s position is that there is no proof of the existence of god as much as some people accept their church their priests or straight from their own script... |
9,193 | soc.religion.christian | re being right about messiahs desiree bradley mindlink bc ca desiree bradley writes and from my meagre knowledge of the bible it seems that christians have been hard on the jews of christ s day for being cautious about accepting somebody that their religious authorities didn t accept as the messiah this is a good point... |
9,194 | soc.religion.christian | atheists and hell hello i have seen two common threads running through postings by atheists on the newsgroup and i think that they can be used to explain each other unfortunately i don t have direct quotes handy atheists believe that when they die they die forever a god who would condemn those who fail to believe in hi... |
9,195 | soc.religion.christian | re tuff to be a christian in article apr geneva rutgers edu mdbs ms uky edu no name writes parting question would you have become a christian if you had not been indoctrinated by your parents you probably never learned about any other religion to make a comparative study and therefore i claim you are brain washed you w... |
9,196 | soc.religion.christian | re sabbath admissions of in response to some of the discussions on the sabbath andrew byler commented that if we really followed sola scriptura we would worship on saturday the change to sunday was a law made by the church and we don t acknowledge its authority to make laws i noted that protestants do not consider sund... |
9,197 | soc.religion.christian | poem the sophomore romans the sophomore says what is truth and turns to bask in the admiration of his peers how modern how daring how liberating how modern how daring how liberating they chant the sophomore being american doesn t know that his question modern skeptical cynical was asked before by a modern skeptical cyn... |
9,198 | soc.religion.christian | assurance of hell i dreamed that the great judgment morning had dawned and the trumpet had blown i dreamed that the sinners had gathered for judgment before the white throne oh what weeping and wailing as the lost were told of their fate they cried for the rock and the mountains they prayed but their prayers were too l... |
9,199 | soc.religion.christian | re sabbath admissions of i find it interesting that cls never answered any of the questions posed then he goes on the make statements which make me shudder he has established a two tiered god one set of rules for the jews his people and another set for the saved gentiles his people why would god discriminate does the j... |
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