I believe in God because of what I have experienced in my own life. I have experienced things that cannot be explained by science, but that I know to be true and real. I researched religions and found one that fits my beliefs. My parents would probably fight with me to no end on sevarl parts of what I believe. I consider myself to be a Christian, but I don't claim a denomination nor do I claim a church. You can be Christian and yet not go to church or even tell anyone about it. What b
[quote] Interesting, I didn't know that. Which ones? I thought the Protestant Reformation abolished the priestly office and doesn't acknowledge the Sacrament of Holy Orders. It repudiates anything of sacerdotalism or of a priesthood distinct by its very nature from the condition of the laity. A Catholic priest receives the very priesthood of Christ in the order of Melchidechech indelibly stamped on his soul by the Sacrament of Holy Orders. He is forever consecrate
[quote] Protestants don't have priests. Period. [/quote] Protestant churches come with a varitey of beliefs. Some Protestant churches call their leaders priests, others call them ministers, etc. There are a wide range of churches that fall into the Protestant category. [quote] Protestantism is a movement within Christianity that originated in the sixteenth-cent
[quote who="Silver_and_Jade_Tears" reply="16" id="2188039"] Is ID a science or not? You would have to ask the Idahoans... I bet they think they are very scientific, but by the way they drive... I don't know if I agree. (Honestly, I do not know what you are referring to with "ID")[/quote] He's referring to Intelligent Design, aka Creationism. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelligent_design
[quote who="Paladin77" reply="11" id="2187951"] [quote] So the teacher's not permitted an opinion? Hmm. [/quote] Daiwa, you are correct, the teacher is not permitted an opinion, just like the Christian teachers are not allowed an opinion. Had the secularists had left it alone and not pushed so hard to eliminate religion from a school system created by Christians. Okay, they pushed hard and won now the other side is fighting back using the same laws used to silence
[quote who="Star Adder" reply="1" id="2187195"]Folks, lula is beyond reasoning. Why waste your time on pointless arguments?[/quote] Personally, I find that some people seem to think that the sort of perspective that she has is shared by all Christians. My point is to share a less radical perspective. And like the other two said, it might not get through to her, but it makes me feel better to know that I said it anyways.
[quote who="Big Fat Daddy" reply="12" id="2186876"]Okay...pull their freakin' drivers' licenses. Stupid people do stupid things...with guns, cars, baseball bats, and Buck knives...What is my point? Go after "stupid"...not Buck knives, baseball bats, cars OR GUNS. That was my point.[/quote] I agree!
[quote who="lulapilgrim" reply="21" id="2186562"] The Big Bang theory is pure imaginative bunk....it violates physical laws and common sense. And yet, we've seen that it isn't something that people refuse to think about....as a majority of scientists today have accepted that nothing packed together tightly, condensed somehow into a single tiny spot and then it decided to explode producing neutrons, protons and electrons that somehow hurled themselves ourward
[quote who="lulapilgrim" reply="19" id="2186531"] the only way I believe in the Big Bang is .........God said it, and Bang it happened! [/quote] I usually say that "I believe in the Big Bang, I just believe that it was God that said Bang!" or something along those lines, but there was someone else that came up with that particular quote... KFC maybe....
[quote who="Daiwa" reply="2" id="2186402"] The kicker is I say that I believe in the Bible and I get told that I don't have the right, kinda a double standard, hum? Who, exactly, says you don't have the right to believe in the Bible?[/quote] You know I added the edit at the end because I didn't want to edit the line itself because people would say I was hiding it. It was something that came out wrong... for the second time.
[quote who="Paladin77" reply="23" id="2186310"] This is no a rebuke, please let her explain. I say this because I don't want to misunderstand what she ment.[/quote] Sorry seems to be my day of not saying things the PC way... seems to me that she was saying that.
[quote] [quote] Please don't act like it's all banks that went under, either [/quote] They didn't, thanks in large part to the bail out of the banks (and increase in depositers insurance) which is the point I've been making. Had there not been any action after the first main bank failed, then you likely would have seen many of the other banks fail. [/quote] Taken out of context. *sigh*
[quote] Please explain. [/quote] She's trying to say plates move therefore they change the earth, however she's using the word evolve instead which doesn't fit.
[quote who="Daiwa" reply="18" id="2186258"] You're confusing evolution with evolution theory. Evolution is when an organism adapts to it's surroundings. Evolution theory is the concept that a species can completely change into another species, such as from ape to man. All things are known to adapt to their surroundings, they can pick up a characteristic or drop a characteristic, but there are limits. Beg to differ. The limits you say exist don't.[/quote] Feel free to p
[quote who="Silver_and_Jade_Tears" reply="16" id="2186237"] Because I didn't realize that it was a correction to that post... it says your last comment, which I assumed was a comment prior to the one you made to me. It still implies that I am saying that you are forcing your beliefs, which is still incorrect.[/quote] It is incorrect, which was my point. As I stated much earlier freedom of religion is not freedom from religion. Christians are being told the equivil
[quote who="makeshiftwings" reply="9" id="2184792"] I just wanted to respond to this, and to the other person who said the "liberal blob of nothingness". Science doesn't say that the universe came from a primordial goop, nor from a blob. It didn't come from any sort of slime-like substance, or anything at all. First, there was nothing - not "an amorphous blob of nothing". No blob. Just nothing. Basically, you can say there was no actual space or time.&
[quote] Plate tectonic theory does nothing to invalidate or disprove evolution. To the contrary, plate tectonics and evolution have been inescapably intertwined. And what is plate tectonics but 'evolution' of the physical earth? [/quote] You're confusing evolution with evolution theory. Evolution is when an organism adapts to it's surroundings. Evolution theory is the concept that a species can completely change into another species, such as from ape
[quote] I don't see people claiming that you don't have the right to believe the Bible. There is, however, a difference between believing the Bible, and judging others by your beliefs. But that is another argument for another day. You can believe the Bible to be true, and I can believe it to be a collection of writings that aren't necessarily "holy" from that period of time. Neither of our beliefs really hinders the other's, and to imply
[quote] Still worrying inadequate. If you're going to tell me my information is out of date, you should have the decency to actually check that statement before making it. I'll help you out this once though. At the time where you had banks starting to fail, what was the insurance level? Time of bank failure: ~Sept08. Time of increase in deposits to 250k: ~Oct 08 (and also only a temporary increase - it is for now pencilled in to return back to 100k). So the re
[quote] If you wish to get good grades in school you have to act as if you believe it. If you disagree you will be punished with bad grades even if you say all the right things on your test papers. I am proof of that, I went from an A in biology to a C just because I argued with the professor. That is forcing religion on people. [/quote] Exactly the point I was getting at earlier, but you explained it better. *claps* [quote] I don't see any confli
My husband was stationed in Stuttgart for a year and I was there with him for half of it. It is a really amazing city. The Birkenhopf, or Rubble Hill as the US soldiers refer to it, is an amazing place to visit. When my husband took me there we decided to talk to the top and see the city. There was a lady there who survived WWII and told us her story as we walked back down. I went to the Christmas Market once, but it was almost over when I had arrived there. The only places out of Stuttgart I
[quote] Keep that thought on a leash, girl! I spent a little time in Germany, too. While I agree that there are some things they do get right, I don't think I want to trade societies with them. As you pointed out, their accident rate is lower but their fatality rate is four times ours. And as for the social experimentation...why don't you read that part over a couple of times and if it still makes good sense to ya, let me know. [/quote] Heh
[quote] Doist thou suggest there is a difference? I have not heard such nonsense in my three and fifty years! [/quote] By George, I think he's got it! [e digicons]:grin:[/e]
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