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LionOfJudah - are you saying that since God doesn't (as far as I know) go around ordering atrocities or committing them himself anymore that it's okay that these things were done in the past?

Jango Oh dear... Inaccuracies in Evolution, if they were genuine and not simply a misunderstanding of thermodynamics / whatever, would prove - brace yourselves - inaccuracies in Evolution. If the science was good you might be able to expand things a bit and disprove the theory of evolution...

Hehe. I know a few people who would be well suited to this DIY course. Miscellaneous, could you respond to my post? It's on page 12.

You don't play as Norse gods; you can play as Norse and have the ability to call on the gods to aid your civilization from time to time. 1 Corinthians 8: I don't see why there'd be a problem with AoM. If you have a problem with mythology in general or playing a game where you control a...

Hold on. You've changed from saying that Israel and God were justified in doing this because Amalek had been nasty in the past to saying that they were justified since this nation was composed of human beings? So justification in carrying out genocide rests also on whether or not that nation...

My point is that Songs of Solomon and many other books in the bible are the word of man, not God. I'm not (here and now) saying that the message of Songs of Solomon is wrong, or that the disciples' letters to the early churches are wrong - but that they are the words of man. I'm not sure I...

Eh? What's the inference here? I'm not a scientist, and as far as I know, neither are you. We'd both be posting what other scientists think, but for the sake of argument, I can't even accept Creationism as scientific. Where's the scientific data to suggest that the earth and everything in it...

Since you say that these distinctions are clear as day, could post the verses / chapters from which you've derived your views on this subject? I'm not saying that these verses don't exist, nor am I daring you to post them; just geniuely interested - I haven't come across any such writings in the...

And is there any particular place you've got this definition from? The Bible, perhaps? The distinction between true christian and fake christian seems pretty important. Does the Bible outline the specific things I need to believe 100% without question and those which I can examine, consider and...

For this particular time period, if a nation had in the past been nasty, the appopriate and just reaction would to be to wait an indeterminant period of time and then go and wipe them out - completely? Again, the infants and even newborn babies were responsible and needed to repent? I take it...

How does that address anything I said? I'm not arguing with that. I'm saying that taking stuff said in Psalms as the word of God seems strange to me since it's specifically creative works written by to express their ideas about the 'human condition' and to rejoice in God. edit: And for...

Indeed; I'm familiar with the status of the general church. Believe what beyond the shadow of a doubt?

Dr. Tek, since you don't actually know me or my background, I'll thank you not to make assumptions about my beliefs. Has is come so far that people who take a step back and objectively look and what and why they believe are branded heathens? Anyway, on with the show... What I was talking about...

So the Bible is true because verses in the Bible say it is? Ah, excellent... Round and round it goes, where it stops, nobody knows... LionOfJudah The ENTIRE Bible is the inspired word of God, eh? What do you mean by 'inspired word of God?' I take it you consider the Psalms, Songs of Solomon...

And the normal punishments were set down by God. Arguing that God was justified in doing this because normal punishments were already harsh doesn't work when you consider that things were already harsh because that's the way God made them. I have difficulty reconciling the concept of justice...

No; not necessarily, and note that I said 'in large part.' There are exceptions, but I think the general point stands. People who choose to adhere to a religion in Kansas or Texas are much more likely to choose Christianity than, say, someone living in Tehran. And I'd say that my statement is...

Yo†a Thank you for the comic relief. I too got quite a laugh out of this. I presume you were being facetious? Jango Good work Jango! That's quite a find! You are of course, correct. When you look down at the puddle of milk that has formed, you'll actually see that the way in which the milk...

Heck, it doesn't stop lots of other Christians... Does no one else see the irony in that; while religion is in large part abitrarily determined by which country or even family you're born into, polling an internet forum on the decision of Christianity is a big no-no?

Okay... I think it's fairly clear that many here are strongly against the game. But, so what? Most of you think that the game is on a deep level immoral, that the designers are immoral and presumably anyone to play the game is immoral. Generally, when I'm offended by something, I tend to avoid...

Uh, technically speaking, the Christian faith falls under the label of 'occult' in general since it deals in the invisible and supernatural; the occult. Of course, I assume you're refering to the stigma people have attached to the word 'occult,' not what the word actually means, yes?