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You will find my position rather common amongst those who are not Christians. ;) I have read enough ancient tribal histories in my time to recognise one when I see it. I've also read a couple of religious revivals (The Wiccans, Druidism, Asatruism) and these have much in common with the New...

Actually, a person who'd seen it all would merely be anecdotal evidence, and wouldn't be that compelling. I have to admit, though, that I have no way of refuting your contention that God created our world with an apparent age of several billion years in a universe with an apparent age of...

Actually Didasko, it would mess up my worldview a lot less to be proven wrong on this one, because belief in the Scientific Principle allows for errant ideas to be thrown onto the bonfire of history. It's creationists that have the problem of having to hold this line or risk their entire...

Sorry - but the upper age limit is governed by how often our cells can replicate. We have a built in biological clock that would prevent us from lasting 400 years without serious engineering.

Elders have always considered the pastimes of the young immoral. Beyond that, though, this attitude towards dancing often comes because of its main use - to get males and females of similar age together for courtship.

The answer, I'm afraid, is depends. Christian's have, famously, quibbled over what books should constitute the contents of the bible since almost the dawn of the religion. Basically some sects or individuals within sects, believe the bible is utterly literal and inerrant truth. Some sects, or...

I absolutely agree.

I'm not sure about this one - I've seen far too much strangeness to be able to utterly discount the power of the mind metaphysical. On the other hand I do not believe in TV Psychic's or Horoscopes. Divination is a science that I've personally used (I have a set of Runes that I always keep...

Didn't debunk anything? It debunks ALL of the more common Creationist opinions, I thought - providing both science and background on them. I don't agree with your stance on Radiocarbondating either - that's a bit like saying that just because no method is 100 percent perfect, it's better to use...

Protestant's get quite snarky about this - so it's important to be clear. A Priest is merely a learned individual - he doesn't have a special conduit to God. He's simply a minister ordained in the rites of his church and charged with the spiritual ministration of the congregation. The...

If you want a purely Christian pint, then probably Bishops Finger is the best... ;) The Bishop's Finger Sorry hescominsoon, I couldn't resist... ;)

Here's a little debunkery!

As someone who isn't a parent I feel slightly unqualified in this arena, but... If freewill is supposed to be the deal then if you blanket your child in Christianity and don't allow them a free and open choice, aren't you going against God's will? Just a thought.

There is no, I repeat, NO credible scientific evidence for the world being 6,000 years old. We have identified living organisms that are older than that - some clonal colonies of Creosote bushes and some bacterium that were thrust into suspended animation when buried in the intestines of a...

It's rather implied that the heavenly treasures spoken of are the memories and strength of character you gain from doing good deeds and persuing spiritual fulfilment in life, rather than economic fulfilment. Spritual fulfilment ennobles the soul and stays with you after death. Material...

Firstly, you really need to work on your spelling, grammar and punctuation. I'm not one to harp on about things like that normally - most of my friends are Dutch and commit daily atrocities upon the English language - but your post is almost illegible. Secondly, I'm not sure HOW old the Earth...

He's trying to explain the difference between not proving something and proving it. He's "failed" to prove that God doesn't exist - you haven't yet succeeded in proving that He does. On a more sensible and productive note, MasterPlan, there may well be an ultimate Truth out there. The...

Well now, that makes nothing but sense.

As I understand it the process is symbolic in Protestant churches and is supposed to be literal in the case of Catholic churches. I mean - we've all tasted blood and flesh, right? Does it taste like blood and flesh to you?

Since before the new Millenium, I have been welcome here. What you suggest finally reverses that. The RD forum has always been for civilised discussion and debate of Religion. I believe there is already a forum in which you can specifically ask questions about the bible - this forum has...