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I believe in Jesus Christ. I attend a baptist church. I also hold scripture to be true. If it is a biblically based question, I try to argue from a biblical stand point. And although the whole "do babies go to heaven?" is perplexing, I couldn't find any support for accountability in what I...

For the sake of arguement, I would like to see one Bible verse, just one, that says that you need to be aware you are sinning for it to count as Sin. again, I will quote - Ezekiel 45:20 You are to do the same on the seventh day of the month for anyone who sins unintentionally or through...

But babies who have yet to know what a constitutes as a sin is not a sinner. First, I'm going to disagree with this statement. The question this brings up is, 'Can one be a sinner without knowing it?' If I drive to America (I'm canadian), and am speeding, but don't know I'm speeding, will I...

First Point[B] Coin Flip? If heaven and hell do not exist, and yet I believe in Jesus, and we both die...? We stop existing. If heaven and hell do exist, and yet I believe in Jesus, and we both die...? Heaven for me? Sounds like a fair deal for me! [B]Second Point God does not play...

My apollogies, as you are quite right. I have taken Messiah to mean someone who has already saved, and as such Jesus fits the christian perspective. Jesus was the precursor to Mohammed, however is the expected 'Messiah'. (So my appologies) The Qur'an rejects Jesus's divinity and does not...

The difficulty when discussing homosexuality as a sin is the complexity of the situation. Homosexuality as an act. Homosexuality as a sexual prefrence. Homosexuality as a lifestyle. Homosexuality is a sin (I agree, it can be forgiven, and is just as bad as any other sin...) The difficulty...

The lord wouldn't ask this of anyone, so this isn't an issue. Or shouldn't be. I would find it odd that any person who has faith in the Lord would assume this is not an issue. In fact, an individual who believes in the Bible would have to agree that God has in fact asked one of his...

Judaism and Islam share a fundamental belief that Jesus is the Messiah but Jesus is not the son of God Judaism does not believe that Jesus is the Messiah. Judaism is still waiting for their Messiah. Christianity is the extension of Judaism, believing that Jesus is the Messiah come to save us...

Why does your god value people based on if they believe in Jesus or not, above what good works they've done? By that standard, the god would accept into heaven a serial killer or robber who accepted Jesus and were truely sorry and send people who did much more good .... First an Anecdote: I...

Actually, I cannot prove Santa doesn't exist. Nobody can. We can disprove specific versions of Santa that violates things like physics. But any believers in Santa could say things to get around that, like invoking things like nonphysical magic, in similar ways to how religious people invoke...

As a religious person reading the essay, I felt very bashed, as if I have not put any thought into my belief. Although I agree that the writer is trying to convey that feeling, the conotation is negative. Many people are put down for their beliefs, not only Atheists. Although the essay is...

To have no belief in gods is not the same as knowing that those gods exist and deciding to go against them or it. It is simpily having no beliefs in such beings. Grown up people have no belief in Santa. Does that mean that they know that Santa is real and decided to go against him? No, it means...

How is it hypocritical? To be hypocritical is to say you have beliefs, feelings or virtues that you don't really have. I think the writer of the example is using an extreme analogy to draw and keep people's attenion. It bashes groups for both their beliefs and actions that result from those...

The example is meant to show what it's like to be surrounded by people who make you feel below them for not believing what they believe. The "example" uses language that makes the group sound dumb for what they believe in. The "example" puts people down for believing as a group. The...

I find it Ironic that an individual would find it necessary to bash a group of people, because that individual feels that the group is bashing him? Or did I miss understand. The problem with the "Santa-ists" is that they bash other people? Or make people feel below them for not believing the...

Wow... so much writing because someone said "apple" instead of "fruit". Now someone should point out that it's not a "snake" in the garden.... It's a "Serpent".

First, the belief as to wether the earth is flat has nothing to do with Salvation. Secondly, This does not prove that the Bible should not be taken as fact, it only proves that as a litteral work, it uses beautiful litteral techniques, and figures of speech. Third, if you are are simply going...

That is a contreversial belief, and I have read this in the tracts produced by Jack Chick. That the "Roman Catholic Church is the whore of Babylon". That is not something I personally agree with, however another issue arises from such a belief, and that is that the KJV 1611 is the only true...

The story of Nimrod and Semiramus is an interesting one. Some stories claim that When Nimrod died, Semiramis claimed that her son was the reincarnation of Nimrod. This is why she is worshipped as the "Fertility" Goddess, able to give birth to all pagan gods that represent Nimrod. Because...

There is one thing I agree with ckfarbes on. I encourage you read the scripture To evaluate a religion/belief properly, you need to look past the actions of people, and find where the basis of the belief comes from.