Flimzy

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I'm a full-time software developer, working from home for a company in Atlanta, GA. I from Wichita, KS but have been living in Guadalajara, Mexico for the last year, and will stay here until sometime early 2012.

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Mar 29	comment	What is a Christian's justification for a legal prohibition of homosexual marriage? The Catholic church already has a different definition of "marraige" than most governments, and most non-Catholic churches, leading to many marriages not being recognized by the Catholic church as valid (particularly marraiges to non-Catholics, or where one party is divorced, etc). Are you suggesting that Catholics should campaign to make these marriages illegal as well?
Mar 27	comment	Is there an explanation for pre-humans from a biblical point of view? I seem to recall reading/seeing recently that there is evidence of Neanderthal DNA in many (most?) modern humans, suggesting inter-breeding between "modern" numans and Neanderthal Man. If that is true, I wonder how RTB would feel about that. I'm sure they would not condone wide-scale inter-breeding between humans ans spirit-less animals.
Mar 21	comment	Can angels speak to us? And an answer from the Apocrypha would be acceptable. Something that doesn't rely on the Apocrypha would be even better.
Mar 21	comment	Can angels speak to us? @fredsbend: It is clear that at times, Angels have, or are given the ability to physically manifest themselves, and communicate with humans. So I guess I'm asking about circumstances apart from physical manifestations.
Mar 21	comment	How did God come to be? @Anixx: The question may be philisophical, but it can be answered (or at least addressed) from a Christian perspective.
Jan 23	comment	Can people speak in tongues today? How does any of this relate to the question?
Jan 17	comment	What is the origin of the Good Friday tradition? @Caleb: I have made an edit to the question, which I think makes it a better question; I'm not certain it makes it a better fit for all of the answers. At least it no longer assumes the validity of the Good Wednesday theory, which most/all of the answers refute.
Jan 6	comment	Is there any biblical support for copyright law? @JoelCoehoorn: Answer updated. Is that an improvement?
Jan 6	comment	Is there any biblical support for copyright law? @JoelCoehoorn: Source?
Jan 4	comment	In creation of the earth and mankind, how much thought was put into this? `Did God think before creating?` Time is part of creation; therefore nothing happened before creation. (Unless you want to argue that God created time, then thought about creating everything else, but that's only asking for speculation.)
Jan 3	comment	Is there any theological reason for not drinking the communion wine? Many (most? all?) traditions allow for a shared cup--not that it's always practiced. My church uses individual cups during congregational communion, but in small group/special circumstance cases, we have used shared cups.
Jan 3	comment	Is Set Theory anti-Christian? I was home-schooled and used A Beka curriculum for some subjects--but not for math. Their math curriculum, as I recall, was rather lacking.
Dec 31	comment	What in Christian faith lies behind subject of science? @JanTuroň: (cont2) In a similar vein, science can explain the existence of a great painting--how the pigments were created, the technique by which they were placed on the canvas, the visual elements present, etc; but science can never appreciate it, except as a work of engineering. Fully appreciating art, relationships, and even religion, can be aided by science, but it cannot be replaced by science, because science is incapable of expressing the totality of human experience.
Dec 31	comment	What in Christian faith lies behind subject of science? @JanTuroň: ...(cont) Science may be able to explain various aspects of a relationship with one's father (reproductive science, psychology, sociology, neurology, etc). But no amount of scientific understanding can understand or express the full reality of that relationship; the emotions (whether positive or negative), the memories, the shared experiences, etc. Science may be able to explain many, or perhaps theoretically even all aspects of the Christian faith, but it cannot express the Christian experience. That is the realm of art; not science.
Dec 31	comment	What in Christian faith lies behind subject of science? @JanTuroň: The idea that diseases are caused by evil spirits isn't really a Christian belief--a spiritual belief, sure, and a belief held by many Christians in the past, sure, but that's quite separate from being a Christian belief. The belief that the world was flat is a similar example. That is not a Christian belief, although it is a belief that was once held by many Christians--and even "enforced" by the church. Christian faith is more analogous to a relationship with one's father, than it is an analog to explaining phenomena before science can...
Dec 30	comment	What in Christian faith lies behind subject of science? @JanTuroň: Perhaps some Christians rashly deny science (although I've never met one, and I suspect there are very very few of them), but I don't believe any official Christian doctrine denies science at all. Some believe science has made errors, and attempt to explain these errors in light of what they believe is better science. But it is not at all common for Christianity to outright deny science.
Dec 30	comment	Did Paul actually know anything about the life of Jesus? You're correct, you did say "answers"... my bad. Although your previous sentence does attack the question; that's probably what got my mind going down that track.
Dec 30	comment	Did Paul actually know anything about the life of Jesus? This person isn't asking for an atheist perspective, though. They're asking for a historical perspective--which for all intents and purposes ought to be the same as the Christian perspective. That the question is inspired by an atheist source should be irrelevant, IMO.
Dec 29	comment	Did God create man to be gods themselves? "The most conclusive answer" depends on which view you're asking for. I think this question needs to be clarified.
Dec 29	comment	What in Christian faith lies behind subject of science? This question is riddled with false premises. One example: "Theology doesn't question its source (the Bible)" Huh? Maybe some theologians don't question the Bible, but a good number have dedicated their entire careers to studying the authenticity of the Bible.