Caleb

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I am a scripting language connoisseur, regular expression aficionado, network geek, general lover of Linux and a frequent contributor to open source software. I transitioned to programming from other work because I was too busy automating my own work environment to actually do the other work. I have a hobby interest in cartography. For more see my personal site. Most importantly, my life is defined by the grace of God given to men through Jesus Christ. It is my ambition that everything I do would reflect His glory and point people towards Him.

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May 20	comment	Are there any other books, divined by God, regarding Christianity? @fredsbend Maybe the author could clarify but based on the clues I see here I completely disagree with your assessment. This is a broad generalization question but it is asked "in regards to Christianity". That isn't a capital T truth question, that is something that calls for Christianity's beliefs to be expounded on.
May 20	comment	Are there any other books, divined by God, regarding Christianity? This answer does nothing to shed light on how Christianity judges something to be inspired and what works it has found to be so. Please reserve the answer space for things that answer the question and do so in a way that is representative of Christianity inside the scope of the question.
May 16	comment	Do Catholics view atheism as a sin? Is this a direct answer to the original question? Does this represent the Catholic view and definition of sin? You know those are the sort of guidelines by which we judge answers here? I know that's a little different than most internet forums where forums where any opinion goes and posts drift from issue to issue, but that's not our gig. Savvy?
May 16	comment	What happened to Job's family? @fredsbend This question certainly has issues, but it isn't exactly your classic truth question. And I'm sorry but your "answer" in a comment here would get pretty fast down vote from me. The writing style doesn't clearly show anything. The language and writing style is so old and hard we can't even be sure we know what linguistic style it is, and the belief that is is historical is not uncommon among scholars. Except maybe non Christian scholars, but that's hardly the inference in the context of this site.
May 16	comment	Will God destroy the earth again? @AndrewGrimm "Men" can refer to folks that are human no matter what their gender.. This is standard English language usage and goes for other monikers as well.
May 14	comment	Among writers of the bible, how many are Jews and how many are Greeks, Aramics, etc.? The Biblical authors span far too large a time span for clear definitions or Jewish/Greek/Other to have consistent meanings across the whole time period. In order to make this an answerable question you need to show why this matters to you and hence what definitions you are using. There are 40 some authors including some unknowns. What are you trying to learn here an why?
May 14	comment	What is the Biblical evidence for Old Earth? I personally completely agree with the argument you make here, the trouble is the whole thing doesn't really fit inside the question scope.
May 5	comment	How long was Jesus in the tomb? Can you edit this answer and give us some sources for information about "special Sabbaths"?
May 4	comment	Praise people who kill Questions aren't a place to soap box your personal theology. There is a potential question here, but in its current form it's obscured by your attempt to make a question serve as a place to get your ideas out there. You can try to remove that stuff, but honestly it doesn't sound like you are trying to learn anything here. What do you want to come away having learned? (Not about truth, about about extant Christianity.)
May 4	comment	Why go to Church? According to who? You said yourself there are more positions on this than can reasonable be expected to be spelled out here, and without a construct for judging correct answers this is a discussion/debate question, not something we can bring around to a concrete answer here.
May 2	comment	Christian historicity This isn't tainted by knee jerkers so much as it was put forth on the wrong foot. I am well aware of the proper definition of myth, but anybody educated enough to understand that usage should also be expected to know that it's vernacular use doesn't lend itself to a constructive question. it is unnecessarily sensational/controversial. If you are here for level headed no nonsense answers asking sensationalized questions isn't the way to start. How about just rewording to Affable's suggestion?
Apr 30	comment	Which denomination recognizes that parts of the Bible have been modified in the past by political rulers? The last part of this question (about whether it would be naive or not..) is a purely speculative thing that would make this a truth question if it were to be answered. Even with that, the first part of the question needs a source. I can think of dozens of different "claims" leveled against the Bible that might fit this general reference, but they are of quite different sorts and thus handled differently. Answering broadly for all the different claims leveled against the Bible seems far to broad for one question. Can you narrow this down to one specific issue for us?
Apr 27	comment	Concise differences between being an: Atheist; Agnostic; Non-theist and non-theistic christian? Of the various things you ask about, atheist, agnostic, and non-theist all fall outside the subject matter of this site. Our local experts are people who know about Christianity and the subject matter of questions is expected to fall within that domain. The last one is potentially on-topic since technically such a thing exists (even if its an oxymoron) but you should do some basic research with a dictionary and maybe wikipedia then ask back here if you have a specific question about the belief that isn't answered.
Apr 25	comment	Will a totally unaware person (about god,heaven,hell,sin) will go to hell? You could perhaps do a little research and ask a much specific question about who holds a particular view or what that view is based on, but just throwing out a question without any framework for how to judge answers isn't constructive. You might find some useful help on our meta site such as What Christianity.StackExchange is (and more importantly, what it isn't) or What makes a good focused question?.
Apr 25	comment	Will a totally unaware person (about god,heaven,hell,sin) will go to hell? Unlike your earlier question that walked the line, this one is pretty clearly outside our normal scope. The trouble is what is being asked here is less about Christianity than it is about truth. Even if you don't believe what Christianity believes, there is more than one major view that claims to be "the Christian view" on this issue. Both views claim Biblical support so that isn't a way to scope the question. I tried asking this question myself in the early days of the site and we figured out that was just going to cause never ending debate.
Apr 24	comment	Why did God create the great flood? @DanAndrews Presuming the question is directed at the (majority) parts of Christianity that belief in a flood that exterminated most of mankind, I think that is all the focus this question needs -- there isn't a lot of difference of opinion here that would require further scoping nor is there anything particularly to ask an overview question about.
Apr 20	comment	Who saved people before ~33AD? My reason for posting a bounty on this still stands and I'm willing to cough up for an "acceptable" answer. Previous bounty notice: There are answers here that I happen to think are "right" doctrinally, but none that I feel I can accept because none of them deal with all the issues raised in my question. This question calls for something that gives an overview of possible positions and gives some broad strokes of who holds what positions both now and historically. Mechanics of how the major position(s) are said to work would also be nice, but not strictly required to answer the question.
Apr 17	comment	What are the differences between hamartiology from a Nazarene to a Calvinist perspective? My recollection of something I read some time ago is that while Wesley did hold and sometimes express these views, he also waffled on them in other parts of his writings, not being quite consistent in handling them. Have you not run across any points where the streams diverged?
Apr 17	comment	What are the differences between hamartiology from a Nazarene to a Calvinist perspective? Great question and welcome to the site. This is exactly the sort of targeted question we should be able to field here.
Apr 16	comment	Who saved people before ~33AD? This is an excellent entry delving into the truth of the matter (and a good match for the original version of the question), but it doesn't touch on the specifics of the question such as historical doctrines or different views held by different traditions (and thus not a great match for the current version).