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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Aug 30	comment	Why did Jesus not want to be known as the Messiah? Fantastic question.
Aug 30	comment	How to verify if a “message from God” came from God? Are you suggesting we second guess the devil? This course of action seems dangerous to me. He has had thousands of years to perfect his skills at deceiving men, he is the FATHER of lies. With this logic, how would you know he wasn't two timing you and telling you the truth just so that you wouldn't believe it?
Aug 30	comment	Is repentance required for salvation? Verses are not required, but if your answer claims to represent Christianity and other Christians contest the basis of your answer you are going to have to be able to defend it. Purely personal viewpoints that do not claim to speak for any larger group are not encouraged and subject to extra scrutiny and hence the need for references. You don't want just any hobo coming along and telling other people about what you believe when he doesn't know the same Jesus you do, do you?
Aug 30	comment	Is repentance required for salvation? Why should Christianity.SE be held to a lower standard of excellence when it comes to contending for our faith than anyone on Skeptics.SE?
Aug 30	comment	Is “the ends justify the means” compatible with Christianity? @SoftwareMonkey: hence my other question about The Golden Rule.
Aug 30	comment	What does the bible say about interracial marriages? Piper has a great sermon on this subject that touches on the issue with Moses.
Aug 29	comment	What happened to the main disciples after Pentecost? The distinction of "main" is arbitrary and doesn't really change the points we have been making about the question being too broad. Two or a hundred, asking for verification of legends / historical accounts of more than one person is too much for one question.
Aug 29	comment	What happened to the main disciples after Pentecost? The biographies of twelve men who changed the world seems like an overly broad thing to ask in a single question to me. No answer is going to be able to deal with each of these "legends" fairly. Could this be split up into individual questions with sources quoted for individual "legends"?
Aug 29	comment	What happened to the main disciples after Pentecost? @deps_stats: The full title is going to be important here. We're already pushing the "overly broad" issue with the question without titling it with just the general subject.
Aug 29	comment	Is “hate the sin, love the sinner” a Christian idea? Are you saying that it is enough to please God if you mean well but still sin?
Aug 29	comment	Is “hate the sin, love the sinner” a Christian idea? @Ray: I'm going to argue that this is not a duplicate because the other question does not deal with how MEN are supposed to treat MEN, which is the primary context that this cliche is used. The primary focus is on that cliche and whether it is theologically sound and appropriately used or whether it's a miss-directed cliche.
Aug 29	comment	How should a christian evaluate whether a particular action a sin or not? @JürgenA.Erhard: I can't make any sense of your comment. Jonathon said nothing about the Jews, and the way he is using the world "law" has nothing to do with the code of Jewish laws. The rest of your comment doesn't have a frame of reference to even judge it by.
Aug 29	comment	How should a christian evaluate whether a particular action a sin or not? @JürgenA.Erhard: That's not a very constructive comment. Perhaps you could explain why you think the "rest" is not a good part of the answer or what point you disagree on. If you think you can do better overall try providing an answer yourself.
Aug 29	comment	What exactly is a “Hail Mary”? Can you address the point in my edit?
Aug 29	comment	How should a christian evaluate whether a particular action a sin or not? @JustinY: I specifically think it is not a duplicate and that we need both questions around. See my answer in the meta topic for why. The general definition of sin and the practical evaluation of an action against that definition are not the same thing. Since this is a HUGE topic breaking it down into two questions seemed reasonable to me. In fact I was going to ask the other question too but didn't because it had already been asked.
Aug 29	comment	Is smoking sinful? How about generalizing this answer for this question: What makes any particular action a sin or not?
Aug 29	comment	How should a christian evaluate whether a particular action a sin or not? This question arose out of discussion here: Are "is X a sin" questions on topic?
Aug 29	comment	Is smoking sinful? Are "is X a sin" questions on topic?
Aug 29	comment	Do Christians and Muslims worship the same God? Also I'm not sure it's fair to claim that Muslims claim to worship the same god as Christians do. Their claim is mostly the other way around, they claim to worship the true God and that since God is ONE that if Christians worship God that they must be worshiping the same God but doing it wrong. Of course there are a lot of variations on that theme, but you get the idea.
Aug 29	comment	Do Christians and Muslims worship the same God? I live in a Muslim country and have some knowledge of their beliefs, but the way you have this question worded is going to be hard to answer. How about changing directions and doing something like "Is the God worshiped by Muslims the Christian God"? or "How is the character and nature of the Christian God different from the one Muslims worship?"