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i am a nonbeliever, though i grew up in a fundamentalist christian home. i live in a very religious part of the US, and most of my peeps are christians. and the psych, anthropology, history and politics of christianity & other religions are super fascinating. so i need to continue to learn about this stuff...
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Sep 28 |
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Why does Catholicism have priests but Protestantism does not? Great answers re: protestant thinking on the matter, is there anyone who can explain about why Catholics disagree? |
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Sep 28 |
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Why does Catholicism have priests but Protestantism does not? great answer, gave Narnian the nod here though due to more references. |
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Sep 28 |
accepted | Why does Catholicism have priests but Protestantism does not? |
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Sep 28 |
asked | Why does Catholicism have priests but Protestantism does not? |
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Sep 22 |
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Why is the Bible subject to a high level of interpretation? People have answered this with "how" (historical, cause/effect) type answers, but I feel like there is a deeper "why" question here -- why would God allow the Bible to go this way? Is this your real question (because that's my question)? |
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Sep 22 |
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Why is the Bible subject to a high level of interpretation? But if this is God's word, the reference book he gives us for how to live our lives and how to achieve salvation, why leave all these factors in place -- why not make everything absolutely clear? Why not guide translators to perfect translations? What is His purpose in leaving things open to question? For example, why the heck isn't it made crystal clear whether or not Jesus was God, or the reality & nature of the Trinity, or whether works can get you to heaven? Since there is debate on these subjects, the word is obviously not clear -- assuming God has a good reason for this, what is it? |
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Sep 20 |
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The Dead Sea Scrolls and Protestant canon that's better, here's a pony. |
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Sep 20 |
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The Dead Sea Scrolls and Protestant canon Perhaps the question is talking about "the canon of books that existed up to the time of the Dead Sea Scrolls" but to me that is inferring too much... if it is talking just OT then the question should be fixed.... |
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Sep 20 |
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The Dead Sea Scrolls and Protestant canon How isn't this question include the new testament -- he asks "which books should be considered canonical by Protestants?" and as far as I know, New Testament books are canon, right? |
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Sep 20 |
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The Dead Sea Scrolls and Protestant canon er, wasn't most/all of the new testament written in greek? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Testament |
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Sep 18 |
awarded | Teacher |
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Sep 18 |
answered | Source of Christian attitudes towards fantasy and role playing games |
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Sep 18 |
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Respectful ways to explain my non-belief to Christians Your last paragraph really hits home. I will probably never outright discuss this stuff with my parents, who are mildly mortified even about the fact that I've grown up to be a liberal, nevermind even telling them flat out I'm a nonbeliever. |
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Sep 15 |
accepted | Does Christianity have any dietary guidelines? |
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Sep 15 |
accepted | How do Christians reconcile God's omnipotence with his omniscience? |
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Sep 14 |
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Does Christianity have any dietary guidelines? update, thanks warren |
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Sep 14 |
asked | Does Christianity have any dietary guidelines? |
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Sep 9 |
awarded | Nice Question |
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Sep 9 |
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Respectful ways to explain my non-belief to Christians ...evolution, but they do not seem to understand how one could possibly not believe in God. given how large an item God is in the inventory of their worldview, i can see how this would be puzzling, and make them question my point of view (and occasionally, sanity). |
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Sep 9 |
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Respectful ways to explain my non-belief to Christians @iterationx - here is the trouble - my worldview does not include something major in believer's worldview, which is God and all that goes along with Christianity. since believers tend to think that at the very least the existence of God is obvious, they find my lack of belief in that God to be troublesome. so they ask questions about that disbelief. and in responding, its difficult not to say, essentially "here is why I don't buy the arguments for the existence of God", which is, however politely stated, still questioning what they believe. christians may understand the big bang and |
