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| bio | website | fivesecondreview.wordpress.co… |
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| location | Pasadena, CA | |
| age | 39 | |
| visits | member for | 1 year, 7 months |
| seen | 5 hours ago | |
| stats | profile views | 208 |
My day-to-day work is with a combination of C, ksh and PL/SQL. I enjoy asking and answering questions that come up at work. I also dabble in Perl, lua and LaTeX. My boss has asked me to learn Python as well.
My favorite living philosopher is Alvin Plantinga and my favorite dead philosopher is Blaise Pascal. I think Paul of Tarsus is too little credited as a force in Western philosophy. If you think I'm a Christian, you're right.
Where is the one who is wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, it pleased God through the folly of what we preach to save those who believe. For Jews demand signs and Greeks seek wisdom, but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and folly to Gentiles, but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. For the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men. -- 1 Corinthians 1:20-25 (ESV)
At home, I have a potted herb garden, potted dwarfed citrus, and a hanging hummingbird garden. My wife and I are also trying to grow a son, but he's harder to feed and train properly.
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Jan 29 |
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Is there an English translation of the Bible that is accepted by most Christians? @Dan: I already know which versions I prefer, but that's not the question at all. Either there are versions that are universally accepted or not. My purpose is to find a version that is useful for interacting with a large range of Christians. |
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Jan 28 |
asked | Is there an English translation of the Bible that is accepted by most Christians? |
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Jan 23 |
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Why are fathers missing in Mark 10:30? @DJClayworth and anyone else who might be interested, this question was asked on BH.SE. I edited the question there to be a bit more clear. I'm less confident editing it here, since I'm not completely sure I know what the asker is trying to communicate. |
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Jan 16 |
awarded | Mortarboard |
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Jan 12 |
awarded | Nice Question |
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Jan 11 |
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Does “Mere Christianity” represent the core of Christian belief? John Piper makes a similar case using the entire Lewisian corpus. I'm deeply in conflict over the theological disagreements between these two men, but I'm so glad Piper has such a respect for Lewis. |
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Jan 11 |
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Does “Mere Christianity” represent the core of Christian belief? I'm still struggling with an answer. This is my (current) best shot. |
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Jan 11 |
answered | Does “Mere Christianity” represent the core of Christian belief? |
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Jan 10 |
awarded | Altruist |
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Jan 10 |
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Did the gospels really copy from each other? Address the ending of Mark. |
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Jan 10 |
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Did the gospels really copy from each other? @Marc Gravell: The ending of Mark (as you no doubt know) is a tricky problem. I'd suggest N. T. Wright's monumental The Resurrection of the Son of God for a complete discussion of resurrection in Mark. But I will edit the answer to address your comment. |
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Jan 10 |
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Did the gospels really copy from each other? @Mason Wheeler: Absence of evidence is not evidence for absence. The simplest explanation is that once a source was included in a fuller gospel account, it was no longer copied independently. So if Q was written down at some point, it would no longer be copied and eventually all existing copies would be lost after Luke and Matthew absorbed it. Modern people tend to underestimate the trouble and cost of making copies of books pre-Gutenberg. |
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Jan 10 |
answered | Did the gospels really copy from each other? |
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Jan 9 |
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Is it known whether Adam and Eve had the ability to experience physical pain before the fall? @gentmatt: There is a related question on BH.SE. "Multiply" might not be the best translation of the word rabah. (I can't tell immediately which translation was used here, by the way.) In another question, I struggled with the question of whether Genesis presents a dualistic view of evil or not. However, I believe Revelation 21:1-4 strongly implies that there was no pain before sin entered the world. |
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Jan 9 |
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What evidence do we have today about Christian groups not represented at the first four ecumenical councils? The realities of communication and travel at the time make it almost certain that some were not invited and others were unable to attend. I presume the question you are asking is if the organizers of the councils pre-screened the participants (to exclude certain "heresies") or if there were groups who refused to attend for theological reasons. |
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Jan 9 |
awarded | Investor |
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Jan 9 |
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How does the Catholic Church understand the priesthood of all believers? Welcome to Christianity.SE! Thank you for the answer (which is that there are multiple levels of priesthood) and the links. |
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Jan 9 |
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Are there any statistics that show how many scientists are Christians or otherwise believe in a personal God? The data is clear: scientists are less likely to be religious than the general public and the more prestigious the scientist, the less likely they are to believe in God. But it's hard to know exactly how to interpret the data. I wonder if you would find similar results by asking about whether scientists are sports fans or enjoy gardening? Perhaps the results are a function of scientists concentrating their thought and time on their work. Would you find similar trends among businessmen and engineers, for instance? (But +1 for both the question and answer.) |
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Jan 9 |
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How does the Catholic Church understand the priesthood of all believers? Fixed the links to the NJB. |
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Jan 9 |
awarded | Critic |
