Well I am inquiring about those claiming to be Christian and along with the account of Jesus born of a virgin and along with that the belief that humans are a result of...evolution...how they figure that. Of course some obviously claim it's all a myth. I used to sing in church professionally...
Oh, I amend that -- bugs may not be considered animals by scientists like yourself. :) But -- according to science, it all boils down to a Common Ancestor somewhere, somehow, doesn't it? (more for @shunyadragon, please.) Ah, shunydragon,later maybe I'll tell you a joke a doctor told me a while...
Just wondering...but -- since you're so knowledgeable, doesn't everything alive in the form of animals come from a common ancestor? What do you think? Meantime, no scientist can explain gravity with any verifiication except to describe some of the effects of that force. And so far science cannot...
Although now that you mention it about being Christian, what do you think it means to be Christian? To say that the whole Bible is mythical? But anyway, you have a good day...I wish you well.
ok -- I'm just going by what I read about Catholic dogma, what it means and now I'm learning more about Cardinal Ratzinger. Very interesting. Sorry you're sick and tired but I don't know where I've twisted your writing. But thanks anyway, sorry you feel that way. Now I wonder if you got bar...
A little off the subject perhaps but I attribute life to a Creator, a higher power than physics and nature. That is my terminology right now. Not that I understand everything, that's for sure....:-) But I enjoy reading (listening? hearing? maybe not comprehending all but anyway...) many of your...
You mean you really think Saul spoke through a medium to a dead person? No...sorry...while it could be taken by some to believe that, and it certainly was by Saul...there is nothing to support the idea that he was really speaking with anything more than a demon. Saul was obviously not blessed...
In reference to knowing everything -- I think that's what Eve wanted when the serpent tempted her.* Of course she didn't create herself. Just like I am SURE that I didn't know anything before I became conscious. That's how I have to put it. I'm purty sure I didn't know anything when I was an...
Saul knew he was not supposed to speak to spirit mediums. He disobeyed the One that he was supposed to worship and obey.
P.S. Oh, and the woman who was the medium knew also she could be in trouble for allowing Saul the King to try to contact a dead person. Anyway it didn't turn out well for...
I'd hate to communicate with his skull. (little joke there) But I've been thinking about it. You talk about consciousness and I appreciate that. I doubt doubt doubt that scientists can explain it as a "natural" part of evolution. But -- here's the thing -- if I wanted to (which I don't) I could...
Meanwhile, there was (and possibly is) a controversy going on in the Catholic Church about this in reference to the soul and religion and evolution.
I have been reading about Cardinal Ratzinger who became a Pope (Pope Benedict XVI, I think) and his views.
God made Moses a god to Pharaoh. Therefore God can endow someone with special power. Including being a god in certain circumstances. Now what does that mean? Yes, God obviously granted Moses certain privileges. And yes, Pharaoh was considered a god, but not that as given by the Almighty God...