I honestly can't believe people are still asking this question. Of course he lived and died. We can debate over the empty tomb and his resurrection, but he lived. The bible, and specifically the four gospels, as historical documents, are the most reliable ancient documents in existence in terms...
Christians call it the inner witness of the Holy Spirit, knowing that God is "present". This is difficult to put into words. Others may say consciousness or conscience or whatever which is similar, but different.
All this is not to say that morality, ethics and mores are not also learned from...
Can't say for sure how it started, they were not necessarily connected. I do think that acceptance of evolution can lead to atheism. As stated by someone above some are able to reconcile evolution (parts) with Christianity. I don't think that it's necessary to compromise my religious beliefs for...
Seems to me that there should be an abundance of evidence: a great deal more than what we have now.
Otherwise you are correct that I am biased. Having once been an atheist & essentially Darwinian naturalist, but now a christian I have found that the evidence I once saw as compelling is no...
How are they different? If you and I and everyone else agrees it is wrong then does that not mean they are objectively or universally wrong for everyone?
I think it's reasonable to say that naturalism and evolution are joined at the hip. I have never heard of a naturalist who did not agree with evolution.
For an atheist to say they are good is essentially meaningless. To determine goodness you must use a comparison. How can you say goodness without some basis of comparison? i.e. your goodness could be someone else's badness, and who is correct? In all honesty, morality comes from God (the...