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  1. arhys

    Is Islam a universal religion.

    The Qur'an is quite clear that the correct religion for Jews and Christians (read: gentiles) is Islam. Not only can anyone become a Muslim, but everyone is called to become a Muslim. However, Arab tribal customs codified by the Hadith are what is preventing the spread of Islam throughout the...
  2. arhys

    How to interprete Scriptures (Bible or Quran)

    The Reformers believed that the best method was a systematic topical and/or thematic approach. Calvin, for example, believed that each verse had one specific meaning. He checked any given verse against other verses that had the same theme or topic and deduced a meaning from there. The best...
  3. arhys

    ? Everyone is Equal ?

    No, no He doesn't - unless you're thinking of the God liberals have created in their own image.
  4. arhys

    Help me remember a religion name

    Raëlism? Heaven's Gate?
  5. arhys

    How is morality defined? What is right and wrong?

    A Christian might say that morality is defined by Genesis 1:27: "So God created man in his own image [...]" Charles Darwin, of all people: "A moral being is one who is capable of reflecting on his past actions and their motives - of approving of some and disapproving of others." Morality in...
  6. arhys

    Are you sad that I am going to hell, or have you pretty much come to terms with it?

    Religion is like triage. Treat the wound, move on, hope for the best. Man cannot come to faith entirely of his own free will, so stressing over one soul is counter-productive in the long run. I will say, though, that there is no shame in sorrowing over the sins of others, nor delighting in God's...
  7. arhys

    Pope Francis I

    The absence of liberal reforms are never, ever troubling. The Papacy pulled an impressive fast-one. They benefit from the illusion that this Pope is the first 'Latino,' thereby pleasing their constituents south of the border, and, at the same time, maintain the status quo; this ain't the first...
  8. arhys

    Plastic cupcake soldiers induce hysteria.

    Anything not to get sued. Paranoid school officials are is just a symptom of a larger societal disease.
  9. arhys

    Liberal Protestants

    The Episcopalians are liberal Protestants. You're just a secular humanist.
  10. arhys

    God is 1 vs God is 3

    The word 'booger' doesn't exist in the Bible, either. Semantics will get you nowhere. 1. Old Testament: Elohim is plural. 2. New Testament: Matthew 3:16–17. And when Jesus was baptized, immediately he went up from the water, and behold, the heavens were opened to him, and he saw the...
  11. arhys

    Your Birth Religion

    I was raised in an entirely secular household. Never baptized or brought to any church growing up.
  12. arhys

    "Spiritual but not religious"

    Spiritual but not religious is a pretentious way of describing oneself or another as a weak agnostic.
  13. arhys

    Paul's teachings.

    Do remember that the original Apostles were leery of allowing Paul into their circle because he was a Pharisee and at least partially enabled the martyrdom of Stephen. If he had been responsible for any further discord at all, or if his teachings were unorthodox or heretical, he would not...
  14. arhys

    Is Noam Chomsky "Crude and Dishonest"?

    Liberals tend to be erudite and dishonest.
  15. arhys

    Non-church going Christians

    Mainline denominations tend to take on the flavor of their local socio-political environment, hence why rural churches tend to be more conservative and city churches more liberal. The city I'm stuck in is far more liberal than most and liberals have hijacked and completely ruined area churches...
  16. arhys

    Is Satan actually the good guy?

    Whim? God flooded the world because his creation became entirely corrupt as a result of Adam and Eve's transgression. If anything, they would have had the world's most significant "oops" moment. Genesis 5:5-7 Then the Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every...
  17. arhys

    Accused Witch Burned Alive

    The latter. For example, why do you suppose the Salem witch-trials were permitted? Because the people believed in witches. All of those onlookers in Papua believe in witches, too. These aren't examples of mankind losing its collective morality in the face of seemingly incomprehensible atrocities...
  18. arhys

    Arizona Republicans Propose Bill That Would Prevent Atheists from Graduating

    Consider the Colonial period. America did not begin in 1776; it merely deviated from certain precedents.
  19. arhys

    WWII and Israel

    Israel hasn't much to do with World War II. We have premillennialist nutbars like Orde Wingate to thank for it, instead. Check out the ludicrously ethno-pompous (but thoroughly English) "theory" of British Israelism. Then get a load of Christian Restorationism. "Restoring" the Jews to the Holy...
  20. arhys

    breeder v non breeder

    Breeder is pretty weak as far as insults go. "You've managed to meet someone to forge a lasting mutual commitment with, procreate, pass your DNA and family name on, and raise children to love and support you in your old age and bless you with children of their own" can only be considered...
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