Romans 8:28-9:33 is often considered the strongest text of Calvinism, the view that God chooses some for salvation without free will being a factor. Basically, it's the view that no one can choose to follow God unless He predestines you to change. Near the end of the passage, Paul writes, "Does...
This thread is inspired by a question in another thread inquiring if people associated gender with planets.
Aside from the biologically obvious (procreation), what is the purpose of gender from a cultural, social, and religious standpoint?
For those of you that assign gender to inanimate...
Inspired by the evolution of tendons and bones thread, and how some have trouble wrapping their heads around the evolution of these, I wish to learn from the aforementioned about something that I've had trouble wrapping my head around since I was a small child. The creation of woman in Genesis...
God created man for two reasons:
(1) So that man would become the living temple of God.
(2) To prove evil does not work.
I could also ask: why did God create Satan? Let's start with that. Apparently not everything was copacetic in heaven: there were wars going on, Satan was accusing others...
Has man stopped evolving?
Other than being a little taller from a better diet and choosing taller mates what evolution is happening in modern man and if it has stopped why?
What do you think would start and/or stop the evolution of a species and what could restart that evolution in modern man?