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Religion & Spirituality > Atheism & Agnosticism Why Atheism is wrong: 5 of 58
I don't agree with Kimberley Stanley's initial point; the fact that technically, you can't prove it either way isn't relevant to this argument. She should be looking for the positivist/phenomenalist debate on this site (which, ironically, I'm not sure exists). Richard Dawkins, for instance, is an atheist icon; he doesn't beli... More..
Religion & Spirituality > New Age Concepts Thoughts on scientology: 5 of 21
Scientology is not to be taken seriously as a religion, but nor is it a joke. We know from all sorts of quotes and memos that L Ron Hubbard treated Scientology quite clearly as a way to make money. Just listen to this quote from Mr. Justice Latey when he barred Hubbard from the UK:"Scientology is both immoral and socially obn... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Bible Study Outrageous or contradictory quotes from the Bible: 7 of 28
Richard Griffin in the leader to this topic makes several mistakes and omissions which colour his view of the reliability of the Bible. Firstly, he assumes that Christians believe the Bible was directly written by God. They don't. Pretty much all the Christians I've ever met believe that the Bible was written by many differen... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Religion & Spirituality (Other) Recognizing the signs of a cult: 12 of 25
I'm not sure that the question of whether a movement is a 'cult' really matters, and I think people too often confuse terms when they're talking about 'cults'. Take any major religion of today and it would initially have been refered to as a 'cult'. In fact, the early Christians weren't JUST referred to as 'cultists', but due... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Bible Study Was Mary Magdalene Jesus' lover?: 14 of 29
Ok, 'Jesus drove 7 demons out of Miss Magdalene when they first met' - could that be some kind of euphemism for sex?Being a bit more serious now, of course, no it could not. But this is the kind of paltry evidence that people use to suggest Jesus was Mary Magdelene's lover. It makes for perhaps an engaging documentary (we've ... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Heaven, Hell & Afterlife Definitions of hell: 49 of 101
I find it strange sometimes, as a Christian, when your non-Christian friends want to challenge you on your faith, that often the question they first ask is, 'So, do you think I'm going to Hell?'And it's very difficult to answer, because obviously telling someone they're going to go to Hell is, above anything else, rather rude... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Atheism & Agnosticism Reflections: Atheism: 41 of 80
I'm a Christian, and I believe in the God of the Bible. And I'm also from Britain. You might not imagine this if you're from America, where it seems to me to be the atheists who are the excluded minority, but here it's precisely the other way round; it's believers who are the minority. There was a discussion on BBC National R... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Bible Study Is the Bible trustworthy?: 84 of 160
First off, this is such a wide-ranging subject, and the Bible such a varied book in authorship and therefore by proxy in intention, that we are never going to get anywhere if we treat the whole Bible as one. It is a collection of writings by separate people who all had certain beliefs in common (and even this is fairly loose ... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Churches & Organizations Christians should be discerning about different interpretations of the faith: 2 of 3
I wholly agree with the subject title, but it really goes without saying, doesn't it? It could easily be expanded into 'Everyone should be discerning about everything' and it'd be hard to disagree. Anyway, there is a serious point behind this, and what I would consider (as a Christian) to be a major and fundamental question f... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Christian Doctrine & Issues The possibility of Christianity as a conspiracy: 14 of 18
Conspiracy - 'a secret agreement between two or more people to perform an unlawful act', just like Bert Britt said.Well, hang on just one darn tootin' minute... Wasn't Christinanity illegal when it was formalised by Paul? Weren't Christians thrown to the lions? Well gees, I guess Christianity is pretty much a conspiracy after... More..