The Christian Thread

If you trust in God, why ask for help to the police, doctors, firemen, etc?

markosherrera wrote: If you trust in God, why ask for help to the police, doctors, firemen, etc?

No. Bad.


Edited by Deathrabbit - August 04 2009 at 04:07

markosherrera wrote: If you trust in God, why ask for help to the police, doctors, firemen, etc?

Ivan_Melgar_M wrote: markosherrera wrote: If you trust in God, why ask for help to the police, doctors, firemen, etc?   Thessalonians 3:10-12 (New International Version) 10For even when we were with you, we gave you this rule: "If a man will not work, he shall not eat."  11We hear that some among you are idle. They are not busy; they are busybodies. 12Such people we command and urge in the Lord Jesus Christ to settle down and earn the bread they eat Iván

The quote about busybodies has nothing to do with the dictionary definition of busybodies as I know it:
a person who pries into or meddles in the affairs of others.

Animals that aren't pets constantly work to eat.  Ah, such it is with language.
Busey bodies?



Edited by Slartibartfast - August 13 2009 at 16:15

I'd just like to say that I just started reading this thread from the beginning today (as I've been away from PA for a while), and I'm barely halfway through it because there's so much interesting and thought-provoking discussion going on.

I'll try to fully catch up before posing serious questions and adding ideas, but I'll definitely participate in the future.

I'm at a point in my life where I'm seriously considering my faith/non-faith in things, and while I believe in God I've found it difficult to fully embrace Christianity, but mainly because I've never seen it discussed on such a rational and thought-provoking level.  I'm liking a lot of what I'm reading, and I find Deathrabbit's ideas particularly interesting, as it seems he's trying to reconcile a lot of the same things that I am (coming from a scientific and philosophical background).

I wish I could find a church that engages in this kind of discussion, since in most that I've been to, it seems to be a one-way dialoge.  My wife-to-be and I are in the market for a church to attend together and I've found a lot of ideas in this thread to guide me on my way...

... which is just another reason that I forgot I loved PA besides the music discussion.  You can have a coherent dialogue with folks about anything here.   Try this thread anywhere else on the internet... it's nothing but "LOL INVISIBLE SKY W1ZARD!!".  So, thanks.  I'll be back when I'm finished reading.

Apolgies in advance, maybe we need a separate thread for this kind of thing:

kinda looks like Gary Busey



Edited by Slartibartfast - August 13 2009 at 16:17

What happened to all the good discussion in this thread??  Bring it back!

who-knows-it's-prog wrote: Where in the bible does it say abortions are against the great never seen gods wishes?????

Exodus 20:13 is a start.

hitting_singularity2 wrote: not coming from a Christian background, I wonder what the consensus among different groups of Christians is on the topic of the harmony of science and religion.   I really liked the book/movie Angels and Demons because that was the main point at the end of the story, and it seems to suggest that this is the way of the future (?)

I have been wondering the same thing. I don't see how believing in creationism excludes evolution.

A Person wrote: hitting_singularity2 wrote: not coming from a Christian background, I wonder what the consensus among different groups of Christians is on the topic of the harmony of science and religion.   I really liked the book/movie Angels and Demons because that was the main point at the end of the story, and it seems to suggest that this is the way of the future (?) I have been wondering the same thing. I don't see how believing in creationism excludes evolution.

Simple view: as far as I can see it, there's no opposition whatsoever. Pretty much all of the Christians I know (pretty much all Anglicans) would agree.