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I don't believe in biblical infallibility and inerrancy because it was collected and put together by humans and there was no supernatural confirmation (that I know of) of its accuracy. The Holy Spirit did not visibly and audibly descend over the council that created the Biblical canon while they...

His interpretation is based on his conscience. Unless it is severely altered by evil, the conscience of each human finds killing to be wrong, and they would not do it if they were not pressured by external factors, such as hunger, peer pressure, social conditioning etc. In a world in which meat...

I want to paint the 7 heavenly virtues, either personified or as actions... or in any other ways, so I need ideas / suggestions from you. All input is appreciated. Thanks in advance. God bless you!

My conscience strongly tells me that @DanielL is right. I've tried fighting it, but it feels like fighting against God Himself. It doesn't make sense for God to tell His creations to destroy among themselves.

Blessed Orthodox Easter, everyone! ☦️⛪:)

One more thing. You seem to have a knack for accusing people of contradicting themselves, when , in fact, it's just a matter of you misunderstanding what they are saying. It is quite possible to find something nonsensical and yet be open to the possibility that it might be true. And this is...

Well, if you don't believe that I am honest, then thank you for your time. I have nothing else to discuss with you. It is pretty obvious that your attitude is not Christ-like.

Tell us more about yourself... 😐

It should. It should sadden and worry you. It should make you want to find a way to make me believe, especially because I manifested a desire to believe. As a Christian, you should strive to help your brethren who want to be saved. Jesus told the disciples to walk away from those who reject the...

Blessed Easter! @Lamb, why aren't there any Easter emoticons on CH?

It bothers me that I am told to do something (namely, to believe), and, when I explain to you that I don't know how to do that, instead of presenting clear instructions for how I can learn to believe like you do, you reject my inability to believe and tell me that I will be tortured for eternity...

Happy Easter to my Catholic and Protestant brethren! ✝️☦️⛪

Whoo! It was Krissy's birthday! Happy Birthday, Krissy! 🎂 🍻 😀 How have you been lately? I hope your birthday was amazing!

I don't understand how you came to that conclusion. I don't see myself contradicting myself here. Please explain. That's an incorrect assumption. I don't choose to believe the scientific method. That is just how my mind works. I don't know whether it is because it has been conditioned that way...

I accept the Trinity and the Nicene Creed (sort of). I just think that we don't have all the details about why it happened, and I find the explanations presented by the various atonement theories to be absurd. My faith has fluctuated a lot over the past few years, and I don't think that asking...

I don't understand what confuses you. I have found that, for me, beliefs are involuntary, not controllable through willpower. My mind assesses the information that is presented to it and takes the decision of whether to believe it or not. I cannot force myself to believe something for which the...

I don't understand what you mean. Please clarify.

No, it's not. I have no control over my beliefs. They are not volitional. Make yourself believe with all your mind that Hinduism is the true religion for one minute. Then revert your beliefs back to Christianity. See if you can do it.

What a nonsensical belief system! I'm supposed to believe in the existence of an omniscient Being Who is bound by irrational laws that even our earthly legal system finds flawed. I cannot do that.

How can we keep His laws if we inherit the sin-prone nature caused by the fall and we live in a world in which satan roams around tempting us to sin? How is it rational to punish beings for not doing something that is very difficult for them to do? And how is it just to punish someone in someone...