Recent content by BluePhantom

I tend to believe there is only one God who is known by many different names and is related to in several different ways according to culture. This is one of my favorite songs and it sums it up perfectly, especially the bridge where it says "they call you Christ, Vishnu, Buddha, Jehova our...

Here you go... "In 1997, William Ryan and Walter Pitman published evidence that a massive flooding of the Black Sea occurred about 5600 BC through the Bosphorus. Before that date, glacial meltwater had turned the Black and Caspian Seas into vast freshwater lakes draining into the Aegean Sea. As...

As the old saying goes "there are a flood of flood stories" and just about every culture in antiquity has one. Now I saw an interesting documentary recently where there is evidence that the Black Sea was once much smaller and the land barrier between that and the Medeterranian Sea broke and...

A real Christian (and more and more I am not sure what that actually is) doesn't have a problem with Muslims. We have a problem with rapists, murderers, and terrorists.

The initial mythology in Genesis does not necessarily invalidate the theological concepts described thereafter. Yes, yes...everyone knows this. But we are not talking about what later Christian authors had to say. We are concerned with what Jesus had to say. Again...yes, yes....we all know...

If pointing out that your position is so incredibly stupid that it's not worth arguing with someone who is obtuse enough to come up with that point of view is a concession...then yeah...I fully concede. Allow me to quote Confucius. "To speak not to a man who can comprehend is to let a man go...

You have lost your mind. I mean this is so ludicrous it's not even worth responding to

Oh i don't know....maybe because we are political allies and Christianity is based off Judaism so there is a common thread there. But it sure as hell isn't about Jesus coming back. Good Lord

The only reason that Christians support.......snicker, snicker.....the only reason we support Israel is....chuckle, snort.....is so that Jesus will come back? Snicker........hee hee...

Well as I said....that's pretty much the same explanation as he hanged himself over a cliff. Occam's Razor also says that the simplest explanation is usually correct and the simplest explanation is that one of those authors got it wrong. :lol: Believe me, I am not trying to disparage your...

Let me just follow up a bit for Indeependent so he can provide what I am looking for in regard to my request for information. In 1 Thessalonians, Paul is responding to concerns that the congregation of the church at Thessalonika has. Specifically, they appear to be concerned that those who...

It's a good point. I would like to bring Indeependent in on this discussion as I believe his input will be helpful. I have many reactions. First, I want to point out something you said about the "tribulation". The "tribulation" was a word used in apocalypticism to describe the current age...

Except that Republicans donate to charity and volunteer FAR more than Democrats. Democrats talk about compassion, Republicans actually show it. But aside from deflecting your snide little political comment ;) I would argue that conscience is based upon upbringing and the influences of...

Oh dude...knock it off. I have been on USMB for years arguing in favor of faith and Christianity. I have battled the atheists over and over and with only rare exceptions do I lose the debate. Just because you have a question about faith and scripture and recognize a dilemma that you can't seem...