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Do heated debates in the CC Bible Discussion Forum rise to the level of sin? In thread after thread we see posters getting upset, demeaning each other, judging each other, and calling each other heretics. Or worse. Generally the disputs are due to disagreement over some particular doctrinal...

We need an Apologetics forum on CC. Then, instead of banning nonbelievers like this guy, LINK, his thread could simply be moved to the Apologetics forum. That way, CC members who wanted to debate him could do so without polluting the Bible Discussion Forum (or other forums). Perhaps...

The Destruction of Sennacherib BY Lord Byron (published 1815) The Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming in purple and gold; And the sheen of their spears was like stars on the sea, When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee. Like the leaves of...

Why doesn't the Advanced Search function work when searching for a keyword in a title when you check "Forums" as the Search Type. I'd expect it to return results for the threads in all forums with that keyword in the title. And checking "Posts" as the Search Type doesn't seem to work either...

I was listening to a sermon on the car radio a few days ago. The minister said (I'm paraphrasing), that there are no behaviors or acts on our part that can earn salvation. Salvation comes through the grace of God. (I don't have an issue with this; it's not the subject of this thread.) But...

I'll start: =========================== A friend of mine comes over occasionally to smoke cigars with me on the back porch, and have a bit of conversation. We discuss the bible, current events, and any trivial matters that cross our minds. I asked him, "What would the world be like if...

Can something be a sin to one person but not to another? For example, one person believes our body is our temple and drinking alcohol is a sin. Another person enjoys drinking beer. Would drinking be a sin for the first person but not the second? Another example: One person believes you...

Do you ever find money? Not like a dime or penny, but cash? I realize this sounds unusual, but every so often I find money lying on the ground. It might happen three or four times per year. It happened twice this summer. Generally it's just $5 or $10. I've found a $20 bill a couple of...

Thou shalt not commit adultery. Exodus 20:14 (KJV) What is adultery? If a married person has sex with someone besides his/her spouse, clearly that is adultery. But is it adultery if two unmarried* people have sex? (*never been married before.) Is that what the bible tells us?

What sorts of family activities do you do on Sundays? We generally go to Sunday school and church, and then try to do some family activity. Last Sundays I took my 1st grade son on a walking trail hike through a city park. It was about a mile each way. We stopped to hop out on some boulders...

Some of my favorite family times are just the simple things. Like taking a half hour walk before supper with my son. I like to get a little exercise after sitting at a desk for 10 hours. And I get the added bonus of one-on-one time with my six year old son. When we get to the sidewalk in...

This post exchange was in a different thread. Rather than derail that thread with this conversation I split it off so we could discuss it here. BenFTW, I can't help but wonder about your response to OneFaith. I'm questioning it because I generally read your posts carefully and learn from...

The Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster—the Pastafarians—claim that an invisible and undetectable Flying Spaghetti Monster created the universe. The basic premise of Pastafarianism argument is that no one can disprove their belief in the Flying Spaghetti Monster, just like no one can...

Are secular TV shows that touch on religious topics good or bad for Christianity? Like the TV show "Saving Grace" from a few years ago. Or the current TV show "Supernatural." Both of these shows feature characters based on biblical topics, but do not necessarily have Christian themes. One of...

Could God make Himself as small as an atom? Okay, before someone tells me this is a stupid question, I should mention that my six-year old son asked me this last week. LOL :) I didn't really know how to answer this question at first. I've talked to him in the past about how God is...

Would a human clone have a soul? Dolly the sheep made the news over 20 years ago. I think it is very likely that humans have been cloned by now. Oh, don't get me wrong. I'm not some sort of conspiracy nut. I just think that human cloning would be such an incredibly lucrative--albeit...

Anyone who has kids, grandchildren, or is just around children sometimes, knows that they can say the funniest, most insightful, most awesome things. Here's something that my son said a few years ago. Background: I had been telling my three-year-old son about God being omniscient...

What's your favorite single chapter of the bible? That is, your desert island bible chapter? ============================================== Mine is Mark 12. Certainly not the longest at only 44 verses. But there's a huge amount of wisdom packed into those 44 verses. The parable of the...

Has anyone here ever had a dream on a biblical topic? A friend of mine had a rather interesting dream few years ago that he told me about. Here is my friend’s dream: He said that in his dream he was in a large room milling around with people. The room was so large it went as far as he...

Luke 21(NKJV) 1 And He looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the treasury, 2 and He saw also a certain poor widow putting in two mites. 3 So He said, “Truly I say to you that this poor widow has put in more than all; 4 for all these out of their abundance have put in offerings for...