seekingtruth,I will make it even easier.  I'll limit it to Christians who have been on this site.Now, what conclusions are you drawing from this passage that Christians agree on?Jesus is the literal son of God?Salvation is by faith alone?Christians will never experience any form of death?Do you see the problem here?

terraricca,And now it's my turn to ask you, “Where is it written that Jepthah's daughter 'was given to the service of God'”?I am quoting directly from the passage in question.Quote … I will offer it up as a burnt offering. … he carried out his vow with her which he had vowed.What's your source?

Quote (mikeboll64 @ Dec. 21 2011,03:29)Atheists,What is your end game? Christians are called to spread the gospel to non-believers; but what's in it for you?  I'll let Steven Weinberg answer that one:Quote With or without it you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that…[Read more]

Quote (Wakeup @ Dec. 25 2011,15:03)What is true.WHERE DOES THE GREAT GOD MOTHER COME FROM??The great great god mother?

Quote (t8 @ Dec. 19 2011,07:48)OK, must be a bit behind the conversation here.If he acknowledges a universal conscience, then he believes in God. His next quest is to know this God.Yes, you are behind on the conversation.  Go back and read the context.  Would you describe God as something that “does not control us, or rule us“?You have a bad h…[Read more]

seekingtruth,What conclusions from John 3:16 are you drawing that all Christians agree with.

Quote (t8 @ Dec. 20 2011,02:36)Quote (WhatIsTrue @ Dec. 19 2011,05:59)Quote (t8 @ Dec. 18 2011,14:52)There is a foundation to the faith which is spelled out in scripture in a number of places. This foundation is absolute. Everything else is a variable.Name one absolute truth from Christianity that is unique to Christianity.  (In other words,…[Read more]

Quote (terraricca @ Dec. 19 2011,14:31)Quote (WhatIsTrue @ Dec. 19 2011,12:54)Quote (terraricca @ Dec. 18 2011,06:50)where did  Jepthah burned his daughter ??you must have dreamed this ;you are a joker right??Judges 11:29:Quote Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jephthah …Judges 11:30:Quote And Jephthah made a vow to the LORD …Judges…[Read more]

Quote (mikeboll64 @ Dec. 19 2011,06:48)Quote (WhatIsTrue @ Dec. 18 2011,12:43)Really?  Human sacrifice?  No clear opinion?  Wow.I also don't know how God will deal with your disbelief in Him.  Why would you think I would know God's mind?  I follow Micah 6:8 – Love mercy, do justice, and walk humbly with your God.  I don't need to know God's every…[Read more]

Quote (t8 @ Dec. 18 2011,14:52)There is a foundation to the faith which is spelled out in scripture in a number of places. This foundation is absolute. Everything else is a variable.Name one absolute truth from Christianity that is unique to Christianity.  (In other words, belief in God doesn't qualify because there lots of religions that believe…[Read more]

Quote (terraricca @ Dec. 18 2011,06:50)where did  Jepthah burned his daughter ??you must have dreamed this ;you are a joker right??Judges 11:29:Quote Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jephthah …Judges 11:30:Quote And Jephthah made a vow to the LORD …Judges 11:31:Quote … whatever comes out of the doors of my house to meet me … I will…[Read more]

Quote (mikeboll64 @ Dec. 18 2011,06:49)Quote (WhatIsTrue @ Dec. 17 2011,16:51)How long did it take you to find that bit of apologetic gymnastics?Not long.  I asked God for understanding, and He lead me to the scriptures I posted.As for the rest of your post, you are avoiding the main point…. As for Jepthah, I don't know how many times I can say…[Read more]

Quote (Ed J @ Dec. 17 2011,17:19)Hi WIT,You refuse to believe all the documented evidence.God blessEd JYou serve a false god Ed.  He does not exist, except in your head.  He has no more power over me than Zeus, Bacchus, or Santa Claus.Care to demonstrate otherwise?Until you do, please stop bugging me with the same evidence that even your fellow C…[Read more]

Mike wrote:Quote Well then, we'll call it a stalemate.  Because we both believe that something existed from eternity.  You like to think that this thing (or these things) somehow, out of the blue, just interacted with each other and BAM!, a billion years later, here we are discussing it.I never said any such thing.  I distinctly said that when yo…[Read more]

I asked this question once before in a different way. I asked, “Is there anything that Christians all agree on?” The fact of the matter is that there as many versions of Christianity as there are Christians.

Quote (mikeboll64 @ Dec. 17 2011,07:52)Leviticus 27:28 speaks of a circumstance such as Samuel's.  His mother totally devoted Samuel to Jehovah.  That meant that she couldn't later change her mind, and redeem him for a lamb or bull, etc.  Samuel belonged to Jehovah until the day he died.Verse 29 speaks of something completely different.  It spe…[Read more]

Quote (mikeboll64 @ Dec. 17 2011,05:24)That's some pretty heavy stuff, WIT.  But what's the answer to my question?  Do you believe that something(s) have ALWAYS existed?I assume from your last sentence that you do.  Is that a correct assumption?Concepts like “always” or “never” don't really make sense once you remove the constraints of time, bu…[Read more]

Quote (mikeboll64 @ Dec. 17 2011,04:00)Quote (WhatIsTrue @ Dec. 16 2011,13:31)Quote (mikeboll64 @ Dec. 16 2011,07:51)Please just answer the question, WIT.Do you, or do you not believe that something(s) existed from eternity?I have no firm evidence for either possibility.So which one do you personally believe?  Not “know for a fact”, but BELIEVE…[Read more]

Quote (t8 @ Dec. 17 2011,04:21)In my experience Mike, you rarely get a straight answer out of an Atheist as to what they believe because they are usually clueless and the ones that do have a belief of some kind have zero proof and will deny that they have faith of any kind.And yet, for some reason they know without a doubt that there is no God.But…[Read more]

Quote (mikeboll64 @ Dec. 16 2011,08:26)Does the scripture say God asked for, or approved this sacrifice?  If not, then I can't speak about how God felt or reacted to this situation, because I truly don't know.Yes, and you already quoted the offending verses favorably.Leviticus 27:28-29:Quote Nevertheless, anything which a man sets apart to the…[Read more]