Obama is a Muslim fundamentalist, similar in his outlook on life (and how others should live it or more frequently not live) to that nutcase president of Iran...
Umm... he's definitely a Christian. Muslim fundamentalist? What... :?:
Again, correct me if I'm wrong, but I didn't think so. One such example of this is the Lutheran belief of transubstantiation.
On this idea, Catholics actually take the literal belief, that we literally are eating the body and blood of Jesus Christ. Lutherans, and most other Protestant denominations believe the blood and wine to represent the body and blood of Jesus Christ.
Yes. That is true. We have communion to represent his blood and body. I meant in the Bible, we take things literally.
I never quite understood all the different sects of christianity.. What is the difference btwn your religion (pentecostal, right?) and all the other protestants?
Well, it's quite complicated. But one of the biggest things is our view on the Holy Spirit. Other differences would be found in the way we worship.. for example, our church is very contemporary and "free," but the Methodists are very still, and they sing songs only out of the hymnal. Their worship is quiet, our worship is enthusiastic. Some people call it 'dead,' I just call it boring.
Really? Does every protestant faith take the bible literally? Post here for your views on this, b/c I could almost swear that there were many non-literal protestant faiths..
Science is the key to knowledge:)
Ok, I am 98% sure that all Protestants believe the Bible as literal. I mean, Baptists, Methodists, Presbyterian, Pentecostals, Assembly of God/Church of God, Adventist do believe this. But, they also translate scriptures differently. That's why there's so many branches.
I just recently watched "Disturbia" the other night. (I think it was Saturday...) Anyway, it was REALLY good. I must have jumped 20 times during the last 30 minutes.
You can't gage intellect. Theres all different kinds.. street smarts, book smarts, etc..
I also think you're intelligent.. Every1 who uses daniweb is intelligent, of course!:) (And any1 who can actively participate in this debate w/ an open mind)
There is tons to learn.. no1 has ever even come close to learning everything..
I agree, the people who wrote the bible did not know as much about the universe as we do now. Many of the stories told in the bible are simply ways in which they describe what they cannot explain... the stories aren't necessarily true, but the point they are trying to convey is true. (Well, depending on your religious views)
And again, you don't have to be against science if you are religious.. Many scientific theories are backed by the Christian community.. And as I proved earlier, the majority of the Christian faith do NOT take the bible literally..
I don't disagree with science at all. I believe it's a very interesting and wonderful thing, but I also think that not everything is true, the same way you believe the bible is not literal. (The only percentage of Christians that don't believe in the Bible are the Catholics, as you claim. Hence, everyone else [[B]Protestants[/B]] does.)
Being intelligent and knowing everything are not the same thing. You, my dear, strike me as quite intelligent.
Thanks, but I just think I have so much more to learn... I don't consider myself intelligent. Everyone here is smarter than me I think.
Not really an attack, more tongue-in-cheek. I know where you stand and I cannot understand how someone can claim proven scientific fact is false just because a book seems to contradict it. IMO, the Bible and science are not really at odds. The Bible is written to be interpreted. It was written by and for people that had limited knowledge in the true makeup of the universe, so they did the best they could with what they could understand. Now that we know a smidgen more than they did about the universe, we can reinterpret the words to still be true in faith, but without contradicting the facts of science.
The economy would not fail. We have lived without vehicles in the past, and we can do so again.. I agree that it would obviously have a major impact on our economy.. crippling us.. but we would prevail. Greenspan and the Fed would have a lot of work to do! lol
You think we could live without them now? Wow. That's incredible. I thought you were a realist???
Most products wouldn't be; a few could be shipped by plane, I suppose, although then you'd have to have farms (or buggy stops?) built exceedingly close to the airports, or else airports built close to the farms. I suppose an alternative would be to go back to mass rail transit for cross-country details. Still, the vast majority of such goods, especially perishables, would have to be used in the same locality as they were raised/made.
In this day and age, a large number of jobs might be able to continue from home (note: Not all of them, and some of those that can't are critical [manufacturing for example]), with the internet or similar local networks serving the company infrastructure.
And as to schools, we'd have to go back to the era when most students went to local area or neighborhood schools, instead of being bussed to the other side of town. [<sarcasm>Oh, horror!</sarcasm>] We ought to do this one anyway; it's a useful way to build pride in one's neighborhood and local surroundings. Schools would probably get better treatment if most of those who lived near them had a personal incentive [again, local pride] to keep them in good condition.
I disagree completely. The economy would fail. You can't try to change all that stuff at once. Do you not realize how far trucks travel just to deliver a certain company's products? Automobiles utterly transformed the way this country operated economically. I'm sorry, but this is just too silly to …
Walmart is probably the biggest industry in America. When the tsunamis hit, walmart contributed more money to the disaster relief fund than the entire nation of China.
How can any supposedly intelligent person think that dinos and man ever coexisted?
There, that should get the ball roiling again...
Well first of all, I'm not intelligent. I mean I'm smart, but that doesn't mean I know everything. I basically go by the Bible and what it says, it's my truth. But to show that I'm not trusting solely by faith, there's a lot of history and archaeology to back it up. I don't want to get back into the "bible isn't fact" part... I've already heard everything about that. But yeah, I think that question you asked has already been answered over and over again. Maybe it was just an attack against me? I don't know.
PETA is People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. Basically, they support everyone turning vegan and prevent animal testing for new medicines and such.
The NRA were pretty gay. Like I've said this whole thread, watch Bowling For Columbine. Michael Moore actually confronts the president of the NRA about why he went to the town of Columbine the same week as the shooting.... and if you'll watch, he's very hesitant to answer questions and doesn't really have a logical explanation for anything. He's very rude. I mean I know people love guns, but that guy is obsessed.
