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    What would it mean to a Jew and Gentile to be the "Son of God" in a 1st century

    context, before the? spread of Christianity and the creation of Christian doctrine? Would it mean the same thing? Different?
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    What is the evidence that Christians have that supports the view that the

    discipline John? wrote the gospel of John? And in what year approximately do you believe it was written? Leslie: I think you had trouble understanding the question
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    I read a statistic that listed the following from a survey of Christian

    scientists only.? 55% believed in an Old Earth, no God intervention. 50% believed in an Old Earth, God intervention 5% believed in a Young Earth, God intervention. Does this sound right? What study was it from?
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    Why does Jesus tell his disciplines in Luke 24:49 to say in Jerusalem where

    in Acts he ascends to heaven,? but in Matt 28:16 we are told the disciplines went to Galilee (a district north of Jerusalem)? Did the disciplines disobey Jesus?
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    Matthew 21:2, 21:7 Jesus rides into Jerusalem straddling a colt and a donkey

    (odd image)? Mark 11:2, 11:7 - Jesus rides into Jerusalem straddling a colt. Which source is right? Or can you explain this away as well? Did Jesus ride into Jerusalem twice, once riding a colt, then riding a colt and donkey?
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    Why does the bible have two different stories about what happened to Judas?

    after he betrayed Jesus? In Matthew we are told that Judas threw down the money in the temple then hung himself. The temple priests then used the money to purchase a field called "potter's field" --> called Field of Blood because it it used the bury strangers. (Matthew 27) In Acts, we are...
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    Without just telling me that the bible has no contradictions.?

    Why is it so important for Christians to believe that there are no contradictions or discrepancies in the bible? Why is this important? I don't get it.
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    Why is it that science continues to search for more evidence each day to explain?

    the evolutionary roots of our existence and yet Christianity has provided no evidence for creation? Science is able to tweak theories or drop them when the theory doesn't match with reality and yet Christianity doesn't. Christians had a view of the cosmos that was just flat out wrong and yet...
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    As a Christian, do you think that there is anything wrong with movies like Harry Potter?

    Should a Christian be watching these type of movies?
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    In response to my question about evolution and creation argument being dead I got?

    this response: "you know what, i can understand why you question it. but have you ever read it? it actually depectis the future. it depectied planes, strip clubs, the natrual growing in height, Oboma, world war I and II, it depictes so much more. i feel that if you want to make a choice at least...
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    Can someone give me some scientific evidence that creation theory is correct?

    Please keep your comments short - don't cut and paste.
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    Does anyone know of a site where people discuss real questions about religion?

    and don't just bicker mindlessly and make fun of each other? The problem is that half the Christians here don't know anything about the bible and half the Atheists know even less. Yet everyone claims they are an expert
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    Why do Christians think the King James Version is the best translation of the bible.?

    It would seem to me that is somewhat obsolete and that scholars, through findings like Dead Sea Scrolls, have a lot better understanding of the language and culture of the period today.
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    When does the fusion of a sperm cell and an egg become life?

    In other words, when does human life begin?
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