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Ideas born of science have clearly and incontrovertibly overturned plenty of "truths" which were once "known" through faith. I'm confident everyone here could cite examples. Honest question. What about the other direction? Do examples exist of ideas born of faith which have clearly and incontrovert...

Ideas born of science have clearly and incontrovertibly overturned plenty of "truths" which were once "known" through faith. I'm confident everyone here could cite examples. Honest question. What about the other direction? Do examples exist of ideas born of faith which have clearly and incontrovert...

The Christ-myth posits that humanity needs a savior. This originated out of a tribal religious community that viewed itself as God's chosen struggling with prolonged periods of subjugation to more powerful states with what they viewed to be hedonistic and pagan religious beliefs. The Christ-myth ar...

I think it was Bart Ehrman who said that he thought jesus was probably a revolutionary who got caught by the romans and crucified for attempting to start a revolution. The other stuff is probably paul and other later christian writers inserting their views. Dr Exiled, I am sure there are some schol...

If I grasp the history, even a little bit, there could not have ever been a "true" Christian Faith, as a pristine truth, because it basically adapted its own culture it was surrounded by and changed a few names and institutions such as baptism, and put Jesus where the ancient Sun worship was. It ad...

"drifted from the true faith" I do not mean it to sound dismissive but I have some reservations about the idea that the true faith was ever completely established. Christianity from the first century has suffered from evil relationships to outsiders. The incomplete understanding of a valid role of ...

"drifted from the true faith" I do not mean it to sound dismissive but I have some reservations about the idea that the true faith was ever completely established. Christianity from the first century has suffered from evil relationships to outsiders. The incomplete understanding of a valid role of C...

Philo, thanks for sharing the experience of a healing role for sparrows and squirrels. The rest of that story is not so nice but is a part of the real world we all realize.

I read your post Philo. Enlightenment. The Divine within. Leaving organized/corporate religion. Doesn’t it all come down to: 1.“self” and determining what is sin and what is not sin? 2.Creating a rationale for one’s actions within a self created framework rather than one created outside of the self...

To your question I might point out that theists of all sorts believe God acts through natural laws though they generally believe God is the source of those laws and determined what form and potential they have. When you say "theists," are you going beyond Christianity? Or are there Christians who c...