(July 10, 2013 at 5:38 pm)Doubting Thomas Wrote:(July 10, 2013 at 5:28 pm)Raven Wrote: I was far from alone in the pews with picking and choosing. Even my Sunday school teacher sister does it, and she's as religious as they get.
Yes, I remember having a Sunday school teacher who told us that the Noah flood probably wasn't actually a global flood, but a large local flood that the authors of Genesis thought flooded the whole world. Even though in the bible it states that the tallest mountains were covered with water.
(July 10, 2013 at 5:34 pm)Godschild Wrote: Why do you want us to study evolution before we argue it
So you and your ilk will stop using lame strawman arguments like "why are there still monkeys?" or "How could the universe have come from nothing?"
I do not do that, you'll have to speak to those who do.
God loves those who believe and those who do not and the same goes for me, you have no choice in this matter. That puts the matter of total free will to rest.