[quote='Jacob(smooth)' pid='581351' dateline='1389516549']
Gentlemen please. We're going far afield and turning this into straight out abuse. I don't think Lek is trolling in the least.
[quote='Lek' pid='581209' dateline='1389495327']
First of all Jacob, thanks for your kindness. You're right. I'm not trolling. I gave up trying to argue people into accepting Christianity a long time ago. As I said in my introduction to the forum I'm interested in the truth and I love talking about this stuff. And as I also said in a previous post on another thread - all christians have doubts including me. As Esquilax said earlier, science was never my strongest subject and after getting into a discussion with him early on about evolution, I backed off because I wasn't ready to do the scientific research to respond to his arguments. What I do want to do though, is to correct what I see as misinterpretations of the bible and give explanations according to my opinion and christian scholars as to the meaning. We obviously disagree, but this a forum for discussion. Isn't that what we're here for? I'm going to respond shortly to the second part of your post.
Gentlemen please. We're going far afield and turning this into straight out abuse. I don't think Lek is trolling in the least.
[quote='Lek' pid='581209' dateline='1389495327']
First of all Jacob, thanks for your kindness. You're right. I'm not trolling. I gave up trying to argue people into accepting Christianity a long time ago. As I said in my introduction to the forum I'm interested in the truth and I love talking about this stuff. And as I also said in a previous post on another thread - all christians have doubts including me. As Esquilax said earlier, science was never my strongest subject and after getting into a discussion with him early on about evolution, I backed off because I wasn't ready to do the scientific research to respond to his arguments. What I do want to do though, is to correct what I see as misinterpretations of the bible and give explanations according to my opinion and christian scholars as to the meaning. We obviously disagree, but this a forum for discussion. Isn't that what we're here for? I'm going to respond shortly to the second part of your post.