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In Matthew 3 we read: This passage came to my mind recently when I was talking to a neighbor of mine in the parking lot in front of the building we live in. His name is Patrick. Patrick is elderly and suffers from multiple health and fitness issues. He was upset about his car telling me that it...

What do you call people who cannot tolerate anybody who dares to disagree with their cherished beliefs, resort to name-calling and cursing out those who disagree with them, cannot come up with a sound argument for their beliefs if their lives depended on it, repeatedly lie and cry about anybody...

In the video The Insane World of Mega Rich Pastors at about 21:30 we see a Christian preacher claiming to pray in the name of Jesus to raise a supposedly dead young man back to life. We are told that news of this event spread throughout Africa. Three days later the "coffin vendor" reported that...

I was badly injured in an accident in 1977 when I was fifteen years old. About ten years later I got involved with some Pentecostal Christians who told me that God could heal my injuries and restore me to fitness. I believed them, and I read the Bible believing what it says about God, Christ...

I've noticed that most Christians toot their own horns boasting that God is on their side. Heck--they claim to speak for God. One member here even crows that he is like God and Christ. But of course, anybody can toot their own horns being truly proud Christians, so all this braggadocio doesn't...

In that case I'm wondering why you made a point of getting out of poverty. God's help evidently was not sufficient. And perhaps most of the poor are poor for life. Why isn't God helping them? It seems reasonable to me to conclude that some people are poor but get lucky to rise to a higher...

The "atheistic death cult" is at it again. A person at IIDB has this to say on a recent post: I've already reported this cult to the atheists here at CARM only to have them quickly deny it. I won't deny it. Fanaticism and violence is every bit as bad when done by atheists as when done by...

To make a long story short, in recent years I've discovered that atheism at least as it is practiced is becoming not much better than religion. Atheism's followers are beginning to look to me to be as irrational and dogmatic as the religious are if not more so. So I'm trying to get away from...

Please pray with me the following prayer: Dear Father in Heaven, I pray to you now as the New Year is nigh in the name of your Son and my Lord Jesus. I concede that I am a sinner, and I ask for Your forgiveness through my repentance and acceptance of Jesus as the master of my life. I believe...

Generally, I think we should thank those who help us if we can. All of us owe so much to so many good, hard-working people who treat our illnesses, provide us food and shelter and clothing, and who safeguard us from danger. These good people make sacrifices to allow us to live and live well. We...

Here's what one source has to say: If you ask atheists why they are outnumbered, they'll typically explain their being in the minority results from the tendency of people to be irrational and superstitious. They'll tell you that atheism does not offer hope of immortality, miracles, or...

Many Christians accuse atheists of seeking the pleasure of sin rather than bow to a holy God and repent. This accusation raises a lot of questions. If atheists are seeking pleasure, then wouldn't they choose God? I understand that God is the ultimate pleasure--better than sex, even. Moreover...

I understand that Christians tend to be less likely than others to attempt or commit suicide and less likely to approve of it in others. If that's true, then that's to the credit of Christianity. How might Christianity be used as a means to prevent suicide? I suppose the fear of hell and the...

Has anybody here visited the Internet Infidel (IIDB) discussion boards? I've had some bizarre experiences there. As far as I know almost all of the members there are atheists, but they act like a fanatical religious cult. For example, just recently a member of their staff told me that if she...

Many Christian apologists argue that there must be a creator God who designed and made living things. As evidence, they might point to the structure of a cheetah. Cheetahs, in addition to sharp teeth and powerful jaws, come equipped with long legs, big lungs, and rudder-like tails that enable...

As we all know, there have always been false prophets in the world who make predictions that never come to pass. If these false prophets are seen as God's prophets, then unbelievers can have a field day mocking them and God as buffoons. So in order to avoid such shameful errors in prophecy, I...

If any person has read the Gospels, then she knows that following Jesus means great sacrifices. He "advised" his male followers to become "eunuchs for the sake of the Kingdom of Heaven" (Matthew 19:12), and he explained that to attain eternal life involves giving away all one's possessions to...

Some atheists say that religious faith is "blind" meaning it is devoid of reason and evidence. Do you disagree with this claim? If you do disagree, then please post the reasons and evidence your faith is based on. If you agree that your faith has no reason or evidence to base it on, then please...

How does God get his work done? We're told in Genesis 1 that He said: "Let there be ______, and there was ______." But surely His acts of creation or anything He does involves more than mere words (I know that what I say often gets little done). So just how did God part the Red Sea for Moses and...

Is it possible to let unbelievers know that to live for Christ is a true experience that makes a difference in a person's life? In almost all cases I think that the lifestyles of Christians show little difference between the way unbelievers live and the way those who claim to follow Christ live...