Anyways, welcome to yet another torture session rant of mine. Today I will be rambling on and on and on again and again about theology, and more specific MY theological interpretations. I will be talking about a variety of topics, and will update occasionally.     1. Kosher Law: Kosher law was made by God to help the Israelites grow strong. The reason for this is that foods commonly banned in Kosher law are actually unhealthy and require specific cooking ...

    So beginneth another rant.     Now, there's a hotbed of relgious debate on pen (though I use pencil) and paper gaming and whatnot. Here's my opinion on the matter. Is it clearly fiction?    My opinion is that though many Pen and Paper games tend to stray towards the dark arts and the occult, and thus should be avoided, as long as it is clearly distinguishable from real life there is no problem. Yes, I have seen/heard the propaganda that Dungeons...

    Now, everyone should know, before reading this, that I am against two things with a vengeance. Abortion, and embryonic stem cell research are major evils in today's society.     Embryonic stem cell research and abortion are similar, yet different. Abortion involves chopping up a baby at some point in its developmental state. Embryonic stem cell research involves removing parts of a baby at some part of its development (before it even forms). Either kill the b...

    Welcome to yet another politically charged rant.     This time, I will be describing my views on cloning.     I'm not gonna write it in a paragraph, I'm gonna list, to make it easier for all you. Cloning is best used specifically in God's mandated stewardship (rescuing endangered species). Cloning is not to be used on sentient life, that gets to the point of playing God. Cloning is not to be used to cross-breed life. Remember the Mino...

    Welcome to yet another political rant. People like 'em more than my other ones. Or maybe they get featured more. Dunno.     I'm gonna touch a hot topic of religion and homosexuality. Yeah. Most people can click the red X or whatever at the top right or left of their browser now. You probably won't like what I have to say.    I believe that homosexuality is wrong. God designed sex for totally different purposes than pure pleasure. Homosexuality i...

      Welcome to the second rant on my theology. I'm gonna go straight to the good stuff. This one's a tad shorter.     6. Heaven: I believe that Heaven is both a place and state of mind, and that as finite beings we are not meant to know much about Heaven or Hell.     7. Walking away from Salvation: I believe that it is possible to lose one's salvation by turning from God, but He will forgive us if we turn back to Him.   &n...

    I believe, quite simply, that there is one way to Heaven, and it is a simple one. Unconditional belief in Jesus Christ (God incarnate) as one's Savior, with no others. One is not saved by deeds, but through faith, that none may boast. I also believe that there is damnation for those who profess that Jesus Christ is not the only way to Heaven. It might appear selfish to an outsider, but I believe that God made the universe, therefore He has given us one chance of salvation, and...

I believe that God created the world with an infinite depth. We can go back 4M+ years with "science", but God gave us free will to allow an total world. Also, I do not believe that the world is necessarily terribly young. I don't know how old it is, but I do believe that it's probably older than the 6K some suggest. Though, I'm not ruling it out, I'm merely saying that God could've let us develop a long time. Also, in accordance with free will, I believe that God made plenty of evidence. I do...

Evil is any time man walks away from God, the Creator. This is anything from murder to "trivial" sins, such as gossip, or breaking the sabbath. Man is born evil, and has no hope of salvation without Jesus Christ. The payment for accepting Christ is that we are allowed into heaven with God, and the evil in us is taken away by judgement. Then those who follow Jesus are allowed into Heaven, and given wonderful perfect life in a wonderful perfect world as the Earth was originally intended t...

    I do believe that any form of denial of the existence or omnipotence of God is a form of religion.     Simply put, when you believe something without having undeniable evidence, it's religion. This applies mainly, but not exclusively to morals and creation. Morality is dictated by what? Religion. Any form of primary belief has some form of moral requirements. Therefore Atheism is technically a religion. Creation also determines whether or not an idea is philo...

    God gave his only son that all who believed in Him might be saved, for God did not send his only son into the world to condemn it, but to save it, that all may have salvation. (Paraphrased John 3:16-17)     Salvation is God's free gift to all who accept Jesus Christ, but only those who accept Him and His Son are allowed into Heaven. It's not hard, people. God gave us Jesus, who lived a perfect and blameless life to be the blood sacrifice that washed away all ...

    I believe that death is a step into the perfect unknown. I also believe that death is not something to be taken into one's own hands. Death is simply a stepping block between Earth and the Final Destination (Heaven for the followers of Jesus Christ, and Hell for every one else, and some who profess falsely to believe in Jesus Christ). I believe that death is something ordained by God to happen at a specific time and date in a specific manner. Therefore I do not fear death, nor...

    Mormonism and Christianity vary in many ways. It would not be too big a leap to say they're different religions. Mormonism teaches that God achieved godhood by living a perfect life. Christianity (and Judaism) preaches that God is an infinite being, and always has been. "As Psalms 90:2 and 93:2 state, God has been God 'from eternity to eternity.'" Mormonism teaches that God is made of flesh and bones. Christianity (a...

Now, I'm not such terribly great a scholar, when it comes to Catholicism, but I'm gonna try to lay out some differences. Catholicism has more rituals, Protestantism has virtually none. Catholicism has a central leader, Protestantism has, again, virtually none (though large groups may adopt specific leaders). Catholicism took longer to adopt the native languages of the people, Protestantism was bred in these languages. Here are some similarities. Both are true-blood, b...

Okay, so I'm writing again. It's been a little while since I've written a theology piece, but I've been playing some Dwarf Fortress (which means I get a lot of idle brainpower time), so I've prepared an article on "Feelgood Faith" Imagine that there is a town named Feelgood. In this town people only do things when they want to. It's in a decent climate, and people don't complain that much. However, they find that there is a dearth of exciting new innovations coming out of their town, perhaps ...