alienbill@wyoming.com wrote:

>
>
> Bart Goddard wrote:
>
>> If my Baptist aunt-in-law visits my house and I want to have a
>> beer, there are two scenerios:
>>
>> 1. Her faith is weak and the presence of beer drinkers
>> challenges her faith. In this case, I'm bound to hide the
>> beer and refrain from drinking during her visit.
>
> Sounds reasonable to me. But isn't this what Peter was doing when
> chastised by Paul for acting differently in front of Jews from
> Jerusalem than he had acted when among only the former pagans?

I think, rather, that Peter was failing to proclaim the
Gospel by modelling a "faith plus works" theology. If Jesus'
sacrifice makes us pure, we don't need ritual purity any
longer. By insisting on it, Peter was denying the efficacy
of Jesus' sacrifice. So I think this comes under category 2.

Bart

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lsenders@hotmail.com wrote:



> There are the laws of thermodynamics.
>
> The 1st law states that matter cannot be created or destroyed

Of course, matter is converted to energy in nuclear power plants. And
then I suppose matter can be created if a virtual muon-antimuon pair
receives energy and become real muons. (That wasen't taught when you
went to school. It is time for you to hit the books again; you don't
want to be left behind.)

> (what
> then occurred at the feeding of the 5000, or would you reduce that to
> mere symbolism as well?). It is interesting that in Matthew we have
> Christ refer to Genesis at least 25 times without any reference to
its
> symbolic nature. The NT quotes Genesis 200 times without denying a
> literal understanding, i.e. real space-time-history events.
>
> The 2nd law states that everything tends toward disorder. How can
> evolution take place when things naturally seek disorder, not order.
> The evolutionist quips that the 2nd law can be over ruled with energy
> is added. The problem is, if we live in a closed universe, where
does
> this new energy come from? Some like to say that the sun adds energy

I have stood out in the sun, and it did add energy. I notice that some
plants grow better in the sunlight than in the dark. Some fungi, while
not plants, will grow very well in the dark if given a sufficient
supply of horse manure. Why does thinking about growing mushrooms
remind me of the logic you used in this post?

> but if anyone has ever owned a house or a car long enough, we know
that
> the sun destroys, not