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As to the second question Is the Bible's attribution of sin to the heart related to why, in Chinese, 心 (heart) is the semantic component of 惡 which means evil, wickedness? Perhaps the Chinese gl...
I should probably begin by saying that I personally have no investment in any of the religious communities here, much because I am not religious myself, and feel happy not to have had to care much ...
If according to Genesis 7:2-3 God commanded Noah to take seven pairs of the clean animals and only one pair of the unclean, does that mean that 14 giraffes went into the ark? Let me explain. 2 Y...
In his letter to the Romans, Paul writes "There is no one righteous, not even one." (Romans 3:10), paraphrasings Psalms 14 and 53. Paul goes on in his letter to build an idea that a perfect life, ...
There's a lot in this question, including some assumptions on the dating of some of the events in biblical texts, which are arguably separate questions in and of themselves. But sidestepping periph...
The Day of Atonement (in Hebrew, Yom Kippur) is described in detail in Leviticus 16 (see also Numbers 29:7-11). There is abundant evidence that it continued to be practiced until (and after) the de...
Early Christians were in conflict with the Roman imperial cult for a variety of reasons: Tolerance as control: Religious freedom with imperial strings attached While often cited for its religious...
Out sinful desires come from our fallen bodies (our flesh). For if you live according to the flesh you will die, but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live. Roma...
Part of the issue within Christianity is where various traditions turn for authority. For example: Protestant, non-denominational: The Bible alone (defined as the 66-book, traditional Protestant...
I propose that this should be off topic: Who’s in or out / saved? I think this is problematic unless tied to a specific tradition (and even then may require some consideration).
Note: I have already posted this on Biblical Hermeneutics SE Some time ago I read a book where the author was doubting the divine inspiration nature of the Bible by using the following reasoning: ...
I propose that questions about the following are on topic: biblical literature, including related to theological, linguistic, historical, literary, ethical, and practical dimensions of such text...
Hello. Yesterday I came upon a Hebrew translation of Nicholas de Lyra's commentary on Ruth. I found it to be intriguing for a number of reasons. One reason was that he based much of his commentary...
I heard about this sect on the news, but can't remember the term. Anyone know what I mean? Aniconism isn't the answer — because I know this noun already — but also because this faction allows th...
I don't understand the exact objection in bowing down to the King, which is a universal practise in line with the Bible (Rom 13) and does not seem to violate monotheism, as it is not a worship of h...
From your post: Having all three creates the problem of inconsistencies among them, ranging from the wording of quotes to entire events. While this may be seen as a problem, it is also benefi...
I don't feel that there's a reason we necessarily have to take the view that questions have to be about a specific tradition; there's no reason a question has to have a single 'best answer' - answe...
If we use the Christianity Stack Exchange site as an initial baseline, then the What types of questions can I ask on this site? will be a useful guide for most of the questions that can easily be m...
I propose that this should be off topic: Questions that are too broad (examples below) Subjective questions about Christianity in general Survey of Christian traditions
I'm no graphic designer, but my first instinct would be something along the lines of the Wordless Book or Christian Flag, including at least red and white.
Maybe it was Egyptian. Please hear me out. Moses grew up in Egyptian court (Exodus 2:10-11). From an available skills perspective, Moses was almost certainly required to learn Egyptian. Also from...
Yesterday, I overheard a church goer tell me, "I don't like Christian movies. They're just not any good." This isn't the first time I've heard those words. What makes Christian storytelling chall...
I don't know about others, but I find these things annoying when I watch a movie or TV show or whatever when I expected to be entertained. I find it irritating when people preach at me or imply ho...
When we launched this community, we did not yet have the ability to set different reputation grants for different categories. We've had this for a while but we failed to follow up before now, sorr...
I read the linked article and didn't see anything about Catholic teaching at all. I'm at a loss as what the so-called "success sequence" Walther proposes even is. He may be a Catholic writer, but I...
