Anyone who attempts to judge the age of the earth by using "bgat, begat, begat" is way off base. It's bad interpretation, bad history and bad genealogy. This is the kind of erroneous thinking that arises from subjective, individual interpretation. It's reading something into Genesis that was never intended and it's wrong. Period, end of story.

I think God is appalled at the level of disdain for the knowledge that He has let us discover. God gave us reason and tools to better understand all He's created. I suspect He's disappointed in the unwillingness of some to use the tools He's given us. Believing that God had a plan that included evolution is not anti-Christian, but an affirmation of our belief in God's power. Evolution sho...more

I think God is appalled at the level of disdain for the knowledge that He has let us discover. God gave us reason and tools to better understand all He's created. I suspect He's disappointed in the unwillingness of some to use the tools He's given us.

Believing that God had a plan that included evolution is not anti-Christian, but an affirmation of our belief in God's power. Evolution should have no impact on faith because we all know God is the Creator. Check out some books from Evolutionary Theists before you give all of Christianity a bad name with denials of the knowledge God has granted us.less

No problem. I evolved. You, apparently, didn't.

If the film does justice to the book, then it should be an intriguing look into the ongoing battle between good and evil. The book goes into great detail as it follows the life of Father Gary as he studies to be an exorcist, explaining the Rite and the special type of priest that qualifies to perform it. Bad reviews might be the result of it's spirituality and realism, not leaving enough time...more

If the film does justice to the book, then it should be an intriguing look into the ongoing battle between good and evil. The book goes into great detail as it follows the life of Father Gary as he studies to be an exorcist, explaining the Rite and the special type of priest that qualifies to perform it.

Bad reviews might be the result of it's spirituality and realism, not leaving enough time for spinning heads and projectile vomiting. I plan to see it. You can hardly go wrong with Anthony Hopkins in anything.less

I don't think it's the message or the right to free speech, but the messenger. Sorry if that doesn't let you exercise your persecution complex, but having Bristol Palin lecture about abstinence is like having Keith Richards deliver a lecture to your anti-drug group.

No one needs to prove evolution as a theory. No arguments have to be made to prove it uses the scientific method. It may be incomplete, as our knowledge is and it may have gaps, but it also has enough testable evidence to continue as the most valid theory to explain biological processes in the natural sciences. Gnome theory adds support to the theory everyday. If a fundamentalist interpreta...more

No one needs to prove evolution as a theory. No arguments have to be made to prove it uses the scientific method. It may be incomplete, as our knowledge is and it may have gaps, but it also has enough testable evidence to continue as the most valid theory to explain biological processes in the natural sciences. Gnome theory adds support to the theory everyday.

If a fundamentalist interpretation of scripture is your basis for rejecting evolution, fine. But let's not pretend it's all about the science. If it wasn't for the ID rabble rousers, there would be no debate about what schools taught in science class.less

So, we';re slowly coming to realize that the GOP offers lip service to ofty sounding ideals, but are really not in the corner of average, middle class Americans. They've suckered people with their mom and apple pie rhetoric while undermining us to pander to their their real constituency, the wealthy and the powerful interests that foot their bills. Their version of the Constitution protects peop...more

So, we';re slowly coming to realize that the GOP offers lip service to ofty sounding ideals, but are really not in the corner of average, middle class Americans. They've suckered people with their mom and apple pie rhetoric while undermining us to pander to their their real constituency, the wealthy and the powerful interests that foot their bills. Their version of the Constitution protects people, just not The People.less

Oh my God, an evangelical who makes sense! The majority of the world's Christians, including 1.3 billion Catholics are free to accept evolution, or not, based on their opinion of the science because it has no impact on faith. Maybe the rest of the Christian world can realize that it's not an either/or....Christ or evolution because that's really the way it is. I like McLaren's call for an end...more

Oh my God, an evangelical who makes sense! The majority of the world's Christians, including 1.3 billion Catholics are free to accept evolution, or not, based on their opinion of the science because it has no impact on faith. Maybe the rest of the Christian world can realize that it's not an either/or....Christ or evolution because that's really the way it is.

I like McLaren's call for an end to hostility towards those of other faiths as well. Christ told us we are all brothers and sisters and so many Christians don't act like that is true. Charity and love are the hallmarks of true Christianity, but that seems to be an afterthought for many who like to make anyone not of their particular brand of Christianity some kind of anti-Christ. Bravo, Mr. McLaren. There might be hope for fundamentalists yet.less

The Catholic Church has a presence on Facebook, YouTube and it's own website and radio and television stations to reach people. You have to stay current and use the media that young people are using to stay in touch with them about Christ and the Church. And, it works!

Sorry folks. You run a business, a public boarding house that has to operate under the law. As Christians, you might have made the wrong career choice.

Small wonder that conservative Anglican Bishops, Arch-Bishops and clergy are returning home to the Catholic Church where there is no ambiguity about ordaining and approving gay clergy.

Right on! I'm related to evangelicals who always have to have the right designer labels on their clothes, the right, expensive brand of bike, stroller or what have you. They mock how other, normal people dress, they drive gas guzzling SUVs and have actually said they wouldn't go back to a church because everybody wasn't dressed nicely (expensively), like at their church. These are the same "go...more

Right on! I'm related to evangelicals who always have to have the right designer labels on their clothes, the right, expensive brand of bike, stroller or what have you. They mock how other, normal people dress, they drive gas guzzling SUVs and have actually said they wouldn't go back to a church because everybody wasn't dressed nicely (expensively), like at their church.
These are the same "good Christians" who cut my wife and I off from our grandchildren and didn't have the moral fiber to talk to us about it, except through an email telling us they didn't want us to talk to them any more. But, they swear they follow the Bible, only, it can't be the Bible I know. I hate hypocrites.less

I don't really care what Ricky Gervais believes. He a fabulous comedian and a great talent. I mean, he's an entertainer for goodness sake. I don't have to agree with his philosophy on religion to enjoy his work. The Invention of Lying was sooo funny if you just lighten up. Everybody takes themselves so seriously in these days of political correctness where you have to be concerned with ever m...more

I don't really care what Ricky Gervais believes. He a fabulous comedian and a great talent. I mean, he's an entertainer for goodness sake. I don't have to agree with his philosophy on religion to enjoy his work. The Invention of Lying was sooo funny if you just lighten up. Everybody takes themselves so seriously in these days of political correctness where you have to be concerned with ever more fragile sensibilities.less

Why is it that conservatives want government out of their lives unless they fail to emphasize something they'd like emphasized? If so many things are not the in the realm of government, what the difference what the President says about family? Make up your minds and stop talking out of both sides of your mouth.

I hate to hear people say homosexuality is a choice, as though they know. Anyone who has seen a person grow from childhood and turn out to be gay probably knew that child was gay all along. It is fairly obvious to anyone who really looks, thinks and doesn't try to fool himself about that child as he grows. Doctors will tell you about hormone imbalance and genetic factors that play such a primar...more

I hate to hear people say homosexuality is a choice, as though they know. Anyone who has seen a person grow from childhood and turn out to be gay probably knew that child was gay all along. It is fairly obvious to anyone who really looks, thinks and doesn't try to fool himself about that child as he grows. Doctors will tell you about hormone imbalance and genetic factors that play such a primary role in determining orientation. It's more convenient to think of it as a choice because then you don't have to ask yourself, "Why did God create this person this way?" But it doesn't make it true beyond the small minority of sexual experimenters for whom it may actually be a choice.less

You can't separate the Gospels from the Church because it us the Church Christ founded in the Gospels - before He inspired the Church to collect and canonize Scripture. You talk as if the two are unrelated when they are two legs of the same stool.

The Catholic practice of exorcism may have started in the 1600’s, but the Biblical teaching on Satan and his demons has been on file since the 1st Century. Wrong, wrong, wrong. St Paul conducted exorcisms as Christ did before him. The Church has been involved in exorcism since day 1. They may have formally adopted and sanctioned the rite in the 1600s, but it always existed in the Church's ...more

The Catholic practice of exorcism may have started in the 1600’s, but the Biblical teaching on Satan and his demons has been on file since the 1st Century.

Wrong, wrong, wrong. St Paul conducted exorcisms as Christ did before him. The Church has been involved in exorcism since day 1. They may have formally adopted and sanctioned the rite in the 1600s, but it always existed in the Church's tool bag.less

The weapons of our warfare are spiritual, and the powers that the forces of darkness most fear are the name of Jesus, the authority of the Bible, and the power of his Gospel. And those are exactly the weapons the Church uses in exorcism. That centuries of experience have solidified the exercise into a proven rite does no insult to Christ or the Gospels. It is simply Christ's Church doing what...more

The weapons of our warfare are spiritual, and the powers that the forces of darkness most fear are the name of Jesus, the authority of the Bible, and the power of his Gospel.

And those are exactly the weapons the Church uses in exorcism. That centuries of experience have solidified the exercise into a proven rite does no insult to Christ or the Gospels. It is simply Christ's Church doing what experience says works in the fight against evil, calling on the power of the name of Jesus and His Word.

You people are so afraid of anything that doesn't wing it, so quick to condemn without understanding simply because a tool in the battle against Satan has a definable form. The Church is ancient and it's rites are proven even if you can't understand why they exist.less

Today when evangelicals speak of the gospel, they almost always mean, simply, the personal plan of salvation. This is generally limited to an activity in which we present people with some facts about Jesus, ask them to agree with these facts, and if they do, instruct them to invite him into their lives or pray the sinner’s prayer. Once they do this, we tell them, “You are saved!” Really? ...more

Today when evangelicals speak of the gospel, they almost always mean, simply, the personal plan of salvation. This is generally limited to an activity in which we present people with some facts about Jesus, ask them to agree with these facts, and if they do, instruct them to invite him into their lives or pray the sinner’s prayer. Once they do this, we tell them, “You are saved!”

Really? I think it takes a bit more than that, folks. You have a whole life to live as Christ would have it after that acceptance. If you don't live the Christ life, mere words, spoken once, won't save you.less

With the ills facing our nation and it's people, it must be nice to be comfortable enough to concentrate on peripheral issues and make a bogeyman of the deficit. In WW2, our deficit was far higher as a percentage of GNP than it is now. We have to concentrate on stimulus, keeping people in their homes and fed with access to doctors and essential services until this economy begins to roll. Our bi...more

With the ills facing our nation and it's people, it must be nice to be comfortable enough to concentrate on peripheral issues and make a bogeyman of the deficit. In WW2, our deficit was far higher as a percentage of GNP than it is now. We have to concentrate on stimulus, keeping people in their homes and fed with access to doctors and essential services until this economy begins to roll. Our biggest obligation is to our neighbors who are suffering across this great land, not to some philosophical line that will leave americans wanting.less