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There are multiple gods today. Whatever a person worships is his/her god. Some people worship money, some power, while others worship pleasure. Many people have made themselves their god. In the OT, there were several gods people worshipped...Baal, Ashtoroth, Moloch and Dagon to name a few...

No they don’t. Look at them again. They say don't harm others. Now that is great to do no harm to others, but it is not the same as doing good toward other people. Look at the parable of the Good Samaritan. The Priest and Levite did not do any harm to the beaten man, but the Samaritan actually...

Doing good and helping others is different than not hurting people. I could live my whole life and not harm a single person but that is not following the Golden Rule. When I help people and do good toward them, then I am following Jesus’ teaching. Other religions don’t teach that.

Here is what Jesus said that we commonly call the Golden Rule: Matt.7:12 Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets. There is a huge difference in what Jesus said and other religious teach as the Golden Rule...

Please present these different religious versions and I will compare them to the Christian version.

We do background checks on all people who are working with youth and children. We always have two adults working together so no adult is left alone with kids.

The Catholic Church may consider the deuterocanonical books as inspired, but Hebrew scholars did not. I would side with actual Jewish scholars over Catholics when it comes to Jewish writings. Notice also that none of the deuterocanonical books were written after John’s Revelation. So I stand by...

The Catholic Church includes what is known as the Apocrypha. The original KJV of 1611 also included the Apocrypha. Both Catholic and Protestants considered the Apocrypha valuable but not inspired by God. Protestant Bibles begin omitting the Apocrypha in the early 1800's while Catholic Bibles...

2 Tim.3:16 is absolutely correct. All scripture is God breathed, including all scripture written after 2 Timothy. The books that were omitted from the canon were examined early church fathers and were not considered inspired by God for various reasons. Some contained blatant errors and others...

The canon of scripture ended with the Revelation of Jesus Christ. There cannot be any additional "revelations". God has provided everything needed for mankind to live by through the 66 books of the Bible. Any later additions are not considered inspired by God. Here is a good link that explains...

Well, I can’t speak to the mental process of either Christian or atheist child molesters. In my eyes molesting a child is worse than murder and should result in immediate death for the molester.

If men like Joseph Campbell represent Christianity, then according to this article, men like Jeffery Dalmer must represent atheists: https://skepchick.org/2017/08/people-think-serial-killers-are-more-likely-to-be-atheist/ I don't think it is fair to judge the majority by the acts of the few.

You have a valid point. Acts like this are abhorrent, disgusting and inexcusable. Especially when committed by so called "Godly men". I can understand why these atrocities would turn people away from Christianity. However, Christ never did anything like this. I follow Christ, not Christian men...

Here’s a more accurate translation: Mar 9:3 - And his raiment became shining,exceeding white as snow; so as no fuller on earth can white them. In the Greek, there’s no mention of bleach.

1 Cor.5:9 I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicators: I hold the opposite opinion than you. I believe this verse confirms the canon of scripture. God ensured we have the exact writings He intended for us to have. Obviously, Paul’s previous letter was not inspired by God, and...

And who made up these councils? Preachers, pastors, elders, bishops. Godly men who sought God's will and direction. It wasn't made up of atheists and agnostics using human logic and feelings. I'm confident that the God who created everything out of nothing was able to use Godly men to preserve...

I don't know that there is an actual increase. I graduated in the early 80's and there were rumors of teachers and students back then. But, in those days there were no cell phones with cameras or social media. If it was happening, people did not talk about it. I could be dead wrong though...

I’m not elevating Paul above anyone. Paul considered himself the chief of sinners. However, we do believe God inspired the writings of Paul. Not all of his writings were inspired though. Paul mentioned a previous letter to the Corinthian church that we don’t have. So it isn’t Paul I’m promoting...

No, Paul was consistent in his position on women. The problem lies in the fact that a Godless society cannot comprehend the Bible. In today's culture, the Biblical position concerning women probably does appear sexist. The Biblical stance on homosexuality comes across as homophobic to today's...

God didn’t forbid women from being surgeons, politicians, astronauts or construction workers. He said they are not qualified to be pastors, deacons nor have any authority over men in His church.