Big government and overly powerful corporations go hand in hand. Corporations in many ways control the government using bought out officials. They create new regulations to stifle the competition and increase their profits. If we decrease the size of government we actually decrease the power of big business.
One thing I have to say, Marriage is in my opinion explicitly tied to religious tradition. I have absolutely no problems with domestic partnerships, my understanding is that in a domestic partnership a couple is treated legally the same as a married couple. They just aren't officially "married".
This is my experience in school, teachers give homework and then don't fill up their class time. I have had hour upon hour of downtime even following the completion of a homework assignment. I see no problem with the idea of homework, but I do feel teachers need to "teach" more.
This addresses the idea that God "has no more gaps to hide in."
Well considering time is viewed as being linear, for God to exist outside of our time, or infinitely, he would have to be rather than in a line of time where everything has a cause and effect, in a plane of time, where this is not necessary and God can move about as often as he likes and wherever he likes. I always imagine a x axis as our time, and the addition of a y axis, as Gods time.
His men were terrified of elephants not Indians. After having fought a battle in which a small number of elephants 30-50 were mustered by the Indians (and winning) rumors of thousands of such creatures coming towards them compelled them to retreat. Any man or at least most men who had never encountered such beasts and were then forced to face the prospect of battling thousands of them would opt for the same thing.
I agree, actions speak louder than words, if you truly want to convert someone treat them civilly. This is what the Bible teaches and it is a principle that I have been trying to incorporate, in fact in my opinion this can be clearly seen by my remarks on this site with started out with more than a hint of anger, and I hope have begun to be more and more kind and civil.
I hear ya, but I still think you would be happier if you were to really pursue God, Run the Race as the apostles did, Paul being a remarkable example, he found it within himself to rejoice even when he was in prison. A remarkable achievement I think.
I agree with you, I wish everyone was like Jesus myself included. But Jesus believed in the OT. Anyone who truly wishes to be like him ought to as well. Christianity is the fulfillment of Judaism, in fact Jewish Christians were often called "Messianic Jews". Christianity is a religion, but when people say it isn't what I think they are trying to do is highlight the differences between it and other religions.
