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I think you misunderstand me. Saying a religon has a certain measure of truth like in the example I gave doesn't give the whole religion truth. Nor does that afford adherents to that religon salvation.

I see what you're saying. And that's probably at leat somewhat true. My only argument I guess is: one of them may be true whether any one believes them to be or not. I do not begin to espouse that my belief in something makes it true. Truth is accordance with reality. But like science where we...

You basically asked how we find truth in religion, right? Is that not satisfactory at all? As for what Catholic's believe about the Lord's table that's up to them. I firmly in the category of it being a symbol. As far as a supernatural even being testable; I guess I don't know if I think I...

I'm not going to pretend that we can equate to spiritual religious truths to our knowledge of some scientific facts such as the boiling point of water. I do realise that what science calls facts are ever evolving, but you would have to admit that science doesn't always get it right the first...

I realize that. But still it's oversimplification to equate Jesus with a unicorn.

The amount of written accounts about Jesus Christ vastly outpace documents we have about every other person of antiquity (before the printing press) combined. Yet you call Jesus and fairy tale. Interesting.

I'll take a stab at door 3 first. I do certainly believe that what I said is the only way to God. I'm just not %100 certain the word "only" is necessary. What if I didn't believe it was the only way, but I accepted it anyway? But honestly I don't believe there can be another way because that's...

Until we figure things out don't natural things have mutiple possible natural explanations? It's the same logic with supernatural things. Along these lines: Do you believe that Socrates lived? Can you scientifcally prove he did? Unless I'm mistaken we don't know where Socrates was buried...

Logic. Science doesn't know everything. Sceince then doesn't know if it can explain everything. It is possible that natural laws do not explain everything. It is possible then that supernatural explains things. All that says is it's not inconrguent to beleive in both the natural and...

So it follows that since science doesn't know everything there's nothing incongruent with believeing something can be explained supernaturally.

I may look into the book. As it is the thing that is most important to me in my life, I don't have a problem answering in public. But also as the most important it requires great reverence and thought. If I had to sum it up it one sentence as simply as possible: I have accepted the free...

And one complains about a theists presupposition. You presuppose that everything can be explained by science. If it's not a presupposition then go ahead and prove it.

There's a lot to be said. Honestly due to time constraints and there being only one of me and lots of you (which is fine) it's hard to get to everything in a timely manner. I have delved into this topic more than I meant too. Be ready for a novel. First of all I don't consider a 6 day literal...

I actually think it's time that is the variable. But I'm not a cosmologist.

I think that's why it's important there are scientists from all those fields. I've read a theory on the formation of the universe from a creation scientists that examines that exact issue about light. I believe the theory is still in peer review.

I'm pretty sure they are all young earth creationists or why be on AiG?

Read Max's post above.

We've already had this discussion. Secular scientific journals won't publish scientists who are known creationists even if their findings have nothing to do with evolution. These guys basically have to peer review each other. Edit: I personally know a professor with a doctorate in chemistry at...

Not the point. The only point was to say there are scientists. I am aware of the disparity. But you tell these guys who have doctorates in their fields they aren't scientists. Which was the point I was making.

I don't know, there are some molecular geneticists, biologists, biological chemists, and all realms. Seems you've short changed the list.