Unfortunately my FAQ collection is too big for a single FAQ to be practical. Thus it's organized as a set of files on specific topics. You can retrieve them via anonymous FTP from athos.rutgers.edu, in pub/soc.religion.christian. They are in three subdirectories: faq, mine, and others. The index that follows is an expansion of clh's index to include all files now in the archives. I have included clh's description of the subdirectory. All of clh's descriptions are marked with an "*". The other descriptions are mine (jfb). clh>Here's what I've got that I would consider the FAQ proper: reasonably clh>factual summaries of common issues. I don't agree with all the clh>doctrines described, but they're often asked about. These are in the clh>subdirectory faq. From faq: 666 Explanation of occurence of 666 in Rev 13:18 95-theses A copy of Martin Luther's 95 Theses angels-dancing Did medieval scholastics debate about how many angels could fit on the tip of a needle? (or head of a pin?) Apparently not. arminius * summary of Arminius' views. (Arminius is the originator of Arminianism. I did this FAQ because of a number postings showing a misunderstanding of what Arminianism is.) bahai A Bahai answers questions from Christians about Bahai. bibles * online sources of the Bible books * list of Christian classics brethren Did Jesus have brothers? No according to this 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia article. brothers-of-jesus Did Jesus have brothers? Protestant perspective. can-god "Can God make a rock so heavy he can't lift it?" canon * the history of the canon, with a few comments on the text catholic.bbs * list of Catholic BBS's catholic.issues * response to a set of common questions about Catholic beliefs cbd The CBD phone number which is 508-977-5000 christ-is-god * discussion of NT passages relevant to the question of whether Christ is God christmas When do different traditions celebrate the Nativity? church-history * list of books about Church history churches The major divisions of Christianity explained comma * a discussion of the textual issues behind the Johannine Comma (1 John 5:7). In some translations this passage contains an apparent reference to the Trinity. This posting explains why this reference is almost certainly a late addition cults * an attempt to summarize the criteria commonly used to classify something as a "cult" -- note that no are made about specific groups in this posting d&d * a summary of the objections to D&D (not that I agree with them, but it's a FAQ) dead-sea-scrolls * answers to some common questions about the DSS denominations * a summary of the common families of denominations depravity * what's this total depravity business? dictionary Hayward's Unabridged Dictionary, A humorous set of definitions modeled after Ambrose Bierce's _The Devil's Dictionary_. dollar-bill * where the symbolism on the dollar bill came from door Address for Youth Specialties, Inc., publisher of _The Door_ (formerly _The Wittenburg Door_), a Christian magazine noted for it's satire. earth-mythology Does the Bible teach that the World is round? easter Are the origins of easter "pagan"? easter-date * algorithms and programs for computing Easter eeoc Proposed (and now rejected) Equal Employment Opportunity Commission regulations on Religion in the workplace. email-addresses * email addresses of organizations relevant to academic religious studies email-lists * a catchall list of all mailing lists, online archives, etc, on the topic of Christianity eschatology a discussion of the principal systems of prophetic interpretation faith The Various meanings of "faith", an essay by James Kiefer false-memory-society Has the name and email address of someone who knows how to contact this organization. film-hoax Discussion of the urban legend about a movie that protrays the life of Christ as a homosexual founding-fathers A discussion of the religious beliefs of the founding fathers of the United States. ftp * recommended FTP addresses for the KJV galileo Two articles on the persucution of Galileo by the Roman Catholic Church. gematria The traditional enumeration systems for Latin, Greek, Hebrew and Arabic alphabets. gospel-barnabas * a discussion of the Gospel of Barnabas -- a medieval forgery that sometimes comes up in discussions with Moslems greek-fonts * where to get greek fonts for PC's. halloween Is Halloween Christian? hitler Was Hitler a Catholic? immaculate * a description of the doctrine of the immaculate conception infallibility * a description of Papal infallibility, and discussions about what decisions are considered infallible. (This is not an argument about whether the idea is right or not, but an attempt to explain what it means.) islam A Christian theologians lecture on Islam jasher-book-of Discusses the origins of this modern apocryphal work. june-9 A listing of the "June 9th" prophecies from 1994/ jw * a summary of Jehovah's Witness doctrines kjv a summary of arguments used by KJV-only advocates. kjv.fixes * typos in the online KVJ last-supper-date * summary of the issues involved in deciding which day of the week the last supper was on, and related issues latin-mass-dir * a list of all places in the U.S. and Canada where Latin masses are celebrated (by Roman Catholics) latin-texts * a list of classic prayers in Latin available via email law * discussion of the status of the Law for Christians lds.faq.1 * a summary of LDS beliefs (done by LDS) (1/2) lds.faq.2 * a summary of LDS beliefs (done by LDS) (2/2) lent * describes Roman Catholic practices related to lent lilith A discussion of Lillith. Was she Adam's first wife? listserv How to get on a mailing list. logos * summary of possible sources for the concept of Logos in John mail-order-sources Where to by Christian books by mail order masons * summary of issues involving masonry medjugorje.84 The medjugorje files contain messages given medjugorje.85 by the virgin Mary at Medjugorje during medjugorje.86 during the years signified by the second medjugorje.87 part of the name medjugorje.88 medjugorje.89 medjugorje.90 medjugorje.91 medjugorje.92 medjugorje.93 membership mormon * a summary of LDS beliefs (done by me -- lds.faq is too long for many purposes) moslem-sources a brief discription of the Islamic faith by a muslim plus a list of recommended books on Islam nicene * the Nicene creed, in both versions, and more than you ever wanted to know about where it came from niv * the cheapest known source of an online copy of the NIV noachic * where do the 7 Noachic laws come from? noahs-ark Sun pictures Noah's ark claims. non-xnians A discussion, can Non-Christians obtain salvation? nt-authorship Dates and traditional attributions for the composition of the New Testament. ohair-hoax Copy of an FCC letter discussing the alledged petition of Madalyn Murry O'hair's to abolish religious broadcasting. omnipotence The meaning of omnipotence from several theologians one-directional A discussion of Jeffersons "wall of seperation" remarks made to the Danbury Baptists. ordinatio-sacerdotalis Pope John Paul II's letter on the ordination of men alone organizations * list of Christian non-demoninational mission organization original-sin * what is the doctrine and why might one believe it? pi Did the state of Indiana pass a bill dictating that the value of pi=3 in accord with the Bible? popes A list of all the popes. reconstruction A description of Christian Reconstructionism, a theological movement "marked by a desire to apply the concepts of biblical law to modern society. reformation Why did the Protestant reformation happen? reincarnation Did the early church believe in reincarnation? rosary * what the rosary is and how to pray it sabbath * various Christian views on the status of the Sabbath salvation-outside A discussion of whether there can be salvation outside of the Roman Catholic church and "invincible ignorance". shroud * summary of current views on the Shroud of Turin star-of-bethlehem A article by a Catholic astronomer about possible theories concerning the Star of Bethlehem translations * a summary of major English Bible translations trinity.biblical * the Biblical basis for the Trinity trinity.explanation * a more detailed description of the doctrine trinity.later-documents Definitions of the Trinity by Roman Catholics. trinity.passages An outline of arguments and Biblical passages used as the basis for the Doctrine of the Trinity. trinity.views Different views of the Godhead from the early church (2nd=4th century). unforgiveable * on the unforgiveable sin upc A description of the univeral products code. Does it secretly encode the number of the beast 666? veritatis-splendor A letter from Pope John Paul II regarding the Church's moral teaching and recalling certain fundamental truths of Catholic doctrine. wicca A FAQ describing the Wicca religion and common questions Christians have regarding wicca. women-souls Did the medieval scholastics debate whether women had souls? x-outof-nt * a list of references to Christ outside the NT clh>The following are position papers that express my views. They are clh>in a separate directory: mine. From mine: arminianism * a summary of Arminianism (should really be in FAQ) atonement Why did Jesus die? How does His death save us? baptism The reformed and baptist views. bible.authority Where does the authority of the Bible come from? biblical-crit * a summary of issues in textual and literay criticism calvin.bible What was John Calvin's view of scripture? calvinism What do Calvinists believe and teach? chalcedon Early church views of Christ's humanity and divinity christmas * on the propriety of Christians' celebrating Christmas decision * my position of free will, grace, etc. (1/2) decision.2 * my position of free will, grace, etc. (2/2) doubt * the usefuless thereof ecumenism How can Christians be "One in Christ"? epistemology * an attempt to say why I believe in the truth of Christianity equality-of-father-son In what sense is Christ equal with God? free-will * probably is now subsumed in "decision" gods-responsibility * God's responsibility for human failure homosexuality a summary of issues involving homosexuality and Christians. Includes a discussion of the Kinsey report figures. homosexuality.conversions A summary of posts from people sharing thier experiences of homosexual to heterosexual conversion ignorance What did Jesus know? incarnation Early church views explaining the incarnation inerrancy How can an orthodox Christian not believe in Biblical inerrancy? islam Christian responses to Islam job What is the book of Job about? judgement How does God judge? What are God's criteria for i salvation? law What is the role of the old testament law in Christianity? mines * "where were the Protestants before the 16th Cent?" once-saved * once saved, always saved? p&g * "Procter and Gamble" gives its profits to the i Satanic Church? [a classic case of urban legend] paul Is Paul's religion different from the religion of Jesus? pentecostalism The beliefs and origins of Pentacostalism perspicuity Does the Bible contain any obvious and clear teachings? picking * liberals "pick and choose" pieces of the bible i that they agree and disagree with? problems * problem passages progression * progressive revelation prot-view-of-cath Criticism of Roman Catholicism from a Protestant rules * rules in Christian ethics sola-scriptura Can we rely on scripture alone for doctrine? tev * review of the TEV translation theodicy * God's responsibility for evil trinity * my view trinity.plausibility Is the doctrine of the trinity plausible in scripture or using reason? trinity.xxx How do the "persons" of the trinity interrelate? unity-of-god How can Christains believe in the Trinity and believe in only one God? what-is-x * "what is x'ity?" why-jesus Why do people have to believe in Jesus? women Paul's teaching regarding women works A protestant view of the role of works in salvation clh>The following are summaries of views of others. In some cases they clh>could just as well be in faq, but they'e in a subdirectory others: From others: adam-god Does the LDS church teach that Adam is God? Brigham Young may have, but it is not official Mormon teaching. apologetic-sources A list of apologetics books by protestant evangelicals. archko Is the modern apocryphal work called _The Archko Volume authentic? bapt-nec4-salv * whether baptism is necessary for salvation bible-reading Did the Roman Catholic church forbid Bible reading? blasphemy-holy-spirit * what is meant by blaspheming the holy spirit boston-ch-x * HUGE (114K) summary of various views and experiences on the Boston Church of Christ and related groups brothers Did Jesus have brothers? No according to this 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia article. This is essentially the same as the brethren faq in the faq directory. catholic-list * mailing list on Catholic issues moderated by jhpb. This is not the same as the more visible "Free Catholics" list. The latter includes Anglicans and others. This one is intended to be about Roman Catholicism. christian-science A Christian Scientists describes the beliefs of christian science. church-computing Discussion paper (Jan. 1993) about Networks and Christian Electronic Networks in particular. Includes a list of Christian networks. close-to-the-edge Close-to-the-edge is a newsletter about the London Church of Christ and its sister churches throughout Britain. (The newletters will often contain information about the Churches of Christ in America also.) These churches are part of the "Boston movement" of the churches of Christ. The newsletter is produced by critics of the LCC. "close-to-the-edge" is a directory containing several issues of this newsletter, numbered from 16 to 27. contradictions * in the Bible [Long. This faq file was inspired by the posting of a list of 143 Bible contradictions. Much of this faq contains responses from Christians to this list. The faq also contains other discussions from various perspectives.- jfb] creationism.anti * bibliography of books about creationism [from an anti-creationist perspective - jfb] creationism.pro Also a bibliography of books about creationism but from a pro-creationsit pserspective. dating Some Christians discuss whether or not Christians should date non-Christians. dispensationalism What is dispensational theology? What does it teach about prophecy? divinity-of-x-biblical Scriptures that demonstrate the deity of Christ. existence-of-god Some Christian responses explaining why they believe it is reasonable to believe that God exists. fish-story * debunking of commonly cited claims that someone was swallowed by a whale galileo Two posts discussing the persection of Galileo from from a Christian perspective. homosexuality A discussion of the scriptural passages regarding homosexuality. inerrancy A discussion of the doctrine of inerrancy, mostly by those who believe in it. jmeritt-mcdowell Criticisms of Josh McDowell's book _Evidence That Demands a Verdict_ written and collected by James W. Meritt. James Merrit is a regular contributor to the talk.origins group. The criticisms come from people holding to a wide range of viewpoints regarding the Christain faith. larson "The Two Faces of Bob" by Ken Smith exposing alleged unethical conduct by Bob Larson, host of a nationally syndicated Christian radio program, Talk Back. latin-bible A lists of sources where a copy of the Bible in latin (i.e. the Latin Vulgate) may be obtained. masonry * the official Catholic condemnation of the Masons, a defense of Masonry by a minister, and an explanation of the Bavarian Illuminati non-christians A article by a Christian explaining his belief that non-christians are not saved and need believe in Christ or suffer eternal death. peace-symbol What is the origin of the peace symbol? prophecy In what sense does the Old Testament prophecy the resurrection of Christ? reconstruction What is Christian Reconstruction theology and Theonomy? What does it say about the interaction of Church and state? restoration Did the early church fathers, particularly Origen that all of humanity would one day be restored and reconciled in Christ so that no one will suffer eternal punishment, but all will be saved. Did the church every condemn this teaching? trinity.passages A brief study outline of a topical bible study on the doctrine of the Trinity. worldwide-cog A CRI (Christian Research Institute) article about recent changes in the World Wide Church of God that have occurred since the death of its founder Herbert W. Armstrong. Place here with permission from CRI.