It was written by eyewittness accounts or dictated by eyewitness accounts. The gospels were most likely written 20-30 years after his death I am talking about the whole book not just parts of it. And even that is still 20-30 years and are not from Jesus himslef. Here is a quote from the pre
I'm not falling for it. Been there, done that. wish you the best in your journey. just remember what i said about looking for the truth. it is not an easy journey and more information always help.
and gave it to Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away You read this and YOU inject other qulifiers between the words so you can say he didnt put the child on her shoulder. When i read the words without that, it says simply " putting it on her shoulder, and the child..." if i
Think of it politically. The rules of religion and politics are shamefully similar. Unfortunately this is very true. But it is degrading to the religion. and deals with God as if he some kind of political character that we can support or spin his words the way we like. If we separate the human
I'll get back to you later....since I don't have alot of time now and give you what a former Muslim said about Islam being all about Submission. I would think he would know more than I. I would defer to someone that has been there. that is not the way to look for truth KFC. others opinions are theirs, you shouldnt take others' opinions as a ref
you're making assertions you cannot back up. Show me where Abraham had countless dreams before he sacrificed Isaac like you asserted and the same with Mary. Show me the proof text. You are saying things that are not right. I brought you to Ex 3. Did n't you think I'd know what it said? if you go to the
This leads to the small stuff becoming all-important. hellooooo Baker, we dont agree very often (we do sometimes) and you certainly correct in that. I really don't understand it. why do i care how would someone worships or even visualizes his/her God as long as we both agree it is one God and the basi
Most of what people argue about when it comes to religion and God is what did HE say, what does it mean and which of His Books to use. The funny thing is that most of these arguments are about the details not the fundamentals. Believers in the three Abrahamic religions constitute the majority of the world's population and they all believe that it is One and Only God.
I don't see Mary terrified nor do I know what you're talking about with Abraham. And you might want to check Ex 3 when Moses first met God....nope nothing on being terrified. Exod
I believe it's the only book that isn't lying to us. I think the bible is the only truth book out there. The truth MUST hold to logic and MUST be consistence. As it is written now, the Bible has a problem with these two criteria. Many others pointed that to you on your blog. and the funn
Don't you find it strange that Muhammad himself thought he was possessed by demons? What if he were right? It was his wife that talked him out of that notion Isn't that what every other human who was in direct communication with God felt at the start? Moses was scared and ran away on the mountain from
You cannot reconcile as hard as you'd like the Muslim faith and the Christian one. I am not trying to do that. All i am saying is this. Look at all sources of religion if you really looking for the truth. Every one can then decide what is truth for one's own faith. The reasons you mentioned that mak
How so? You mean...you 'won't say? It's not can't. It's won't. Because you believe the Quran over the OT/NT. No, not at all that i "won't say", i am NOW looking in the Bible. it clearly has many many statements that are clearly not the words of God. The bible ITSELF doesn't even claim that. God's wor
To start with it's Israel/"Palastine" conflict not arabs in general. Like i said, my friend, it is not what you or I like it to be. This statement is far off the reality as you can get. The reality is even more scary. I just didnt want to say it. It is not only the Arabs, it is the whole Muslim world that are involved in this conflict. living in our own bubble and think it is "not arabs in general" is a grave mistake. may be that is why many of us can't
american people are mostly a stand-alone about these topics. You do not seem to live on the same reality than the rest of the world, and if outsiders try to make you understand, you always beleive in socialist plot to bring down your economy, or to undermine your superpowerness. Hey, not All Americans. at least half of us know that something is not right in our house. it happens, every once in a while. we usually correct our own misbehavior. Democracy i
Ok, say you are correct, then the attacks on the United States will only breing more death and destruction on them. It does not seem to be well thought out I think you started to get it. That is Exactly what they expect. and i said it many many times. terrorism is an act of desperation not a logical one. I am sure you remember the saying "desperate situations call for disperate measures". That is precisely what they are in. They are not a government, the
So your assumption is wrong. If you start re-reading Middle Eastern history, we have at one time or another sided with just about every Middle Eastern governments. It is not my assumption. please follow what they say about us in ALL Middle Eastern countries and you will see what i mean. They are not talking about little political positions here and there, it is the whole US strategy toward them. and remember it was not a government who attacked us. Actua
Are you a liberal? If not why should I answer you? If you are why are you asking stupid questions You answer questions based on whether i am a liberal or not? and if i am, the question becomes stupid?. anyway, i am an independent, there are things i agree on with liberals and the same with conservatives. Are you so dishonest that you can't answer a simple question without exploring all angles for the most politically
You want to understand a "US" liberal? Easy. Blame everything on everybody else and take no personal responsibility for anything That is a contradiction, isn't it? if liberals blame everything on everybody else wouldn't they blame the attacks on others too not on their own country? according to the article the liberals blame themselves not the attackers. That is not taking responsibility?
And if you still can't then, well, there's none so blind as won't see. Very well said. I just want to hear why liberals believe it is our fault. With your obvious opinion about them, why do you want to hear their answer anyway? For Fun? the country is in a disastrous situation and you still living in the Virtual world? wake up and read the reports coming out from the same gang who started this
I'm just curious what that would be? here is one :"the last thing you want is for God to be fair" . God is nothing if not fair and just, He is Absolute Fairness and Justice personified. and that is to everyone and everything He created whether they believe in Him or not. Here
God wrote a book? He revealed his words to his prophets, and they wrote or instructed others to write the books we see now. The problem i am pointing out is this: in the OT/NT there is no dispute about the fact that what we see in them now has a significan amount of input from people that were not wit
So what's the solution ? i am sorry KFC, but you really said few things about GOD that i have to take issue with. however, it is not my intention to get into a round about discussion. So would you please tell me, are you really serious about searching for the truth or you are set in your ways and regardless of the evidence and logic you are not willing to change your understanding? based in your answer, we can have a rea
[/quote]oh no, I don't ignore any parts of scripture [quote] KFC, you know very well that there are a huge amount of "Human Input" in the Bible and that it was written decades after Jeusu was "Raied". So you really should be careful of what you take and what you ignore from the scripture. Any contradiction in these scriptures are due to human words not God's. You a
No one, even atheists, deny that humans have very special capabilities that other species don’t have. In particular the human brain and the ability to imagine and "make" new things that did not exist before. We have the ability to turn our imagination into material objects that could be touched and seen. Over centuries, we developed this ability to a point
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