Posted on 03/18/2024 5:34:35 PM PDT by grumpa
Like gravity?
Yet, if you were to be plopped down in the middle of this group, could you survive without their help?
We do not know just exactly who started this, but by golly - SOMEONE must have!
Lincoln also warned us to not believe everything we read on the internet.
Well . . . that’s an online Bible.
My advice is to stay off roads named Damascus Drive, or Street, or Way...
I know, I know you need no advice... so be it.
My advice is to stay off roads named Damascus Drive, or Street, or Way...
I know, I know you need no advice... so be it.
"But what’s at stake is the authority of Jesus and the inerrancy of the biblical writers."
I disagree.
I do not believe that the authority of Jesus is as stake. And, regarding "inerrancy of the biblical writers," there are conflicts in writing formations, that "experts," historians, and "scholars" notice and are in disagreement about, and sometimes protest each other's views.
Way back when, Luke and other people who were able, were effectively compilers (I forget the name of the hobby/trade). They would notice a story that had been passed around, and they would endeavor to write down that story for posterity.
The New Testament was developed in stages of writing down, the stories. Some parts written in Aramaic, some parts written in Hebrew, and some parts written in Greek. Some writing by Matthew, John, and Peter who knew Jesus personally.
Some stories were later removed.
In general, the Bible was a work in progress for many years . . . on up to when some fellows got together at Nicea, and Pope Constantine sort of nudged them to work toward editing what they had, into a final form.
Since then (Nicea), some tweaks occurred, and a few close facsimiles or versions were also made.
In all that assembly of the Bible: The word of God endured.
Oh yes, VP Al Gore’s invention, right?
You read the bible and believe Jesus had, literally, a flock of sheep. As opposed to those of us who know He was talking about people.
The bible is inspired by God, or “God Breathed”. No where does it say it was dictated and written down verbatim.
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The difference is that journalists foolishly neglect the premise that objective truth is supreme.
But your jurisdiction to state belief is limited to your own.
I meant to say your jurisdiction to claim knowledge is limited to your own.
But what’s been revealed in our conversation is that you don’t believe nothing created everything. Therefore, you must believe something created everything.
No. I said it is not knowable now and might not be for a very long time if ever.
Please don’t put words in my mouth.
Maybe nothing created everything?
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