Apart from the overtly religious statements about Jesus origins and miracles what is it about the things John wrote that would make you think he was manipulating people by exaggerating or making things more outlandish. I don't want to accuse you of saying he made stuff up but it seems you do not...
Almost certainly is a appreciated admission. Now why am i certain. Well to tackle Revelation first, i don't think it had a chance in hell of being accepted unless it had Apostolic authority. It is to far from what they would have expected. Even for those fully versed in the Hebrew tradition it...
The "He shall judge among the nations and rebuke many people" bit is what you should be focused on in this instance not the Peace that comes after it. The Judging the nations thing... that is a little thing in the Bible called Armageddon, The Day of the LORD, Judgement Day, The War of God...
The Gospels do NOT teach Love Unity and brotherhood to the outside world but to fellow believers. The outside world is to be tolerated and accommodated as much as possible but it was to be viewed as separate. The Hebrews were well known for NOT associating with the other nations or religions...
All the Prophets and Holy Books I believe were sent by God for all humanity.
The Hebrew prophets were sent specifically to the Jews they were definitely NOT saying the message of God that they brought was for all mankind. The New Testament as well was written to believers for believers. The...
You misunderstood what i was getting at is all. I am 100% in agreement with you on this subject. John is an absolutely reliable source and a firsthand account from someone who knew Jesus.
Why are Christians so quick to assume that lying and cheating are the only alternate explanations. Myths tend to grow naturally over time. No need to lie. Look at the Elvis myths that arose after his death. Do you think that everyone that believed them was a liar or a cheat?The people...
I never quite understand what these sort of comments are meant to imply. Abram was from UR, he was a Chaldean in the very region where the events of Genesis and the flood took place.
That the Enuma Elish and the Biblical account have significant points of similarity is to be expected as the...
So why on earth would you expect someone who rejects basic science to become a scientist? Are you hoping for the destruction of civilization?
This is where you lot become as "dogmatic" as any of the religions you hypocritically attack. It is not the basic facts that are rejected but the IDEOLOGY...
The replication crisis (or replicability crisis or reproducibility crisis) is, as of 2019, an ongoing methodological crisis in which it has been found that many scientific studies are difficult or impossible to replicate or reproduce. The replication crisis affects the social and life sciences...
The replication crisis often makes the scientific claims no more valid than the religious. Faith in the science produced by a broken and fractured academy is misplaced.
I would prefer that biology teachs that Male and female are the TWO sexes rather than that gender it is an oppressive...
The times of trouble in the Daniel chapter 12 account coincide with the Great Tribulation of Matthew 24 account so YES these actions are against mankind.
Dan 12:1 And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time...
I'm sorry, but I don't see any connection between these two events. Yes, both will take place in the end times, but they are not the same events.
Daniel 12:1 refers to Revelation 12:7-17 and not to Revelation 19:14 or to Revelation 19:11.
Daniel 11 and 12 are describing warfare against the...
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My thoughts on who the people referred to in Daniel are can be clearly shown by the parallel accounts from the Christian scriptures in Revelation specifically but also the other portions where the events of the last days are alluded to, therefor the people Michael stands up for is the...
Just as not everyone who uses a sword will be killed......This is not true.
Rev.18[1] And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory.[2] And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is...
What makes you think that they' re the same events?
i am not quite sure what separate events you think these scriptures could be referring to? it is the beginning of Armageddon and in one Michael leads and the other two Jesus leads..WHY?
Daniel 12 And at that time shall Michael stand up, the...
You have heard of the replication crisis haven't?
I did not say that science has no foundation. I said the foundation is story.
To understand the effect of things doesn't make the story told to explain them the truth. I have less a problem with the hard sciences and mathematics than with some...
Yes science is god in the minds of its faithful.... Truthfully most of it is storytelling and job creation by the oroborous like education system with no real foundation other than consensus from people who want to believe the same story and keep their particular field relevant in a shrinking...
Michael is not described only as a prince but as "one of the chief princes".
Hmmmm... Eisenhower could be described as one of the "chief US Generals": of ww2 and that would in NO WAY negate that he was also supreme commander of Allied forces. That there are other Princes and Michael is one of...