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    The Best Movies on Spiritual Themes?

    "The Mission," starring a young Robert De Niro and Jeremy Irons, was voted the best movie ever on a spiritual theme. It is my personal favorite, though I should probably distinguish "favorite" from "best." Yet it didn't receive very glowing reviews in the USA. It's probably too slow-paced...
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    "The Science of Premonitions" (Dr. Larry Dossey)

    In my view, the premonitions I'll share establish the existence of a spiritual dimension. Here is my first premonitory experience : (1) At age 19, I was a Winnipeg college student. About 5 years my senior, my friend Dallas was the leader of our church youth group of about 150. I had just been...
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    "The Science of Premonitions" (Dr. Larry Dossey)

    By "science," Dr. Dossey has in mind replicable lab experiments that confirm compelling anecdotal cases. See the intriguing Dossey interview below: http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=Youtube+premonitions+dossey&view=detail&mid=4BBFD3D3569D21757F924BBFD3D3569D21757F92&FORM=VIRE For me, the...
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    Jesus: Connections to Eyewitnesses and Extrabiblical Sources

    Roger, the saying you quote is just one of dozens of sayings of Jesus outside the 4 canonical Gospels. On what grounds can you or anyone else dismiss it as inauthentic? The saying is expressing the miraculous bounty of fruits in the post-resurrection kingdom of God. Want a parallel in our...
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    Kenneth Miller's Reconciliation of Relgious Faith and Evolution Theory

    I just watched this YouTube video of cell biologist Kenneth Miller's lecture at Yale. It is the most stimulating lecture I have ever heard online. It has the potential to elevate the level of dialogue created by the God and evolution thread. Among other things, it has prompted me to rethink...
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    Evolution and Creationism. Are they really different?

    Cell biologist, Kenneth R. Miller, can be deemed the poster boy for the defense of conventional evolutionary theory against creationists and proponents of Intelligent Design. He has co-authored a standard biology high school text book for teaching evolution in public schools and has served as a...
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    The Authenticity of the Shroud of Turin: New Evidence

    Viole, the miracles reported in the Gospel routinely happen today. You just need to get out more. You seem trapped in the myopic, spiritually suffocating atmosphere of your scientific thought Ghetto. You need to breathe the refreshing atmosphere of honest and open inquiry. Stay tuned for my...
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    Jesus: Connections to Eyewitnesses and Extrabiblical Sources

    Papias (60-120 AD) writes: "And [John] the Elder said this. Mark having become the interpreter of Peter, wrote down accurately whatsoever he remembered. It was not, however, in exact order that he related the sayings or deeds of Christ. For he neither heard the Lord nor accompanied Him. But...
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    Jesus: Connections to Eyewitnesses and Extrabiblical Sources

    (continued) Jesus appeared to Peter and James, and Paul confirmed this by direct conversations with both men! So there is a solid eyewitness connection. Please educate on these issues before you continue to pontificate from naitve ignorance. Jayhawker, you are a refreshing change from such...
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    Jesus: Connections to Eyewitnesses and Extrabiblical Sources

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    Jesus: Connections to Eyewitnesses and Extrabiblical Sources

    No my expression of the scholarly consensus as to the reality of Papias's book is "so much better." I guess I have to assume that on a site like this most skeptics will be virtually illiterate with respect to modern scholarship, the Bible, and early Christian writings. (3) My next and most...
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    The Authenticity of the Shroud of Turin: New Evidence

    Who ever said this theory was proof? It is merely an OPINION of SOME scientific researchers and experts on the Shroud.
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    Jesus: Connections to Eyewitnesses and Extrabiblical Sources

    Congratulations! Your comment is the intellectual equivalent of fundamentalists who argue that Satan planted the fossils to create the deception of evolution. No modern scholar doubts that Papias' book exists. Various church fathers own it, the most important of which is Eusebius; and he...
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    The Authenticity of the Shroud of Turin: New Evidence

    The radiation theory is of course a mere possibility born of science's failure to explain how the Shroud was made. But it can be persuasive to some. For example, I recently told a retired Boeing engineer about the YouTube videos I posted on this thread. He had formerly dismissed the Shroud as...
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    Jesus: Connections to Eyewitnesses and Extrabiblical Sources

    I'll begin with 2 points and later expand them as the discussion proceeds. (1) Papias (C. 60-125 AD) is famous for his preference for eyewitness testimony ("a living voice") to Jesus over written records. He has directly consulted disciples of...
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    The Trinity is Wrong

    Croak's article: "How can the singularly absolute God with his indivisible oneness become three separate beings with three independent decision centers." Where in the Bible did you get the idea that the Trinity consists of "3 separate Beings?" You probably mean the historical Jesus, but the...
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    The Big Bang as evidence for God

    This thread has understandably strayed from its original question of what the Big Bang implies about God and God's existence. To be meaningful, then, some working conception of the presumed deity seems advisable. The classic metaphysical question is: Why is there something rather than nothing...
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    The Authenticity of the Shroud of Turin: New Evidence

    Some claim that, if genuine, the Shroud attests the actual moment of resurrection because of the radiation energy needed to produce the otherwise inexplicable image.
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    Homophopic........ Me ?

    8 Possible Topics for Conversation: (1) The Bible teaches that we are all sinners in need of God's grace. Yet we love each other regardless. So even on the assumption that same sex sexual acts are sinful, why shouldn't gays and lesbians be treated as lovingly as anyone else? (2) Then there is...
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    Big Bang or Evolution have more direct evidence

    valjean: Behe's a religious propagandist who's been refuted more times and from more different sources than I can count, and if you don't see any credible counter-explanation...they're even all over YouTube. I've researched both Behe and the counter-arguments, and so far, found nothing...
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