First off, I think it might be a good idea to define what "speaking in tongues" actually is.
Acts 2 gives the only detailed account of true biblical speaking in tongues, of which the two subsequent mentions refer.
Notice that it wasn't nonsense gibberish, but actual languages that the crowd...
I don't think any arbitrary lines have been drawn between micro and macro.
Let me use a mathematical example, which should prove to you, at least, that I have at least a rudimentary understanding of probability.
Let's say we define a micro-evolution as a function f(t) with respect to time. For...
Sure it can. But science relies on empirical observation and experimentation, not assumption. The Bible is not a science textbook.
Science attempts to explain the origins of the universe and the evolution of life on earth. It can't because initial conditions can't be observed, processes can't...
Why would that be? Logically speaking, the entire Pentateuch is written from a historian and instructive point of view. Why would the first few chapters of Genesis somehow be allegorical or a parable?
The simple answer is that it isn't.
Yours,
JC Masters
Ok, Gaddock, first let's see where you believe the "blatant contradictions" are. I've had more than a few folks send me to websites and parrot what some believe are blatant contradictions, but I've yet to see any that didn't have logical explanations.
Can we try that first? Post a blatant...
First off, I don't think I ever addressed you in an insulting or disrepectful manner, and I would appreciate you extending me the same courtesy.
I have read the bible, cover to cover, 9 times, in dutiful studying for a quarter of a century. Twice I read it in Classical Hebrew and Koine Greek...
I respectfully disagree, kadzbiz. I think you can see things from God's point of view by studying his word.
You say that the human authors of the bible wanted to tell people "how it is", but many of the authors were extremely reluctant to be involved. Moses and Paul were very good examples...
Ok, kadzbiz, thanks for the welcome. Twice. :)
What completely different series of events or actions are you referring to, in a biblical context, of course.
And yes, I am familiar with police and the court system, but the cops duty was not what I was referring to. You know as well as I do...
That's what the Bible is for. To show us God's perspective. Problem is, we're too stuck looking at it from our own perspectives that we miss the point entirely.
JC Masters
I've spent a long time studying evolution (in all its forms) as well as studying the Bible (in all its forms, but mostly in Hebrew and Koine Greek).
I've come to the conclusion that evolution does not follow the scientific method in that one can only assume or infer an event that cannot have...
Right, and of course you know that the detractor will say, "How is it that we 'KNOW' anything?"
Jesus was pretty clear that you have to have a child's mindset in order to enter the Kingdom. Children don't require a lot of proof. Of course, the detractor will say that it's just another form...
Hi everyone, I'm also new to these forums. I have read the previous 11 pages of posts (ugh) and would like to make a comment about Kadzbiz's observations of eye-witnesses from 12 years in law enforcement.
I agree that you can get 4 people who observed an event, who come up with different...
Hi, I'm JC Masters.
I'm an author who's writing Christian books to evangelize to the unbelievers.
A book I'm working on right now is called, "What the Hell? Simple Answers to Life's Most Burning Questions".
I didn't know this forum existed, and I'm very blessed to have found you folks...