In Holland they did a nice experiment. They took a Holy Scripture and highlighted some violent passages, and showed it to the people and asked some questions. Also interesting to see when those people found out from which scripture the verses came. All this to confront ourselves with our...
Personally I see the Bible is flawless in purpose. I see it is a record of the Spiritual Mission of God's chosen Prophets up to and Inclusive of Jesus.
I also see it also gives Prophecy that the spiritual guidance will continue to unfold and culminate in an age of peace for all humanity under...
I have started this thread to discuss the use of " flood " terms used in ancient literature and how they influenced the Bible ( Feel free to move this to the appropriate section if it's in the wrong place )
I can see there are several readers here who have gone to the lengths to study such...
Quite often I see the things in the Hebrew Bible presented as 100% literal word for word accounts of events that actually happened / existed
~ The Garden of Eden and the serpent
~ The flood and the ark
~ The firmament
etc
Now, I personally believe the Bible is " God's word "...
Oh yes we keep hearing about the Sola Scriptura heresy all the time like little bombs in conversation. This is a division of thought in many many religions but the phrase "Sola Scriptura" directly reminds the Christian-Lutheran position and the opposing institutionalised elders.
The irony is...
1. And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a slave of slaves shall he be unto his brethren. And he said, Blessed be the Lord God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his slave. God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his slave. (Genesis 9, synodical translation)...
Stoning to death as a punishment occurs in the Tanakh and is prescribed even for people who try to convert people away from YHWH, and then when a bride is not a virgin at the time of marriage, and maybe we could say "etc". Well, the Qur'an doesn't have any stoning or Rajm in it whatsoever...
This is a carry over from another thread where the question was asked by @Tzarah about a) the difference between the Hebrew text and the KJV bible and b) how a Torath Mosheh Jew who reads Hebrew reads the Hebrew text. The video below was created to answer both of these questions.
Note: The...
One of the End Time prophecies in the book of Revelation states that in the last days the Euphrates river would dry up and eastern military forces would begin to use the river as a pathway/location for military related operations.
REVELATION 16:12
"12 And the sixth angel poured out his vial...
To those who believe in the Bible: What is the Messiah? God or a created being? And why?
And you, Bethlehem Ephratah, too small to be among the thousands of Judah, out of you will come forth to me, who shall be ruler over Israel; and his origins are from the prehistoric times, from the days of...
I believe that the Bible does not contradict itself, and when we read that light was created before the sun, then the only logical explanation is that sunlight is not daylight.
We need oxygen to live but we also need oxygen to produce sound. And this is interesting.
Isn't it possible that the oxygen that surrounds us all is God's spirit in other words the Holy Spirit?
In the bible it is written that God created the world through the Word, so he created through Sound...
How do we know the Bible was not written by demons?
I know I know, because they don’t exist.
But suppose if you believed in demons and believed that demons can impersonate the dead.
Demons could have stolen Lazuras body and impersonated him, and the same for Jesus, or Jesus Himself could even...
I don't get how ? Qur'an does not mention stoning to death as any capital punishment for any offense , while Bible implied it for a dozen of times . Sectarian Muslims endorse it in case of adultery/fornication while Christians/Jews do not do that . Muslims follow Bible and Christians/Jews follow...
Share what you personally believe to be the strongest evidence - either for or against - the Book of Mormon.
Please limit yourself to just the one example and try to keep it civil.
Was reading Arabic Bible - Genesis (تكوين) . The first verse shocks me when I found the name of GOD is written ALLAH (الله) . In the whole chapter there were 31 verses and the name of الله also mentioned 31 times. Checked randomly the chapters from NT and found the same . Here is some...
Every time I get to discussing religion with Christians, I find that they can quote some memorized scriptures that prove whatever point they want to make. When I offer a rebuttal scripture that contradicts theirs, they'll decide that my scripture is a parable but theirs is literal or some other...
Are there Bible proofs that Proselytism is wrong?
First of all what is the difference between Evangelizing vs Proselytizing?
IMO (very short):
1) Evangelizing is being enthusiastic about something and sharing it with others, who eagerly want to hear
2) Proselytizing is evangelizing, but...