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scripture

  1. Ch@os*VV!tch

    Has Anyone Actually Read The Bible?

    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...
    • Ch@os*VV!tch
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    • bible bibliology christianity glory judgment romans scripture sin the message
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: Bibliology DIR
  2. TransmutingSoul

    The Bab's Star Tablet

    An amazing work by the Bab is on display for the 200th Anniversary of the Birth of the Bab at the British Library The Bab’s Star Tablet The Haykal, the Star Tablet of the Bab Close-up of the Haykal of the Bab at twice magnification showing the detail of his writing "The haykal which the...
  3. TransmutingSoul

    New Baha'i World Website

    Starting In the time of Shoghi Effendi's ministry, the Baha'i World volumes were published right up until 2006. In a move to thoughtfully present to the world at large what Baha'is believe and do, there is now a new website based on that publication that will evolve over time. The Bahá’í World...
  4. Philip Maymin

    Can you distinguish real biblical verses from machine generated ones?

    I'm running a fun survey to test machine learning on the Old Testament. It's ten random verses and you have to decide if each one is more likely to be real, or more likely to be fake, meaning, generated by a computer that has learned from the original text. The survey is anonymous and fun...
    • Philip Maymin
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    • bible old testament scripture torah
    • Replies: 14
    • Forum: Games
  5. Orias

    Who wants to talk about Satan?!

    Since I Can't post in the DIR I'll make a thread here. It's been a few years actually, I'm certain to meet many new people and I hope to encounter many of my old friends here. The literal translations of "Satan" mean "opposition" or "adversary". By this definition, any and all "God(s)" are...
  6. stvdv

    How you feel finding errors in your scripture?

    How you feel finding errors in your scripture? Is it even possible? Okay errors in scripture of others, but not in mine! I remember when I came across errors in my favorite scripture I was far from happy. Mind tried all kinds of tricks to get around these errors. How you feel/deal with errors...
  7. YeshuaRedeemed

    Scripture AND tradition? Can they both be right?

  8. A Vestigial Mote

    Is it possible to proselytize from a place of humility?

    This question has developed over time via a rather large array of attempts made at my conversion that have never once seemed humble in origin to me. And I thought to start this thread today after a particularly interesting attempt at proselytizing that happened just yesterday as I was walking my...
  9. Cary Cook

    Critical Thinking and Theism/Atheism

    Logic and the rest of critical thinking present information that is eternally true. Assuming an afterlife, then learning such information is far more important than learning information that just goes irrelevant or obsolete. Yet most theists, who supposedly believe in an afterlife, are less...
    • Cary Cook
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    • bible critical thinking scripture
    • Replies: 112
    • Forum: Theism
  10. SalixIncendium

    Should Scripture Be Taken Literally?

    I watched a debate between Richard Dawkins and Cardinal Pell last night in which Cardinal Pell professes that the Catholic Church views the story of the Garden of Eden as "...a beautiful, sophisticated, mythological account." and that "...it’s a religious story told for religious purposes."...
  11. SalixIncendium

    Scripture or Experience?

    There are those that claim that religious truth is found in Scripture, be it the Bible, the Quran, The Bhavagad Gita, the Principia Discordia, or other sacred texts. My question to you is this: Is it better to learn from a subject's biographer, or from the subject Him/Her/Itself? In other...
  12. Twilight Hue

    Why the gods remain stuck in time.

    Many theistic religions today base themselves around ancient mythology and lore, made to come alive through numerous tales of mythical exploits and adventure by those who tell and have told, handing down stories conceived in written long ago. Today, people don't experience first hand those...
  13. SalixIncendium

    Missing Gospels?

    It has been alleged by Bible conspiracy theorists that there are gospels that were submitted to be included in the Bible, but were decided not to be included because they did not portray Jesus as divine, but as a man. These include Gospel of Peter, the Gospel of Mary, and the Gospel of Judas...
  14. Athena Plato

    God’s Temple Mount Circumcision and Holy Bible Covenant Census

    Old Test-ament: "And God said, Let there be light: and there was light." God tried to teach Man the difference between Good and Evil.---The Book of Genesis, 1:3, King James Holy Bible. God gathered dust of the Earth (Gaia) to create the first Human Man (Adam), and took one of Adam’s Ribs to...
    • Athena Plato
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    • ignorance intelligence knowledge love marriage reality religion scripture truth wisdom
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Scriptural Debates
  15. D

    Scriptural proof that Jesus is in full Godhood

    In Hebrews 8:8-9 , one notices the reference to God, who brought the Israelites out of Egypt. The 'title', used for Deity, is the same title, which is used for Jesus, that many claim to be a differential, between the 'father', and the son. Any explanations for this? Refutations? Thanks.
  16. J

    Are God and Satan the same?

    Hi everyone. I was reading this book called "Every Waking Moment" (the one by Kristopher Seals on Amazon not the other ones with the same name) and I saw that the character was questioning whether God or Satan were the same. The character (Bobby) pointed out several things that the two had in...
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