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Animals doing strange things, surviving being swallowed, a massive flood. These are all plausible. A giant tree a mile wide or three mountains rising out of the ground without so much as a mention of an earthquake. That is ridiculous.

It doesn't say anything about him because I can't trust that it is an accurate account. The second half reads like the feats of Hercules or the story of Paul Bunyan.

5. I've looked far enough into major religions to find fault. 6. If I am wrong it could only be because my conception of reality is totally perverted. In which case lossing my mind would be like spilt milk.

The doctrine about Jesus explains how we can be saved. The act of saving us was done by Jesus himself. But the concept isn't as inane as the inanimate carbon rod saving us from nuclear disaster. The word of God is alive and active. The spirit of Christ is in the word itself. Not going to...

The miracles on that site do not follow the pattern ordained by God for his miracles. They seem more like sorcery. And the six Ascetic monks conspired with demons according to the story. I would bet the Ascetics conspired to make up a story to gain more wealth or power. As the demons would...

So what happens when the banks cap interest rates on loans and the fed sets interest above that number?

So what evidence did Abraham have when he left his father's House? Wasn't it just a voice in his head? This faith pleased God and was attributed to Abraham as righteousness. What did Jesus call his generation for seeking signs? "Wicked and adulterous."

Jesus loves each altar as a person. But like a whole person an altar can choose to reject Jesus. This can often be overcome by healing, and the unbelieving altar will come to believe in time. Then they can and will be reconciled with other believing altars. However many die before being healed...

"Love the sinner hate the sin," is all well and good. We can understand why warning against sin isn't hate because of that from our perspective as Born again Christians. However there are those amongst the lost who stake their personal Identify in their sin. I can understand why they would...

Your distinction between religious faith and biblical faith is perhaps a source of contention. Also, evidentiary faith makes no sense in light of Hebrews 11:1 " Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen." As you describe different kinds of faith, there is...

In a PM that is OK, but to do so in public forums would invite correction.

An invention of tyrants, who think everyone in the world answers to them. Why should God answer to them? Jesus did as his father told him to do. If the Father said to conceal, Jesus obeyed. He also told people to tell no one about some things, when he revealed too much too soon.

You demonstrated a disregard for Hebrews 4:15 that tells us he was tempted in every way and did not sin. And you demonstrated distain for the Glory of Jesus in trivializing this effort.

To lie by omission is to remain silent about something rather than resort to untrue words. No lie is told if you say nothing... Unless you previously told someone that you would report about such and such.

The solo scriptola movement began in response to the church assuming authority beyond it's purview. If Jesus held scripture above his own will, I think it safe to say no man has authority to do so. And if they think the scripture itself gives them the authority, they misinterpret.

It is all true from God's point of view, which is what's important. The words Jesus had been speaking were spirit and life. He often spoke in metaphors and parables because he knew we would not understand spiritual things. Other times he just spoke them to be understood later. Neither is God...

Then there is a portion of the remaining 3/4 of liberals who lied on the poll, because common since would say not to admit you want to see a former president dead.

CO2 in the atmosphere has doubled since the start of the industrial age. We can stand it being doubled again, but not a third time, live expectancy would begin to be affected.

The gospel would not have had the same effect on me without a conviction for my sin and the long term consequence of damnation. I can hardly go back in time and raise the hypothetical to a dead boy. After college I had an existential crisis, doubting the purpose of my continued existence and...