Search results

Why would we ever expect to see a mythical story followed by an account of someone believing it to be mythical? I hope you're not suggesting that lack of such an account proves the story wasn't mythical! "True" account in what sense? Factually, or in the message?

My take: Whether Adam was actually the "first" man or the Genesis story was mythological, either way I'm not seeing much effect on the Christian doctrine of salvation. What matters is that sin entered the world through mankind's natural tendency to pridefulness and greed. Identifying a first...

Further to the OP, Ex. 20:2-3 in the KJV is rendered “I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. Thou shalt have no other gods before me.” Saying “I am the Lord thy God,” rather than “I am the only God” as one would to a monotheist...

The Torah is not a monotheistic manifesto. National gods were de riguer back then, albeit with the God of Israel being supreme over the pantheon. And I can't help but wonder whether this eventually became something of a Jewish embarrassment. With few exceptions, almost all English translations...

"Inspired" does not mean "dictated." "Inspired" guarantees theological truth, not factual inerrancy of minute details. Sooner or later you might figure this out. Maybe you won't, I don't know.

How does admonishing the Thessalonians to hold fast to what they have been "taught by us, either by our spoken word or by our letter" equate oral tradition with Scripture? It equates oral teachings from Paul and his team (we weren't present, so we can only guess what those words were) as worthy...

And post online.

Mi discpiace, signiora!

It wasn't presented as doctrine. Don't you bother to actually read with care the posts you respond to? And isn't it obvious that you and Arthur have a different notion of "oriental" here (Far East for you, Asia for him)? You just accused a brother in the Lord of being deranged and having a...

I am one who views the Genesis creation story as allegorical yet still profoundly true. It's what Karen Armstrong, in her book The Case for God, would call mythos rather than logos: "Logos (“reason”) was the pragmatic mode of thought that enabled people to function effectively in the world. It...

Perfetto, signiore!

I've not seen any evidence that my departed loved ones can hear me or see me. Is there some reason I should assume that they do?

I have no evidence that Walz EVER mouthed the words of the Sparkle Creed. Neither do you.

There could be lots of reasons. Out of a desire to fit in. By rote or habit. Because it has become a mantra without consideration of meaning. I learned to recite the Pledge of Allegiance at age five, but didn't really know what I was saying. To be honest, I recite it now at certain events...

Save me the trouble by explaining, and it might give me a reason to go there.

Let me suggest that you guys are largely disputing semantics. Today the "Catholic Church" is distinguished from Protestant churches, and is rooted in the Papacy. In the first century, no Protestants (as opposed to some outliers who were deemed heretical) existed, and the Church was not rooted...

Please focus for a moment just on Reuben = France. Help me understand. Obadiah ch. 1 doesn't place any of the Ten Tribes in France. It allocates them to local middle Eastern areas, like the Phoenician city of Zarephath (about equidistant between Tyre and Sidon). I don't know what "Zarteh"...

Let's start with the first one. I am searching this site for your documentation that France is the tribe of Reuben. Can you point me to it?

I agree only with your first sentence, which is proven by the following eight.

Did those Gold Star families have the authority to suspend the National Cemetery rules which clearly prohibit political activities on cemetery grounds?