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SO, MY APOLOGY IS NOT ACCEPTED?

So my apology is not accepted?

Methinks you've missed @Peterlag's point about Acts 2:36 -- which was that there would have been no need for God to make him Lord and Christ if he was already God. You would have far better luck here with Phil. 2:6-11.

By "scripture" I think you mean the collection of writings that, thanks to a developed consensus in the fourth century, happened to get included in what we now call "the Bible," right? No other "scriptures," Eastern or otherwise, count, right? On that understanding, no, I cannot show you a...

Whomever your comment was responding to, it is the nature of public fora that patting yourself on the back reveals an unsavory armpit of arrogance to everyone who may be watching. I happened to be among them this time. Sorry to call you out on it. I apologize. For all I know you are a very...

So how do we know that the law to keep the Sabbath, for example, was in effect prior to the Ten Commandments being handed down to Moses?

You're asking for a Bible verse that addresses whether "natural law" embraces all ten commandments? I don't know of one. "Natural law" isn't well described in the Bible with the robustness we might like to see, particularly as to its relation to moral law. Paul touched on the concept in...

I had the good fortune to hear Sagan lecture when I was a student at Cornell back in the 1970s. He was agnostic. Not an atheist.

Your second sentence here makes a great point: codification of laws is often preceded by the existence of those laws. But as to your first sentence: how do we know this? If a "natural law" concept embraces all ten, I would be a bit surprised.

How long were God's days prior to creation of the sun. A thousand years? A billion? Or, is the concept purely ordinal rather than cardinal -- i.e., the "second day" of Creation just means some indeterminate point after the first day and before the third?

How would we know when a full revolution of the planet has been completed if there is no fixed reference point by which to gauge it? We can't even imagine a full revolution except by imagining that we are looking at the planet from afar to see a full revolution (in which hypothetical case, our...

I agree. Paul states in 2 Cor. 10:18 that it is not those who commend themselves who are approved.

The reference to "Jesus" in 1 Thess. 1:10 strikes me as a reference to him in his post-resurrection status. Still, I am happy to adopt your definition of "Jesus" as limited to pre-resurrecetion status, despite Paul's apparent disagreement with it in this passage. But what follows from this...

I think much depends on what we are used to. Change in matters of religious worship can be uncomfortable for some, who tend to favor established way of doing things and resist revisions to the BCP or any other liturgical guide for that reason. I respect that sentiment. But returning to...

The image that I have difficulty conjuring up is how three "days" could have elapsed before the sun existed. I supposed I could wrap my head around 72 hours having elapsed before the sun existed. But "days"? That's a tougher one for me. I don't think of a "day" as a 24-hour period. I think...

Well, I've re-read it -- and you explicitly said to @Ritajuice "Your view that faith is a gift is simply wrong! ! !" You properly called her out on concluding the contrary from Ephesians, but you drew an unqualified faith-is-not-a-gift conclusion (with three exclamation marks). So, I pointed...

Please re-read my post. I was not discussing whether grace is a gift. I was discussing whether faith is a gift -- and specifically whether Ephesians 2:8 says so. I agree that "those who claim that Ephesians says that faith is a gift are wrong." I disagree that you should have gone further...

I am deeply interested in the Bible. That doesn't mean I agree with you that this forum is the wrong place to express opinions about the Bible's meaning. But for other reasons having to do with your reluctance to give me straight answers regarding your own view on your immunity from error, I...

Nothing I care to ask YOU about until you disclose whether you believe your interpretations are always perfectly accurate.

Whether your interpretation of it is absolutely inerrant. That's all I want to know at the moment. You aren't going to answer this question, are you?