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The "tests" can fall into categories and I'll start with 3: 1. Prophecy (Did what the texts say would happen actually always happen?) 2. Reality (Does what the text reveal stack up to how reality actually works?) 3. Internal Consistency (Are there inconsistencies, internal conflicts, or blatant...

As opposed to something being missing, the more likely truth is that the old me carried too much confidence in his faith and felt it was unshakable and could be proven to be based in truth. This confidence led to to reach out to and deeply engage those that did not share in the faith whether...

Maybe it's not that God lied or did anything at all. Perhaps the writers were either deceived or themselves lied on God.........

I'll answer this question as the me from a decade ago when I was still a Christian. I would have said that truth (John 7:17) was found in the Word of God and that the Word of God was the Bible. I would have added that studying the Word coupled with prayer was necessary in order to best...

No argument from me. I generally accept that the old and new testaments deify the same god. The issue is whether or not what the narratives found in the books of the bible are reliable and totally true accounts of what is actual. In my study, I have found the biblical narratives to simply not be...

The above is not evidence, it's a writer's declaration. Evidence would include details that support the declaration. In the above passage any number of names could be substituted for David's god and they'd all have the same amount of proof. Proof requires being able to show why a proposition...

Their existence hasn't been verified either.

This assessment is spot on. The difficulty is overcoming our natural tendency to prove ourselves right. We tend to start with a preconception and seek out echo-chambers to strengthen our resolve in what we already believe. If we ever master the art of dropping our preexisting biases and start...

This realm has not been demonstrated to actually exist.

I don't reject the evidence, I just haven't been provided with much of anything that would suggest that the supernatural exists. I am not a theist for the simple fact that evidence for the existence of the gods as defined in religious texts is lacking. I have searched for evidence and even been...

Texts like Deuteronomy 5:9, Jeremiah 32:18, Leviticus 26:39, as well as Matthew 23:35-36 disagree with your assertion. Methinks you nailed it here. A person can definitely acquire some life-benefiting lessons from studying certain parts of the biblical texts. Many are very enlightening. When...

You equated 3 things that are lacking in similarity here. The day-age and gap periods some assert for the creation week do not qualify as theories the way evolution by natural selection does. The 1st two are literally conjecture whilst the last is currently the best explanation that the data in...

According to the new testament writings, the Anointed One was to come for his saints in the generation that lived in the 1st century. Latter-day saints (and I'm not talking about Mormons) are foreign to the scriptures.

The word worship and the context that people use it in is what causes the 7th vs 1st day of the week issue. Most churches have made the mistake of assuming that a specified day of worship was prescribed in the newt testament despite the fact that evidence for such is lacking. The make a huge...

The problems are many and vast and have been enhanced not only by a lack of education but also due in part to miseducation. We have been miseducated about who and what we are and we have been miseducated about what is actually attempted to be protected by laws. People aren't the focus as much as...

A fact we must face is that regulations and laws are set up not just to protect people and nature, but also to protect the culture and values of those with the voice to affect cultural norms. An underlying effect is the punishment of dissidents that don't adhere to or respect what the dominant...

Boundaries don't create a path, they instead restrict where the path can go. Expectedly so as they are employed the the legal system. Laws are enforceable rules to regulates whatever game is being played. Take away ALL of the rules and the game can become chaotic and perhaps even...

Who's making the case that human action ARISES by law? Law regulates actions, it doesn't cause them. I can agree that punitive measures are not the most effective means to regulate human behavior and we'd do well to rethink our "blood lust" and desire for punishment.

Pro-Me-ism, an condition every "self" has is the main impactor of civility. The fact that a society consists of many selfs having to coexist amid each other's selfish goals and viewpoints is often a detriment to civility. Law regulates what selfish behaviors will and will not be tolerated within...

I do not see the bible prescribing Sabbath-Keeping for today, but I must admit that in Acts there are examples of Paul preaching on various Sabbaths (see Acts 17:2).