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Where did I say that the Bible is empowered by a logical approach? Please quote my words. This is the 2nd time I have asked. I spent three years visiting just about all the churches in Toronto. A couple of months ago, I finally settled to one home church :)

I did not invent the axiomatic approach. When you have tried your approach, please let me know what happens. I'd be interested to learn if it works.

Let proposition P1 = I have a living soul. Is P1 true to you?

Right. Where did I say that the Bible is empowered by a logical approach? Please quote my words.

See Is it okay to pray in public? and follow up there.

Yes, 1 Kings 8: Luke 23: Praying the public is fine. Both Soloman and Jesus did it. However, there are some warnings, Matthew 6: Don't be showy (Mark 12:40). Don't glorify yourself. You are speaking to God. Don't be a hypocrite. You can fool people, but you cannot fool God. This is an...

How will you two communicate without agreeing to use his preferred pronoun? Will they listen to you objectively? Will you listen to them empathically? How are you going to convince them what is true? By denying their way of identifying themselves? When you have tried your approach, please let...

When does human soul life begin? American Standard Version, Genesis 2: Accordingly, when a fetus receives a (detached) breath from God, it becomes a living soul. By fetus, I mean a human organism with its own distinct DNA from its mother. English Standard Version, Ecclesiastes 11: Psalm...

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Romans 4: This is a self-evident statement: C1 = If there is no law, then there is no transgression. ⇒ if there is transgression, then there is law = C2 Romans 5: Before Moses' law, there was the flood and death. There was sin and transgression. By C2, it follows that there was law before...

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Some congregations sat, some stood, some kneeled, and some all of the above.

Check out How old is the earth?

Good question. Because as far as Noah and the writer of Genesis knew, it was the whole earth. There was no place to go to escape.

That's exactly what I admit. See A Disciplined Probabilistic Approach to Biblical Hermeneutics.

Science works the best current explanation. Evolution is currently the best scientific explanation. By science, I mean a theory supported by mathematics, statistics, and logic.

I think so, but can you be more propositionally or operationally specific?

1 Peter 3: 1 John 2: Hebrews 10: Romans 6: 2 Corinthians 5:

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Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus prepared Jesus' body in John 19: Wrapping Jesus' body in spices was done customarily while Acts 2:27 was an unusual happening: The spices could not stop decay. It was the supernatural act of God to prevent decay. But then, ESV Acts 13: Does the "no more"...