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  1. OzSpen

    Atheist objections to evidence for God's existence

    Truth OT, I can assure you that I, as a true believer in the Trinitarian God, am not subjective in my experience. If the creation did not happen, Noah's flood was a legend, the 10 Commands were 10 opinions, and the life, death, resurrection and ascension of Jesus didn't happen in space and...
  2. OzSpen

    Atheist objections to evidence for God's existence

    What caused you to stumble and fall?
  3. OzSpen

    Atheist objections to evidence for God's existence

    Which tests have you used to determine if the OT and NT are reliable historical accounts or contain lies of the writers?
  4. OzSpen

    Atheist objections to evidence for God's existence

    Truth OT, Is the God of the Old Testament the God of the New Testament? William Lane Craig John M Njoroge challenged your assumption that 'any number of names could be substituted for David's god and they'd all have the same amount of proof': Nothing short of chronological snobbery would...
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    Atheist objections to evidence for God's existence

    Truth OT, What evidence would you accept to demonstrate that God exists? Are you searching for empirical evidence, historical evidence, cosmological evidence, etc? I'm interested in knowing which kinds of evidence you accept and which kinds you reject? Is this evidence outside of what you...
  6. OzSpen

    What is meant by "rightly dividing the word of truth?"

    Scott A, The Greek, orthotomounta (from orthotomew), who "correctly handles" (found only here in NT), is a metaphor that means "holding a straight course" in the word of truth. Bauer, Arndt & Gingrich's Greek Lexicon refers us to the only other places where the word appears (the LXX of Prov...
  7. OzSpen

    The Rest of The Dead

    CL, My Presbyterian pastor who is Amillennial (he has to be to be ordained in that denomination). He preached through Daniel and has just finish an exposition of the Book of Revelation. He stated emphatically that right now Satan is bound and there were 'Amens' from some in the congregation...
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    If Children come from Hell, how did they get there to begin with?

    You avoided answering my question: Where did I state anything like the unregenerate being indwelt by the Holy Spirit? Where?
  9. OzSpen

    If Children come from Hell, how did they get there to begin with?

    From where did you gain that unbiblical notion? Where did I state anything like the unregenerate being indwelt by the Holy Spirit? Where?
  10. OzSpen

    If Children come from Hell, how did they get there to begin with?

    Base 12, You really have skewed this verse to come up with your concocted understanding. What does it mean? NIV translation: 'Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You travel over land and sea to win a single convert, and when you have succeeded, you make them twice as...
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    If Children come from Hell, how did they get there to begin with?

    Woh, Your Bible is different from mine: 22 ‘The time came when the beggar died and the angels carried him to Abraham’s side. The rich man also died and was buried. 23 In Hades, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far away, with Lazarus by his side. 24 So he called to him...
  12. OzSpen

    farouk, In my suburb of northern Brisbane I see these rainbow lorikeets/parrots semi-regularly...

    farouk, In my suburb of northern Brisbane I see these rainbow lorikeets/parrots semi-regularly. I had dinner with folks last night in an adjoining suburb and I saw them feeding off something in the grass of the back yard. I presume they were eating seeds. In the wild, they can be an attacking...
  13. OzSpen

    Emotion replacing study

    Stan, My own Christian sister who has been a Christian for most of her adult life (age 69), told me a year ago: 'I'm not much of a Bible student'. She was justifying her lack of Bible reading but she does go to a women's KYB study. Will that do for regular Bible reading - a chunk a week? Oz
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    Are Doctrines affected by Modern Versions

    Enoch111, You are dumbing down Westcott & Hort who were excellent textual critics. You don't like their conclusions so you accuse Sinaiticus and Vaticanus of being 'the most corrupt Greek manuscripts'. These are the facts regarding Acts 8:35-37 (ESV): Acts 8:35-36 English Standard Version...
  15. OzSpen

    Are Doctrines affected by Modern Versions

    You do have assumptions and they are chick.com presuppositions to denigrate the earliest NT MSS. What you presented sounds awfully like a conspiracy theory.
  16. OzSpen

    Are Doctrines affected by Modern Versions

    ReChoired, Your assumption is the Nestle-Aland and United Bible Society Greek texts are corrupt. You haven't demonstrated that for us. You don't seem to understand the principles of textual criticism which are used to obtain the most accurate text. The reason why there are so many differences...
  17. OzSpen

    Are Doctrines affected by Modern Versions

    Please demonstrate that is so.
  18. OzSpen

    Are Doctrines affected by Modern Versions

    What are your criteria for determining that the text is "inspired"? How do you know that the KJV and the TR are "preserved" as the accurate historical text available today?
  19. OzSpen

    Are Doctrines affected by Modern Versions

    RC, That's your presupposition. You haven't provided evidence that the earliest Greek texts we have, e.g. Sinaiticus and Vaticanus, are "corrupt". Because the Alexandrian text type is closest to the original documents, it provides examples of how to examine the accuracy of the earliest Greek...
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    Are Doctrines affected by Modern Versions

    Truther, Why isn't the Masoretic Text of the OT the correct document for the doctrine of God? Why have you relegated the text that espouses the doctrine of theology in the NT to the KJV rather than the Textus Receptus or Nestle-Aland Greek texts? Is the KJV the supreme document for ALL Bible...