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The story-telling is solid, but we are well into the realm of science fiction now. There is confusion in this story between angels and spirits, and how the two interact with humanity. Angels that fall are devils. They don't become persons.

Not exactly. In mythology, it's more of an underworld that's separated from the regular world by water. In 1Enoch that you mentioned, he is shown 4 "hollow places" where the dead are housed, and in that book it isn't clear quite where they're at. You seem to be hinting that we're living in...

That's actually pretty close to how I view human intelligence - as one big collective sea that we all both draw-from, and contribute-to. And that... doesn't make everything in the our super-consciousness true or real. What we imagine is a big part of it. Be careful which waters you sail upon...

I don't buy the idea that it cropped up in separate places. The Greeks got it from Plato's Phaedo, and he seems to have gotten it from the mystery religions, which trace back to Persia. The Persians and early Indians are essentially the same people, both having migrated from the Caucusus...

Suddenly scientology... why?

The New Testament shows some evidence that the early church was credulous of the Greek conception of Hades. Jesus' breaks down the 'gates of hell' to set captives free. That sounds like way more than a dirt-nap. There's a whole cosmology packaged into that little verse. And if they had a...

The City of Phoenix evicted all the inhabitants end of last year and did a large-scale clean-up of the area: https://cronkitenews.azpbs.org/2023/12/04/phoenix-the-zone-homeless-encampment/ Crime dropped in the area: https://www.fox10phoenix.com/video/1403036 Where did the people go? Based on...

Changing the nomenclature doesn't really change the question. Why do the New Testament authors virtually ignore "the former prophets" while quoting "the latter prophets" extensively?

He's been outspoken about the decline of academia because of the infiltration of woke-ism and cancel culture. They are trying to ride him out on a rail because of it.

It's under "other prophets" and there weren't enough to list it separately. The list I worked from only includes quotes. There are many allusions to Daniel in the book of Revelation, but the list didn't account for oblique references, only actual quotations. "It is written" sort of stuff...

Huh? If it's actually genocide, there would be no further generations, would there?

Yes. Do you think we should give the prophets preference today for the same reason?

In Acts 2, Peter gives the sermon of his life to the assembled Jews who are at Jerusalem for the Feast of Pentecost. In verses 29-30, he says something I found peculiar - that David was a prophet. Now, we know David as a king. And David was also a priest - he claims so in Psalm 110. But...

I'd be dead. I live in a large city that has a nuclear power plant and an air force base nearby. Got the target painted on my back...

The original Hippocratic oath was created in part to exclude from practice those "doctors" who preyed on the public for monetary gain. The sorcerer would poison the well, and then sell "cures" that were effective only because they stopped poisoning the well. First, do no harm...

It's not the only option. I believe that the initial creation of matter was... messy. Genesis 1:2 says "formless and void." Then God spends time forming that mess into something "good." God rests for a Sabbath, and somehow everyone assumes that Sabbath-rest goes on forever? Why would...

The next time you pray, make sure you thank the Lord for that good health you're enjoying at an advanced age.

There's also osteopathy, which seeks to treat the patient rather than their disease. And naturopathy, which seeks to leverage the body's own healing properties. I have a hard time telling that part from homeopathy.

You must be young. Old age is exponentially longer, harder, and more painful than a few seconds/minutes of being attacked and devoured by a predator.

Weirdly, textual critics would say the opposite. Fulfilled prophecy is usually attributed to "they were writing after the fact and already knew what happened" by the non-believing-but-well-educated.