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  1. Matthias

    The happy thread

    * Children enjoying an old game called Sweep the Dog. The dog, not so much. *
  2. Matthias

    The happy thread

    * Plain gone but not forgotten. Roy wrote about it, Barbara set it to music, and Donovan performed it. *
  3. Matthias

    The happy thread

    * Empty pockets don’t lie.*
  4. Matthias

    The happy thread

    * The scribe even threw in a colorful bird to seal the deal. And music. Everything is better with music. *
  5. Matthias

    Critical thinking and education is linked to loss of faith

    The prophesied event happened, in the first century. Blessed is he who comes in the name of Yahweh. Blessed is Jesus of Nazareth, the Messiah, the Son of God.
  6. Matthias

    The happy thread was dead. Long live the happy thread!

    * Marching up and down the square. *
  7. Matthias

    The happy thread was dead. Long live the happy thread!

    * Staying alive in North Korea. *
  8. Matthias

    Personal Growth

    The New Testament assertion is not just that he existed. Jesus of Nazareth is a man attested by God. He is the Messiah, the Son of God. He existed, he exists, he will exist forever. Believe God or don’t believe God. Those are our options.
  9. Matthias

    Personal Growth

    Paul is stressing the importance of what was seen and experienced. It is of first importance, not the only thing of importance. If (a conditional statement) Jesus of Nazareth has not been bodily resurrected from the dead then forget him. Forget everything that he said and everything that he did...
  10. Matthias

    Personal Growth

    Some do but what is the evidence that a majority do? What is your support for this? In my experience, the majority of Christians do not. Even if it were true that a majority do, that isn’t sufficient to establish that God created through an evolutionary process. If a Christian is telling you...
  11. Matthias

    Personal Growth

    Does it not matter to you that the Messiah himself has a God @Riven? Abraham has a God -> Yahweh Moses has a God -> Yahweh Jesus has a God -> Yahweh Yahweh doesn’t have God; he is the one true God.
  12. Matthias

    The happy thread

  13. Matthias

    Critical thinking and education is linked to loss of faith

    The New Testament is written in Greek. “God,“ whether written in Hebrew, Aramaic, Greek, or any other language we might want to consider, is always singular. When I was a college student our Hebrew language professor told us that we could have a ministry teaching people the meaning of elohim...
  14. Matthias

    Critical thinking and education is linked to loss of faith

    Aramaic doesn’t contradict Hebrew. Yahweh is the God (singular) of Israel; not the gods (plural) of Israel. @David in NJ (or anyone else for that matter) can insist that it is plural but the refutation of that assertion is insisting that he render it plural in English. He refuses to do it. The...