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I meant to get back to this early and must have missed you conceding this point multiple times. Let's flush this out. Walking in the woods and happening on a book (only) suggests a writer? How do you connect the book to the writer and why is this connection merely a suggestion? Let me suggest...

Good start. But love them too much not to transform them.

Ourselves.

Conjecture.

LOL. Except his virgin birth was not prophecied.

What?! You are confusing the object of the prophecy with the specifics of an individual prophecy. Just because the object is the Saviour that takes away the sins of the world does not mean the Isaiah verse in question is a Messianic prophecy.

Maybe. As another poster pointed out, not one Jewish scholar ever considered the verse in question a Messianic prophecy. Certainly, a Messianic prophecy qualified as the greatest in OT would have the Jews holding up as one. So, there is that.

A common tactic is to promote a weak link as though it was the strongest. Young woman. Virgin. Not the same.

Well, you can see it anyway you like. The Isaiah verse in question is not a Messianic prophecy.

Well, 2 different things. Just because Mary was a virgin does NOT mean it was prophecied.

Pretty lame smear campaign, to dismiss billions of witnesses on the grounds that a very small % make the claim that are impugned. Your standard is designed to be impossible to meet. Classic atheist tactic to define a winning argument. Jesus teaches that we do not have to rely on our own...

You are quoting yourself as an authority rather than the actual authority. Nothing you claim counters what I wrote. Jesus said the Holy Spirit will guide you in all truth. And God will call. Many are called but few are chosen. This means exclusive, not all.

Oh? How so?

LOL. Because you deny God exists, you cannot acknowledge that God reveals himself to his select. God revealed himself to me in a supernatural experience. So, no human argument will surpass the witness of my testimony. I used to be ignorant, like you, but now I KNOW.

No, not their entire ideology, just a minor error in their eschatology. The patriarchs did not use their brain cells to reason the Creator, he revealed himself. Do you get that? The Creator revealed himself to his children.

What is misguided with that? Di you have locks on your doors? What is that all about? Having said that, your characterization of my position is false. Exclusivity and closed systems remain valid. Do you recognize there is a difference between the living and the dead?

I may have missed it. What is your answer to the OP?

I have pointed out this same error many times myself. It makes me feel sad that people feel the need to mythologize a connection to the OT with Jesus that is simply not there. I could explain more but that is against the current rules. If you want me to explain more, PM me.

So, in your own way, you are here evangelizing.

Well said. It is amazing how some can be so misguided about the exclusivity of the Body of Christ.