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  1. atpollard

    Why are Bible scholars leaving Christianity?

    They "leave" because they do not believe in God. They started out being TOLD that Christianity was true (and believed that it was). They came to believe that the BIBLE was not true (it was a flawed human work of literature). They ultimately concluded that God was not real (what they had been...
  2. atpollard

    If you've been "born again", were you reborn gradually or did it just happen in an instant?

    Both ... there was an instant of radical transformation when who I was died and who I am was born (everything that mattered changed in a moment - like dead to alive) ... then comes Ephesians 2:10 and a lifetime of walking it out and being transformed gradually into the image of Jesus. It is...
  3. atpollard

    Church, donkeys at living nativity scene attacked, Germany

    The "religion of peace" at work again. Mohammad would approve.
  4. atpollard

    Rapture ... soon?

    A confession ... I am an "Amillenial". However, it is not a hill that I intend to die on or that I find worth fighting over (I just see too much of Revelation as symbolic imagery to pluck parts out and claim "this is 100% literal"). That said, I would like to offer some [hopefully respectful]...
  5. atpollard

    Rapture ... soon?

    ROLL CALL! Who is still here on September 25? :oops:
  6. atpollard

    CAN YOU SPEAK IN TONGUES?

    If you think it is possible for “if I understood all of God's secret plans and possessed all knowledge” to be literal and not hyperbole, then I have nothing to offer you.
  7. atpollard

    Rapture ... soon?

    Well, I have GOOD NEWS and I have BAD NEWS: BAD NEWS: If you are reading this, you have missed the "Pre-Tribulation" Rapture. Sorry. I guess your lamp ran out of oil, or your wick was not properly trimmed ... who can explain such things. GOOD NEWS: You still have a chance! There will be...
  8. atpollard

    CAN YOU SPEAK IN TONGUES?

    Thank you. With so very many claims being made about what "scripture says", I thought it would be useful to provide ahe actual scripture itself so any Bereans in the audience can read it for themselves. ;)
  9. atpollard

    CAN YOU SPEAK IN TONGUES?

    I do not think that was intended to be taken literally (as proof that people speak in a secret language of angels) given the general "hyperbole" of the rest of the paragraph used to make the point: 1 Corinthians 13:1-3 [NLT] If I could speak all the languages of earth and of angels, but didn't...
  10. atpollard

    CAN YOU SPEAK IN TONGUES?

    Could you quote that for me?
  11. atpollard

    CAN YOU SPEAK IN TONGUES?

    Could you quote that for me?
  12. atpollard

    DID PROPHECY STOP WITH JOHN?

    No, prophesy did not stop with John the Baptist ... Jesus made prophetic predictions about his betrayal, death and resurrection. Caiaphas had a prophesy that "one man would die to save the nation" and John, the apostle wrote the Book of Revelation which opens with prophetic warnings to seven...
  13. atpollard

    Zechariah 14:12 Is Not a Zionist Nuke Shield — The Real Israel Haters Oppose Christ

    I am not a child of Jacob, the "trickster" whose ancestral home is the nation of Israel, I am a child of Abraham, the "Father of Faith" by way of adoption IN CHRIST, whose home is not of this world. [scripture available upon request].
  14. atpollard

    I have difficulty believing that souls will be damned to the Lake of Fire

    Since we have revived this thread, let us at least start with a sound foundation of accurate definitions. When SCRIPTURE speaks of "LOVE" it is not talking about the warm and fuzzy feeling you get from looking at a little Puppy dog. Go find references to love in scripture and NOTE the actual...
  15. atpollard

    Genesis as allegory? - History versus allegory

    You got off easy ... Look at the face on that baby and tell me they didn't just meet God!
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    Genesis as allegory? - History versus allegory

    autograph 1: something that is written with one's own hand: a: an original handwritten manuscript (as of an author's or composer's work) - Websters Third New International Dictionary … Yes, there is. It just does not exist and it was never compiled into a single bound volume, but if every word...
  17. atpollard

    Genesis as allegory? - History versus allegory

    Amazon Prime (That’s where I got my new one). (If you mean the ORIGINAL First Bible … then GOD).
  18. atpollard

    Genesis as allegory? - History versus allegory

    My name is Arthur, so I would only be speculating on Matthew’s motivation. I have OBSERVED that the two recorded genealogies are not IDENTICAL. I have HEARD that difference explained as one being the genealogy of Joseph and the other being the genealogy of Mary. I have HEARD the example of...
  19. atpollard

    Genesis as allegory? - History versus allegory

    Do you have proof of an actual ERROR or are you merely wringing your hands over the two recorded genealogies not being identical? (which has several possible valid explanations that I would look forward to your disproving). The genealogies are abridged (which is a typical Jewish literary...
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    JOHN 3:16 IS THIS OUR GOSPEL?

    James 2:18-20 [NASB20] But someone may [well] say, "You have faith and I have works; show me your faith without the works, and I will show you my faith by my works." You believe that God is one. You do well; the demons also believe, and shudder. But are you willing to acknowledge, you foolish...