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Recent content by grahamsnumber

  1. grahamsnumber

    Hi - nice atheist here

    The standard interpretation of the alpha and omega references in Revelation and the other "first and last" statements are that Jesus (and/or God) are eternal, and that there is no other god (CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Alpha and Omega (In Scripture)), not that God himself evolved. It seems to me...
  2. grahamsnumber

    Hi - nice atheist here

    Sure!
  3. grahamsnumber

    Hi - nice atheist here

    I watched the video, and have a few comments. It is said, a few minutes into the video, that belief in evolution is based entirely on faith, and that no "true facts" have ever been found in support of it. Here I must strenuously disagree. A very common misunderstanding of the scientific...
  4. grahamsnumber

    Hi - nice atheist here

    Hi, there. Sort of - I grew up in a house that wasn't religious. My mom was mildly religious, and would have called herself a Christian, but really that was a bit of a stretch; mostly she called herself that just because that was what the American culture commonly "told" you to be. When I was a...
  5. grahamsnumber

    Hi - nice atheist here

    I've marked the video to watch. In the meantime, I'll try to address your points (although there are a lot of them, so I might have to split up the responses! I've gotten more responses to my OP than I thought - it's hard to keep up with! :blush:). Actually we do have tons of intermediate forms...
  6. grahamsnumber

    Hi - nice atheist here

    I have a good friend whom I've known for 40 years who was a long-time member of the WWCG, and became very disillusioned after the death of Herbert W. Armstrong.
  7. grahamsnumber

    Hi - nice atheist here

    I'm probably not a great choice (if I understand you), as I'm against teaching Intelligent Design in schools.
  8. grahamsnumber

    Hi - nice atheist here

    Hi, Apostle Joseph. What are Holy Ghost fireworks?
  9. grahamsnumber

    Hi - nice atheist here

    Thanks - I've brought the document up in a browser tab (that's one way to have a to-do list :), and will read it. It may take a bit, as things get busy at work (I'm writing this at 12:30 am).
  10. grahamsnumber

    Hi - nice atheist here

    I definitely realize that I am in the minority, even among secular scholars. I have watched many debates between Christian scholars and secular scholars, and many between secular scholars and other secular scholars. But I have found the arguments of the good mythicists, especially Richard...
  11. grahamsnumber

    Hi - nice atheist here

    A number of authors have done extensive analyses of the UFO phenomenon. What I've seen is that the vast majority are hoaxes or misunderstandings. Humans make incredibly lousy witnesses, to a degree that most people have no idea about. Because of this, stories get exaggerated tremendously, and...
  12. grahamsnumber

    Hi - nice atheist here

    We've gotten into a mythicism discussion; should this be moved to another forum (and is there a way to do that?), rather than in the intro section? (Sorry if this is obvious)
  13. grahamsnumber

    Hi - nice atheist here

    As far as I understand, scholars are pretty sure Peter existed, because Paul mentions him repeatedly. But that's about it. We don't know how he died; the only place that his upside-down crucifixion is mentioned is in the apocryphal Acts of Peter, written some time in the mid-second century by...
  14. grahamsnumber

    Hi - nice atheist here

    This was the starting point I had, as well. In particular, I always thought that the mentions of Jesus in Josephus were conclusive, but that was before I started to learn about them. It turns out that in the entire corpus of Josephus's writings there are only two mentions, and both are highly...
  15. grahamsnumber

    Hi - nice atheist here

    Hi, @I'm_Sorry. Yes, I have read all of the Gospels. I'm hoping to eventually read them in Greek, and have started studying it on the side. It goes a bit slowly because of time, so I might just take an actual course. What I have seen is that they are beautifully written, and give the strong...