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    True or False: Hinduism or Christianity

    They're both false. The earth doesn't stay in place, and the "Lord" doesn't illuminate the sun.
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    Ask The Atheist

    Absolutely. I've visited Hindu and Zoroastrian temples, Islamic Mosques, Jewish Synagogues, and a plethora of Christian churches. In my spare time, I read a bit about the history and theology of various religions. I even took a class on world religions as part of my A.S. transfer degree...
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    The 4 sources of the bible

    Here's a couple more passages from literature of the past decade, commenting on the attitudes of scholarship towards the documentary hypothesis... 5. The documentary hypothesis is rigorously criticized. This is also true, but it certainly holds its stands within large parts of critical...
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    The 4 sources of the bible

    I don't have any desire to further a discussion with someone who so blatantly mischaracterizes my statements in what I can only guess is an attempt to exert unmerited scholarly authority. So I will not meet your challenges, but let whoever happens upon our exchange to draw their own conclusions.
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    The 4 sources of the bible

    Your earlier post clearly suggested that Brevard supported partial Mosaic authorship and opposed the documentary hypothesis, and that the scholarly community agreed with those ideas. I haven't read Brevard Childs, if that's what you mean (something I implicitly acknowledged in my last post by...
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    The 4 sources of the bible

    Perhaps not, but I disapprove of any implication that Wellhausen's work did not serve as an important foundation for future research. Neither did I. I would classify any attempts to isolate composite sources from the extant texts to fall under the umbrella of the term documentary...
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    The 4 sources of the bible

    They are subjective, but they are not assumptions, much less faith assumptions. Rather, they are conclusions based on weighing competing explanations against each other. True, but irrelevant. Sometimes the weight of evidence is so great that subjectivity has little variance among relatively...
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    The 4 sources of the bible

    Thanks to the religious context, you can always find people who will argue for traditional Mosaic authorship, but I'm afraid Brevard's work is by no means accepted by a majority in the scholarly community. If it flies in the face of the documentary hypothesis, quite the contrary.
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    The 4 sources of the bible

    It has always been under serious criticism, but the documentary hypothesis remains the single best explanatory account for the Pentateuch. This is not necessarily to say that it is probable in and of itself, but only that it is more probable than any other unique hypothesis, and that it is...
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    gay agenda?

    What I think most people mean by the term "gay agenda" is the collective of political movements which are aimed at or have the side-effect of promoting the homosexual lifestyle.
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    Garden of Eden

    Supposedly the deluge destroyed Eden.
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    How old is the Earth

    Exactly. Technically, it is true that I believe in a 4.54 bya earth, but it is misleading to use that terminology. The evidence demonstrates that the earth is 4.54 bya. That is the best way to put it, in my opinion.
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    What is so wrong with the NIV?

    It is uncertain, but not a wild guess. Whatever the answer, though, why did you even ask? ? That seems likely, which is perfectly consistent with my correction that most non-Christians have nothing against that translation. However, I was working within the context of non-Christians who...
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    Noah and Genetic Diversity

    Those three divisions are not principal, as often assumed, but they are indeed genetically-based. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_and_genetics#Human_genetic_variation
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    What is so wrong with the NIV?

    The comment was a correction to this statement: That is not true; hence my response. If by "prefer the gospel to be extinguished" you mean prefer that Christians stop proselytizing, then probably most non-Christians fit that bill, yes. But they have nothing in particular against the...
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