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I somehow missed that you responded to my El/YHWH post. Indeed, I do try to admit when I am incorrect. Actually, this is a good opportunity to check in. I do hope that we are all having fun. I know that I for one can certainly get a little fired up over all of this. But at the end of the day...

My response generally: I would like to point out that even if all of the ones on the list that you flag are bogus, that still leaves a total of 19 claims that you are now willing to admit. Seeing as the actual original debate we were having was over whether there was any consensus in Jesus...

I will start by responding to your very last statement: Truly, I understand this sentiment. I recognize that my last 'post' was in fact three posts long and that is a bit much for an online forum, but that's actually kind of the point. You cannot ask me to cite for you the consensus of...

Post 3 2.)What follows is a bibliography on Johannine research. This list is in no particular order. Also, forgive the non-academic way in which the list is compiled. I wasn't going to take the time to format it according to SBL style. Jesus and Archaeology ; ed. James Charlesworth. See...

Post 2 Indeed, this is the prime reason. But it is not universally held to either. Interestingly enough one of the primary reasons scholars suggest Nazareth is because, contrary to your later claim, there has been a recognition of the historical importance of John. This is what John P. Meier...

Post 1 :) Possibly. Indeed, I already said that I had breached my own general guidelines. I still don't think it would be likely, after all Charlesworth publishes a great deal. You would have to wade through quite a bit and even then, many different things would fit that bill. Well...

This isn't always the case. After all, most militaries use long guns (rifles, carbines, shotguns, etc.) to clear buildings. You have a point with the scope, except rifles that are used for home defense usually don't have a scope with a magnification, or if they do it has variable zoom...

I was having trouble uploading the pictures. This was essentially a double post from the last one.

Post 2 Again, this seems to be based on your misreading of my earlier paragraph. The one in which I expressly said that the faith claim that elohim is not a name is incorrect historically speaking. On the contrary, someone has made that claim. Namely you. You seem to be claiming that el...

N.B. This post is too long so I have split it into two different posts. In case things get messed up as they are submitted, I will label them. Post 1 You know what? You're actually correct here. After I posted this about there being three uses I re-read what GCC said. He is a good friend...

No you don't. And I'm not going to tell you what they are either. I'm sure that that sounds like an odd thing to say due to all of the posturing that goes on on this website, but, I am actually a very paranoid person. I don't reveal any information online about myself. In fact some of the...

GCC is absolutely correct here. El can function in basically three ways. I do not have the time to actually go through and explain how the proto-semitic root of the word works, but in incredibly broad strokes, in the Semitic languages this word can function in basically three ways. 1. It can...

Ok, This is ridiculous and I cannot keep silent any more. I am the person that GCC referenced in relationship to James Charlesworth in post 8. I worked personally with him on many of his academic projects both in the United States and in Israel on a daily basis for a long time. And to claim...

To claim that something that is not God is God is to show contempt for God. I contend, as does Radagast, that that picture is clearly not a picture of the Holy Spirit (or any spirit for that matter). Thus, assuming we are correct, then to claim that it is the Holy Spirit is blasphemous because...

Indeed. And I would actually take out the word "almost". If this is a common illusion, or heck, even if it were a ghost or something like that (which it's not, it's a camera illusion) to claim that it is the Holy Spirit is to claim that something that is not God is in fact God, which is more...

Not once did I question if God was real. I absolutely believe in God. However, just because someone writes a testimony that they see floating lights, that does not mean that I "would have seen that it is a spiritual entity".

I too have often wondered about this doctrine. If I may add a question. However, I too would like to affirm LiberalAnglicanCatholic's emphasis on education. My question is asked out of genuine interest not some sort of attempt to set you up. WisdomTree, I believe that I understand your...

I followed your link and got to "It was a hot, humid day" and already knew what this was. Far from being "an unsolved mystery to mankind for decades" this was actually solved a long long time ago. And even if those explanations fell flat on their face the orbs would still not "obviously [be]...

Ah, so you are simply making a semantic argument. An interesting tactic when you can't actually engage what I have said. Even if we wish to switch to the word "Through" my questions still stand. First, does believing in evolution automatically doom you to hell with no hope of salvation as...

It's not even so much that they are deliberately faked, per se. The photos that the OP have provided are a very common thing that happens when taking photographs in low light situations, particularly with compact cameras. They are called orbs (on account of the fact that they are, well... orb...