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    Why is God silent?

    Why is God silent? Many of the responses I have received to my posts state that the bible is not the literal word of God. Some Christians believe that Jesus spoke the true word of God, but that the bible is merely the product of the inaccurate memories of eyewitness of Jesus. Other Christians...
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    Jesus didn't wash his hands

    Mark 7:1-23 “Now when the Pharisees and some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem gathered around him, 2they noticed that some of his disciples were eating with defiled hands, that is, without washing them.3(For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, do not eat unless they thoroughly wash...
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    When was Jesus born

    When was Jesus born? Luke 2:1-7 has this to say. “In those days a decree went out from Emperor Augustus that all the world should be registered. This was the first registration and was taken while Quirinius was governor of Syria. All went to their own towns to be registered. Joseph also went...
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    The historicity of Jesus

    What evidence is there for the existence of Jesus outside of the bible? I think the most cited sources of evidence for the existence of Jesus outside of the bible are Josephus, Pliny the Younger, Tacitus, Suetonius, the Talmud, and Mar bar Sarapion. However none of these sources actually...
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    The genealogy of Jesus

    The beginning of the gospel of Matthew gives the genealogy of Jesus as does chapter 3 of Luke. The two genealogies are completely different between David and Joseph. For instance according to Matthew Joseph’s father is Jacob and according to Luke Joseph’s father is Heli. This is just one of...