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    Hebrew dead sea scrolls

    What was found in hebrew among the dead sea scrolls? Anything to show Hebrew was commonly used? How did the Hebrew stuff compare to the aramaic?
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    Eastern Orthodox and COE

    What is the relationship between the Church Of The East and Eastern Orthodox Churches?
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    Eastern Churches

    Just wanted to check something. The following link refers to these churches. http://www.infidels.org/library/modern/richard_carrier/NTcanon.html#XVIII 1. Eastern Syrian Churches 2.Nestorian 3.Syrian Orthodox Church/es 4.Western Monophysite Syrian church From what I know as...
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    Aramaic idioms

    When translating the aramaic new testament into english Aramaic speakers such as Victor Alexander tell us that at times certain phrases in Aramaic are not to be taken literally, but rather are idiomatic constructions. An example would be Matthew 8:21 Another disciple said to him, "Lord...
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    Protestantism and selfishness

    Did protestantism contrbute t making a virtue of selfishness?I have a lot of time for Alexandr Solzhenitsyn and was interested in his appraisal that protestantism made a "major contributon" to making a a virtue of selfishness. http://www.orthodoxytoday.org/articles2/PearceSolzhenitsyn.htm...
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    Adam created mortal?

    As early as the sixteenth council of carthage in 412 a.d.it appears that the idea of adam being born mortal was considered heresy. "I think it is important in showing how compelling the logic of Scripture is in its record of the fall of Adam and the consequences to himself and his...
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    Good resources or programs?

    Does anyone know any good resources or programs for overcoming seemingly hopeless and paralyzing situations. I mean situations that have over a long period depressed and paralyzed people, and ones which may take time to really overcome?
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    Evolution is degeneration

    An interesting online book translated form dutch to english. (it does suffer a bit from awkward wording at times, but none the less is interesting)   http://www.evolution-is-degeneration.com/
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    Question for Luscapa

    Hi Luscapa! On another thread the subject of the necessity for a literal Adam arose and you responded to a post with the following comment.   http://www.christianforums.com/threads/35540-3.html What judge is stating is a common theological argument from creationists. In the NT...
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    looking for a good book

    ...accesible to a layman. Which looks at the genetic evidence that shows that man and chimps are related. Something that goes into some detail but also readable for someone who does not work in the field. Alternatively a good website would be appreciated.   hanx!
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    New four winged fossil find

    I can't see a thread on this yet, so apologies if there is one. here is the peer reviewed paper...and nature article.   Can be seen here (not sure for how long) http://www.nature.com/cgi-taf/DynaPage.taf?file=/nature/journal/v421/n6921/full/nature01342_fs.html Nature...
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    Stick insect...re-evolution

    Reaearchers have discovered that on a number of occaisions in the past 300 million years, stick insects have lost thier wings and then re-evolved them. Entomologists have described this revelation as "revolutionary". From... http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99993269...
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    Why do some animals not seem to evolve?

    Why is it that some creatures can go 50 million 100 million or even longer without apparently changing at all?   The following site, and I'm not sure how good it is overall, has pictures of fossils of honeybees, dragonflies, tortises and bats that appear NOT to have changed at all...
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    If the tribulation has been then Christ must have come!

    If the tribulation has already happened then the Lord must have already come in "power and glory". How can I be so sure? easy! In Matthew 24:29 jesus said..." Immediately after the distress of those days..."the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give it's light, the stars will fall...
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    Did Jesus promise to return in the 1st cent.?

     Did ou Lord promise to return in power and glory, in His kingdom in the first century? C.S. Lewis thought so, and if we read the plain meaning of the text it certainly appears so. C.S. Lewis said, "The apocalyptic beliefs of the first Christians have been proved to be false. It is...
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    Conflicting geneologies

    If we read matthews gospel we are told that Josephs father was called jacob, in Matt 1:16      and Jacob the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ. However in Lukes gospel in 3 :23-24 we are told that Heli ws josephs...
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    The XVIth Council of Carthage.

    The sixteenth council of carthage in 418 A.D. condemned as heresy the following propositions. (1) Adam was created mortal and would have died whether he had sinned or not. (2) The sin of Adam hurt only himself, and not all mankind. (3) Newborn infants die in the same state as Adam was in...
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    Is Jesus the second man?

    Hi all, I'm new here, so peace to you all! (I notice there are quite a few aussies here). I also notice there are christians here who don't have any problem with evolution (or perhaps I should say the 'common decscent' part). Anyway, I have some problems reconciling it with some parts...