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Natural man is in folly, and promotes vanity.
Foolish naturalistic man is ignorant to not only God, but to His plan in action in the Last Days.
Many on this forum "doubt" God performs Miracles in our day, even though some have witnessed them firsthand.
And like the discarding of miracles, they do the same to the present events taking place on earth due to the Dynamics of the Spiritual: by this they fail to see what is happening on earth in our generation.
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I hear it's amazing when the famous purple stuffed worm in flap-jaw space with the tuning fork does a raw blink on Hara-Kiri Rock. I need scissors! 61!
I hear it's amazing when the famous purple stuffed worm in flap-jaw space with the tuning fork does a raw blink on Hara-Kiri Rock. I need scissors! 61!
I think it is now proven behind a shred of doubt that Heiss will spew the same things, no matter what combination of words is thrown in his direction. He might even be a very advanced bot.
I'm assuming you mean the hoax is making it seem like he didn't exist.
Could you tell me why we should believe in the existence of someone for whom we have no contemporary records?
Faith?Could you tell me why we should believe in the existence of someone for whom we have no contemporary records?
Still waiting for an answer to this. Somebody? Anybody?
Still waiting for an answer to this. Somebody? Anybody?
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This is a Miracles thread. And Jesus still performs them all the time in our generation.
The closer you get to Him the more He reveals; the farther you get from Him the more a person can doubt that He even existed.
Yes. Miracles still happen all the time. In our day and age God demonstrates His Power over the natural. Read Post #344, it lists the basics of a Miracle I witnessed.
By this logic, anything that "explodes" in popularity must be true?No these things are said in among other acts of kindness and teachings. But then the church exploded after Jesus was crucified and many became martyrs and died for their beliefs. So they must have been pretty convinced to give up their lives. Yet when i hear of people doing something like that like the Waco thing or Charlie or the Jim Jones mass suicide I always think there is some irrational talk and actions as well like you often hear. The leader always has this God complex and anti social aspect about him. Yet every saying and teaching I have read from Jesus is sane , reasonable, wise, intelligent and very good advice. The words I have read from his follower's seems to make sense and is all quite reasonable. Something I wouldn't expect from nutters who would give their own life up for a person who fooled them all pretending to be the chosen one and Christ the son of God.
In the letters of Paul it talks about 3,000 at a time being converted. Paul is speaking to many people in his letters who are already saved and reminding them of the sacrifice of Jesus and living in the spirit of God. The church continued to grow fairly quick and some say that this is because of the great events that surrounded Jesus with the great wonders and miracles happening and people were seeing amazing things.
There must have been something big happening because the Church grew fast and spread to the far reaches of the empire and became the dominate religion of the roman empire. They had converted the very empire that tried to destroy the Christians and became the dominate religion of the western world. So it must have been the greatest show on earth. I dont think any Hollywood director has achieved anything like that. Rivals any great person we have had so far and the media outlets should find out their secret because they were sure successful . Pretty good for a figment of everyone's imagination. Boy we even still have holidays to celebrate it over 2000 years later.
By this logic, anything that "explodes" in popularity must be true?
As for the rapid growth of Christianity, you've conveniently left out some pertinent details, like the fact it almost died out before Constantine used it as a political tool.
And lasts, considered true for 2000 years, pretty much.
But if you have comparable lies, or fabrications, or myths,
considered true for a length a time, later dismissed as false,
that would be a good counter point.
So Constantine gets full credit for keeping the lies going?
And lasts, considered true for 2000 years, pretty much.
But if you have comparable lies, or fabrications, or myths,
considered true for a length a time, later dismissed as false,
that would be a good counter point.
So Constantine gets full credit for keeping the lies going?
He gets a lot of the credit, he is the reason why it took off, if you think about it.
In fact it was probably his order for the first 50 "bibles" that got the whole canonization process started. I'd say it's a more than little over the top to suggest Christianity was dying out as a religion as Hitchslap seemed to suggest, in fact it's likely that it's widespread popularity among his troops made it a attractive political tool.
Without a doubt however, Constantine's support of Christianity was vital in terms of it's growth. It's almost certain that's what led to the need for an "official" bible, and "official' doctrine too.
And lasts, considered true for 2000 years, pretty much.
But if you have comparable lies, or fabrications, or myths,
considered true for a length a time, later dismissed as false,
that would be a good counter point.
He certainly provided a platform to the religion.
Without it, chances are that christianity would have faded away.
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