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Wow -- solid aurum.No, I really dont.
Men did write the books in the bible. Ghost(s) dont even exist.
If my OP can't give you a clue, then I have a feeling the damage is worse than I thought.I know, it's literally unbelievable, but...
what have magically fast growing olive trees got to do with this "clean up" of debris you seem to have made up?
Wow -- solid aurum.
What you need: "No, I really dont."
Why you need it: "Men did write the books in the bible. Ghost(s) dont even exist."
Your second sentence contradicts your first.
Just for something else to ridicule, we call those usual assertions "basic doctrine."No, the usual assertion ...
Ya ... it's called verbal plenary inspiration.VirOptimus said:... is that the men who wrote the bible was "inspired" by something supernatural,
Only if you filter out:VirOptimus said:... to claim that the actual author is so is something else entirely and not something that can be supported by data or evidence.
Just for something else to ridicule, we call those usual assertions "basic doctrine."Ya ... it's called verbal plenary inspiration.Only if you filter out:
1. Martyrs.
2. Churches and other edifices, including Christian schools.
3. Iconography & statuary, including symbols, drawings, and artwork.
4. The Bible and other books written about our LORD, including tracts.
5. Songs, hymns and carols venerating Jesus Christ.
6. Holidays such as Christmas and Easter.
7. Debates, programs, cartoons, and specials on TV.
8. Time divided into BC/AD.
9. Mottos such as IN GOD WE TRUST, and ONE NATION UNDER GOD, and ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL, and ENDOWED BY THEIR CREATOR.
10. Resistance by unbelievers who invest time and money to eradicate God from public view, including changing greetings such as MERRY CHRISTMAS to HAPPY HOLIDAYS and SEASONS GREETINGS.
... because others have a similar list.
If my OP can't give you a clue, then I have a feeling the damage is worse than I thought.
Here's some friendly advice, Vir:Did men or a supernatural entity do the actual mechanical writing of the books in the bible?
You know as well as I do that a dove is not going to bring back an olive leaf from that mess in the OP.Oh, it's some sort of guessing game we're playing is it?
Was it Mr Plum, in the library, with the candlestick?
You know as well as I do that a dove is not going to bring back an olive leaf from that mess in the OP.
Here's some friendly advice, Vir:
Take a course in Amanuensis 101.
You'd like me to take a course in Basic Physics, wouldn't you?
Any secretary knows that what she writes in her own handwriting carries the authority of her boss, not her.
And any recipient of a formal letter knows it is from the boss, not the secretary.
And here I thought evolutionists were so good at filling in missing links.Having to pile on more and more ad-hoc magical explanations isn't really convincing I'm afraid.
I'm not going to do that though, unless it's appropos.You could just have said that yes, men wrote the bible.
I'm not going to do that though, unless it's appropos.
1 Thessalonians 2:13 For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.
I don't know yet.Also - quoting the bible to an atheist? What on earth do you think that will accomplish?
I don't know yet.
Isaiah 55:11 So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
Hopefully the Crown of Righteousness (the Soul Winner's Crown).
We'll see.
You just did.Really? Fyi I dont read them.
Did you miss this?
Genesis 8:11a And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf pluckt off:
How did that happen?
Even a local flood can't explain that.
And here I thought evolutionists were so good at filling in missing links.
What's this then?I'm not an evolutionist,
I'll admit though, I'm not an evolutionist either, but I will admit microevolution occurs.The fact that we don't know how life started (natural chemical processes, divine intervention etc) does not mean that we can disregard the evidence for common descent and the fact that evolution occurs.
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