You sure do ask a lot of questions. My mom and her boyfriend burned the wedgie board after I told them what happened. That is my testimony how I came to the Lord. Yes I saw the board move on its own.
I'll save you some time. I saw the board move on its own. Yes I have a mental illness am schizophrenic. So you can dismiss me outright. That is my testimony. My mom has seen the changes in me and has rededicated her life to Jesus.
Okay, being a little satirical in that post, regarding the nature of man without the Holy Spirit directing him, but you very well understood the satire and the point I was making. All you can do is respond with “The thought of placing all these works together, comprising of 'the NT', was a much later concept. Likely long after all such 'authors' were dead. Therefore, these 'knock-down drag-outs' were later applied only by much later generations; as 'the church' determined what to leave in and out of the decided 'final canon.” No lecture required... of course they were dead that’s why I said “Descendants or remote family members” (even if it was only remote religous family members, who by the way likely had many disputes, but worked it out without discrediting it). Do you see where I'm going here with the nature of man and the Holy Spirit being involved?Not sure if/what you might actually respond to below?.?.. Hence, I'll give very short answers. You can then feel free to answer, or not, as you already have prior
The thought of placing all these works together, comprising of 'the NT', was a much later concept. Likely long after all such 'authors' were dead. Therefore, these 'knock-down drag-outs' were later applied only by much later generations; as 'the church' determined what to leave in and out of the decided 'final canon.'
See you make my point, although you’re not meaning to. You can’t even observe them 2,000 years later without focusing on ‘all the typical stuff’ (the nature of man).
You're going to have to give up on all the philosopical logic and reasoning... what answers has it provided you with??? All you have is questions and more questions. Pray for direction, ask for forgiveness, do the best you can, we'll all know by and by.
“And if you would know God be not therefore a solver of riddles. Rather look about you and you shall see Him playing with your children.” Kahlil Gibran
While I do not agree with everything stated without clarification, I will provide information later in this post that will cover this.
I applaud your frankness in stating this.
The Cambridge Dictionary’s definition of miracles needs further clarification to be a full enough definition on what a miracle is. Before I put forward any evidence of a miracle, clearly defining what constitutes a miracle and what does not, needs to occur.
I do not knnow where to go from here. Stating that you are not interested in defining terms during the process of defiining them does not take us forward. You are skipping past my questions on logic and reasoning. Am I wrong in thinking you believe logic and reason are the most important tools to use to get to the correct worldview?
I am not here to simple be asked endless questions while you go down some checklist toward some clever little end-game I am not privy to. Just get to the point. Make your case in one post and provide the evidence.
The claim that a man walked on water two thousand years ago is a claim of the miraculous event occurred. For it to be reasonable to believe that such an event occurred, several conditions must be met:
