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Well, that is more than just a little bit a matter of perspective. Jesus intended to return within the life time of some of His disciples. This means that Jesus' day was as it was in the days of Noah. Societal evil seems to ebb and flow. There have been several periods where evil has peaked...

The best information we have is that Hanks is Greek Orthodox. That is, the best information we have is that Hanks is at least a professing Christian. A silly liberal one to be sure, but a Christian none the less. He certainly was raised a Christian and identifies as a Christian. Further, the...

Not in quotes but that was certainly the point Jesus was making. Precisely! Whether or not He said it in manner that those around Him would understand isn't the point at all. The point is that He did, in fact, say it. Except for when Jesus said, "Destroy this temple, and in three days I will...

Yeah, you're probably right. I had only just read about that Marcion guy a few weeks ago and thought that it would help prove the point.

In regard to the idea that Paul and his ministry and message was distinct from that of the other apostles, the teaching goes WAY WAY WAY further back that Darby! From Chat GPT.... The earliest known teaching that sees Paul as distinct from the other apostles and his ministry as separate from...

Last time I checked, the book of John was one of the gospels, right? Not only that, but there are four gospels for a reason. Matthew presents Jesus as King, Mark presents Jesus as servant, Luke presents Jesus as man and John's focus is on the fact that Jesus is God. The point being that it...

John 10:18 No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down of Myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This command I have received from My Father.”

LSBG seems not to understand what it means to be dead. He's thinking, I'd wager, that to be dead means to no longer exist. "How can a dead (non-existent) person do anything, much less bring Himself back from non-existence?"

After that post from Derf and the mention of God winning, this seems like a terrific place to inject the following into the discussion, especially since I had very little reaction to it when I put it in it's own thread. It speaks directly to the point about God winning... The following is based...

You can stop saying stupid things of this nature. It only succeeds in making YOU look stupid. I mean, seriously! Is this the "logic and reason" that you base you worldview on? Stupidity. It is not a presumption as I've already explained. It is an argument and I'm quite certain that you know it...

Alright, so your responses just sort of angered me yesterday and I'm really trying hard to not respond so often when my response is more a reaction than anything else and so with that in mind, I'm going to post a new, more dispassionate response to your reaction to the argument I've presented...

Impossible. Literally this is impossible. Since when do we formulate our doctrines on extra-biblical sources, Idolater? Hmm? They definitely were NOT expecting any such thing. Had they done so, they would not have agreed with Paul to stay in Jerusalem and minister only to the circumcision. In...

Perhaps, but that's more benefit of the doubt than I am willing to give.

NO! That was not my argument AT ALL!!! Perhaps you're more stupid than you pretend. Read a book, Avajs. I mean seriously! This is down right stupidity! You don't have the brains for a whole book. Read this... The Foundations of Modern Society in Technology and Scientific Progress The...

But made no mention of the basis upon which the rejection was made except for the red herring of your flogging Christianity for all the crimes of humanity. Saying it doesn't make it so, Avjs. I DO NOT base it on any declaration of the bible. I did not make any attempt whatsoever to make a...

That's silliness and biased nonsense. Christianity is the single greatest thing that has ever happened to this world and it almost single-handedly responsible for practically everything that makes your comfortable life possible, not to mention the fact that you're likely to live at all past the...

@Avajs, I feel compelled to thank you. I have been here doing this for more than two decades and in all that time, you are the first, the very first atheist who has stuck around long enough to allow me to make that full argument. They ALWAYS vanish! They show up with all the bravado and sass...

You, along with all atheists, declare that faith is out of bounds; that all truth must be established by reason, yet you cannot establish that claim without assuming the validity of the very logic you seek to establish. That's an act of circularity called begging the question. If, on the other...

I think its literally funny, as in laughably idiotic, that Lon, who has been here for years discussing this topic with any number of open theists in countless different separate discussions from hundreds of different directions and still he refuses to understand that open theism isn't about free...

(y) No. The statement "All truth claims must be established by means of logic and reason." is itself a truth claim. How would you establish that claim?