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I think you have made a lot of good points so far that I don't disagree with. But I did answer this question. I said that (to me at least) the difference this makes is none. Zero. I didn't write the paper but when I came across it there was no "Aha! Now I understand everything!" moment. My...

It does seem like this sometimes. Ron, if you are listening; When you look back at your life, do you think "Well so far my life seems to be pretty ok, I wish everyone could have the good life I have had?" or do you view existence mostly as various forms of suffering and punishment?

This sorta reminds me of a discussion we had sometime ago. I guess I wasn't doing a good job of explaining what I was trying to tell him, because he kept asking me if I could just point him to a website or something. :(...

@Clete You have also referred me to the Witness of the Stars by Bullinger. I have already read this and I think I am on the same page as your as far as this is concerned. But there is NOTHING in the Bible that directly supports any of this. God only tells us the meaning of 1 star in the Bible...

This is same thing a postmillennialist would say to a premillennialist. Or visa versa. The focus of the paper is the amount of years it would take for a new moon to occur at the same celestial longitude in the next zodiacal sign. If God had told people that the celestial bodies are meant for...

Do you agree that the begatting ages in Genesis 5 are not a doctrine issue? And that there are discrepancies concerning these exact ages with regards to Septuagint and the Masoretic Texts?

I might not be smart enough to know how to answer that. I will try my best but I will probably need some help. Just to reiterate, we are talking about the begatting ages in Genesis 5. These are the main focus of the paper. To me, these specific ages are not a doctrinal issue. Any discrepancies...

Alright. I think the Bible is pretty straightforward when it comes to doctrine, actually. But I get your point. I hate to tell you this, but the most common reply I have received from other Christians is that "Adam never existed". And they will never be convinced otherwise. That ship has sadly...

That's basically what I am trying to figure out. To me it seems there are 3 equally likely possibilities: A) The ages are real and they also coincidently correspond with astronomical phenomena (lunar cycles) B) The ages are not based on actual ages but God told Mose's to write these ages to...

Cool. I've only recently started posting about this on a few various sites and so far it seems not too many people are interested. It's kind of niche topic, I guess.

For the last 10 months or so, I have been engaging online somewhat regularly with Dr. Ron Garret. He's the guy who was in this recent debate with "MadebyJimbob" found here: The screenshot of him that ModernDayDebates used in their Youtube thumbnail is somewhat unflattering. He has this kind of...

It took me quite a while before I felt I could explain the paper accurately. I tried emailing him a couple times, but I guess he is retired. I had a prior interest in the Ein-Gedi mosaic and was already familiar with some of the ideas this paper involves when I first came across it. The...

I think that ancient astronomy and calendrics might have been more important than we realize. The constellations of the zodiac seem to have been known almost since the dawn of recorded human history.

Specifically, the begatting ages and the amount of years it takes for a new moon to occur in the next zodiacal sign at the same celestial longitude. In Luke 4:17 Jesus enters the synagogue in Nazareth and is handed the scroll of Isaiah to read from. It was not a coincidence this particular...

We can't know how screwed up his life was, but unless he was insane then obviously this kid had heart. There are over 2 billion of us and we could not help him? One look at us would have only encouraged him all the more to put a bullet in that stupid man's face. We will kiss the backsides of...

Why does anybody do anything?

While we were busy trying to figure out how many thousands of dollars someone should pay to study the Bible, this baby was getting whacked in the head with a machette by people who came to slaughter Christians in Nigeria. This was on Christmas of last year. Yes. Christmas.

I think institutions take power away from Christianity. In the west we build Christian institutions to teach people to fight against other western Christian institutions. While Christians are slaughtered elsewhere in the world.

Yes To part of me it seems you are playing too much by "their" rules and not considering the power of God.

That's a good point. But even though I might be wrong about some of the things I am saying, there is still something that frustrates me about your last post. Even if I cannot explain why.