Quote (bodhitharta @ Nov. 24 2010,03:41)No, I didn't agree with you at all, I said if I did agree it would still show you had no point worth noting.This was my original point:Quote I was simply pointing out that the bible is exactly as you would expect it to be: a reflection of the scientific thinking at the time when it was written.Do you dispute it?

simplyForgiven wrote:Quote The fairy Analogy works with how people typicaly explain God, but it doesnt fit with the “Real Experience”So, if I show you someone who says he has healed people by the power of , (i.e. the “Real Experienceâ”), would you be inclined to believe as that person believes?

Quote (bodhitharta @ Nov. 24 2010,03:38)Quote (WhatIsTrue @ Nov. 24 2010,08:15)bodhitharta,I already gave my “testimony” in the first post.Glad to have you on board now.  It demonstrates the true extent of your faith!No, it demonstrates the true extent of your faith, how does it correspond to my faith?Well, do you believe in fairies or not?

Quote (bodhitharta @ Nov. 24 2010,00:42)The problem with this dialogue in particular is that it doesn't interest me. I really don't care how they came upon knowing where Jesus was because it is not the point.Are you simply arguing that the Bible is not written in a strict literal fashion well your right?Is your point that you think that the writer…[Read more]

bodhitharta,I already gave my “testimony” in the first post.Glad to have you on board now.  It demonstrates the true extent of your faith!

Quote (bodhitharta @ Nov. 23 2010,05:30)Quote (WhatIsTrue @ Nov. 23 2010,04:53)Quote On another note to say a star stopped over someones house does not need to have a scientific basis at all anymore than someone who says the bathed in the sunlight or they watched the sunset or the moon is full these are expressions that help us communicate not…[Read more]

bodhitharta,You must be suffering from an atheistic (with respect fairies) mindset!  The evidence is right before your eyes.  (By “before your eyes”, I mean the 5th post on the second page of this thread.) Why do you continue to ignore it?As for non-fiction references to fairies, you must understand that many of what you think of as fictional f…[Read more]

Quote On another note to say a star stopped over someones house does not need to have a scientific basis at all anymore than someone who says the bathed in the sunlight or they watched the sunset or the moon is full these are expressions that help us communicate not scientific essays.Can you show me another example in the bible, or elsewhere,…[Read more]

bodhitharta,Can you highlight the section of what you quoted from Wikipedia that talks about a star moving until it stops – over someone's house?Let me save you some time.From Christian Answers:Quote 1. Some scholars think this “star” was a comet … .2. Others believe that the Star of Bethlehem was a conjunction, or gathering of planets in the…[Read more]

simplyForgiven wrote:Quote God Exists not based on our faith or belief, God exists because he revealed himself in many peoples lives, and by Him who is Jesus Christ who is the Son of God sent to reveal him as our Father.Hence the noises around my house, the lost things suddenly found, and the daily goosebumps that I get.  That's how I know the…[Read more]

Quote (bodhitharta @ Nov. 21 2010,09:36)Quote (WhatIsTrue @ Nov. 21 2010,14:25)bodhitharta,If you agree that my evidence for fairies is valid, then I won't object when you use similar evidence for God.Deal?What is your evidence?Did you read the opening post?  Have you even taken a second to consider the butterflies?

bodhitharta,If you agree that my evidence for fairies is valid, then I won't object when you use similar evidence for God.Deal?

Yes.Now, your turn to answer a question.Can a star stop over someone's house?  Yes or no?Before you try to spin this into a case of the wise men using the stars for navigation, let me remind you of what the verse actually says.From the Contemporary English version:Matthew 2:9 The wise men listened to what the king said and then left. And the star…[Read more]

bodhitharta wrote:Quote I didn't say it was sea holly I just compared the fact that they were both part of the evergreen family.In other words, you have no idea what you are talking about, and my original criticism of the Genesis 30 passage still stands.bodhitharta wrote:Quote How does a compass work?If I have a compass 20 miles from you and we…[Read more]

Quote (t8 @ Nov. 20 2010,15:47)Science can? And yet it proves itself wrong time and time again. Measurements are adjusted, facts are changed, new evidence screws up current theories, new ideas are laughed at and then accepted.Yeah Stu, Science knows the difference.Another incorrect post by Stu. Lost count of them now.Another post by t8 where he…[Read more]

bodhitharta wrote:Quote The funny thing is that you know that you are lying but you think you are making a point but the difference with someone who believes in God is they are not trying to make a point or lie. Could you be honest? Do you in-fact really believe in fairies, yes or no?My faith is between me and the fairies.  Who are you to…[Read more]

Quote (Stu @ Nov. 20 2010,01:36)Actually, it could be the motto of the website.Maybe the next time they have a Council of Nicaea they could add a book to the Judeo-christian scriptures, perhaps titled “Corrections”.  They could add the quote early on:Corrections 1:3: They take the ordinary and make it extraordinary.StuartIt's already in the Book…[Read more]

Quote (t8 @ Nov. 20 2010,03:28)The universe demands a creator that is the difference. Similarly, a murder scene demands a murderer? What demands are there for fairies? None.Case closed.But for the sake of opening the case, feel free to forward the compelling evidence.And a magical moment demands a magic-maker.  Hence, the fairies!I mean, come on!…[Read more]

bodhitharta,You were the one who brought up the whole tales thing.  Personally, I am satisfied with the explanation that I already gave.  Why aren't you?

Quote (bodhitharta @ Nov. 20 2010,06:11)Quote (WhatIsTrue @ Nov. 20 2010,06:13)Quote Not stopped someplace – stopped over someone's house!  There is no perspective from which I can make a star appear to stop over my house without it simultaneously appearing to “stop over” about a few  million other houses as well.That's not really true because o…[Read more]