Quote (david @ April 11 2008,19:01)Quote That's just it David. Until some point in history, the bible was NOT that widely distributed. You want to take its distribution today as a measuring stick, but I can come back and say that there has never been a time where the Koran or Book of Mormon has ever be more accessible. –kejonnTrue, there were…[Read more]

Amen?

Quote (david @ April 11 2008,00:46)Quote Ahura Mazda's creation — evident as asha, truth and order — is the antithesis of chaos, evident as druj, falsehood and disorder. The resulting conflict involves the entire universe, including humanity, which has an active role to play in the conflict. –catoAgain, this is my point in the other thread, kej…[Read more]

Quote (Stu @ April 11 2008,04:54)Quote (david @ April 11 2008,11:46)They were wandering in the desert. They weren't building cities in the desert.Back to mazda. You and stu, seem to always argue the same points, seem to almost be the same person. At the very least, you both seem only to want to attack belief in the Bible or the God of the…[Read more]

Quote (david @ April 11 2008,00:23)I checked out the thread. Extremely little there.I found your second sentence interesting:I think that since many do not know the Gathas, that such articles will give people an idea what Zoroastrianism is about. Yes, I'm guessing that 99.9% of people, give or take half a percent have never heard of this. This…[Read more]

Quote (david @ April 11 2008,00:08)Cute picture Kejonn, but not your most flattering. Quote I could ask the same of Yahweh. Have you ever seen him? Talked to him face to face? My point in asking that was that if there is a God, and he has some purpose for his creation, you'd think he'd find a way to make that available to … everyone….through,…[Read more]

Quote (david @ April 10 2008,18:55)When people start saying: “If a man and a man can get married, or if a man can marry 10 wives, why can't a man marry a dog” will you think this is wrong?Marry 10 wives? Seemed to be fine in the OT…

Quote (david @ April 10 2008,18:55)I predict in the next 15 years, we'll be having the same discussion about bestiality as we are about homosexuality. Sure, the majority will continue to frown on it for some time, but eventually, it will be politically correct, fine, acceptable. It's the frog in the hot water. It happens so slowly, he doesn't…[Read more]

Quote (david @ April 10 2008,18:46)Quote Yes, they have found much, but not a single bit of evidence that would support the Israelites being in the desert for 40 years.What kind of evidence? Shoes? Clothing?DEUTERONOMY 29:5“‘While I kept guiding YOU forty years in the wilderness, YOUR garments did not wear out upon YOU, and your sandal did not…[Read more]

Forgot to preview my thread. Here it is, the way it is supposed to look:Quote (david @ April 10 2008,18:36)Quote Wheter they removed it or not, there is 0% evidence of that the Israelites wandered the desert for 40 years. Zero. Unless you solely use the bible as “evidence”. They left nothing behind, and they were supposed to have numbered over…[Read more]

Quote (david @ April 10 2008,18:36)Quote Wheter they removed it or not, there is 0% evidence of that the Israelites wandered the desert for 40 years. Zero. Unless you solely use the bible as “evidence”. They left nothing behind, and they were supposed to have numbered over 600k people. –kejonnSo again, my point, which I believe has been made, is…[Read more]

Quote (Not3in1 @ April 10 2008,11:22)Quote (Stu @ April 10 2008,20:46)Quote (Not3in1 @ April 10 2008,03:26)Quote (kejonn @ April 09 2008,22:55)It was all a neat story, but not supported in any other annuls of history. Archeology does not support the Exodus, nor that a large number of Jews were ever in Egypt.How would archeology support the Exodus,…[Read more]

Quote (942767 @ April 10 2008,09:01)Quote (kejonn @ April 09 2008,13:16)Quote (942767 @ April 08 2008,19:18)God is righteous in all that He does. You may not understand his motives, but I do.Then what were his motives? Reread the above. Many times Yahweh says he would harden Pharaoh's heart. What choice then did Pharaoh have? He was just a pawn…[Read more]

Quote (Stu @ April 10 2008,03:48)Quote (david @ April 10 2008,09:22)Quote Ah, when Christians don't have an answer, they use the “you don't believe it” ploy. So transparent.Incorrect again.Does it not seem odd to you that you're arguing that your morality is superior to what you believe is an imaginary person who doesn't exist?Why not just state…[Read more]

Quote (Nick Hassan @ April 10 2008,04:31)Did you think the Jewish law applied to the lost world?According to Christianity, all people were lost because of A&E, so Jews were lost too.

Ah, so you DO pick and choose. Now I understand more about your form of fundamentalism. Thanks for the insight.

Quote (david @ April 09 2008,18:52)Quote How did the Kiwi get from Mt. Ararat to Auckland after the supposed flood?I'm going to play the “gaps” card. Just as there are tremendous gaps in the fossil record, there are gaps in what we know about this. Perhaps the kiwi was a species with very few members and located in a very small area. And some…[Read more]

Quote (Nick Hassan @ April 09 2008,18:43)Hi, I am glad we do not have to understand everything. That is freeing as the distractions of detail can stop folk walking. Some stop and turn to trusting their own limited knowledge. Sad.If we were not meant to understand the bible, why was it written?

Ah, so you DO pick and choose. Now I understand more about your form of fundamentalism. Thanks for the insight.

Quote (david @ April 09 2008,19:16)You didn't really respond to anything I said. All you did was quote someone who seems to believe exactly as you do.What did you say? That you agree with the bible? i was showing that modern archaeologists do NOT agree with the bible.Quote I think this happened a lot in ancient history, because it was so easy…[Read more]