tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55249366391776595802023-12-15T12:17:42.630-08:00Dobbie's Bible Flaws and Failures<big>By Agnostic-Atheist Dobbie</big>Dobbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07161437389705404035noreply@blogger.comBlogger103125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524936639177659580.post-70134656683913500062012-01-05T00:46:00.000-08:002014-09-22T09:29:46.170-07:00103 Do you get reprogrammed in Christian heaven?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">If you go to heaven, God makes you ignorant so that you forget or never-mind old friends who go to hell. Thus the only way you can enjoy heaven is to become a different person.</span></div>
Dobbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07161437389705404035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524936639177659580.post-34869302933879545052012-01-04T18:39:00.000-08:002013-12-29T18:23:43.856-08:00102 Did people rule the earth like the Bible said to<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">In the Old Testament book of Genesis, God told humankind to subdue the earth </span><o:p><span style="font-family: Courier New;"> </span></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">Genesis <st1:time hour="13" minute="28">1:28</st1:time> God blessed [the human beings] and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; <span style="color: red;">fill the earth</span> <span style="color: red;">and subdue it</span>. <span style="color: red;">Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.”</span></span><span style="color: red;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Courier New;"> </span></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">But in a later verse, Genesis makes it sound as if it says bye-bye to human dominion over the earth </span><span style="color: red;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Courier New;"> </span></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">Genesis <st1:time hour="15" minute="17">3:17</st1:time> [The Lord said to Adam,] Cursed is the ground because of you; through painful toil you will eat of it all the days of your life. 18 It will produce thorns and thistles for you, and you will eat the plants of the field. By the sweat of your brow 19 you will eat your food until you return to the ground.</span><o:p><span style="font-family: Courier New;"> </span></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">Recap: Humans haven't ever ruled over all the living creatures. Sometimes we can't subdue the living creatures, such as a plague of locusts. So it hardly seems that we have dominion over the earth. In fact Adam and Eve didn't subdue the earth. And they didn't subdue all of the creatures, either; for example, they didn't subdue the talking snake.</span> </span></div>
Dobbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07161437389705404035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524936639177659580.post-31178637957191393982012-01-02T12:49:00.000-08:002012-08-05T16:17:47.718-07:00101 Did dead saints come alive in Jerusalem<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">I</span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">n the Gospel of Matthew, many people in the graves came to life at the time Jesus died on the cross. And when they had been awake from death for about three days, they climbed out and walked into </span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-family: Arial;">Jerusalem</span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-family: Arial;">. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">I ask how the "zombies" passed the time for the two or three days before Jesus was raised. The risen "saints" lay in their graves for some days, then they </span><span style="font-family: Arial;">headed for the city </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Matthew 27:</span><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">50 And when Jesus had cried out again in a loud voice, he gave up his spirit. ... 51 The earth shook, the rocks split 52 and the tombs broke open. The bodies of many holy people who had died were raised to life. 53 <span style="color: red;">They came out of the tombs after Jesus’ resurrection and </span></span><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="color: red;">went into the holy city and appeared to many people.</span> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">Scholars may suggest that they were "ghosts." But the Gospel itself fails to state clearly that they were just ghosts. Besides, other scholars claim that the Greek text definitely says that they came back to life. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Recap: Many dead came to life in the graves when Jesus died on the cross. After his resurrection, the walking dead went into the city. I ask who saw them alive in their graves? And saw them climb out, stroll into the city and</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"> surprise many there. The question is, did the city people panic. And where did the formerly deceased go after visiting the city. Talk about a lack of detail. </span> </span></div>Dobbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07161437389705404035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524936639177659580.post-48918304309773319862012-01-01T12:24:00.000-08:002013-12-22T11:56:05.340-08:00100 Would Jesus’ other deeds fill countless books<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">That there were many other things which Jesus did, and if they were written down carefully, they would fill up the world with books</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">John <st1:time hour="21" minute="25">21:25</st1:time> And there are also many other things which Jesus did, which if they were written in detail, I suppose that even the world itself would not contain the books that would be written. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;">I’ll assume that John speaks of the more important things which Jesus did during a three-year career, and not of the less important things like having lunch. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;">So</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> let’s say every one of these many other things took a couple-three pages if written down. And each book 300 was pages. Okay, then, the collection comes to fifteen- or sixteen thousand books. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Let's even allow for a total of seventeen thousand books. That’s a great many books. But still the world would contain them easily. </span></span><br />
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Dobbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07161437389705404035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524936639177659580.post-35142506771899211832011-12-31T03:00:00.000-08:002017-08-04T18:35:24.839-07:0099 Do buildings collapse as a consequence of sin<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial";">In the Gospel of Luke, Jesus says a certain tower collapsed; it fell down on sinners who didn't deserve it more than other sinners did. </span><span style="font-family: "arial";"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial";">Incidentally, those who are not sinners could be destroyed by divine plan, anyway, to spare them from an evil world. In the Old Testament, Isaiah the prophet says so, says that the righteous perish because they are being taken away from evil times-- </span><span style="color: red; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";"><o:p><span style="font-family: "courier new";"> </span></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial";">Recap: So, either way--whether you're sinful or righteous--the Bible God could snuff you out for a purpose. </span><span style="color: red; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";"><o:p><span style="font-family: "courier new";"> </span></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">Jeremiah 19:<span class="versenum">3</span> Listen to what the Lord says, you kings of Judah and citizens of <st1:city><st1:place>Jerusalem</st1:place></st1:city>! The Lord God of <st1:country -region="-region"><st1:place>Israel</st1:place></st1:country> who rules over all says, I will bring a disaster on this place</span><a href="http://bible.org/netbible/jer19_notes.htm#199" target="note_pane"></a><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;"> that will make the ears of everyone who hears about it ring!</span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/" name="Je_19:4"></a><span style="font-family: Courier New;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="versenum"> 4</span> I will do so because these people have rejected me and have defiled this place. ... 9 <span style="color: red;">I will make them so desperate that they will eat the flesh of their own sons and daughters and the flesh of one another. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Paul says there were twelve. But he </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">should have known that Judas hanged himself in the story of Jesus and the disciples. Thus there were just eleven disciples when the risen Jesus appeared to them. Further, the Gospels (AD 70s-80s) talk of “eleven disciples” at the time the risen Jesus reunited with his disciples. I say Paul never heard the tale of the betrayal of Jesus, so he says there were twelve. I suspect that Judas was an invention sometime after Paul. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Gospel of John says the newly risen Jesus appeared to the disciples, but Thomas wasn’t in the room</span> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">John 23:19 On the evening of that first day of the week, when the disciples were together, with the doors locked for fear of the Jewish leaders, Jesus came and stood among them and said,<span style="color: red;"> </span>“Peace be with you!” 20 After he said this, he showed them his hands and side. The disciples were overjoyed when they saw the Lord. ... 24 <span style="color: red;">Now</span> <span style="color: red;">Thomas (also known as Didymus), one of the Twelve, was not with the disciples when Jesus came</span>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;"><span style="font-size: large;">25 <span style="color: red;">So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord!”</span> But he said to them, “Unless I see the nail marks in his hands and put my finger where the nails were, and put my hand into his side, I will not believe.” 26 <span style="color: red; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">A week later his disciples were in the house again, and Thomas was with them. Though the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="color: red;">and said, “Peace be with you!”</span> 27 Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here; see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it into my side. Stop doubting and believe.” 28 Thomas said to him, “My Lord and my God!</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Gospel of Luke says the newly risen Jesus appeared to<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> the eleven</i> disciples in the room! </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">Recap: Luke counts eleven disciples in the room. John counts ten. I say one of them has misspoken himself.</span></span>Dobbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07161437389705404035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524936639177659580.post-47655023970196731592011-12-27T11:38:00.000-08:002012-08-05T08:21:09.463-07:0094 Does the Angel of Death seek complainers<span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;"><span style="font-size: large;">1 Corinthians 10:1 <span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">I want you to remember, my friends, what happened to <span style="color: red;">our <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">ancestors who followed Moses</span>.</span> ... <a href="http://www.blogger.com/" name="28573"></a>5 </span><span style="color: red; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New"; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">God was not pleased with most of them, and so their <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">dead bodies</span> were scattered over the desert.</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New"; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> ... </span></span></span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/" name="28576"></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://bibletools.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/Bible.showChapter/bibleBook/46/sChap/10/sVerse/9/sVerseID/28577/suppressParentLayout/true/opt/comm/RTD/CGG/version/GNB/index.cfm/fuseaction/Bible.show/sVerseID/28576/eVerseID/28576/version/GNB/opt/comm/RTD/CGG" target="_parent"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Courier New"; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">8</span></span></a></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New"; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;"> We must not be guilty of sexual immorality, as some of them were--and <span style="color: red;">in one day twenty-three thousand of them <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">fell dead</span></span>. </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/" name="28577"></a><span style="font-family: Courier New;"><span style="font-size: large;">9 We must not put the Lord to the test, as some of them did--<span style="color: red;">and they were <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">killed by snakes</span>. </span></span></span></span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/" name="28578"></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://bibletools.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/Bible.showChapter/bibleBook/46/sChap/10/sVerse/9/sVerseID/28577/suppressParentLayout/true/opt/comm/RTD/CGG/version/GNB/index.cfm/fuseaction/Bible.show/sVerseID/28578/eVerseID/28578/version/GNB/opt/comm/RTD/CGG" target="_parent"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Courier New"; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">10</span></span></a></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New"; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;"> <span style="color: red;">We must not</span> <span style="color: red; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">complain</span>, as some of them did--and <span style="color: red;">they were <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">destroyed</span> by the Angel of Death</span>. 11 </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/" name="28579"></a><span style="font-family: Courier New;"><span style="font-size: large;">All these things happened to them as examples for others, <span style="color: red;">and they were written down <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">as a warning for us</span>.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size: large;">Um, very nice. I</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">t sounds like really Good News (cough) or a </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size: large;">reign of terror. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Gospel of John mentions a disciple whom Jesus loved at the last supper. The disciple is unidentified <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Gospel of John says Jesus loved all of the disciples<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;"><span style="font-size: large;">John <st1:time hour="13" minute="24">13:24</st1:time> I give you a new commandment--to love one another. <span style="color: red;">Just as I have loved you</span>, you also are to love one another. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">In the Gospel of John again, Jesus even loved </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">Lazarus although Lazarus wasn’t one of the original twelve disciples</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">John 11:1 Now a man named <span style="color: red;">Lazarus</span> was sick. He was from Bethany, the <st1:place><st1:placetype>village</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename>Mary</st1:placename></st1:place> and her sister Martha. 2 (This Mary, whose brother Lazarus now lay sick, was the same one who poured perfume on the Lord and wiped his feet with her hair.) 3 So the sisters sent word to Jesus, <span style="color: red;">“Lord, the one you love </span>is sick.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">Recap: John says Jesus was partial to a particular disciple. But Jesus showed love for all his disciples. T</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">he other Gospels failed to mention the disciple whom Jesus loved. And other New Testament books don't mention him, either. I doubt that the original tale about Jesus included the beloved disciple. It appeared just in the Gospel of John. So I say the writer of John invented the beloved disciple. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">Related post on my other blog:<br />
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="color: #335d6e;"><a href="http://skepticvsbible.blogspot.com/2010/12/9-apostle-john-didnt-write-john.html" target="_blank">09 Did the Apostle John write John</a></span></span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>Dobbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07161437389705404035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524936639177659580.post-60235133761696868102011-12-23T22:09:00.000-08:002012-08-04T23:13:26.067-07:0092 Was there a greatest disciple<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Gospel of John says a beloved disciple sat at a place of honor at the last supper. He was seated </span><span style="font-family: Arial;">next to Jesus</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">I say they already had at least a year to have a picture of where they stood with respect to their savior and his plans. They should have known by then. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">Recap: Luke says a dispute broke out among the disciples about which of them was the greatest. Meantime John says one of them was seated at the place of <em>honor</em>. That should have given them a hint. <em>Thus John vs Luke</em>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://biblevsbibleblog.blogspot.com/2011/12/93-so-which-particular-disciple-did.html" target="_blank">93 Which disciple did Jesus love</a></span> </span></div>Dobbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07161437389705404035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524936639177659580.post-764334772776196472011-12-19T22:52:00.000-08:002012-08-04T18:49:23.436-07:0091 Will Christians do greater works than Jesus’<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">John 14:12 I tell you the solemn truth, the person who believes in me will perform the deeds that I do, <span style="color: red;">and will perform greater deeds than these,</span> because I am going to the Father.</span><o:p><span style="font-family: Courier New;"> </span></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Genesis 9:20 Noah, a man of the soil, proceeded to plant a vineyard. 21 When he drank some of its wine, he became drunk</span>. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Recap: The Bible advises everybody to gain in wisdom. Another Bible book warns that wisdom comes at a price, because the more wisdom you have, the more sorrow you have. Uh, what? <em>Thus Proverbs vs Ecclesiastes.</em></span>Dobbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07161437389705404035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524936639177659580.post-4101644540833265172011-11-30T01:00:00.000-08:002012-08-04T18:19:35.822-07:0088 Should we put away childish things<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">But the New Testament letter Corinthians, written by Paul, teaches that a child’s talk lacks in maturity and grown-ups should put such talk behind them </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The Gospel of Matthew says an angel told Joseph, the husband of Mary, that it was safe to return to Israel. The angel said that nobody sought to harm the child Jesus any longer. The way was clear for the family to leave Egypt and return to Israel </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Recap: An angel told Joseph that his family was safe. But a follow-up dream warned him of danger. I say it appears that the angel was an misinformed one. <em>Thus Matthew vs Matthew.</em> </span>Dobbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07161437389705404035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524936639177659580.post-45818917248639609192011-11-28T15:33:00.000-08:002012-08-04T18:07:28.149-07:0086 Do you go to hell because God is love<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">I infer from it that God wouln't ever change the commands he gave to humans, either.</span><br />
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="font-family: Courier New;"><span style="font-size: large;">Genesis 9:3 Everything that lives and moves will be food for you. Just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you everything.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: large;">Later God changed his mind and named which animals were fit to eat, not just any old animals like before </span></span><br />
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="font-family: Courier New;"><span style="font-size: large;">Leviticus 11:1 The LORD said to Moses and Aaron, 2 "Say to the Israelites: 'Of all the animals that live on land, these are the ones you may eat.’”</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: large;">And also which kinds of fishes were fit to eat now </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: large;">And what kinds of birds were edible now </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Thus God changed his commands.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Recap: God changed his mind and commanded new diets. It could be argued that God planned it all along, that there was a changeable master plan despite what food was okay in Genesis 9.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">Or Biblicists could argue that God didn’t change but only his commands did. But I say it only squares the circle; in other words, their explanation doesn't jibe. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">Related post on my other blog:</span><br />
<a href="http://skepticvsbible.blogspot.com/2011/10/88-why-we-should-overlook-differences.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #335d6e;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">88 Should we overlook the differences in the Gospels</span></span></a>Dobbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07161437389705404035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524936639177659580.post-86593924796159843362011-11-13T12:13:00.000-08:002012-08-04T16:52:42.338-07:0082 Is immortality original to Christianity<span style="font-size: large;"></span><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IPN-FG8PLYU/TsAkoy0wqMI/AAAAAAAAAyw/Wk_25XqucMI/s1600/exclaimright125.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IPN-FG8PLYU/TsAkoy0wqMI/AAAAAAAAAyw/Wk_25XqucMI/s1600/exclaimright125.png" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;">Pre-Christian Greeks and Romans believed that they could be godlike in the afterworld. And once in heaven, the mortal</span> <span style="color: black;">body underwent a change to an immortal one. Heroes were the top canditates to be rewarded with immortality in heaven. They could even be made one with the Olympian gods.</span> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;">For example in 44 BC the Romans believed Julius Caesar, their emperor, was made a god after his death. Caesar became a god thanks to the power and blessing of the god Jupiter. Then the Romans prayed to Caesar, hoping he might hear the prayer and protect Rome.</span> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Recap: Ancient Greco-Roman religious belief and Christianity taught that any deserving man and woman gets an immortal body in the afterlife. Since Greco-Roman religious dogma was older than Christianity, it could be said that the dogma about transformation wasn't a Christian original one. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;">Related post on my other blog:</span> </span><br />
<a href="http://skepticvsbible.blogspot.com/2011/04/53-bible-god-is-mysterious-and.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #335d6e;"><span style="font-size: large;">53 Is God mysterious and controversial</span></span></a><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span>Dobbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07161437389705404035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524936639177659580.post-34469175282595368812011-11-12T12:05:00.000-08:002012-08-04T16:33:50.559-07:0081 Is divine human nature a free gift<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">2 Peter 1:3 <span style="color: red;">God's divine power has given us</span> <span style="color: red;">everything we need to live a truly religious life</span> through our knowledge of the one who called us to share in his own glory and goodness. </span><st1:metricconverter productid="4 In"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">4 In</span></st1:metricconverter><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";"> this way he has given us the very great and precious <span style="color: red;">gifts</span> he promised, so that by means of these gifts you may escape from the destructive lust that is in the world, <span style="color: red;">and may come to share the divine nature</span>.”</span></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";"><o:p><span style="font-family: Courier New;"> </span></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The letter declares that Christians receive divine gifts during their lifetime. The catch is that Christians are required to be extra nice</span><div style="text-align: left;">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">5 <span style="color: red;">For this very reason do your best to add goodness to your faith</span>; to your goodness add knowledge; 6 to your knowledge add self-control; to your self-control add endurance; to your endurance add godliness; 7 to your godliness add Christian affection; and to your Christian affection add love. </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">They should be kind to people or their divine gift might go to waste </span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">It’s as if Christians have won a lottery prize worth lot of money but then must go to work to get it. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">Recap: I would expect they are assured a place in heaven once they have a ticket to get there. But they must do things to earn the gift, their new divine nature. A gift is supposed to be free.</span> </span></div>Dobbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07161437389705404035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524936639177659580.post-43169801455136582672011-11-11T11:37:00.000-08:002012-08-04T16:19:56.927-07:0080 Is it okay to test the Lord<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">In the Old Testament Book of Judges, Gideon the soldier tested to see whether God would keep a promise </span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">In the Gospel of John, Jesus says he doesn’t judge people but God does. Hm, as if there’s a difference </span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">Related post:</span><br />
<span style="color: #2536e1; font-size: large;"><a href="http://biblevsbibleblog.blogspot.com/2011/07/46-did-jesus-come-or-not-come-to-judge.html" target="_blank">46 Did Jesus come to judge the world (1)</a></span></div>Dobbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07161437389705404035noreply@blogger.com0