Ten Objections to Christianity and How to Respond

Christianity Today ^ | 1/03/04 | Frank Harber

[freebilly]

What are the odds?

666 to 1?

[weshess]

Good point, I saw his "misprint" but God works in mysterious ways. Every knee shall bow and tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, whether we do it voluntarily or by force.

[Bonaparte]

Amen to that, brother!

[jan in Colorado]

ping

[Bonaparte]

LOL! Show him what he won, Vanna!

[oreolady]

I have to leave, but when he/she/it comes back, will you ask his basis for beliefs? He/she/it stated his bible is "dog'eared" so I wonder if he has formed his theology from that reading conclusions. If his bible is so dog-eared, how does he answer the prophesies in Isaiah that says Christ will return?
Notice he calls God "Master of the Universe", which to me is very disrepectful since the Bible gives us many names of Him. Master of Universe sounds like a cartoon, or some eastern religion.

[Bonaparte]

Napoleon said "Strategy is the art of using time and space well."

I don't think what he had in mind was self-contradiction followed by evasion.

[weshess]

It seems the end times are near if a person of Jewish ancestry is talking about a world leader that will bring peace throughout the lands. I have a question will the antichrist be of Jewish descent or did I read Revelations wrong?

[freebilly]

Unfortunately I've got to work tomorrow or I'd stay up following the twists and turns of this thread. My personal belief is that you're posting here merely to agitate the "loopy" Christians.

If you really want to promote peace and understanding, then start behaving like someone who wants to promote peace and understanding instead of behaving like a dog turd.

But please feel free to ignore my advice. I don't pretend that my merits outweigh my demerits or that I have any secret knowledge or wisdom that other people don't have. I've only the common sense God blessed me with and the unerring ability to know a fraud when I see one.

Farewell....

[jan in Colorado]

Not to start any controversy here, but I believe Mohammad is the anti-Christ.

[weshess]

Thanks for the insight.

[Red Sea Swimmer]

The dog was howling, and I was momentarily distracted. We are allowed a little spelling mistake.

[Red Sea Swimmer]

No intention to "bash" Christians. I joined the thread to state that I didn't believe the divinity of the Nazarene.

[Red Sea Swimmer]

Christian eschatology is different to Jewish eschatology.

[Red Sea Swimmer]

A copy of Mad Magazine is as relevant and accurate in prophecy as the Book of Revelations.

[Bonaparte]

I'm cerainly no expert in the Book of Revelations, but does it mention the anti-Christ specifically?

[Red Sea Swimmer]

The Master of the Universe is a common Jewish term for God. For example see Aryeh Kaplan's writings. The Book of Isaiah does not relate to the Nazarene, even if some people want to twist the meaning to fit their limited conceptual model.

[weshess]

Well Thank you for your insight, do you disregard Daniel and Isaiah that prophesied about Christ and the end times? Well It is going on 4:00 a.m. and I need to get to bed. Good Luck in your future endeavors and I will be praying for you.

[Bonaparte]

If you know which prophecy is "relevant and accurate" and which is not, then you must know the future. Right?

So we're back to the original question. How is it that you have special knowledge of the future?

[weshess]

I was skimming through it quickly and I believe that the dragon with the wounded head is supposed to symbolize the antichrist. I may be wrong on this as I read Revelations about six years ago and found it too symbolistic to follow.