Posted on 11/10/2005 4:43:24 AM PST by Nicholas Conradin
Yes, the impossibility of keeping the entirety of the law (though some people got close in human terms) was intended to show the need of a Savior.
My memory of history classes (near ancient by now) says that anti-trust legislation first came about to control John D. Rockefeller and Standard Oil.
That's the memory I'm operating on, but if it is wrong or not entirely right, then I'm willing to listen.
There is no reason to think that the stories were not written down immediately near the events. After all, these were literate people. The archeology of the regions reveals all kinds of writings, methods, transcriptions, scribes, etc.
The canonization took place a LEEEEETLE further back than the KJV translation. Lol.
Thank you. We agree.
And since prophecy was guided by a prophetically active God, He made sure that what did get written down was right. So even if the story had lived on to that time only orally and had gotten cockeyed, the biblical inspiration would not be wrong. That would be like hearing a rumor than having someone who was in on the original event tell you exactly what happened.
From that statement I would have to conclude that you believe either:
1) God is impotent
2) God is Evil or
3) God does not exist.
Which is it?
On the conrtrary - PC is the perfect description of ID.
ID ignores all evidence, because it's entirely outcome-based. It's not interested in the truth, only about promoting its political agenda.
At its heart, ID is about emotion over reason, and about not hurting anyone's feelings. That's PC.
ID is nothing more than the Religious Right's version of Political Correctness, and is every bit as silly and as dangerous as the original.
On the conrtrary - PC is the perfect description of ID.
ID ignores all evidence, because it's entirely outcome-based. It's not interested in the truth, only about promoting its political agenda.
At its heart, ID is about emotion over reason, and about not hurting anyone's feelings. That's PC.
ID is nothing more than the Religious Right's version of Political Correctness, and is every bit as silly and as dangerous as the original.
I mean, then having
I said designer. My understanding is that ID is not a religious concept.
I would couclude, assuming that all of life is deliberately and consciously designed, that the space alien designers are evil.
Excellent point. It's not like God was unaware of what had transpired.
It is clear from scripture that Moses was an educated man, and it is clear that writing was used in Egypt. The bible pictures him as literate.
It isn't when it is going to be taught in science class, but it is when it isn't going to be taught in science class.
If ID is taught in schools, I think that obvious conclusion will simply jump out of any discussion of predation, parasites and disease. Any sane person would conclude that the designer of such a system must be psychopathic.
Do you accept as truth the first 10 words of the Bible?
Or does the Bible start out by telling lies?
God made a way for beings to choose either to evil or good. He can certainly do whatever He pleases, but He has chosen not to be a puppeteer or a manufacturer of robots. The creation is in a tension between the goodness of God and the evil chosen first by some of the angels, then later by mankind. Satan has a say for a little while, but the creation is redeemed in the end.
So which is it? 1, 2 or 3?
This would be a good topic for a philosophy class. The concepts aren't that difficult.
Is God evil, impotent or non-existent?
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