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To: PetroniusMaximus; NYer

> What sort of evidence would you accept that Jesus commanded a disciple to “write”?

There is none. No evidence to say that He Himself Personally did so, and no evidence outside the self-referential claims of the writers themselves.

> If you won’t accept the testimony of the Scriptures, then nothing I could provide for you could pass your test.

That’s right. This is because you are trying to “prove” something with “fact” that can only be taken on “Faith”. Jesus had something to say about that, to the doubting St Thomas, as I recall.

> We have seen that there IS proof that Jesus told a disciple to write down his words. That is the FACT.

If it is Fact, then it can be proven. As we have seen, you cannot prove it. That leaves you in the position of having to accept these things as a matter of Faith, not Fact.


73 posted on 08/25/2007 2:03:31 PM PDT by DieHard the Hunter (Is mise an ceann-cinnidh. Cha ghéill mi do dhuine. Fàg am bealach.)
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To: DieHard the Hunter
If it is Fact, then it can be proven. As we have seen, you cannot prove it. That leaves you in the position of having to accept these things as a matter of Faith, not Fact.

To a few of us folks it's more than a matter of faith...We KNOW Jesus told John to pick up a pen and WRITE...Just as we KNOW that Jesus confirmed to John what was written in John 3:16...

So when your church makes the claim that the scripture is 'infallable', we can see that if you represent your church, your church is lying...And if you don't represent the Catholic church, you need to get with it on this issue...

84 posted on 08/25/2007 10:40:47 PM PDT by Iscool (OK, I'm Back...Now what were your other two wishes???)
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