Certainly they would, and I affirmed Jesus correctness in reproving their forerunners, as both denied the Scriptures which manifest the devil as a real entity, and the New Testament treats such stories as historical events
The NT is a reflection of a particular sect adhering to Zoroastrian dualism, which is unknown to Judaism before the Persian liberation of the Jews from Babylon, and is soundly rejected by Judaism.
Meanwhile, to hold the Scripture as infallible and supreme judge does not deny that other religions have some truth, and in fact Rm. 1+2 affirms that men have a basic revelation of truth, but which can become radically corrupted. And the same can be said of Christianity.
Matter of faith not fact.
Warranted faith based on evidence
Such as?
Really? What is divine?
I was speaking is something being from God.
How do you know it's from God?
In this case, Luke was guided by God in collecting the research and inspired in writing it.
How do you know that?
Certainly they would,, and I affirmed Jesus correctness in reproving their forerunners, as both denied the Scriptures which manifest the devil as a real entity, and the New Testament treats such stories as historical events
The NT is a reflection of a particular sect adhering to Zoroastrian dualism, which is unknown to Judaism before the Persian liberation of the Jews from Babylon, and is soundly rejected by Judaism.
Meanwhile, to hold the Scripture as infallible and supreme judge does not deny that other religions have some truth, and in fact Rm. 1+2 affirms that men have a basic revelation of truth, but which can become radically corrupted.
And the same can be said of Christianity.
Yes, Zoroastrianism and like other hopeful explanations, have been around for a while, in which some similar concepts, despite critical differences purport that Christianity was a copycat, and are swallowed whole by the willing, while ignoring refutations or dismissing the problems with their hypothesis.
Matter of faith not fact.
Warranted faith based on evidence
Such as?
Such as? From energy and a universe marvelously arranged and obeying certain laws which testifies to an intelligent cause which thus far denies a more warranted purely naturalistic explanation otherwise as causative, to effects realized daily which corresponded to the examples and promises of Scripture, contingent upon cooperation with it.
How do you know it's from God?
Initially, one takes a step of faith, but as that results in reality in accordance with obedience, in which defy natural explanations in terms of either “degree of difficulty” or coincidence, then it becomes increasingly irrational to deny the supernatural and the God of it, examples of which abound.
In this case, Luke was guided by God in collecting the research and inspired in writing it.
How do you know that?
First, this began in response to your assertion that inspiration was not recollection, which neither the church whose authority you were attempting to uphold, nor their Scripture support. As for knowing, that is according to the above means.