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To: imardmd1
I doubt that the "holy scriptures" of the Fungo-Fango tribe have the same validity as the Judeo-Christian collection of writings that are claimed to be God-inspired, progressively revealed over a period of about a millenium [sic] and a half, and perfectly preserved.

You see, you are beginning, right at the outset, with a hardly-concealed prejudice against the Fungo-Fango religion (about which you know next to nothing) and in favor of the Judeo-Christian collection of writings. Not exactly the proper frame of mind in which to begin an impartial comparison!

As far as being "God-inspired" – there are hundreds of mutually-exclusive religions and sects around the world that make the same claim. Indeed, it is very rare that one encounters a religion that begins by admitting, "These are just some notions that someone who was kinda smart once wrote down, with no claim to divine inspiration." It's positively refreshing when one does.

As far as being "perfectly preserved" – I guess that's why there's only a single version of the Bible, with the exact same number of books, and no general dispute about disparate formulations in any passages.

Regards,

71 posted on 06/22/2018 10:50:46 AM PDT by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: alexander_busek; boatbums; Elsie
You see, you are beginning, right at the outset, with a hardly-concealed prejudice against the Fungo-Fango religion . . .

My approach to the F-F sect is of course prejudiced, and unabashedly so. I did not hide that. Everyone has some standard against which they evaluate new information. If your claim is true, that there is any such thing as a Fungo-Fango culture that is not based on the will of the Christian God, then it is a splinter of humans who have first rejected, then forgotten, the God of the Bible Who created them.

There is no "impartial" comparison that does not confirm the existence of the God of the Bible, and doing so, then becomes itself partial, as is an ignorantly proposed denial. The only impartial entity in the universe is God Himself. It is one of His attributes, according to His Word.

there are hundreds of mutually-exclusive religions and sects around the world that make the same claim.

Name the first hundred, please.

As far as being "perfectly preserved" – I guess that's why there's only a single version of the Bible, with the exact same number of books, and no general dispute about disparate formulations in any passages.

There is, and it is within the boundaries of the Masoretic Hebrew Text and the Byzantine/majority textform. The prophet David records that his God has said so in the inspired Pslam 12, verses six and seven. The spiritual man reads and believes, wheras the spiritually blind reasoner finds fault at and argues about it. In fact, you cannot prove what I just wrote is wrong.

It is foolish and fallible humans that dispute. It is for that reason that The God wiped out the entire human race except eight faithful souls, from whom all current humans spring. Their ancestors' reasonings were only evil continually, opposing their Creator, as you seem to be doing here.

72 posted on 06/22/2018 5:52:23 PM PDT by imardmd1 (Fiat Lux)
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