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To: This Just In
The point is that you can’t see it, just as man can’t see air or wind.

While we can't see air or wind, we can measure their effects and document their existence objectively. The evidence for the existence of (for instance) neutrinos is overwhelming. This is not the case for deities.

Scholars have confirmed the accuracy of God’s Word throughout history, just as they have confirmed the existence of Christ.

Incorrect (I assume by "God's Word" you mean the Bible). There was not a worldwide flood thousands of years ago. The Earth is far more than 6,000 years old. (just to cite a couple of "for instances"). As for Christ, I would certainly agree that that a historical figure named Jesus taught throughout the Galilean countryside c. 30 CE, was believed by his followers to have performed supernatural acts, and was sentenced to death by the Romans.

This doesn't mean, of course, that there's any reason to believe that he rose from the dead, any more that the fact that Muhammad existed means that he rode a winged horse...

48 posted on 06/04/2009 11:32:51 AM PDT by GL of Sector 2814 (One man's "magic" is another man's engineering. "Supernatural" is a null word. -- R A Heinlein)
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To: GL of Sector 2814

Just as man can measure the effects of wind, air, and gravity, we can see evidence of God’s existence.

Your response is precisely why I stated:

“Whether or not a man chooses to believe...is another facet...”

Non-believers will choose to disbelieve regardless of the facts. In their finite minds, they will desire a “logical” explanation, but history and God’s Word (yes, the Bible) reveals that they are not truly interested in knowing Him.

In other words, orthodox scholars have presented evidence (especially in modern times by way of technology, etc.) substantiating the historicity of the Bible, and yet, man simply chooses to reject the Lord.

My hope is that our Creator will reveal Himself to you in a way that will bring about a personal relationship.

Best Wishes,
TJI


57 posted on 06/04/2009 1:44:41 PM PDT by This Just In
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To: GL of Sector 2814; This Just In
While we can't see air or wind, we can measure their effects and document their existence objectively. The evidence for the existence of (for instance) neutrinos is overwhelming. This is not the case for deities.

On the contrary, miracles are evidence of the existence of God. Seeing a violation of the natural laws by which the universe operates is that observable evidence.

65 posted on 06/04/2009 7:50:23 PM PDT by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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