I must agree with ansel12. I checked your posting history, (
UFO earlier last year, yet you just cannot get yourself to believe that the promise of Salvation through Jesus is any different than a Socialist government forcing it's laws under the threat of punishment.
I will not waste my time any longer. I have those who are serious about learning's something that will not jump from thread to thread challenging every thing just to make your self sound intelligent.
If you want more answers on the Bible, do yourself a favor and check out these recorded shows of,
"To Every man An Answer".
You can go through their archive and find an answer to almost every question you have asked about Christianity since July 2011 when you first got into an argument with Christians over their stance that Ayn Rand wanted to eliminate Christians from participating in the political arena, because he thought Christianity was more evil than communism, and that is when you made a statement that you
have noticed a pattern to the criticism of Any Rand.
Not long after that you started asking the vary same questions you asked today, you have been asking for the last 3 years. Yet you don't like the answers, so you claim no one satisfactorily answered them. The problem is not the answers you are getting, the problem is with your dogged desire to make Christians look stupid and ignorant. So you come off like you are a genius because us ignorant Christians are too stupid to respond in a way to make you believe. Truth is you don't want to.
There is a lesson from Christ for people like you,
"And whoever will not receive you nor hear your words, when you depart from that house or city, shake off the dust from your feet. Assuredly, I say to you, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city!" (Matthew chapter 10:14-15)
Normally I do not end a conversation this way with those who claim to be curious and say they want to know, but with you, I am compelled to do as my Lord commands me to do. I am shaking off the dust from my proverbial sandals and saying, Good Day Sir.
Yes I did post a thread almost exactly a year ago. It was a very exciting experience and I wanted to share it. I’ve wanted to see one my whole life and now I have. In fact I saw it along with others every day for eight days in a row. I tried to get video and digital photos but it is a surprisingly hard thing to do. I don’t know what that has to do with this discussion. If you don’t want to spend any more time that’s OK. Have a great weekend. Good premises.