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1. 19 days ago on Rubes

   Udderly ridiculous!

2. 20 days ago on Non Sequitur

   And, you really should examine the facts about Jesus’ claim to be God and his resurrection from the dead. The case is exceedingly strong. Go ahead. Check it out for yourself. Be honest in your inquiry. You’ll see.

   Oh, and my friend, your acts betray you. If you were truly “indifferent to God,” then you would not have commented on my post. Perhaps some honest self examination is due?

3. 22 days ago on Non Sequitur

   They knew good because they knew God. After they rebelled, they knew evil.

   Is my Ph.D. in Ecology not satisfactory for you?

   Passed on to me? No. I was an atheist-agnostic until my senior year of undergraduate work. The knowledge that I have has come from listening and reading widely since that time 48 years ago. But I’ll ask you, how much of the gospels have you read? How much real archaeology have you studied? If you know any, then you’ll know that what I said is true.

   What happened in your past to make you hate God so much? Someone die?

   And, you’re naïve enough to think that what is taught in anthropology classes is true? Funniest thing that I’ve heard today.

4. 23 days ago on Non Sequitur

   You wrote, “Omnipotent, omniscient, omni-benevolent. Triple omni-.” So, omni just means “all.” It could be applied to any attribute of God. How about, omnipresent?

   You wrote, “If man were to have free will, God would not be omniscient, not knowing what man were going to be up to next.” Not so. God knows what would happen in any possible world. He chose the one that he wanted to effect.

   You wrote, “Rebel by gaining the knowledge of good and evil. (Right and wrong) Meaning they had no moral sense before eating,…” No. This is not what is meant by that passage. They had experiential knowledge of good because God IS good. And God certainly would have communicated good and evil with them. However, they did not have experiential knowledge of evil. They gained that knowledge when they rebelled.

   You wrote, “It’s a silly story. Leave it as allegory, like all sane theologians do, and get on with your life.” Except that it’s not a “story.” God entered history as a man. He claimed to be God and did miracles during his lifetime. He said that the proof of his divinity was that he would raise from the dead. He did. And, until recently, the bible was the handbook for middle eastern archaeology. They’d read about a person or location or event, go explore, and find the physical evidence. No my friend, the facts are on my side.

5. 25 days ago on Non Sequitur

   May I correct your thinking about what Christianity actually teaches? If you’re going to critique a view, then you need to get that view accurate so you avoid attacking a straw man as you’re doing here. Allow me:

   First, God is not a “Triple omni-deity.” God is one in three persons – not three deities.

   Second, God did not design us so that “they must anger you by their very nature.” God designed us with free will and he designed us perfect. We did not “anger God” but were made in his image and greatly loved by him. Adam and Eve’s natures were posse peccare (able to sin) and posse non peccare (able to not sin.) However, they chose to rebel against God. At that time, they (and we as they were our representatives) were judged. A perfect and holy and loving God cannot tolerate rebellion in his presence. They were now non posse non peccare posse (not possible to not sin.)

   And that’s our state today. It’s the best explanation for human actions and matches reality. And, if I may be so bold as to state it) explains your rebellion against God.

   But, Christ came to pay the penalty for our sin. Those who repent of their sins (change their minds and actions to conform them to God’s will,) have forgiveness for their rebellion. I did that in 1976.

6. 26 days ago on Non Sequitur

   You wrote, “You can call it what you want and claim to have factual evidence of the resurrection of this person (which is scientifically impossible), you’re just a believer in a completely unbelievable story.”

   In spite of your assertions, I can tell you that factual evidence exists and really, no contemporary Jesus scholar of any persuasion denies it. Your assertions are fifty years outdated.

   Oh, and I do have a Ph.D. in Ecology. I can assure you that I understand how science works.

7. 26 days ago on Non Sequitur

   You wrote, “And if you state that you have objective facts that prove that he did rise from the death, than you’re just a liar.”

   My friend, you do not know contemporary Jesus scholarship. Your claims are fifty years out of date. There are virtually no scholars – regardless of philosophical or religious persuasion – who do not agree that Jesus was alive that he claimed to be God, that he was crucified on a Roman cross, that his disciples claimed to have subsequent encounters with him, that he appeared to his half-brother James and James was converted, that he appeared to Paul and Paul was converted.

8. 26 days ago on Non Sequitur

   By nature, we have all chosen to reject the gospel when we are born. It is our nature. And hell is the fate that each of us deserves. It is only by the grace of God that any are saved.

9. 28 days ago on Non Sequitur

   You don’t get there by accident, but by choice.

10. 29 days ago on Non Sequitur

    I’ve never liked the term. No. I would never use the term to describe myself.

    What I have done is to examine the historical case for the resurrection of Jesus. If anything, I came to the data with the conviction that Christianity was wrong. I was an agnostic at that time. And, I went to a series of Christian meeting to listen to my friend mock Christianity. But I was willing to follow the evidence where it led. And, after objectively examining the evidence, I was convinced that Jesus is who he claimed to be. All of my studies over the last forty eight years have only verified this conclusion. The really is no logic, or lines of reasoning, or data to oppose this conclusion.

    Happy Easter. The LORD is risen. He is risen, indeed.