Jesus Among Secular Gods

Why dont the apologists admit the evidence for the redactors?

The basic and most glaring and utter dishonesty is confusing beliefs with facts. When they claim something is a miracle that is simply dishonest. When they claim the supernatural exists that is simply dishonest.If they simply claim they believe those things and understand that there is absolutely no evidence to support those claims then that is not dishonest. If though they make the claims without also making it clear that there is no evidence to support their assertions and it is only their beliefs, they are committing the sin of omission.

Hi GDR There is going to be an earthly kingdom on earth with Jesus ruling the earth from Jerusalem. The judgment of the nations jar likes to refer too of sheep and goat nations will be the choosing of the sheep nations to inhabit the earth during a 1000 year reign of Christ on earth with His Bride ruling with Him. The Apostles will set on thrones with Him ruling over the Jewish people. During this time the devil will have been chained in the bottomless pit after he is cast out of heaven and fights a war with Michael the archangel and is defeated.So get your theology straight. The only function the heart has is to pump blood through a system that provides energy, oxygen, and removes the waste from the cells.The spirit is what has to be born again. Go back and read what John said in the text.Your mind is the only thing that makes decisions. That is the battleground where the warfare takes place. The body still wants to do all the old things. The spirit wants you to do new things. Thus the body and spirit is at war. Your mind is like a computer you put garbage in you will get garbage out. You have to get rules to live by from somewhere. God gives us those rules. But most people want to make up their own rules. Therein lies the problem. So you are saying Jesus was teaching Greek mythology when He told Nicodemus he had to be born again to see the kingdom of heaven.God Bless,

Hi ringo What evidence is the assumption that the universe existed one trillionth of a second before the Big Bang Theory begins its story of how the universe began expanding.God Bless,

And that is off topic. But then again you know that. You cannot resist trolling, can you?Edited by Theodoric, : Missed an f

General Relativity, specifically The Friedmann equations.

Hi AZ I will address this in a few days in another thread as I want to check my information before I go to print with my book.God Bless,

But what if they happened to be right? Perhaps even unknowingly? I think the point I am trying to make is that you cant put the Gods humans create in a box. Evidence is not the only method in finding truth...though it does provide us with information. If any of the God characters that humans describe actual;ly end up being similar to The Original(and One and only) then the reason, in my mind, is because of GOD not us finding the magic mystery.You likely will then ask me why GOD should care any more about me than pond scum. I suppose that if I lay my fantasies and claims of entitlement and exclusivity on the Altar, I would agree with you. Why Should He? But I will ask you What If He Does? What if the ignorant Biblical Christians happened to be right? The issue at that point is your response to such a loving presence. You have said before that you would likely laugh. But would you cry? Be angry? Ask more questions and never settle for what you see? Or would you do as Billy Graham might have suggested and just simply surrender?

What if chocolate turns out to be Key Lime?You ask absurd questions that of course have no honest answer beyond "I don't know but I certainly hope I would not simply surrender like an abject coward."

No wonder you never got saved. j/k...I respect your arguments though they always challenge me.So let me get this straight:

GOD is unknowable (despite Jesus) and there is no way to have evidence that GOD or Jesus ever existed. But according to you, it matters little...we still have mythos and tales told round the campfire!

Surrendering to God or Jesus..which is at best metaphorical...is cowardly. Standing up and assuming responsibility is the way to go. Entitlement, favor, and chosen people are all lies.

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Chance as a real force is a myth. It has no basis in reality and no place in scientific inquiry. For science and philosophy to continue to advance in knowledge, chance must be demythologized once and for all. ~RC Sproul
"A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes." ~Mark Twain "
~"If that's not sufficient for you go soak your head."~Faith

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You can "get answers" by watching the ducks. That doesn't mean the answers are coming from them.~Ringo

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As the fear of God is the beginning of wisdom, so the denial of God is the height of foolishness.
? R.C. Sproul, Essential Truths of the Christian Faith

My point was that "assumptions" are not the wild guesses that people like you think they are. Every assumption used in science is tested by science.

Again, not what I have said. What I have said is that so far absolutely no one has ever presented either evidence of the existence of GOD or Jesus or any way that it might be possible to know GOD or Jesus.If someone can present the model, process, method, mechanism or procedure to do such things then we could begin testing. Again, not what I have said. Simply surrendering to an all powerful despot is cowardly. No Phat but they are very easy to market fantasies with absolutely no legal risk and no fear of product liability suits.

I see no evidence that surrendering one's mind and heart to Jesus is in any way cowardly. Nor do I see that Jesus can be properly defined as a despot. That likely won't happen. Besides, scripture suggests that though all are called, few choose. Many will go about bleating "Lord, Lord" after the fact...when the sky is falling...but they will seek Him due to fear and not due to a desire to know Him. There are many, however, who have good hearts and who do what He commanded even though they have no profession of faith or belief for Him. The mainstream church never teaches that all are or will be saved. God, Himself may just overrule that belief. Edited by Thugpreacha, : appallin spallin

Do you see Jesus as holding absolute power?

This is an interesting question. I will just share my thoughts...
I believe that GOD has absolute power. GOD has power in that through Him all things came into being. Either directly or indirectly. I also believe that Jesus is Gods character. While I will agree with you that he was human while on earth...and holding no power of his own, he could have called angels to help him...the devil even wanted him to turn stones into bread...which technically he may have been able to do...but at what cost? The lesson seems to be to humble oneself rather than exalt oneself. We are called to be imitators of Jesus and take up LaCrosse. Now that He has died and risn again, (according to belief) He may well be able to exercise absolute power in the same way that GOD always has been able to do. Yet even GOD allowed Lucifer to freely choose to become Satan. Critics would say that GOD blew it...and that perhaps He was simply learning on the job...when in reality it has always been *we* who are learning on the job, passing our wisdom and experience down through the generations. (or having History record our mistakes and blunders and letting whosoever shall learn from our mistakes.So to answer the question in context, Jesus does have absolute power and knows when and when not to apply it. I highly doubt that He will use it to re-elect Donald trump nor make America great again. I suspect that He knows how hard each of us tries and does on a daily basis---with perfect knowledge--and that someday he may say "It Is Finished". But that call is on Him and not I. My only responsibility is to try and do my best every day and to not simply throw Him away and forget the communion which we have.