Jonathan Drake I currently doubt that Paul wrote the second letter to the church of Thessalonica, because it contradicts the first one, and as the priest Raymond Brown has noticed, the author tried to copy just exactly the same structure of the first letter.
opusdei1972
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What exactly was going on after Jesus was put to death and no longer around?
by Terry inthe jesus believers were meeting in people's homes.
members of that community would take turns using private homes to gather.
thus, they went house to house.. these footstep tracers of jesus (they called themselves akolouthontes "followers" or some called themselves mathetai or "learners.
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Is 40 days without food the best choice?
by John Aquila inin chapter 4 of luke it says jesus went into the wilderness and he ate nothing but fasted forty days and forty nights..
now i dont know about any of you but i once got on a 5 day liquid diet and only lasted 2 days.
i was so hungry that even when i fell asleep i started dreaming a hot brunette was handing me a couple of slices of pizza.
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opusdei1972
I have the answer: It did not happen. It was a tale that Luke took from a story teller, and the author of Matthew used too. Otherwise the earth would be flat:
Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor.... (Matthew 4:8)
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Book study next week... was the Mosaic Law perfect?
by StarTrekAngel inbefore i get the "no it was not, because god does not exist and this is a writing of man", i am directing this discussion to those that either still believe, or need as many tools as possible to talk to a family member still in.. the purpose of my posting is to discuss what i believe to be a mistake on this book or, in the other hand, be corrected if i am not getting the entire picture.. in the book, chapter 19 "god's wisdon in a sacred secret", paragraph 10, it reads.... 10 second, the law thoroughly demonstrated mankinds need for a ransom.
a perfect law, it exposed the inability of sinful humans to adhere to it fully.
compare this with hebrews 7:11-12. jesus a priest like melchizedek11now if perfection was through the levitical priesthood (for on the basis of it the people received the law), what further need was there for another priest to arise according to the order of melchizedek, and not be designated according to the order of aaron?
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It was perfect for those men who wanted to have legal sex with more than one woman, but not necessary loving all of them:
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The hypocrisy Jesus had towards the pharisees and sadducees
by adjusted knowledge init is no wonder the jewish leaders had ridiculous rules concerning the sabbath.
the following scripture alone should instill fear of those forsaking the sabbath.. (numbers 15:32-36)--"now while the sons of israel were in the wilderness, they found a man gathering wood on the sabbath day.
33and those who found him gathering wood brought him to moses and aaron, and to all the congregation; 34and they put him in custody because it had not been declared what should be done to him.
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Of course, the god of the OT was many times intolerant and violent, but Jesus, as shown by the NT, was more flexible, and it seems that for that reason the historical Jesus was punished at a cross. And yes, it creates a contradiction, because the Law was understood by the Jews as to be valid forever, but christians like Paul had to invalidate it in order to attract the gentiles. May be Jesus did not say that against the Sabbath, but it was convenient to wrote it. -
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A video denies evolution
by opusdei1972 ini found the following video not unbiased and with an agenda behind it.
however, i am mainly interested in the argument presented against "the law of superposition".
this law or principle is is a foundational principle of sedimentary stratigraphy which states that: .
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Thanks for your comments, I will read your suggested readings......a friend of mine sent me this morning that video and asked me for the validity of the arguments, so I quickly answered him that I noticed that the guys in the video are trying to invalidate the dating methods on account of the Flood, but I could not answer the arguments against "The Law of superposition". But I am sure that those guys in the video are of those Evangelicals who wants to prove that the Earth is young and that Yahweh created all living beings in 6 days. This is the agenda behind the video. -
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A video denies evolution
by opusdei1972 ini found the following video not unbiased and with an agenda behind it.
however, i am mainly interested in the argument presented against "the law of superposition".
this law or principle is is a foundational principle of sedimentary stratigraphy which states that: .
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A video denies evolution
by opusdei1972 ini found the following video not unbiased and with an agenda behind it.
however, i am mainly interested in the argument presented against "the law of superposition".
this law or principle is is a foundational principle of sedimentary stratigraphy which states that: .
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....I am only interested in those examples used by the video in which they "show" that different layers can be formed simultaneously...I don't think that it could be a general case, but I prefer to read if someone has addressed this argument before -
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A video denies evolution
by opusdei1972 ini found the following video not unbiased and with an agenda behind it.
however, i am mainly interested in the argument presented against "the law of superposition".
this law or principle is is a foundational principle of sedimentary stratigraphy which states that: .
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opusdei1972
I found the following video not unbiased and with an agenda behind it. However, I am mainly interested in the argument presented against "The Law of superposition". This Law or Principle is is a foundational principle of sedimentary stratigraphy which states that:
Sedimentary layers are deposited in a time sequence, with the oldest on the bottom and the youngest on the top.
However, the video uses particularly examples so as to invalidate this principle used for dating fossils. So my question is if you know of some reference which addresses this creationist argument?
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Books/texts/scriptures mentioned in the bible , though not incorporated in the bible cannon .
by smiddy inif a bible writer / scribe refers to a particular book text or scripture by name , for one reason or another, shouldn`t that be a legitimate reason for including it in the bible cannon as a part of the bible ?.
just how many texts , books, scriptures are left out of the old testament bible that are mentioned there in and how many, if any are their in the new testament..
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opusdei1972
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My sister was invited to a Judicial Committee
by opusdei1972 intoday i called to my sister and she told me that two elders went to her house to announce her that a judicial committe is waiting her in the kingdom hall this friday.
she told them that she will confirm if she will go.
however, i have told her that she shouldn't go, instead she should ask them to write a formal letter, with signatures, asking her for which charges she should be submitted in a private room with two men (or three?
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opusdei1972
....The problem is that my sister is too polite....