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Johnny Skeptic · 03-08-2006, 08:38 AM

I look forward to reading replies from readers.

WishboneDawn · 03-08-2006, 08:45 AM

Sure. Tofu and fake fur.

Toto · 03-08-2006, 08:52 AM

Do talking snakes and donkeys qualify?

Anat · 03-08-2006, 09:43 AM

Not just a talking donkey. A talking donkey that witnessed the revelation of God's messenger which remained hidden from a human.

Julian · 03-08-2006, 09:56 AM

Are Your Cats Old Enough To Learn About Jesus?

Thomas II · 03-08-2006, 09:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Johnny Skeptic

I look forward to reading replies from readers.

From the point of view of the dogs, EVERY DAY...

"...Look, here he comes again with the food...How does he do it?...
Praise be to Him, our Lord and Master!...Praise be too Him!..."

Boro Nut · 03-08-2006, 10:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Thomas II

From the point of view of the dogs, EVERY DAY...

"...Look, here he comes again with the food...How does he do it?...
Praise be to Him, our Lord and Master!...Praise be too Him!..."

Exactly. Water into wine could simply involve a few soluble crystals. Not nearly as impressive as the metal cylinder into a bowl of prime tripe & gravy trick. That’s not bias either. You can’t get more impartial than a dog.

And the baggy sleeves were always a bit suspicious if you ask me. Every time a miracle was claimed - baggy sleeves. Suspicious. And nobody in the story shouting "Hoi - he's got baggy sleeves. It's a con!" either. Even suspiciouser.

Boro Nut

ziffel · 03-08-2006, 01:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Julian

Are Your Cats Old Enough To Learn About Jesus?

:rolling:

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A lot of people say, "Oh, but Whiskers doesn't even answer to his name yet." They raise a good point: Sometimes you have to teach your cat at its own level. If you give your cat a rubber Jesus to play with, it will sense that there's more to this toy. If you give it a scratching cross, it will contemplate Christ's love and ultimate sacrifice while it stretches and sharpens its claws.

:rolling:

Johnny Skeptic · 03-08-2006, 10:51 PM

Although the humor in this thread is fine, I did not start it with humor in mind. If God actually helps humans in tangible ways, does he also help animals in tangible ways? Do Christians claim that there are differences between the tangible ways that humans and animals receive help from God? It seems to me that in both cases, there is every indication that help is random.

mdarus · 03-08-2006, 10:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Johnny Skeptic

Although the humor in this thread is fine, I did not start it with humor in mind. If God actually helps humans in tangible ways, does he also help animals in tangible ways? Do Christians claim that there are differences between the tangible ways that humans and animals receive help from God? It seems to me that in both cases, there is every indication that help is random.

Jesus agrees with you that there are similarities between what God does for humans and what he does for animals. It may depend on how you define "miracle". He doesn't think it is random:

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Matthew 6:26 Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? 27Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life[b]?
28"And why do you worry about clothes? See how the lilies of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. 29Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. 30If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?

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