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Old 12-16-2005, 05:58 AM   #501
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So why didn't he abandon the thread on the very first page? :huh:
He may have. He usually abandons several times to a thread.
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Lee Merill is right, his arguments are on point. I have personally visited BaBYLON and I can witness that it has not as of l991 been rebuilt. I am truly suprised that no atheists here have ever been to actually see the ancient site of Bablyon....I smell fear in the atheist heart!!!!!
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Lee Merill is right, his arguments are on point. I have personally visited Babylon and I can witness that it has not as of l991 been rebuilt. I am truly suprised that no atheists here have ever been to actually see the ancient site of Bablyon....I smell fear in the atheist heart!!!!!
But can you produce any evidence that Arabs have never pitched their tents in Bablyon, or that skepherds have never grazed their flocks there? Well of course you can't. You must defend all of the prophecy, not just part of the prophecy. You can't get away with assuming that those things have never happened and use that as evidence. No honest historian would ever attempt to do such a thing. Why don't you challenge the Iraqis to attempt to discredit the prophecy, or is it possible that I smell fear in the Christian heart? Why in the world should the Iraqis attempt to discredit the prophecy?
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Lee Merill is right, his arguments are on point. I have personally visited BaBYLON and I can witness that it has not as of l991 been rebuilt. I am truly suprised that no atheists here have ever been to actually see the ancient site of Bablyon....I smell fear in the atheist heart!!!!!
Please give us the list of things needed for you to accept that Babylon has been rebuilt. We need hard and fast numbers and description. How many houses, how many walls, how many acres, how many inhabitants, what language must be spoken there, how wide the streets, etc.?

I take it you understand why this is necessary. If not, I'll be happy to explain why it is.
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Lee Merill is right, his arguments are on point. I have personally visited BaBYLON and I can witness that it has not as of l991 been rebuilt. I am truly suprised that no atheists here have ever been to actually see the ancient site of Bablyon....I smell fear in the atheist heart!!!!!
Why on Earth do you imagine that no atheists have been there? Presumably some of the current inhabitants are atheists.

Do you wish to claim that you have been in Babylon continuously since the prophecy was made, and can state that Babylon was NEVER "rebuilt" in the distant past (which would have invalidated the prophecy)? You can confirm that no Arab has EVER pitched a tent there? You were there when Saddam evicted 1000 inhabitants and can confirm that they didn't exist? You lived there all this time and can confirm that YOU do not exist?
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