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I would go strongly with urban myth! Since when would country oiks have very high technology like glasses darkly - early magnification I assume? Archimedes several hundred years before had been burning ships with mirrors, that lighthouse definitely was using glass!
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I first state it, then I can show it. I would not want to be blamed for posting too long a post now would I? Already the post I feel is going to be too long and I have not given you the tonnes of quotes of first century writers and eyewitnesses.
Matthew, John, and Peter were eyewitnesses (original apostles) and recorded this event. Jude was the brother of Christ and recorded his findings. Others did the same such as Luke and Paul. Paul said he saw Jesus resurrected; Luke is as close as you can get to being a first hand account. Mark is also believed to be an eyewitness as there is a specific verse indicated he was at the event of one of Christ's talks. And Roman sources and Jewish sources also record this event of his death. So you have lots of sources recording this event of the historical Jesus in the first century. Many are recording this event who lived at that time, so are they all wrong or lying? It doesn't seem likely, so that takes care of (1)-they even were killed for saying they say Jesus resurrected; they were with him for three and a half years of His ministry too. Sources and quotes are forthcoming in due time. YHWH is proven by the fact that you did not create yourself, you did not happen all by yourself, but were created. This is Yahweh in agreement with the nature of the being of God who would be righteous and holy as exhibited through Christ, and none can compare to Christ in what He did and performed and said, fulfilling over 60 prophecies which is impossible by man's standards. This same truth teaches us that the Devil exists, that the reason why man sinned was because he was tempted, not by God (for that would be unrighteous and unholy), but was a predecessor to Adam and Eve. Adam and Eve were the first God-conscious people. God through the Bible describes what happened to Satan millions or billions of years ago and why he fell out of 3rd heaven as a most beautiful angel now eternally separated from God, and why God had to make the earth desolate and waste in Gen. 1.2 because of his sin and bringing 1/3 of the fallen angels with him after he corrupted the beings that then turned into demons, now disembodied spirits. One of those spirits went into the serpent to tempt Eve. And the Bible says that evil spirit is in your spirit right now though you are a dullard unable to realize it. |
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See, no luck needed, just pure truth.
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Would the Christian Internet forums be persecuting a Moslem if they locked a thread that started with him preaching about Mohammed and Allah? Would they be persecuting a pagan that preached about Zeus or witchcraft? |
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I guess a vacation bible school task was to go out and preach at IIDB.
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MOTG,
Think of terminology as simply as you can: Preaching is the antithesis of discussion or argument. In preaching, one person basically brays away like a sheep, and the other sheep sit there silently, nodding or perhaps at most, murmering an occasional "baaaaaa." In disucssionl, or esp. in formal argument, other people get to speak, to contest each other's statements, and so on. This leads to something remarkable in itself: each person has to support what he/she says, with facts, verifiable (expert) testimony, and so on. Now, which method are you recommending? |
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