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Originally Posted by Southern Man
How do the Gospels accepted by a team of learned scholars then published for mass dissemination in any way detract from their value as testimony to a historical event?
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Because the Gospel record has been inbued with divine authority and having such can only be historically substantiated through outside sources. Therefore I stated that
"by 'secular history' I mean documentation outside of the generally accepted New Testament accounts."
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Originally Posted by Southern Man
Since you cannot explain how life occurs, nor can modern science, how can you say that a life cannot be ended and then resurrected? The fact is that only God can breathe life into an object, and if He can do that, surely he can breathe life into a recently dead human.
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I never said that. As well, I never said that God could not resurrect anyone. I did, however, state that God's resurrecting Jesus is accepted as an article of faith. Acceptance, on faith, of the resurrection is a condition of salvation if you are a Christian.
big difference.
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Originally Posted by Southern Man
No thanks on the ear. That stuff is typically overly sweet, milk chocolate and I like mine dark and bitter. I do appreciate the offer though.
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Dark chocolate is much better... I gotta agree... mmmmmmm
