I'll return to the first two questions later, but let's leave them for now.
When you say you believe in the Bible, do you mean that you are an inerrantist? Do you really believe it is historically and factually accurate in all particulars? Were Adam and Eve real people, or an ancient myth?
As far as needing faith, I'm afraid I don't see why that should be necessary, or why you might consider it a virtue. You certainly wouldn't call it a virtue in any other area of your life. Faith is the excuse people give for believing without evidence or thought. It is the equivalent of saying that God created brains to have something to keep our ears apart. For example:
If everything needs a cause, what caused God? If everything needs a cause, why assume that the cause is godlike? Does everything indeed need a cause?
I'm not aware of any extrabiblical writings about Jesus and his miracles at any time that would be considered remotely contemporaneous to his life, but I'd certainly be interested in learning better. Can you provide citations or references?
Your third point is utter nonsense, which you are doubtless quoting from someone less honest than yourself.
Ruins of cities mentioned in the Bible have indeed be found. I just heard there's evidence that the walls of the city of Jericho were repaired 17 times in its history. So what? New York exists, but that doesn't mean Spider-man is real.
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Re: Jesus the Bachelor
Date: 2011-02-21 06:23 pm (UTC)When you say you believe in the Bible, do you mean that you are an inerrantist? Do you really believe it is historically and factually accurate in all particulars? Were Adam and Eve real people, or an ancient myth?
As far as needing faith, I'm afraid I don't see why that should be necessary, or why you might consider it a virtue. You certainly wouldn't call it a virtue in any other area of your life. Faith is the excuse people give for believing without evidence or thought. It is the equivalent of saying that God created brains to have something to keep our ears apart. For example:
If everything needs a cause, what caused God? If everything needs a cause, why assume that the cause is godlike? Does everything indeed need a cause?
I'm not aware of any extrabiblical writings about Jesus and his miracles at any time that would be considered remotely contemporaneous to his life, but I'd certainly be interested in learning better. Can you provide citations or references?
Your third point is utter nonsense, which you are doubtless quoting from someone less honest than yourself.
Ruins of cities mentioned in the Bible have indeed be found. I just heard there's evidence that the walls of the city of Jericho were repaired 17 times in its history. So what? New York exists, but that doesn't mean Spider-man is real.