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by PeteSinCA
Sat Sep 28, 2013 8:59 pm
Forum: The Bible and Scripture
Topic: was Jesus Christ just a CopyCat Savior Myth
Replies: 5
Views: 3284

Re: was Jesus Christ just a CopyCat Savior Myth

Please summarize and state your conclusions rather than quote so extensively. "With Footnotes" is not only an excellent Christian music album, it's also a good way to document the bases for your conclusions and preserve readability. I think, though, that A2E would not have gotten along wit...
by PeteSinCA
Mon Sep 23, 2013 5:17 pm
Forum: Prayer Requests
Topic: Please keep a friend of mine in your prayers
Replies: 3
Views: 1568

Re: Please keep a friend of mine in your prayers

Praying here also.
by PeteSinCA
Mon Sep 23, 2013 5:14 pm
Forum: Moral and Ethical Affairs
Topic: Planned Parenthood - Care no matter what? Oh, really.
Replies: 1
Views: 1800

Re: Planned Parenthood - Care no matter what? Oh, really.

Here in the US, LiveAction has done a lot of work exposing PP falsehoods and willingness to cover up sex crimes.
by PeteSinCA
Mon Sep 23, 2013 5:08 pm
Forum: Questions for Christians
Topic: Why did God use the Bible?
Replies: 16
Views: 4952

Re: Why did God use the Bible?

I'm not clear what the issue is. Is the question why the Creator would communicate with intelligent beings He created? Is the question why God would choose an enduring form so that His communication could be transmitted across numerous generations? Is the question why God chose to communicate so muc...
by PeteSinCA
Sat Sep 21, 2013 11:09 am
Forum: The Bible and Scripture
Topic: The Gospels
Replies: 5
Views: 1345

Re: The Gospels

Thadeyus, if you re-read the NT a bit more carefully, you see there are quite a few more than twelve persons identified as Apostles. Also, Mark and Luke were not Apostles, AFAIK, though they may have been, and add to the number of Apostles I'm aware of. But where does the NT say that every Apostle s...
by PeteSinCA
Sat Sep 21, 2013 11:04 am
Forum: Christian Theology
Topic: documents seemingly contrary to beliefs
Replies: 9
Views: 1875

Re: documents seemingly contrary to beliefs

u777, it is more usual for the one making or insinuating such a claim to be the one presenting evidence directly supporting that claim, not demanding proof that the claim isn't true. The three of us - me, myself and I - had a discussion as to whether you, u777, are a pigment of our imagination, but ...
by PeteSinCA
Sat Sep 21, 2013 10:58 am
Forum: God and Science
Topic: There are clear iq and physical differences between races
Replies: 94
Views: 23317

Re: There are clear iq and physical differences between race

Maybe God is more a fan of gymnastics, where East Asians often do rather well. Or maybe God isn't a sports fan at all? Of course, if you look at height differences from a survival of the fittest perspective, one would think the large populations of East Asians would suggest that height and survival ...
by PeteSinCA
Mon Aug 26, 2013 8:31 pm
Forum: Prayer Requests
Topic: My Daughter Will Be Traveling ...
Replies: 4
Views: 1875

Re: My Daughter Will Be Traveling ...

So, DD ("Dear Daughter") will start her trip home this coming Friday (BTW, she's on the other side of the International Dateline from the US). She'll have a few days to reduce her jet-lag, and then joins us for a family vacation.
by PeteSinCA
Mon Aug 26, 2013 8:27 pm
Forum: The Bible and Scripture
Topic: Why are "clean" animals not extinct?
Replies: 28
Views: 6545

Re: Why are "clean" animals not extinct?

:pound: OK, I just looked at my post at the top of the page. :pound: I promise, promise, promise that what I underlined is the title of a First Grade Reader used in the US in the 50s and 60s! :pound:
by PeteSinCA
Sat Aug 24, 2013 10:48 am
Forum: Christian Chit-chat
Topic: Always be thankful?
Replies: 4
Views: 2644

Re: Always be thankful?

1 Thessalonians 5:18: "in everything give thanks". I realize it's an English translation, but it says "in", not "for". Seriously, who could give thanks for having cancer or some other personal disaster (or something evil, as Jac points out). But we can be thankful that ...
by PeteSinCA
Sat Aug 24, 2013 10:32 am
Forum: The Bible and Scripture
Topic: Why are "clean" animals not extinct?
Replies: 28
Views: 6545

Re: Why are "clean" animals not extinct?

Who says he had to track down any creature? Genesis 10:6 says, "two of every sort shall come unto thee." Yet another example of not having the minimal respect for the text to actually learn what it says. Or minimal awareness that folks here might do (or have done) what he would not. Per t...
by PeteSinCA
Wed Aug 21, 2013 12:11 pm
Forum: The Bible and Scripture
Topic: Why are "clean" animals not extinct?
Replies: 28
Views: 6545

Re: Why are "clean" animals not extinct?

I need to learn manners and courtesy from you, Jac, :mrgreen: .
by PeteSinCA
Tue Aug 20, 2013 8:21 pm
Forum: The Bible and Scripture
Topic: Why are "clean" animals not extinct?
Replies: 28
Views: 6545

Re: Why are "clean" animals not extinct?

A basic rule for interpreting just about any lengthy document or book - be it the US Constitution or the Bible or Fun With **** And Jane - is to take any part of it in context . The context for the story of Noah is Genesis chapters 6,7,8, and 9. If DTT lacked the respect for the Bible to spend the 1...
by PeteSinCA
Sat Aug 17, 2013 7:48 pm
Forum: Prayer Requests
Topic: My Daughter Will Be Traveling ...
Replies: 4
Views: 1875

Re: My Daughter Will Be Traveling ...

DD's trip has been fruitful, including a possible part-time job helping teach English to children learning English. Besides the $$, this could bring her into contact with people there. She will be returning to the US in a couple weeks, so please pray that she gets things set up for her eventual move...
by PeteSinCA
Sat Aug 17, 2013 7:43 pm
Forum: Prayer Requests
Topic: Desperate prayer needs for a old friend of mine.
Replies: 4
Views: 1724

Re: Desperate prayer needs for a old friend of mine.

Praying as well.

PeteS