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by Floatingaxehead
Mon Jun 04, 2018 9:57 am
Forum: General Discussion & Introductions
Topic: Anyone have Aspergers or Autism?
Replies: 53
Views: 23568

Re: Anyone have Aspergers or Autism?

My twin does, and he's pretty good at seeing humor and reading sarcasm. Better than me in most circumstances, actually, although it can depend on the joke being made and prior experiences with the person's sarcasm. Sometimes we both don't see the joke immediately but after a few moments of thought &...
by Floatingaxehead
Tue Sep 19, 2017 9:31 pm
Forum: End Times
Topic: Just some opinions on so-called "Christian Numerology"
Replies: 11
Views: 25967

Just some opinions on so-called "Christian Numerology"

http://www.foxnews.com/science/2017/09/15/biblical-prophecy-claims-world-will-end-on-sept-23-conspiracy-theorists-claim.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2017/09/17/the-world-as-we-know-it-is-about-to-end-again-if-you-believe-this-biblical-doomsday-claim/?utm_term=.a4b7abb13...
by Floatingaxehead
Thu Jul 20, 2017 9:16 am
Forum: God and Science
Topic: COLD CASE CHRISTIANITY
Replies: 1
Views: 2215

Re: COLD CASE CHRISTIANITY

I went on this site before, and think it might [might] have useful information. However, when discussing the Luke 2:3 apparent contradiction in dates of Jesus' birth, it gave the same rehashed explanations from sites such as catholic.com (which the exact same text was used by at least two other site...
by Floatingaxehead
Sat Jul 15, 2017 11:11 pm
Forum: The Bible and Scripture
Topic: Birth of Jesus and Archaeology
Replies: 3
Views: 3634

Re: Birth of Jesus and Archaeology

https://www.jstor.org/stable/642500?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents An article published in a scholarly database accessible via my campus library. I think it does justice to the matter, and basically reaffirms the idea that there was no contradiction, and that we don't even know enough of the era to k...
by Floatingaxehead
Sat Jul 15, 2017 10:51 pm
Forum: The Bible and Scripture
Topic: Birth of Jesus and Archaeology
Replies: 3
Views: 3634

Re: Birth of Jesus and Archaeology

This is a Christian blog that shuts down the idea that the "before" translation isn't good, but only as a small point, and doesn't seem to offer up any scholarly/archaeological sources on it, which again, are what I am really looking for: https://www.psephizo.com/biblical-studies/did-luke-...
by Floatingaxehead
Sat Jul 15, 2017 10:29 pm
Forum: The Bible and Scripture
Topic: Birth of Jesus and Archaeology
Replies: 3
Views: 3634

Re: Birth of Jesus and Archaeology

I have another source here:
http://crossexamined.org/does-luke-have ... ity-wrong/
This one offers up a more thorough analysis, and though I don't have explicit reason to doubt it, I'm not sure about it's claims, and am tempted to look for more sources.
by Floatingaxehead
Sat Jul 15, 2017 9:43 pm
Forum: The Bible and Scripture
Topic: Birth of Jesus and Archaeology
Replies: 3
Views: 3634

Birth of Jesus and Archaeology

Luke's gospel and Matthew's offer up an apparent contradiction on the dates of Jesus' birth. (from what we know, Quirinius was governor almost a decade after Herod died, thus creating a problem due to what is said by many about the archaeology. It wouldn't be a problem if Herod and Quirinius were ar...
by Floatingaxehead
Thu Jan 19, 2017 7:44 pm
Forum: General Discussion & Introductions
Topic: Please Introduce Yourself Here
Replies: 2307
Views: 784883

Re: Please Introduce Yourself Here

Ah.. nevermind then.
As for the username, it comes from the miracle performed in 2 Kings 6:1-7.
by Floatingaxehead
Thu Jan 19, 2017 7:29 pm
Forum: General Discussion & Introductions
Topic: Perported Roots of Christianity
Replies: 6
Views: 4144

Re: Perported Roots of Christianity

Took bbyrd009's advice; I should have done a google search before asking for answers. I found a few good sites, and as noted by PaulSacramento the differences are pretty large. Not only that, many of the modern basis of it's religion don't seem as ancient as the wikipedia article would imply (which ...
by Floatingaxehead
Wed Jan 18, 2017 4:19 pm
Forum: General Discussion & Introductions
Topic: Perported Roots of Christianity
Replies: 6
Views: 4144

Perported Roots of Christianity

As a believer going into a subject dominated by people who adamantly assert there is no God, I always desire to know an answer to any question presented before me about why I believe there is a god. While anecdotal evidence is not hard to come by, it isn't great for logical discussions where the val...
by Floatingaxehead
Wed Jan 18, 2017 3:30 pm
Forum: General Discussion & Introductions
Topic: Please Introduce Yourself Here
Replies: 2307
Views: 784883

Re: Please Introduce Yourself Here

I'm a guy, sorry for leaving that out
by Floatingaxehead
Tue Jan 17, 2017 12:01 pm
Forum: General Discussion & Introductions
Topic: Please Introduce Yourself Here
Replies: 2307
Views: 784883

Re: Please Introduce Yourself Here

Hey, I am not willing to disclose my actual name but am willing to give up my current position as a chemistry major in college. Just curious, since most of these posts seem rather old, is there anyone out there? I am looking for a doctrinal question that I feel requires an answer. Since this site ha...