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The first Christian writings to talk about Jesus are the epistles of St Paul, and scholars agree that the earliest of these letters were written within 25 years of Jesus’s death at the very latest, while the detailed biographical accounts of Jesus in the New Testament gospels date from around 40 years after he died.
originally posted by: thepixelpusher
a reply to: wmd_2008
Maybe God had planned to seed his word throughout the years to intertwine it with generations, As to why earth was seeded as it was, well you can ask him personally when you pass on.
Did you even watch the Bruce Van Natta video!? He had 5 major artery's severed when the logging truck fell on him. When thy lifted the truck up he should have bled out in 5-7 minutes. instead he survived over 2 hours to get to the states best trauma center without blood on the way. The docs cannot explain it. Neither can you. It was Supernatural in the God sense.
originally posted by: Blue Shift
The educational system does a terrible job of teaching kids basic logic and critical thinking skills. These are far more important than the Ten (613, actually) Commandments:
Logical Fallacies
originally posted by: Justoneman
To defend the Ten, I say think of them as "laws of nature". If you steal from people, cheat on your wife, covet others wives and stuff, hero worship and tell lies about people , then you are sure causing some major trouble for yourself!
originally posted by: Blue Shift
originally posted by: Justoneman
To defend the Ten, I say think of them as "laws of nature". If you steal from people, cheat on your wife, covet others wives and stuff, hero worship and tell lies about people , then you are sure causing some major trouble for yourself!
I think the bulk of them can be summed up as "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you." That's not divinely inspired. That's just common sense and not being an a-hole.
This lecture by Christian philosopher Ravi Zacharias deals with defending the existence of God particularly against atheistic critiques. This lecture is taken from the 2007 Ligonier Conference "Contending For The Truth"
originally posted by: burgerbuddy
Listen to Ravi.