Part 35 of Post Your Tough Questions Regarding Christianity

There were no people with those names at that time.

 

Not true, I mean they knew that God created the universe because He told them He was the Creator. And so they knew that the universe had a beginning,...it is clearly written in Scripture.

We read in Scripture:

"In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth."---Genesis 1:1 NLT

And as we know science has just recently caught up...I mean for a long time these scientists believed that the universe was eternal but thanks to great scientists like Einstein that belief/theory is held no more, they now theorize that the universe had a beginning. It took science several thousands of years after what those desert dwellers had told us all along.

Well I wouldn't call it what you call it but yes, we believers, we Christians in this scientific age do take our faith in God seriously. I have more faith in God then men of science...why?... you might ask, well it's because men of science are not always right whereas God is always right!

 

Provide evidence that they were reliable witnesses. You can do this by providing corroborating evidence from the time period.

 

How sad it must be to have to make up lies and myths you can't defend.

Rather pitiful I must say. Cowardice is another way of putting it.

 

And, as usual, you have no evidence to back your statement.

Try again? This time with some evidence? Or is that asking too much?

 

Silly American believes Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John were eyewitnesses. Maybe you and he should have a discussion regarding your omission of Luke.

In your opinion, is Matthew the writer of the book bearing his name the same person as an apostle named Matthew? If so, how do you explain this passage wherein the author (Matthew) refers to the apostle (Matthew)?

Matthew 9 King James Version (KJV)

9 And as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him.​

 

I'll answer that question for him Inc since he's dodging it, the answer is no, he or anyone else for that matter cannot count to 8.8 billion in increments of 1.

 

I read it too and likewise I didn't find the information in the article sufficient enough to compel my mind to accept it and it's information as true because it's all speculation, guesswork nothing factual.

 

You're welcome, and thank you!

Shame on the entire sinful, wicked world we live in. We are all sinners, we are all in need of a Savior! Thank Almighty God for giving us our Lord Savior Jesus Christ!

We read in Scripture:

Jesus replied, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry again. Whoever believes in me will never be thirsty. But you haven’t believed in me even though you have seen me. However, those the Father has given me will come to me, and I will never reject them. For I have come down from heaven to do the will of God who sent me, not to do my own will. And this is the will of God, that I should not lose even one of all those he has given me, but that I should raise them up at the last day. For it is my Father’s will that all who see his Son and believe in him should have eternal life. I will raise them up at the last day.”---John 6:35-40 NLT

 

No where does it say all children, babies, and fetuses were cannibalised in noahs flood time.
But some of those who answer questions in this thread think it had to be true. For God doesn't kill innocents. And according to said God, all children are innocent.
So their logical conclusion, is there were no children, babies, and fetuses.
So, I go with the bible isn't true. How about you? Or do you also think there was worldwide cannibalism, as the OP author seems to believe?

 

A website that is pretty laughable.

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Did God kill innocent children in the great world wide flood?

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Do you think there was world wide cannibalism? If so, then yes. If not, more of the same.

 

Most who post answers in this thread think the earth is flat. For the bible says so.

 

You're answering questions from over 3 yrs ago? LOL. None of these people exist anymore in this forum or website.
Way to keep up and stay on top of things.

 

All this probing and observations are fine but the bleak reality is science will never have the answers to thoroughly and factually explain how the universe came to be, who or what brought it into existence.

There are some things that no matter how much data there is, no matter how much science that goes into it, no matter how much logic that goes into it, we (mankind) will never prove/disprove.

Mitt Ryan

 

This is the beauty of scientific thought (far from bleak), science by definition embraces the fact it does not know and then tries to figure it out anyway allowing for expansion of knowledge and understanding. Religion takes the opposite path preferring instead to say it already knows and closing the door on said growth.

 

The problem with this poster is ignoring the progress and achievements man has made over the 9000 years of known history of man, and the fear that man will one day, many years in the future, know what there is to be known. We already know the achievements of evolution, we can manipulate cells and eradicate many irregularities by manipulating DNA. My son, BA at Oxford in BioChemistry, tells me he believes that with Quantum Biology we will eventually understand how inanimate objects became animate, how energy in the form of light and heat interact with molecules and atoms in all its forms. . We are made of similar atoms as is rock, in different amounts.

I like this.

A rock is basic physics and chemistry. Its kind exist all over the universe. A rock is usually a combination of nitrogen, carbon, oxygen, silicon, hydrogen, and various metals. They do not move unless some outside force compels them.

Only in very few places in the universe do these atoms interact in a much more complex way to form macromolecules that counteract the same physical constraints on the rock. For a limited time, living organisms are perpetual motion machines and self-replicate. They harness energy and manipulate chemistry to do what inanimate objects take millennia to do. And finally, in the culmination of 4.2 billion years of this peculiar occurrence in the universe, a conglomerate of organic molecules was able to question its own existence. To wonder why the universe is what it is. That my friend, is you. Joshua Schmidt BA Graduate. (Not my son)

 

I agree we will probably never know how the universe came to be. That is not at all bleak, that is what keeps things interesting.

What we do know is that GodDidIt has never been the right answer. If man had never gotten past GodDidIt, we would still be fearing when the next infestation of locusts would descend upon us.

 

Wasn't an eye witness but his record is from eye witnesses. Apparently you've
never read the New Testament and only rely upon Google searches from sites that
haven't read it either.

It isn't an opinion.

Are you kidding? Have you never taken a literature course? It's not uncommon for
writers to put themselves in the second and third person.

Matthew, an apostle of Jesus, wrote the Gospel of Matthew. It's not that hard to
understand.

 

OK, Matthew the apostle is Matthew the author of the Gospel according to Matthew.

Not when they are writing about things they personally saw and witnessed.

The author (Matthew?) is clearly talking about someone other than himself whom he identifies as Matthew.

 

The term "fundamentalism" has roots in the Niagara Bible Conference (1878–1897), which defined those tenets it considered fundamental to Christian belief.

The term was prefigured by The Fundamentals, a collection of twelve books on five subjects published in 1910 and funded by the brothers Milton and Lyman Stewart, but coined by Curtis Lee Lawes, editor of The Watchman-Examiner, who proposed in the wake of the 1920 pre-convention meeting of the Northern Baptist Convention (now the American Baptist Churches USA) that those fighting for the fundamentals of the faith be called "fundamentalists."[

 

Matthew, Luke and Paul never met Jesus.

 

Exactly Inc.! I can't argue with your response, you hit it right on the nose!

I wholeheartedly agree with your post Inc....very astute indeed! Yeah, it just boils down to Opinions vs Opinions. Yeah I don't want science to give me opinions but rather I want science to give me the latest gadgets like a robot that can clean my entire house and wash my brand new car...lol

 

Matthew was a disciple of Jesus, we cannot know for sure if Paul ever met Jesus...he could have given some of the circumstances but it appears only Luke we can say for sure never met Jesus.

 

I'm sorry if I offended you, I was just asserting my belief. Believe me if you assert your belief I promise you I will not be offended by it. BTW my use of the exclamation point wasn't intended to convince the non-believers, it was just used to express how unwavering I feel about my belief.

To be precise we worship God our heavenly Father who wrote the Bible. And yes, as a Christian I do believe all the stories in the Holy Bible. The Holy Bible is the infallible Word of our Creator Almighty God!

Lastly, I know many non-believers say exactly as you do..."funny stuff" but oneday in every non-believer's fate/destiny it won't be funny anymore, it will be real serious stuff! So don't continue the path that you're on, your eternal fate rest on what you decide...my only good advice for you is to choose wisely.

We read in Scripture:

Our Lord Savior Jesus Christ said, "You can enter God’s Kingdom only through the narrow gate. The highway to hell is broad, and its gate is wide for the many who choose that way. But the gateway to life is very narrow and the road is difficult, and only a few ever find it."---Matthew 7:13-14 NLT