Pick and Choose Fundamentalism

Because to them the Bible is just there to prop up their beliefs. When you see them splitting a verse in two to try to hide the context as NJ did just a little while ago you can see that. And there are plenty more examples.They literally do not care about what the Bible really says. It is just an excuse to put words in God's mouth.

Here's a simpler explanation. They don't read for comprehension. They read to find things that back up their own beliefs. Reading for comprehension is out. That's how Buzsaw - who claims to be an expert on Biblical prophecy - could go into a discussion about the Olivet Discourse without even knowing that the version in Luke is signficantly different from that in the other two synoptics.In fact it's quite amazing the lengths they will go to. NJ chopping a verse in two because he wants to hide the context. Buzsaw inventing a new meaning for the word English word "but" . It's impossible to believe that they honestly care about what the BIble says.

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Paulk, you showed your ignorance in the Olivet Discourse that you don't dig eschatology being most of the educated escatological Drs of Divinity would have sided more with me in that debate than with you who tried to apply the prophecy to contemporary times when the proclamation was made including the 1900 year dispersement of the Jews worldwide.

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Well of course you're going to be angry when I point out that you were grossly ignorant of a Bible passage you chose to discuss. Especially when you try to pretend to be an "expert".But let us consider the fact. You use your self=-proclaimed status as an "expert" to try to stop people reading and understanding the Bible just as you appeal to unnamed "experts" here to try and prevent people knowing the truth. In our discussion these experts you appeal too did not provide you with valid points to counter my arguments or show any flaw in my reading. That is why you lost so very, very badly.For all your alleged study of the Bible your sole claim to expertise is slavishly agreeing with the opinions of alleged experts you can't even name. I at least can produce valid arguments for my case from the text. Something you failed to do.If I am igniorant because I don't know the arguemtns fo your unnamed "experts' then you are equally ignroant because you don't know them either ! At least my reading is based on what the Bible actually says, rather than the views of men who are in all likelihood twisting and misrepresenting the Bible to try to prop up their doctrines. Just as you did.

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I agree, especially since its quite obvious that a large amount of text in the Bible is historically accurate. As a for instance, it was believed for a long time that the Hittite civilization was just a myth-- that no such people named the Hittites ever existed.

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The argument entailed that, if the Hittite civilization was as vast and encompassing as the Bible claimed, why was there no direct evidence? Of course, soon after discovery after discovery was made pertaining to the Hittites, every bit as impressive as the Bible detailed.

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Interestignly the only statement from a minastream source I have found on the subject is that people beleived that the Hittites were a minor Canaanite people - BASED ON THE BIBLE. So perhaps you can show us some people who denied that the Hittites existed and also Biblical statements showing that the Hittites were a great civilisation.