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Author Topic:   Forever Faithful: A Question for Creationists
PaulK
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Message 18 of 95 (99946)
04-14-2004 12:45 PM
Reply to: Message 17 by funkman
04-14-2004 12:31 PM


But the problem is that it's your interpretation of the Bible that says that the Bible claims to be infallible.
2 Timothy 3:16 doesn't say that it is referring to the Bible. It doesn't even say that it refers to itself !
It doesn't say that God controlled every word or prevented the human authors from making mistakes (and what would be the point ? - we don't have the originals and even most inerrantists admit that there are some mistakes in the texts we have now).
And it certainly doesn't say that any of it is literally true.
All that is your interpretation.

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Message 26 of 95 (100341)
04-16-2004 3:53 AM
Reply to: Message 20 by Buzsaw
04-15-2004 11:26 PM


Well let's consider this "evidence"
1) You keep SAYING that there are fulfilled prophecies but you can't find one good example - in fact the prophecies discussed often turn out to be failures. So the "evidence" is that you make claims that you cannot support and which - on examination - turn out to be false. Oh and that you don't care if your claims are shown to be false and you repeat the claims anyway.
2) The "specific" documentation is that Ron Wyatt and his followers say so and have a few pictures - which don't establish a "graveyard" and may well involve "planted" material. Since we know that Ron Wyatt made many grandiose claims and that there is evidence of fraud on his part you cannot seriously suggest that this is significant evidence.
3) All *old* anecdotes where the details can't be traced. IIRC the "London Hammer" was an example and the best evidence is that that is NOT ancient.
4) You mean according to your misrepresentations of numerous Biblical prophecies.
5) You mean anecdotes - oh yes, and calling people evil becuse they don't follow your religion.
Not much in the way of evidence for the existence of God there. Or of evidence that the authors of the Bible were inspired.

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