Please do read .What is History. By E H Carr. He shows that historical facts are selected by the victors. So evidence from the Bible does not help. The fact remains that Bible tells of child sacrifice. Surely God prevented abraham from doing that in that particular case. But we are considering...
What does 'tradition' outside of Scripture show but that those unfaithful Israelites were unfaithful.
They were forbidden to sacrifice (burn their children) as we can read at Jeremiah 32:35, etc.
The fact that God stopped Abraham and Isaac showed God would Not let them follow through. - Deut...
Oh.
That doesn't answer the question? Sorry. Perhaps I don't understand what you are really asking.
Could you be more specific as to what you really want to know.
Do you want to know if these other scriptures leads one to life, or if they are true, or false?
If so, each person has to find...
There's no evidence of this. It's all mythology; propaganda written by the victors.
You don't murder civilians. You don't kill innocent women and children. You don't invade sovereign territories.
The Hebrews violated the principles established at the Nürnberg trials. They violated the Geneva...
Have you read the Bible?
The Canaanites were warned over 400 years in advance of God’s judgment on them…. before their land was given to the Israelites. A way of escape was often provided, as well as opportunity for repentance. According to the account the entire culture was wicked beyond...
Pretty good.
However, I would liken our spirit, not so much to the software of the computer, but more like the power source that keeps it running.
Take care, brother.
Thanks for that. Yes, you are a person, and a life, or have life.
The Hebrew word here is ruach - (רוּחַ) which is breath, wind, spirit.
The Hebrew word for soul is nephesh - (נֶפֶשׁ) a soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion
Can you explain why you inserted...
In Genesis 1:1, it says God created the heavens and the earth.
What is the heavens in this passage?
It certainly does not say, it is the atmosphere.
It doesn't specify that it is the heavens as stated at Genesis 15:5 ; Genesis 19:24... using expressions such as "stars of the heavens", and "army...
According to Deuteronomy 20:10-11, their rulers were given an option to pursue peace, but they chose to fight.
Despite the evidence that they would lose, as shown what happened to Egypt the greater power… and Og and Sihon.. They knew, from what we learn from Rahab. — Joshua2:9-11
And the...
Well I guess my post (in your other deleted thread), which answered this question, got deleted along with the rest.
No, He didn’t sanction racism! But what Yahweh did show, is that He wouldn’t tolerate any rivalry against His Godship, His Sovereignty. If it were based on racism, He wouldn’t...
Is that from a JW translation? You see it literally, I don't. Nor do many other Christians and Jews.
It tells me you are accusing me of hypocrisy. You are associating me with the Pharisees Jesus criticises in Matthew 15. You are using scripture for the purpose of personal attack and insult. It...
I trust the Bible because it gives evidence of being truthful - including what it says about God and Christ. I believe it is the inspired word of God, based on what I observe to be true in conjunction with what's stated in the Bible.
It's like... a man said to me, there are plenty fish at point...
Since all holy books are written by mankind and reflect mankind, not God, does it really matters who interprets it?
God gave everyone a different view to guaranty mankind a larger view than any one person could have. How can one get the entire picture without seeing the views of others?? Are...
There is no such thing as getting "God's view" except through the lens of our own interpretation, or the interpretations of others which we take for ourselves.
I very much disagree. because you take a more literal interpretation, yes it is an interpretation of OT scripture without provenance nor known authorship. You speak of these references in the OT as factual history. This view is factually untenable considering the factual history of the...
I have often heard it said, when it comes to the Bible, "it's just a matter of interpretation." Is that true though?
I would say, there are some things in the Bible, we cannot be dogmatic about, and just have to leave alone, where arguments are concerned,
However, for the vast majority of...