Evidences the Gospels were Based on Eyewitness Accounts - Apologetics 315
Sunday, May 29, 2011
Evidences the Gospels were Based on Eyewitness Accounts - Apologetics 315
Evidences the Gospels were Based on Eyewitness Accounts - Apologetics 315
Answering Muslims: Anti-Christian Bigotry in Dearborn
Image by Getty Images via @daylifeFor months now David Wood and others have been pointing to the changes in a society where Muslims become the majority. Islam is not just a religion, as we think of religion in West. It's political, social, economic - a way of life. We have also heard that in such a society Christians are persecuted. Could this happen in the United States. Of course. We know that Muslims are persecuted in most societies where they are the minority. The difference is that when Christians persecute anyone, they are acting in direct opposition to what the Bible says but when Muslims persecute non-Muslims they are following the Qur'an. David Wood posted the following video from a Christian who lives in Dearborn, Michigan which has Muslims as the majority.Answering Muslims: Anti-Christian Bigotry in Dearborn
Beggars All: Reformation And Apologetics: Eavesdropping on Campingites
Image by Getty Images via @daylifeJames Swan has posted some comments from Harold Camping's supporters for how his Beggars All: Reformation And Apologetics: Eavesdropping on Campingites
Iron Sharpens Iron: Mark Allison: Harold Camping Still Defiant
Iron Sharpens Iron: Mark Allison: Harold Camping Still Defiant
The Bible illustration blog: Drawing the Ark of the Covenant.
Image via WikipediaI really enjoy the Bible Illustration Blog! The latest post is about the theories and ideas around how the Ark of the Covenant actually looked! Did the cherubim on the lid use both wing to cover the mercy seat? Did the poles run parallel with the long side? Short side? These questions are asked and discussed. This is a wonderful job!!!!The Bible illustration blog: Drawing the Ark of the Covenant.
A Lesser-Known Heretic That You Should Know About
A Lesser-Known Heretic That You Should Know About
Beggars All: Reformation And Apologetics: Catholic Apologist Jimmy Akin is a "Semi-Calvinist"?
I can't help but recall Geisler's Chosen But Free. It's true, Akin does indeed modify TULIP to be palatable for Romanism, as Geisler tried to make it palatable for Evangelical Arminians.
The article includes excerpts from Akin's attempt to Romanize the five doctrines of Grace known by the acronym TULIP. This is a great article for anyone who is interested in Calvinism and Roman Catholicism.
Beggars All: Reformation And Apologetics: Catholic Apologist Jimmy Akin is a "Semi-Calvinist"?
Answering Muslims: Who Was Muhammad?
Image via WikipediaDavid Wood has posted a great article summarizing who Muhammad is and and response to Islam's claims about him. This is a must-read!Answering Muslims: Who Was Muhammad?
Saturday, May 28, 2011
FacePalm of the Day #81 - Debunking Christianity: Harold Camping Step Aside, Jesus Was Wrong And Should Be Ignored Too
So why is this not a problem? Let's look at the scriptures and deal with three accounts being pointed towards.
28 “Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its twigs get tender and its leaves come out, you know that summer is near. 29 Even so, when you see these things happening, you know that it[d] is near, right at the door. 30 Truly I tell you, this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened. 31 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away. - Mark 13:28-31
32 “Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its twigs get tender and its leaves come out, you know that summer is near. 33 Even so, when you see all these things, you know that it[e] is near, right at the door. 34 Truly I tell you, this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened. 35 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away. - Matthew 24:32-34
29 He told them this parable: “Look at the fig tree and all the trees. 30 When they sprout leaves, you can see for yourselves and know that summer is near. 31 Even so, when you see these things happening, you know that the kingdom of God is near.
32 “Truly I tell you, this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened. 33 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away. Luke 21:29-33
Many skeptics say we should try to read the Bible horizontally. Let's do that. The question is what does "generation" mean? The events Jesus is referring to can't mean his second advent given the verses that comes from directly after their proof texting.
32 “But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. 33 Be on guard! Be alert! You do not know when that time will come. 34 It’s like a man going away: He leaves his house and puts his servants in charge, each with their assigned task, and tells the one at the door to keep watch.
35 “Therefore keep watch because you do not know when the owner of the house will come back—whether in the evening, or at midnight, or when the rooster crows, or at dawn. 36 If he comes suddenly, do not let him find you sleeping. 37 What I say to you, I say to everyone: ‘Watch!’” - Mark 13:32-37
36 “But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son,[f] but only the Father. 37 As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. 38 For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark; 39 and they knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came and took them all away. That is how it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. 40 Two men will be in the field; one will be taken and the other left. 41 Two women will be grinding with a hand mill; one will be taken and the other left.
42 “Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come. 43 But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into. 44 So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him. - Matthew 24:36-44
34 “Be careful, or your hearts will be weighed down with carousing, drunkenness and the anxieties of life, and that day will close on you suddenly like a trap. 35 For it will come on all those who live on the face of the whole earth. 36 Be always on the watch, and pray that you may be able to escape all that is about to happen, and that you may be able to stand before the Son of Man.” - Luke 21:34-36
So why would Jesus in one breath say "I'll be back in your lifetime." And then in the next breath say "no one knows the day or hour" and to live as though it could be at any moment." Does that make sense? That is a major contradiction and there is no reason to add it. Even if you think that the Gospels are not inspired or written according to eyewitness testimony, you have to admit that it makes no sense for a single author to conflict himself so strikingly. It makes more sense to agree that Jesus was not saying the Judgment day was promised before Jesus' hearers died. Many scholars today actually look at these passages as referring to more than just Jesus' second coming but refers to the destruction of the 2nd Temple and Jerusalem in 70 AD. Some even think that the entire passage only refers to 70 AD. I'm not willing to go that far.
As for what Jesus meant by "generation", the word was translated from the Greek word "Genea". Genea can refer to the group of people living at the same time. However "race" or "that which has been begotten, men of the same stock, a family". Jesus clearly was not saying he would return before everyone who was listening him died. He did promise that they would see their nation destroyed before that group who was listening to him all died out.
Recall what the disciples were asking Jesus. They asked him:
3 As Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately. “Tell us,” they said, “when will this happen, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?” - Matthew 24:3
Was Jesus wrong? No he wasn't. He answered their question. I don't think it can be shown that those who heard Jesus heard what Loftus reads into Jesus' words now. I do think the Bible bears out that they did think Jesus was going to return in their lifetimes. Jesus told them to live as if He was going to return in their lifetimes. Just as we should today. However, Jesus did not set at a date. Neither should we.
Debunking Christianity: Harold Camping Step Aside, Jesus Was Wrong And Should Be Ignored Too
Friday, May 27, 2011
Iron Sharpens Iron: Kenneth R. Samples: Does Harold Camping Meet the Criteria for Being a Cult Leader?
Image via WikipediaRecently Dr. Ken Samples was a guest on Iron Sharpens Iron. He discussed the question of whether or not we should consider Harold Camping a cult leader or not? He discussed how to recognize a cult. Very interesting discussion.Iron Sharpens Iron: Kenneth R. Samples: Does Harold Camping Meet the Criteria for Being a Cult Leader?
Hold the Doomsday Predictions, Please | Reflections
Hold the Doomsday Predictions, Please | Reflections
Beggars All: Reformation And Apologetics: Now that Judgment Day Has Arrived, What Will Family Radio Play?
Image by Newbirth35 via FlickrI was wondering what Camping would be teaching now? A caller called into Open Forum and asked him. She got the following instructions..... I mean....this is what Family Radio is gonna do.1. Stop witnessing
2. No more tracts (can't have written documentation, y'know)
3. Play comforting music.
4. Read your Bible.
Summary:
So 1988, the Church came under Judgment...he says.
Now the whole earth is under judgment and no one else who was saved before May the 21st can be saved. And you can't know if you were saved.
Conclusion:
More lies. No repentance. The Bible says no such things.
Beggars All: Reformation And Apologetics: Now that Judgment Day Has Arrived, What Will Family Radio Play?
Beggars All: Reformation And Apologetics: Fearful Teen Commits Suicide Due to Harold Camping's Judgment Day Prediction
Image via WikipediaI thought that some people could be pushed by Harold Camping's propaganda into extreme and dangerous acts of desperation. A 14 year-old girl in Russia committed suicide because she thought she missed the rapture. A young man from Florida drowned when he jumped into the reservoir in Contra Loma Regional Park in Antioch, CA. I'm sure that Harold Camping does not really think he is responsible for this or anyone. The Bible tells us that people who teach his word are responsible for we teach others. Even if our government does not hold Camping responsible, God does Jesus said:.
6 “If anyone causes one of these little ones—those who believe in me—to stumble, it would be better for them to have a large millstone hung around their neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea. 7 Woe to the world because of the things that cause people to stumble! Such things must come, but woe to the person through whom they come! - Matthew 18:6-7
This is a great article. Here are some valuable resources about what is currently happening with this story.
Beggars All: Reformation And Apologetics: Fearful Teen Commits Suicide Due to Harold Camping's Judgment Day Prediction
Questions and Answers with Hank
Questions and Answers with Hank
Fallacy Friday: Denying the Antecedent - Apologetics 315
Fallacy Friday: Denying the Antecedent - Apologetics 315
Thursday, May 26, 2011
Translating Genesis 3:15 – Part 2 | Dr. Claude Mariottini – Professor of Old Testament
Translating Genesis 3:15 – Part 2 | Dr. Claude Mariottini – Professor of Old Testament
Answering Muslims: Free Speech Victory in Dearborn, Michigan!
Answering Muslims: Free Speech Victory in Dearborn, Michigan!
Chuggin' 40s With Obama While Ed Schultz Disses GOP "Sluts" Who Criticize Traveling POTUS - The Snob Blog - Danielle Belton's The Black Snob
From Mediaite:I liked how Danielle Belton summarized the sheer stupidity on her blog. She wrote:
Fox Business host Eric Bolling really stepped in it Monday when, in the middle of a rant about a lack of leadership, he said that President Obama was busy “chugging forties” in Ireland, instead of going to tornado-ravaged Missouri. “Forty” is slang for a 40 oz. bottle of malt liquor (or beer), a mainstay of ghetto iconography. Bolling later tweeted defiantly, “For the liberals offended by my “forty” comment, please read this….,” linking to a slang dictionary. According to pool reports, the President drank most of a pint glass, which, in Ireland, is about 20 oz.
Sure, it's FINE to be prejudiced, just don't say that word! You can say everything but that word. Make weed, watermelon, monkey and fried chicken jokes and all will be fine if you just close it all with, "But white people like marijuana, watermelon, and friend chicken too and people called George W. Bush a monkey so, I win! I'm not racist!"The sad thing is that Eric Bolling is so blind to his own racism he probably doesn't see how that could be offensive. It's not just republicans who have their foots in their mouths for saying stupid. Turns out that Democrats can be stupid too.
That way you can accuse President Obama of chuggin' 40 oz in Ireland (it was a pint of Guinness to be specific, not a bottle of Ol' English) and then be all, "What! Totally not racist! White people drink 40 ounces too!"
Which is why MSNBC's Ed Schultz called Keith Olbermann's ex-ladyfriend conservative radio shock jock Laura "Not Ann Coulter" Ingraham a "slut." Not for actually doing anything slutty of course. But because she's so good at shouting out various conservative talking points about Obama's Europe trip. Hence, she is a slut for the GOP. A word slut of some kind, perhaps. I don't know. I don't pretend to understand the kind of sexism where you can get called a slut for not actually having intercourse with numerous of males. If you're going to shout out misogyny, at least be accurate.Is there something in water? Did Schultz and Bolling drink stupid juice or something? "Hater-aid" maybe? It's infuriating. Why would you take issue with someone's policies and opinions using racism and women-hating stupidity? Belton makes some great points in her post. Read her post at the following link.
Chuggin' 40s With Obama While Ed Schultz Disses GOP "Sluts" Who Criticize Traveling POTUS - The Snob Blog - Danielle Belton's The Black Snob
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