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Originally Posted by pelathais
Please don't mistake my embarrassment over my friend Jason's lapses as being some sort of "cold shoulder" turned toward your gaffes. Each passage cited requires a lengthy and diligent consideration, and at times one has to confess that they can't always make a choice between different viable and devout explanations for some passages - in other words, I'm willing to say, "I don't know" a lot, but I do enjoy saying much more along the way. This is the Word of God. It deserves a lot of attention.
And, YOU have never told me whether or not Luke 10:30-37, was a "literal historical" series of events. Was it? Or did Jesus just "lie" about it ever having happened at all?
... Or is there a better way to approach this question than asking, "Did it literally happened just like that?"
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The problem we have with Jason's "questions" is it's a red herring. It's irrelevant and just misdirects the main issue which he asserts an absolute answer....there is no evidence, while admitting his lack of knowledge on the subject. So such an absolute assertion is impossible to make. So he wants to redirect the discussion to something else
The other problem really is that we did not reject gen 1 then turn to science. There is hard scientific evidences and scientific facts that need to be addressed.
As for the questions I don't know of any specific scientific fact that says we should reject them all, but he is trying to make this an issue of disbelief when it's not. I don't disbelieve any miracle. But if there is some hard evidence we should take into account then why be so afraid to do it?
Ok, just one example. If there is scientific data that refutes a world wide flood, then we should not be afraid to look at the facts. That does not mean there was no flood though. It may have been a local flood.
But again there we have scientific data. It's NOT a matter of disbelief that God can do miraculous things. That is what he keeps trying to make it and that is a flat out lie.
Could they be as figuratively true as the Genesis story?
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