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[jbooks888]

I have had many prayers answered, including healing for myself and others. I don't like your irreverent attitude.

[Larian1975]

@jbooks888 Good.

You have a wonderful day now.

[Futureplanet]

Hi Larian1975. Like your videos. Great stuff.

[goobergelslady]

you are a heathen, larian. you go to hell and die. how dare you say such things about my god! my god is great and wonderful and is like batman. changes his voice for different people. instead of different settings.

[Larian1975]

@bballdragon5 Generally what the Bible tells us about is whether or not a certain city existed. Sodom and Gomorrah being destroyed in a great fire, the existence of Miggido, and even Jericho we can find proof of. However I don't think we see evidence of the supernatural claims associated with them.

And what of the things the Bible says that there should be evidence of but isn't? Moses' 40 year wanderings come to mind. He's only mentioned in the bible and nowhere else. Not a trace to be found.

[bballdragon5]

@Larian1975 True about the prophets, but I think a difference here is the trinity in which you have God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit. Calling Jesus a prophet would be making little his importance to Christianity...I mean the Truth that we as Christians believe in is that God sent Jesus into this world under a doctrine of love to die for us. For one, the Bible is a spiritual work, not a history textbook, If you check back at the historical record of the bible, it's pretty historically accurate.

[Larian1975]

@bballdragon5 Then what of other gods who are said to reveal themselves through their prophets, such as Allah, Osiris, and Mithra? Their holy texts are just as explicit as the Bible, but I'm going to guess that you do not put any stock in them.

As a side note, how do we know the Bible is even a factual account and not a work of fiction?

(I find myself enjoying this conversation as you strike me as being refreshingly "Christ-like" - a trait not common to Christians posting here I'm afraid.)

[bballdragon5]

@Larian1975 I'm not sure if it leaves us in a bad position because it's just going back to where we started in the first place. Haha, I do give you some props cause my phrasing was probably not what I was trying to convey. Okay, so we can not make sense of God, but it does not mean we can't make any pronouncements. It clearly states in the Bible what we should do and not do. This gets into nitty gritty religious stuff, but God is not unknown, he reveals himself through Jesus.

[Larian1975]

@bballdragon5 I'm not sure you want to go down that road. If we are unable to understand God, as you claim, then I would posit we are completely unable to make any pronouncements at all about what he wants us to do. This relegates God to an ephemeral, unknown, and completely unknowable entity.

Placing God beyond the reach of human comprehension and logic leaves one in a bad position I'm afraid.

[bballdragon5]

I think the core problem here is we are trying to be demigods by attempting to understand God. That sounds pretty ridiculous to me. If, okay, if a god of any kind were to exist, the idea of a "god" is that it is above us or the "humans". If that is the case then how do we as humans fully grasp a "god"? We can't. With that said, yes I have heard God's response to my prayers. I can tell give you an example if you really want to know, but its rather long :P