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  1. Welcome Electric Angel!!! Having performed as a magician for many years I can definately say that "sleight of hand" has nothing to do with witchcraft or the occult. My daughter loves to be entertained by the illusions. I have lots of pediatric patients that are much more easily examined after a mini show. They are fun, interesting and harmless. Steve
  2. I agree with M. Scott Peck the best definition is that a Chrisitian is for Jesus a "pleasant place of shelter." Steve (see my sig for more info...)
  3. second eve, You have a cool website BTW... I think you are confusing rational faith with absolute certainty. Nothing in this life can be known with absolute certainty. Not even ourselves. But that does not mean that the things we encounter and believe cannot be understood rationally. The Bible present Truth in a manner that can be understood rationally. Those truths are often foreign to our sense of order and the ways things would be if we were in charge. However, that does not change the fact that the Bible presents them as the actual state of affairs. Reality whether we like it or not. Faith is the belief in the "true" nature of those truths. For most belief is the problem. Many demand a level of certainty that we cannot get in any other sphere of life. Steve
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    Prophecy

    yod, EXACTLY correct!! To "prophesy" is literally "to speak forth" God's word. This does not have to be new revelation or a foretelling of the future. One can be a prophet and teach the Bible. So misunderstood and so dangerous when many are seeking hard for "signs" to help them believe. Steve
  5. Nebula, I have been on this board a while and have seen "prophets" float in and out and for the most part the utterances are accepted with no critical examination. This happens even when there is gross error. No doubt some of this is because many are younger believers. Sometimes its because there truly is a famine of the Word of G-d in the land. However, this is not what the apostles admonished us to do with prophecies. They should be examined and tested to see whether they conform with the revelation from Scripture. And your reference to "Lord of the Rings" is a good example why feeling our way to good and evil is a bad idea. I have no doubt that the L-rd told you not to go see that movie. For some reason, this is just not good for you. That is ok. If it violates your conscience then stay away. But the movie is not evil. For me, Tolkien and Lewis brought me to Chr-stianity...the movies were wonderful and I have used the Scriptural allegories in both to lead others to Chr-st. Yes, in answer to your question I have just "known" some things were wrong for me. I have sensed danger and evil. But I am very careful not to depart from the "teachings about righteousness" which believers "by constant use have trained themselves to distinguish evil from good." Hebrews 5:11-14. It is the Word of God that forms our understanding of evil and good. Not our feelings about some new divine sense of smell. Steve
  6. so much error...so little time. "Did you know that many animals Yahuweh declares to be healthy for consumption take a minimum of 12 hours for the food they eat to be utilized by their systems; and that during this process all the toxins that are poisonous to human consumption are filtered out of their systems within that time? But with the pig, and other unclean animals, a maximum of 4 hours is not uncommon." Just one of many outlandish statements with no scientific basis. The more time in the system the more "toxins" absorbed and the more they are reflected int the liver and fat of the animal. Many many many others...but its been a long night in the ER and I am tired. Dr. Steve
  7. nebula, The error is to rely on our "divine sense of smell" as a protector against evil. In most of these revelatory posts there is a lot of truths mixed with very subtle error. S
  8. "But this divine sense of smell that has been enhanced in them will always alert them. The Scripture that is already within them will regurgitate and co-operate with this sense of smell, and alert them to keep away or encourage them to move forward. No matter what situation they find themselves in, God will help them sniff their way in or out. The
  9. "irreducible complexity" This is the main philisophical problem that naturalists stumble over when they are brutally honest regarding the difficulties of atheistic evolution. This is the whole point of Stephen Gould's "hopeful monsters." The idea is that for many extremely complex biological systems they must have appeared intact or nearly intact for there to be a meaningful survival advantage. For a naturalist no matter how complex the system the proof that it evolved is found in the system itself. It can be no other way. It may be amazing, but it happended. It may seem miraculous, but it happended. In religious terms this is called faith. Dr. Steve
  10. Irish, I think it does boil down to faith. But then, so does almost everything else we do in the physical world. How do you know Shakespeare existed? or George Washington? None of us were there to know for sure. But we have faith in those who wrote about these men as eye witnesses. We have faith that the work written by these men are true and accurate. It is the same for Jesus. Same standard of "proof." The problem with Jesus is that he claimed to be something utterly different than any other historical figure.... He claimed to be God. Steve
  11. Also....be cautious...test the spirits... The "word" could just as easily be an obsure horoscope reading that fits everybody and every circumstance. Who on this board is not going through difficult times and needs to hear that it will work out and be ok. Sometimes when we want it too bad the flesh is only too willing to give us the desperate validation that we feel faith needs. Thus, we end up with divination and not divine intervention. Just a thought. Steve
  12. P.S. In respone to Will's post on John 1:18. The whole point of John 1 was that the new "message" is the messenger. In verse 18 John marvels that a man has not been sent but God himself to reveal Himself to us. "Monogenes" is literally "one of the same kind" or "one of the same stuff" although "unique" and many other English words essentially convey the same meaning. Jesus was "one of the same stuff" as the Father who he had come to reveal....that is what makes John 1:18 so amazing. To the Greek audience they would have understood that one of "them" was coming to tell us about themselves. Even John's use of "The Word" was pregnant with Greek philosophical overtones. The same meaning is conveyed by Paul when he wrote that Jesus was of the very same "nature" or "form" as God in Phillipians. "monogenes theos" is present is very early manuscripts. P66 dates around 100 AD. Doesn't P66 give some weight to "theos" being the correct reading?
  13. Eric, The Word of God is inerrant. But, God does not promise us an inerrant translation into English. God does not promise us an inerrant translation into Spanish. God does not promise us an inerrant translation into French. God does not promise us an inerrant translation into {insert one of the hundreds of languages used today}. The fact that so many manuscripts are available that span thousands of years is proof that God preserved His Word. It is difficult for anyone to look at all the manuscript evidence and conclude that we do not have the words as penned by the original authors. When the manuscript evidence is clearly presented even opponents of the Faith have to admit that the Bibles we have are faihful to those authors who originally penned the works. We have more evidence for the veracity of the Bible manuscripts than any other work in history. The fact that humans have to use their brains and translate those manuscripts into modern languages does not take away anything from that work of preservation. I would recommend as a hobby every believer take some time to learn Greek and buy Greek NT manuscripts. Start translating!! Learn the ins and out of why various words and phrases are chosen. Think. Sit up at night and ponder how to properly translate John 1:18. Is "monogenes theos" or "monogenes hurios" correct? How do you translate a word like "monogenes" into English? There are no exact English words.....and to feels that internal intellectual tension as you attempt to work through your own translation you can appreciate what those KJV translators felt so many times. It just might change your whole way of thinking. Steve
  14. Good morning!! What a great lesson on blindness the whole KJV debate has become. Those who want to believe the KJV is inerrant will close their eyes and ears and accept even the most rediculous and foolish statements as facts. Having been involved in these debates for over two decades it really saddens me. I mean the KJV is not inerrant. Does no one see this as ironic? The KJV still has errors. In 1611 it was full of errors and required multiple revisions. The KJV is just a translation made by fallible men. Men. Men just like you and me. God did not pen the Old English of the KJV. Fallible men using the best texts available to then translated the Greek and Hebrew into English. Steve
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