Doesn'tthereligionofMithraprovethatChristianityisfalse?SomecriticsofChristianityteachthattheChristianreligionwasnotbasedupondivinerevelationbutthatitborrowedfrompagansources,Mithrabeingoneofthem.TheyassertthatthefigureofMithrahasmanycommonalitieswithJesus,toocommontobecoincidence.
MithraismwasoneofthemajorreligionsoftheRomanEmpirewhichwasderivedfromtheancientPersiangodoflightandwisdom.Theculto...[
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BiblicalNumerologyItseemsquiteobviousthattheBibleusesnumbersinpatterns.Whocandenythat40issignificant.Jesuswasinthedesertfor40daysandtheIsraeliteswanderedinthedesertfor40years.Whetherornottheanalysisofthesenumberpatternsareaccurateisupfordebate.ButIpresenttoyouthisinformationcondensedfromthebook,NumberinScripturebyBullinger.
OneoftheinterestingfeaturesofHebrewandGreekisthatinbothwrittenlanguage...[
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DoestheBibleForbidInterracialMarriages?
TheBibledoesnotforbidinterracialmarriages.Itdoes,however,forbidaChristianfrommarryinganunbeliever:"Beyenotunequallyyokedtogetherwithunbelievers:forwhatfellowshiphathrighteousnesswithunrighteousness?andwhatcommunionhathlightwithdarkness?"(2Cor.6:14).
InNumbers12:1-8isanaccountofMosesmarryinganEthiopianwoman."AndMiriamandAaronspakeagainstMosesbecauseof...[
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WhatDoestheBibleTeachAboutDivorce?DivorceisagrowingprobleminAmerica.Thecasualattitudeofdivorceinthesecularworldisspillingoverintothechurchwherethestatisticsareonlyslightlylower.ConsiderthefollowingstatisticsfromtheUSCensusBureau:
In1920,therewas1divorceforevery7marriages.Thatis14%.
In1940,therewas1divorceforevery6marriages.Thatis17%.
In1960,therewas1divorceforevery4marriages.Thatis25%....[
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WhatdoesitmeanwhentheBiblereferstotheThirdHeaven?AtthetimeofancientIsraeltheydidnothaveascompleteanunderstandingoftheuniverseaswedotoday.Sotheywroteintermstheywerefamiliarwith.TheJewsspokeofthreeheavens.Thefirstheavenconsistedofthetheearthatmospherewherethecloudsandbirdswere.Thesecondheavenwaswherethesun,stars,andmoonwas.ThethirdheavenwasthedwellingplaceofGod.WhenPaulsaidhewascaughtuptothethirdhea...[
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DoestheBibletellusifthereislifeonotherplanets?TheBibledoesnotsayifthereislifeonotherplanets.ItsimplysaysthatGodcreatedtheheavensandearthandputmanonit.Butthissilenceonthesubjectdoesnotrequirethatearthistheonlyplacewithlifeonit.Butthenagain,thisdoesn'tmeanthereislifeoutthere,either.
LetmeproposesomereasonswhyIbelievethereisnolifeonotherplanets.Now,Ishouldtellyouthatthesereasonsaresimplyexercises...[
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Istherenon-biblicalevidenceofadayofdarknessatChrist'sdeath?InLuke23:44-46thereistherecordofdarknessfallinguponthelandduringChrist'scrucifixion."Anditwasnowaboutthesixthhour,anddarknessfelloverthewholelanduntiltheninthhour,45thesunbeingobscured;andtheveilofthetemplewastornintwo.46AndJesus,cryingoutwithaloudvoice,said,"Father,intoThyhandsIcommitMyspirit."Andhavingsaidthis,HebreathedHislast."Istherea...[
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DothelostbooksoftheBibleprovethattheBiblehasbeenaltered?ThereismuchtalkthesedaysaboutlostbooksoftheBible.SometimespeopleclaimthattheBiblewaseditedtotakeoutreincarnation,ortheteachingofhigherplanesofexistence,ordifferentgods,orancestorworship,or"at-one-ment"withnature,anythingthatdisagreedwithwhatthepeopleinpowerdidn'tlike.But,noneofthisistrue.The"lostbooks"wereneverlost.Thesesocalledlostbookswerea...[
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Whyisn'tthereanyrecordofmillionsofJewswanderinginthedesert?TherehasbeenalotofspeculationontherouteoftheExodusandwhythetraditionalsitehasn'tyieldedanyarchaeologicalevidence.Afterall,iftwomillionpeoplewanderinadesertforfortyyears,you'dthinkthatatleastsomethingwouldbefoundtosupportit.But,nothingatallhasbeenunearthedintheSinaiPeninsulasupportingthebiblicalaccountoftheExodus.Variousexplanationsforthisr...[
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Whyisn'tthereotherevidenceofthemassacreofthebabies?
"ThenwhenHerodsawthathehadbeentrickedbythemagi,hebecameveryenraged,andsentandslewallthemalechildrenwhowereinBethlehemandinallitsenvirons,fromtwoyearsoldandunder,accordingtothetimewhichhehadascertainedfromthemagi,"(Matt.2:16).IfHerodreallydidslaughterallthemalebabiesinJerusalem,whyisn'tthereanymentionofitinhistoricalaccountsoutsidetheBiblesuch...[
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