“Ancient myths?” You’ve reduced the OT which is the word of God according to the church to that? Does Adam matter? Does Abel (part of the creation account) matter who’s name Jesus quoted in the same sentence as Zechariah? Tell me which parts of the OT you KNOW to be myth and which parts are actual accounts? Or is it all a fable?
I quote Hercules’ name to invoke the moral truths in his myth. Does that mean I believe in a literal demi-god? Please, read my counters to Nec. You’re just parroting. People like to draw parallels between the the stories in the Bible and other myths. However, it’s quite startling that when junk like
Zeitgeist try to do it for Jesus’ life, it’s a failure even for those who study comparative mythology. There are too many differences. On the other hand, there are more than a handful of parallels to the Great Flood.
Raising people from the dead, making those born blind see, calming raging storm, turning water into wine immediately etc. were all done by a human, Jesus. These acts defy science. Are Jesus’ acts myths?
This is Jesus we’re talking here. Being God incarnate and forming the core component of our theology obviously puts him at a higher power level. If you were Jesus, I wouldn’t be surprised if you could pull a Bruce Almighty on me. On the other hand, if you were just some average schmoe who threatens to ask God to turn me into a goat, I’d ask for the number of your spiritual director.
Most people who have postgraduate degrees don’t accept creationism. Oh the wisdom of men is foolishness to God. Here is the challenge for any of you. By the way I have two degrees.
And these would be…? Beware of citing any degree that has to do with religion. It might actually discount you further.
If there is any let me know. If someone disagrees with Sacred Scripture you should thoroughly research, The challenge is on.
You know, it’s very unfair for you guys to make challenges like this when your take on Scripture literally believes in a giant, fire-breathing sea monster that sounds hard to kill even against the standards of modern, conventional weaponry.
If you believe that give me the empirical evidence. When you find there isn’t any then that evoution isn’t even a theory it is only based on a postulate. The wisdom of man is foolishness to God.
There is so much irony in someone wanting empirical evidence but can’t offer the same type of evidence for transmuting frogs out of river water.
In our day, we live mostly in the world, sitcoms and all, *but that is not the entirety of reality! *It is only the material side of reality.
I think in a way that we are blinded by our world. It’s like the fact that there are stars which are much larger than our own Sun, but we cannot see them during the day because our seeing of them is obscured by the closeness of the Sun. In the same way, material reality is so easy to see because it is close and so vivid, it is a distraction from supernatural reality, which is soft and still and quiet.
Already heard this before. If anything, supernatural reality is supposed to be as distant and disconnected from our world as possible. Why do you think dabbling in the occult is forbidden? It’s because they’re nothing but foolish, superstitious, and weak attempts to bridge two realms that are supposed to be divided.
I often have a lot of trouble praying the Rosary, or, I should say, getting around to praying the Rosary. Finally it came to me that praying is *hard work, *and that it is “practicing” paying attention to the supernatural. Paying attention to the supernatural does not come easy to us! We have to work at it. Many of us are just amateurs at praying, like high school kids who know a few songs on the guitar, but some of us are virtuosos like Andre Segovia, and these people are saints (whether known and canonized or anonymous).
You do realize that seeking supernatural experiences is not spiritually healthy behavior? Sometimes it’s even condemned! That tells you a lot about attributing too much of how our world works to the supernatural. I have long accepted that our world has always been this bland reality, ruled by restrictive principles that only guys with Einstein’s IQ could even try to manipulate and appreciate. It’s clear that the only truly supernatural events are a rarity because it’s God’s last-resort way of proving a point. I don’t see Him stooping that low just so we could keep having faith.
That’s why to say such things happened on a ridiculously regular basis (as described in the OT) is more of an insult than an affirmation to our faith.
I am sorry that I reminded you of fundamentalists arguing against the Faith with it–I was just rrying to show that Christ had said that apparent miracles would be performed which were not from God. The Enemy, devils can perform preternatural acts. I mentioned that in reference to what you were saying about the Egyptian sorcerers.
Again, if pagan sorcerers could have that kind of power, why aren’t they ruling the world? It’s only logical that if you could turn an entire water supply to blood, that would give you quite the military advantage. Don’t underestimate our kind’s capacity to weaponize power.
Oh and please, don’t give me the whole “Because God won’t allow it” argument. We believe in God, not some petty participant in the deity war trope that I often see in mythological fantasy.
The way we are going, we are either going to have to define the deficit in quadrillion dollars (15 zeros) or go to ‘Light Year Money’ (the amount of money the Federal Government can spend in one year!) 
You should underline it so people know it’s a link haha. I will read it and get back to you.