JosephAlward
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Jesus was a False Prophet
by JosephAlward inas he sat upon mount of olives, jesus was telling his disciples about the end of the world and what they could expect just before that apocalyptic event.
they asked him, .
"when shall these things be?
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A Word about Crackpots
by JosephAlward ina water bearer in india had two large pots, each hung on the ends of a pole which he carried across his shoulders.
one of the pots had a crack in it, while the other pot was perfect and always delivered a full portion of water.. .
at the end of the long walk from the stream to the house, the cracked pot arrived only half full.
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Gospel Story Plagiarized from Scripture
by JosephAlward inin this post i present evidence that marks story about jesus' feeding of loaves and fishes to the five thousand followers on the shore of the sea of galilee is a fictional story constructed from various passages in the old testament... .
i will place over them one shepherd, my servant david, and he will tend them; he will tend them and be their shepherd.
(ezekiel 34:23).
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Does Knowledge of Evil Condemn Us?
by JosephAlward inordinarily i would post this topic in the "bible research" forum, but i found the following on the "friends" forum, in the "tree of what" thread, so i will leave it here.. achristian explains,.
[when] free people have a knowledge of evil they always, at least briefly, consider doing evil.
and, even having evil thoughts for a brief fleeting moment makes people less righteous than god.
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Honoring Parents
by JosephAlward inthis is my response to a true believer who emailed me about my claims that the gospel stories were plagiarized from scriptural antecedents, and about my claim that jesus showed disrepect for parents--if you can believe the bible:.
do you have proof -- not your insights -- for your claim that the bible is nothing but a mimmic of ancient myth?.
evidence is all i have.
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Timeless Truths in the Bible
by JosephAlward insome of my favorites are:.
"man's fate is like that of the animals; the same fate awaits them both: as one dies, so dies the other.
all have the same breath; man has no advantage over the animal.
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Bible Contradiction: Whoring and Adultery
by JosephAlward inthe bible writers contradict one another in the matter of adultery and whoring; some of them say that god forbids it, while others claim that god encouraged it in some cases.
here is the evidence: .
god forbids adultery and whoremongering.
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Creation Story Contradiction
by JosephAlward inthe two different creation stories in genesis contradict each other in the matter of the order of the creation of man and vegetation.
in the first story, vegetation was created on the third day, and three days later man was created.
however, in the second creation story, there was no vegetation before man.
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Useful Information
by JosephAlward ina simple way to keep track of threads in which one is active is to create a desktop shortcut for those threads.
just click on "members" in the upper left corner of this screen, then select the letter from the alphabet line corresponding to the first letter of your screen name, find your name, then click on the icon representing your threads.
right mouse-click to create a shortcut.
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Was Noah's Flood Local?
by JosephAlward inachristian believes those who think the bible teaches that the flood was global look foolish.
he wrote, .
i encourage all christians to investigate the possibility that the bible does not really teach that the whole earth was flooded at the time of noah.