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nature of animals, of fruits, of stones, and of other such things, may be known with the greatest certainty by reasoning or by experience, even by one who is not a
Christian. It is too disgraceful and ruinous, though, and greatly to be avoided, that he should hear a Christian speaking so idiotically on these matters, and as if in accord with Christian writings, that he might say that he could scarcely keep from laughing when he saw how totally in error they are. In view of this and in keeping it in mind constantly while dealing with the book of Genesis, I have, insofar as I was able, explained in detail and set forth for consideration the meanings of obscure passages, taking care not to affirm rashly some one meaning to the prejudice of another and perhaps better explanation."
208:(Matt. 5:39-41) -- Presenting the other cheek presented the person that slapped you with three options: strike you with their unclean left hand and make themselves unclean, strike them with the palm of their right hand (you saved the palm for your equals), or not strike you and show themselves to be cowards. Giving someone your tunic in addition to your cloak shamed them because they had to look at your naked body, and everyone could say of them "wow, he's so mean, taking that guy's clothes." Roman soldiers could command people to carry their stuff for a mile, but were responsible for those people the entire time. By going the second mile, one forced the soldier to take care of them even longer. The soldier also risked disciplinary action.
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literature, they are not using the same standards and experiments, and they are not speaking in the same circles nor getting published in the same journals. If it does not walk like a duck, does not talk like a duck, and avoids ducks like the plague, there is little reason to assume its a duck. Or scientist, in this case. I'm not saying the anti-evolution folks are wrong, I'm just saying that they are not mainstream scientists. This is why they're not consulted for the voice of scientists. Now, they can be consulted for what they think if their views are notable.
151:: articles from magazines or newspapers (particularly scholarly journals), or books by recognized authors (basically, books by respected publishers). Online versions of these are usually accepted, provided they're held to the same standards. User generated sources (like Knowledge) are to be avoided. Self-published sources should be avoided except for information by and about the subject that is not self-serving (for example, citing a company's website to establish something like year of establishment).
157:. Knowledge is not concerned with facts or opinions, it just summarizes reliable sources. Real scholarship actually does not say what understanding of the world is "true," but only with what there is evidence for. In the case of science, this evidence must ultimately start with physical evidence. In the case of religion, Knowledge only reports what has been written and does not take any stance on doctrine.
110:, the man who gains understanding, for she is more profitable than silver and yields better returns than gold. She is more precious than rubies; nothing you desire can compare with her. Long life is in her right hand; in her left hand are riches and honor. Her ways are pleasant ways, and all her paths are peace. She is a tree of life to those who embrace her; those who lay hold of her will be blessed.
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encyclopedia. I personally found
Revelation more informative after reading about some of the symbolism in other religions at the time, and I find that a lot of Jewish interpretations of the Scriptures are quite interesting, even enlightening. In each scenario, we present sources showing that this theologian said this, that historian said that, and so on.
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Christianity that aren't necessarily in the Bible. There's actually nothing wrong with that, the entire point of Christ's forgiveness is that we don't have to worry about every detail in our religion. When it comes to this stuff, we don't need to jam the Bible
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that the God they mean to worship is found in
Christianity. The description of the Son of Man makes references to Greek gods ("his voice as the sound of many waters" - Posiedon, "out of his mouth went a sharp two edged sword" - Ares, "his countenance was as the sun" - Apollo), again to tell pagans
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as the most visible means of how the world came to be. Whether or not this was God's doing is up to the reader to decide. If the scientists are mistaken, this has to be shown to them on their own grounds, which anti-evolution folks are not really doing, because they are not reading up on the same
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John said to him, "Teacher, we saw a man casting out demons in your name, and we forbade him, because he was not following us." But Jesus said, "Do not forbid him; for no one who does a mighty work in my name will be able soon after to speak evil of me. For he that is not against us is for us. For
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to find a connection to the Bible, fine, we can include that. There are also non-Christians that have a lot to say about the Bible, and
Christians that have things to say about the Bible in a non-theological context. These are important too, and can inform one's own theology outside of the
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Abrahamic religions (and the Jewish and Muslim membership would
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Christian thing to do. Since I've learned that many of my brothers and sisters don't share my attitude towards evangelism ("Preach the Gospel at all times, but only use words when necessary" -- St.
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created an old looking earth wholesale 6000 years ago -- but it's mostly
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Christians outside the United States. Believe whichever you feel lead to, but don't dismiss your brothers and sisters as less Christian over so trivial an issue (we're not baptized in young earth creationism, after all).
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each one of you is saying, "I am of Paul," and "I of
Apollos," and "I of Cephas," and "I of Christ." Has Christ been divided? Paul was not crucified for you, was he? Or were you baptized in the name of
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The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.
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