RE: Prove Christianity, not Theism in General
March 24, 2013 at 10:45 am
(This post was last modified: March 24, 2013 at 10:50 am by Neo-Scholastic.)
The Scriptures tell us that much of it is metaphorical and that they contain deep and profound mysteries not readily apparent from its literal meaning:
Without your straw man you have nothing to rail against.
Quote:"I will open my mouth in a parable : I will utter dark sayings of old, which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us." Psalm 78:2,3
Quote:“I have also spoken to the prophets, and gave numerous visions; And through the prophets I gave parables." Hosea 12:10
Quote:“To whom would He teach knowledge? And to whom would He interpret the message? Those just weaned from milk? Those just taken from the breast? For He says, ‘Order on order, order on order, line on line, line on line, a little here, a little there.’” Indeed He will speak to this people through stammering lips and a foreign tongue.” Isaiah 28:9-11
Quote:“And he was returning and sitting in his chariot, and was reading the prophet Isaiah. And the Spirit said to Philip, ‘Go up and join this chariot.’ So Philip had to run up, and he heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and said, ‘do you understand what you are reading?’ And he said, ‘Well, how could I unless someone guides me?’” Acts 8:26-31
Without your straw man you have nothing to rail against.