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Can christians here explain Mark 5:2-13?
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RE: Can christians here explain Mark 5:2-13?
I'm pretty sure the demons wouldn't want their host to drown. Otherwise they would have killed the man.

Quote: When he saw Jesus from a distance, he ran and fell on his knees in front of him.

If the demons were in control, I doubt they would have run to him, instead of hidden away. Demons aren't compelled to obey Jesus or Yahweh, otherwise Satan wouldn't have rebelled. Or the angels wouldn't have followed him.

If the demons wanted to die, they would have asked for that. Obviously they were trying to reach a compromise by going into the pigs. Again, if they wanted to have something run into the sea and drown, they didn't need anyone's permission to go into pigs first. Why would they?
Poe's Law: "Without a winking smiley or other blatant display of humor, it is impossible to create a parody of Fundamentalism that SOMEONE won't mistake for the real thing."

10 Christ-like figures that predate Jesus. Link shortened to Chris ate Jesus for some reason...
http://listverse.com/2009/04/13/10-chris...ate-jesus/

Good video to watch, if you want to know how common the Jesus story really is.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88GTUXvp-50

A list of biblical contradictions from the infallible word of Yahweh.
http://infidels.org/library/modern/jim_m...tions.html

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Can christians here explain Mark 5:2-13? - by Brakeman - December 14, 2013 at 11:18 pm
RE: Can christians here explain Mark 5:2-13? - by Brakeman - December 15, 2013 at 10:43 am
RE: Can christians here explain Mark 5:2-13? - by Ksa - December 15, 2013 at 11:46 am
RE: Can christians here explain Mark 5:2-13? - by Chad32 - December 15, 2013 at 11:51 am
RE: Can christians here explain Mark 5:2-13? - by Ksa - December 15, 2013 at 11:53 am
RE: Can christians here explain Mark 5:2-13? - by Chad32 - December 15, 2013 at 12:21 pm
RE: Can christians here explain Mark 5:2-13? - by Ksa - December 15, 2013 at 12:25 pm
RE: Can christians here explain Mark 5:2-13? - by Chad32 - December 15, 2013 at 12:58 pm
RE: Can christians here explain Mark 5:2-13? - by Brakeman - December 15, 2013 at 1:24 pm
RE: Can christians here explain Mark 5:2-13? - by Ksa - December 15, 2013 at 1:35 pm
RE: Can christians here explain Mark 5:2-13? - by Brakeman - December 15, 2013 at 4:24 pm
RE: Can christians here explain Mark 5:2-13? - by Chad32 - December 15, 2013 at 1:49 pm
RE: Can christians here explain Mark 5:2-13? - by Ksa - December 15, 2013 at 4:53 pm
RE: Can christians here explain Mark 5:2-13? - by Chad32 - December 15, 2013 at 5:34 pm
RE: Can christians here explain Mark 5:2-13? - by orangebox21 - December 15, 2013 at 7:39 pm
RE: Can christians here explain Mark 5:2-13? - by Brakeman - December 15, 2013 at 6:06 pm
RE: Can christians here explain Mark 5:2-13? - by orangebox21 - December 15, 2013 at 7:23 pm
RE: Can christians here explain Mark 5:2-13? - by Brakeman - December 15, 2013 at 8:40 pm
RE: Can christians here explain Mark 5:2-13? - by Chad32 - December 15, 2013 at 7:34 pm
RE: Can christians here explain Mark 5:2-13? - by Chad32 - December 15, 2013 at 8:00 pm
RE: Can christians here explain Mark 5:2-13? - by Brakeman - December 16, 2013 at 12:04 am
RE: Can christians here explain Mark 5:2-13? - by Godschild - December 16, 2013 at 4:51 pm
RE: Can christians here explain Mark 5:2-13? - by orangebox21 - December 17, 2013 at 12:17 am
RE: Can christians here explain Mark 5:2-13? - by Drich - December 17, 2013 at 12:12 pm
RE: Can christians here explain Mark 5:2-13? - by Chad32 - December 17, 2013 at 12:18 pm
RE: Can christians here explain Mark 5:2-13? - by Drich - December 17, 2013 at 12:33 pm
RE: Can christians here explain Mark 5:2-13? - by Chad32 - December 17, 2013 at 12:51 pm
RE: Can christians here explain Mark 5:2-13? - by Drich - December 17, 2013 at 3:40 pm
RE: Can christians here explain Mark 5:2-13? - by Chad32 - December 17, 2013 at 3:46 pm
RE: Can christians here explain Mark 5:2-13? - by Aractus - December 23, 2013 at 9:04 am
RE: Can christians here explain Mark 5:2-13? - by Chad32 - December 23, 2013 at 10:02 am
RE: Can christians here explain Mark 5:2-13? - by Aractus - December 23, 2013 at 10:13 pm
RE: Can christians here explain Mark 5:2-13? - by Chad32 - December 24, 2013 at 3:25 pm
RE: Can christians here explain Mark 5:2-13? - by Tonus - December 24, 2013 at 3:52 pm
RE: Can christians here explain Mark 5:2-13? - by Godschild - December 24, 2013 at 5:23 pm
RE: Can christians here explain Mark 5:2-13? - by Tonus - December 24, 2013 at 6:47 pm
RE: Can christians here explain Mark 5:2-13? - by Chad32 - December 25, 2013 at 4:51 pm

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