Why are other civilizations ignored in the Bible?

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Is this something you are likely to do during the debate?

I'll definitely tune in for that one.

Do you take requests? Could we choose who you bring back?

I might ask that you bring Jesus back - I have some questions for him.

Finally - and I don't know if you can do other things - but bringing someone back from the dead is kinda mundance in the grand scheme of things. Now if we could choose a miracle that would be something.

How about changing the morphology of the mosquito so that the female no longer sucks blood, passing on Malaria - perhaps switching to a fruit diet like the male?

That would convince me. I'm free next Monday so if you could do it then that would be lovely.

If I did that, would you give your life to Christ and seek to live moment by moment for Him? Would you worship and love Him with all your mind all your heart and all your strength?

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Some skeptics might answer in four words: There is no proof.

Personally, I'm more concerned with the consequences of this belief system. Let me not mince words, Christianity is a dangerous, destructive belief system that has been the greatest disaster to befall humanity and is wholly maladaptive to the survival of human civilization in the future.

Ok. We can debate that. I believe the exact opposite.

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Because it's not a common sight...people coming back to life after being a corpse for days.
No...I'd probably have no doubt that he was some extraordinary person...
I wouldn't... but I'd still require some sort of backup of the event...10 witnesses, at least...and a "do it again, please".
Maybe the problem lies in the fact that all we have of that time is a tale.
A tale written well after the fact and possibly written with some sort of agenda... it is then of little reliability.

But I thought we were talking about your ability to bring people back from the dead, not the alleged a ability of some guy who lived 2 thousand years ago... continuation of the ability through time, jumping from person to person...that would be great...but if Hollywood is anything to go by, then those people would rather hide, than help people live a bit longer, risking exposure to the public.
Dude, I'm the most willing person you'll meet...but I'm not gullible and require something more than "there's this book..."
And I'm fully aware of the possibility of brain trickery, so I'll always require independent confirmation...and the more the merrier.
And I find amazing the amount of people who fail to meet this simple requirement and end up sounding like delusional folk.

And if after seeing Jesus raise a man from the dead you approached Him and asked Him to do it again and He did, then what?

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If we were alive in Jesus' day, we'd probably see that he seemed to be the exact same as a disheveled, slightly unhinged homeless person like we see on street corners today.

I do not know of any unhinged homeless people who have power over nature so as to be able to calm a storm with a word.

Christ came to His own and they did not receive Him despite the many evidences and proofs He provided them.

Being skeptical of claims of divinity is one thing. Refusing to accept the claim in the face of attending evidence and proofs is another. The later is a matter of the will.

If you were among the crowd and saw with your own eyes those things which Christ did as evidence of His claims....what would your response be.

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If you did which? The mosquito thing?

A spontaneous change in the nature of the female mosquito that suddenly moved it from spreading malaria to a fruit diet?

HELL YES!!!

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Couple of things to add, just to make sure:

1. No tricks - you understand what I am asking for - a fundamental change in the nature of all species of mosquito such that they no longer spread malaria. Malaria becomes a dead disease. No more infections, no more dying from it - the whole 9 yards.
2. Have to ask this - if you could do this - why wait for me to convert? Surely the simple reduction in human suffering would be enough reason to do it anyway?

Suffice to say, do it, do it properly and I will Join you in worship at any Church you care to name. I will sing the loudest and go out and spread the word. I will be a model Christian. I will be tireless in my support.