RE: Virgin Mary, Ark of the Covenant
March 25, 2014 at 2:14 pm
(This post was last modified: March 25, 2014 at 2:16 pm by Bucky Ball.)
(March 25, 2014 at 2:02 pm)Thunder Cunt Wrote: I think him being the most influential person in Human History is evidence that He was the Messiah. Also, he did meet some of the Old Testament Prophecies of the "Messiah". Especially in Isaiah. Paul was a very Educated Jew who knew His Scripture perhaps as good as any other Pharisee or Saducee.
Being "influential" was never one of criteria. You have not established what "influential" means. I could come up with a list of FAR more "influential" people depending on the criteria. You just moved the goalposts. NONE of your (so-called) prophecies, (and I still have not accepted your fallacy of prophecy as fortune - telling) included being "influential".
Is the Kingdom of David reestablished with a messianic KING ? Nope.
Jews don't think he was the messiah. They invented the idea.
http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Failed_biblical_prophecies
(March 25, 2014 at 2:02 pm)Thunder Cunt Wrote: Fatima was nothing like UFO sightings or Bible stories. Thousands of Skeptics and anti-Religoius in a communist Government went there and wrote about the miracle.
The Children at Fatima were kidnapped, placed in an adult jail, and threatened with torture and death. They never denied it. They, prior to the miracle, were also persecuted by family and friends because everyone thought they were liars.
Unlike the Bible which was thousands of years ago, the miracle of Fatima took place in the 20th century and there was media and photographers at the event. We also have pictures and documents on the significant people linked to the Fatima incident including the anti-Catholic People who worked for the Government to try and put an end to it.
The resurgence of Faith in Portugal after the miracle lead to the fall of the Portugese Communist Government.
Mary also told the Children about future events including a light illuminated by an unknown light prior to the punishment of a second and greater war than the one that was taking place (WW1) during the apparitions.
I don't know that there was something Divine behind Fatima. What I do know is that it isn't just a "story".
Prove it.
Every religion is true one way or another. It is true when understood metaphorically. But when it gets stuck in its own metaphors, interpreting them as facts, then you are in trouble. - Joseph Campbell 
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