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SV

hi A_S  at least you aren't making cheap comments and posting pictures of a potato; i wonder if  that's a kind of racism since i'm currently resident in Ireland - in which case TS is not only pathetic, he's wrong again - it should have been a lime.   

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i'm glad you quoted that line from ecclesiastes, (my favorite book of the OT) but the quote is more accurately rendered thus -

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even Solomon doesn't know what happens after death to the "spirit"

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all replies here are made up of words, there isn't much i can do about that. getting back to the moon question, which i wasn't dodging, your assessment certainly agrees with current theory, that at the formation of the earth at over 1 billion years ago, the moon was part of the earth, and the orbit has gradually increased.

it also dates the formation of the earth to a much earlier date than a literal creationist would admit. unlike you and i, these people would rather skip the maths to keep their beliefs intact - very unscientific.

re. the genealogy of JC, i concede your point - legally Joseph was JC's father - however, my doubt was, that by linking JC by blood to david, to fulfill the prophecy of the messiah being a descendant of david, the doctrine of the trinity was compromised. nevertheless, as a legal son of joseph, JC could claim to be a descendant of david in the sense of being of david's family line.

however, the demons which JC cast out recognised him as "son of david" - they were under no doubts   

since you mention that you don't have much time to wade through your opponent's "counterblastes" i better call it a day

thanks for the civil, reasoned interchange   


SV

Great reasoning once again, Africa Slinger.  However, I'm sure you are finding out, as I did....that it really is not productive to debate with one who is thin skinned and has no ears, who borrows the idea of "civil, reasoned interchange" from the movie: Idiocracy.


Rumor has it there is a famine coming....for many it is well underway, taking several forms.


God bless,


TS

Last night was the first time I read the bible in some months. This posting got me thinking again and I realise I was missing out on the greatest book out there. My relationship with my Lord is not what it should be. Nontheless, the spesific book I was reading was, you guessed it Ecclesiastes, and I read the whole book. I can imagine why it is your best OT book SV, some powerfull stuff in there.

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Ecc 12:7  Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.

SV, I really enjoyed having this written conversation with you. I have a feeling you might have been hurt or upset by the christian community or individuals which made you change course, T_s asside since he was most likely not the cause.
The major weakness out there is that christianity is all about religion, church,doctrine and bible bashing where it should be about the relationship with God the Father, Jesus Christ our Lord and the Holy Spirit our councelor.

Go well where ever you find or have not found yourself. 

T_S

A small piece out of a verse for you

Zec 4:6 "Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the LORD of hosts."

May the Lord hold you and keep you, may His face shine upon you.

Blessings

Coenie

So, is it real? David and Goliath

Let's assume that the story is real.

How good was David as a slinger?  Was it a lucky shot?  or was he so good that he was sure he could hit Goliath's forehead before getting smashed?

And how good were the slingers in the old days?  I've read that the slingers in the Roman army had to pass a test of hitting a human head size target at 600 feet.  Can they do it every shot?  

What do you think?

Well, David killed a lion the day before taking down goliath.....and must've been very confident considering how anxious he was to do what, for a many days, every Israelite warrior wished they'd had the guts to attempt.

David would have felt comfortable moving fairly close to goliath before taking the shot.  Perhaps 30 feet or so.  From this distance, he could have dodged his spear easily.

However, I feel certain that if David had shouted something like,  "I'm going to drop you like a bag of dirt" instead of, "Yahweh will deliver you into my hand this day".....


Things may have gone somewhat differently.



TS