tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post4473830323812220966..comments2024-03-27T17:15:37.606-04:00Comments on Triablogue: Micah Referred To A Messianic Birthplace, And Jesus Was Born ThereRyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17809283662428917799noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-44606113071827140302007-12-29T23:35:00.000-05:002007-12-29T23:35:00.000-05:00In other words, Loftus means: "I don't have a resp...In other words, Loftus means: "I don't have a response to anything Jason has said, but I don't want to look like I don't have a response so I'll give you three paragraphs that say nothing."<BR/><BR/>Cheers.Peter Pikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11792036365040378473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-87537929180686747322007-12-29T16:22:00.000-05:002007-12-29T16:22:00.000-05:00I just happened to see this. Listen, as I've said ...I just happened to see this. Listen, as I've said before, how we view the evidence is filtered through our control beliefs. I summarize and defend them <A HREF="http://debunkingchristianity.blogspot.com/2007/12/summary-of-my-case-against-christianity.html" REL="nofollow">here</A>. As I look at the prophecies supposedly fulfilled in the life and death of Jesus I've concluded they were taken out of context. I've also concluded based on philosophical grounds that there is no basis for God to be able to foresee future human continguent actions, even if he exists. Of these things you'll disagree, no doubt.<BR/><BR/>When I examine Matthew's fulfilled prophecies concerning the events surrounding Jesus' birth they all fail. The method of Midrash and pesher was quite common in Matthew's day but fundamentally flawed. There isn't even any expectation that Matthew's prophecies should be taken as a literal fulfillment unless we first discuss this issue. <BR/><BR/>The difference between us can be summed up in that I judge things in the Bible by modern, more rigourous standards, whereas you do not. I charge that you have double standards in doing so, for you too must live in the modern world. I do not have these double standards. I am a modern person and I reject all backward and superstitious thinking. You charge that I don't have a basis for a standard, whereas I charge that your God does not have one either, or it's arbitray and not personally chosen in the first place.<BR/><BR/>Cheers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-81877132933782763312007-12-28T02:47:00.000-05:002007-12-28T02:47:00.000-05:00I wouldn't take Loftus seriously.By his own admiss...I wouldn't take Loftus seriously.<BR/><BR/>By his own admission he is a liar, as he relates how he continued to preach after he no longer believed.<BR/><BR/>Dan Barker did the same.<BR/><BR/>And of course, we know how he got caught trying to set up J.P. Holding.<BR/><BR/>I doubt that he even believes a lot of the stuff he throws out now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-82932829157412137432007-12-27T17:11:00.000-05:002007-12-27T17:11:00.000-05:00Thanks for standing firm for the gospel and for th...Thanks for standing firm for the gospel and for the inerrancy of the Bible.The Seeking Disciplehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10850752852586928341noreply@blogger.com