[Jo Freddie]

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Putting aside the earth shaking, and the dead rising from their graves, for a moment, wasn't the earliest surviving biography of Alexander the Great written about four centuries after he was alive, by Diodorus of Sicily?

While it is true that the primary sources written by people who actually knew Alexander or who gathered information from men who served with Alexander, have for the most part been lost, there are still fragments and engravings such as a letter from Alexander to the people of Chios, engraved in stone, dated at 332 B.C.E. Not to mention the wealth of archaeological evidence to support his existence.

And, come to think of it, aren't the Gospels of the Bible a lot more believable than the gnostic "gospels" of Thomas, or of the Cross? You'd think they'd want to add those gnostic gospels, if the Bible was a work of fiction... a talking cross? That's some good fiction, right there! Inanimate objects, unlike animals, can't communicate...

They can add whatever fairy tails they want.

[New Creation (Recalcitrant)]

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Perhaps you're confusing my desire for privacy with a desire to hide details. Do you see the difference?

[Jo Freddie]

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On the contrary- I have a clear conscious because I know I'm forgiven. I liken myself to Timothy:

For someone with a clear conscious you seem very touchy, you can keep saying it and I suppose one day you may even actually believe it yourself.

[New Creation (Recalcitrant)]

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Well, if you don't believe animals can communicate, You might like this link...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJIYWQhT_jU

You mock God?

[DDM1985]

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A few points....
When was Josephus born?
When did jesus allegedly die?
He does not mention any earthquake or zombie army.
Then why so reluctant to tells us how large a part you family played in your appointment?

Putting aside the earth shaking, and the dead rising from their graves, for a moment, wasn't the earliest surviving biography of Alexander the Great written about four centuries after he was alive, by Diodorus of Sicily? And, come to think of it, aren't the Gospels of the Bible a lot more believable than the gnostic "gospels" of Thomas, or of the Cross? You'd think they'd want to add those gnostic gospels, if the Bible was a work of fiction... a talking cross? That's some good fiction, right there! Inanimate objects, unlike animals, can't communicate...

[DDM1985]

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Numbers 22:30 And the ass said unto Balaam, [Am] not I thine ass, upon which thou hast ridden ever since [I was] thine unto this day? was I ever wont to do so unto thee? And he said, Nay.


OK, I will word it differently is there anyone in a position of authority in your church that you are NOT related to?

Well, if you don't believe animals can communicate, You might like this link...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJIYWQhT_jU

[New Creation (Recalcitrant)]

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Touchy, did I strike a nerve?

I mealy mention Bernard Madoff and you assume I am making an accusation.

There is only one place that the accusations are coming from and that is from your own conscience.

On the contrary- I have a clear conscious because I know I'm forgiven. I liken myself to Timothy:

1 Timothy 1:18-19

This charge I commit unto thee, son Timothy, according to the prophecies which went before on thee, that thou by them mightest war a good warfare; Holding faith, and a good conscience....

[Jo Freddie]

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"Army of zombies" is really what that passage says, hm?
Wonder if it was as real as the time I took a trip with a group of friends into the Rocky Mountains to look at a glacier-lake... Of course, I'm sure that, unlike the first century, whose every document has been perfectly preserved and found alongside absolute archaeologial proof, my trip to the Rockies is probably less believable

I'm thinking he's taking your post as seriously as it deserves to be taken.

Did you trip involve a huge earthquake and an army of Zombies in a heavily populated area?

The Romans where VERY meticulous at recording things like that and they did not notice.

[DDM1985]

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I would have thought that was not too much of an intellectual exercise for you to work out, but it clearly was, OK we shall have a look at Matthew 27:50-53
If it is a fairy tale those event would just happen in the book.
If it were real some one would have noticed and written something about it, but there is NOTHING in the historical record, a major earthquake and an army of Zombies and no mention of it outside of the collection of fairy tales!
Important functions yes but hardly positions of Authority over your church, so I take it that you are confirming that your family run your church and that is the only reason you were appointed Deacon

"Army of zombies" is really what that passage says, hm?
Wonder if it was as real as the time I took a trip with a group of friends into the Rocky Mountains to look at a glacier-lake... Of course, I'm sure that, unlike the first century, whose every document has been perfectly preserved and found alongside absolute archaeologial proof, my trip to the Rockies is probably less believable

I'm thinking he's taking your post as seriously as it deserves to be taken.

[Jo Freddie]

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Do you offer anything to this forum besides a never-ending deluge of baseless accusations?

Touchy, did I strike a nerve?

I mealy mention Bernard Madoff and you assume I am making an accusation.

There is only one place that the accusations are coming from and that is from your own conscience.

[New Creation (Recalcitrant)]

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So were the clients of Bernard Madoff till the brown stuff made contact with the air moving device!

Do you offer anything to this forum besides a never-ending deluge of baseless accusations?

[Jo Freddie]

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but I assure you that my clients are quite happy with the services I offer.

So were the clients of Bernard Madoff till the brown stuff made contact with the air moving device!

[New Creation (Recalcitrant)]

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Oh, you do it for free? My apologies, friend!



YiC,

Z. Smyth

Of course not, sir; but I do have a rather unique investment strategy of my own that allows me to take only a very minimal portion of the return.

For obvious reasons I can't discuss it on this public forum, but I assure you that my clients are quite happy with the services I offer.

[Zechariah Smyth]

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On the contrary, Mr. Smyth, I help those same hard-working men make the most of their money.

Oh, you do it for free? My apologies, friend!



YiC,

Z. Smyth

[New Creation (Recalcitrant)]

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You work at a bank? How do you feel about profitting on the sweaty backs of hard-working men with honest jobs?

Yours in Christ,

Z. Smyth
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On the contrary, Mr. Smyth, I help those same hard-working men make the most of their money.