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So you asked if it is a crap shoot? I am not sure what that means, but I think you are asking what kind of a gamble it is to stake your destiny on Jesus Christ being the true Messiah?

I had...

I was going to attempt a serious answer but... I guess not..

Let me explain further. If the heart of Christianity is to believe that Jesus is the Son of God and died for your sins and mine, then how is it possible to separate the man from the message?

It is...

As far as Christianity is concerned, It is not possible to separate the Message from the messenger. With other faiths, it is. For instance, you do not have to have any affinity to Siddhartha Gautama...

This is Hans' idea of advancing the discussion.

Hans, you keep changing the subject under discussion.
I was merely pointing out your mistake in saying that sin does not mean 'missing the mark.

Now you are asking whose mark (or target) we are...

errr. that's the precise definition of sin. "Missing the mark"


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamartia

And a great New Year to all.

Are you pro-Trump now? You were pretty sure he wouldn't get in a couple of years ago.

"Never say never."

Do you see the problem?

I totally agree with that definition of sin. Missing the mark. Because we have 'missed the mark', i.e. failed to meet God's perfect standard, with respect to our relationship with him, we are under...

You will have to pretend that you believe in God for this to make sense.

In order to understand the difference, one has to understand the nature of sin. What is sin, exactly?
In it's simplest...

Why is it absurd?

Do we have to define the word ALL for you, Hans?

Paul was actually quoting (paraphrasing) the OT there.

I do not think there is an argument here. Of course there is a 'tendency' of fraudulence in the ancient relics market.

Another quote from the same article that I like:
C. S. Lewis addressed this dynamic in Mere Christianity: “God will invade. But I wonder whether people who ask God to interfere openly and directly...

Quantum uncertainty is one of those secret rooms built into creation, and the scientists who have tried to learn all the secrets of the King’s palace have been confounded by it. David Snoke, a...

Are you describing Heisenberg principle of uncertainty?

ha ha ha. Gotcha. It's genuine news about fakes.