Recent content by atpollard

Does Acts 22 say that the others did not fall to the earth? Again, your contradiction is actually an argument from silence. You are claiming “foul” for what is NOT WRITTEN rather than an actual contradiction. Was the story merely tailored in its details for the audience, one focusing on Paul’s...

No, it didn’t change except in your imagination. Paul just provided more details to King Agrippa. If the light (which only Paul saw) engulfed Paul and his companions and everything in a 50 foot radius sphere, then was Paul stating the truth when he claimed that the light engulfed him? Was he...

Just as a point of trivia, Saul never actually CHANGED his name to Paul. Hebrew has an “s” sound so Jewish people can pronounce his name so it sounds something like the English letters “Saul” (that’s called transliteration, when you try to copy the sound of a word into a new language rather...

Does the soil really CHOOSE to be a path, or rocky, or full of weeds? Wouldn’t all soils think of themselves as “good soil”? In the end, it is the farmer that plows and moves the rocks and hoe’s the weeds and fertilizes to determine which fields have the best opportunity to yield a good crop...

Laws against drug use make no sense given the inability of crack addicts to refrain from indulging their addictions. SIN is not just a choice, it is an ENSLAVEMENT. Paul explained it far better than I ever could.

I suspect that life was unpleasant for many people living in Germany in 1944 as the Allies bombed the Nazi regime into submission to end the terror of WW2 that Germany has started. The government of Gaza chose to start a terrible war (by attacking civilians and taking hostages and using the...

… that’s a LOT of “basics”. ;)

Do you really have such a great DESIRE to sin? Is that REALLY what would please you? I lived in great sin prior to my salvation. I felt no guilt or restraint holding me back, merely weighing the “risk vs reward” of legal/illegal and the potential consequences. I held ZERO fear of condemnation...

A closer look at the history of the Two State Solution will reveal the truth about it. Israel has accepted the terms of the Two State Solution at least THREE TIMES so far. Israel has just ONE CONDITION to the Two State Solution: Palestine (the second state) must publicly agree that Israel has...

“It is a fictional story written during the Babylonian captivity bolster a national origin mythology. There are no such thing as ‘miracles’ because there is no ‘invisible unicorn’.” - best Scientific Explanation

I suspect that ALL of the OT is a lesson. What we NEED to know is contained in the Gospel of John (at least according to John), and the Old Covenant has “passed away” and been “rendered obsolete” (at least according to Hebrews). Technically, the Law was THEIR tutor … I was never instructed...

Differentiation. The RULE was never for Gentiles, but the LESSON behind the LAW (all 613, not just the 10) is still valid for us. Pagans (the WORLD living apart from God), drank the blood of animals as part of their worship services because they wanted the “magic” and “power” contained in the...

In a sense, Jesus cared MORE about those people than we do. Jesus cared about what was NEEDED for their well being (the TRUTH) and was willing that they might be offended rather than DIE IN IGNORANCE of the very Truth that might save them. We fear offending anyone, so we are prepared to allow...

Stone the heretic. It was all this “everyone has their own truth” that led to Priestess performing ceremonies for same-sex unions and calling it a Christian Church. (Actually, I wouldn’t do anything either … Baptists have this “distinctive” called Individual Soul Liberty. I just found all the...

Genesis 1:2 (Pirate Bible) The land was a mess, nary a speck of shape, 'n all was shrouded in dark over the deep abyss. But then the spirit of ol' God sailed across the waters. Galatians 5:18-21 But if ye be led by the wind, ye ain't subject to the Code. Ayy, the scurvy deeds of the scallywag be...