tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4457462934916022222.post9210469398461588849..comments2023-05-27T00:06:43.961+09:00Comments on The Preacher and the Skeptic: Did Jesus Really Die?Doug DeLonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11885710324806794921noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4457462934916022222.post-70832830063305247982009-08-15T19:44:55.310+09:002009-08-15T19:44:55.310+09:00If you don't know what happened during the mis...If you don't know what happened during the missing 18 years, how do you know that they "weren't significant for our salvation?" It just seems to me that if you're going to write the story of someone who was supposedly the greatest man who ever lived, you'd want to have the complete story and not one with a huge gap in it.Doughttp://planetjapan.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4457462934916022222.post-22596158592647409872009-08-15T00:19:33.382+09:002009-08-15T00:19:33.382+09:00Those years in Jesus' life that we don't k...Those years in Jesus' life that we don't know about were not that significant for our salvation, so they are not recorded. Jesus (since He is the Second Person in the trinity) is worthy of worship. Check out your definition of worship. I would never want to be worshipped.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12163876007786334757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4457462934916022222.post-13035569521034434052009-08-11T00:50:58.446+09:002009-08-11T00:50:58.446+09:00Paul: For the record, I'd be happy to accept w...Paul: For the record, I'd be happy to accept worship from other human beings, too, although I've always wondered why Jesus felt that he needed people to worship him all the time. Maybe he didn't get much love growing up? Of course, since we have no record of what he did between the ages of 12 and 30, I guess we'll never know. I mean, geez, that's a pretty big gap in his biography.Dougnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4457462934916022222.post-28053578232928518972009-08-11T00:18:22.917+09:002009-08-11T00:18:22.917+09:00Teresa and Carole. Thanks for your comments. Well ...Teresa and Carole. Thanks for your comments. Well said! Nostradamus can hardly be compared to the Bible. His prophesies are so vague that they can mean just about anything. Not so with the prophesies in the Bible. He never accepted worship from other human beings. Jesus did.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12163876007786334757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4457462934916022222.post-31614128985730288152009-08-10T23:56:43.690+09:002009-08-10T23:56:43.690+09:00Small tidbit: People perhaps have different unders...Small tidbit: People perhaps have different understandings of the Bible because of the experiences they've had in life. So if I've felt deprived of attention and very lonely growing up, the messages that might stand out the most to me are that God loves His people (all of them, including those who don't love Him), and that I am not alone.<br /><br />In contrast, if I felt very safe and loved growing up, the disciplinarian in God might stand out to me more. Likewise, within the sole context of love or the sole context of disciplinarian stand other interpretations ... the key perhaps is, in the Spiritual realm, to connect with God by the Spirit He has put inside of us and trust Him that He speaks truth. We communicate that differently because we're all different parts of the body... but just because we're different doesn't mean there's only ONE right person and a thousand wrong people.Carolehttp://www.dearlucasta.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4457462934916022222.post-75583480933142913752009-08-09T23:17:02.078+09:002009-08-09T23:17:02.078+09:00God does communicate with us in an understandable ...God does communicate with us in an understandable way but every person is given free will. And, unfortunately certain people who do not follow Jesus' teachings misconstrue or present his teachings in a false nature. That is due to sin.Teresahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16040553825059591114noreply@blogger.com