Yes they mean that people reading the Bible sought words to express their theological understanding. Since the Bible did not contain words exactly expressing their belief, they developed words such as trinity and rapture to express how they understood the Bible. This was done by many groups in the first three centuries AD then the others were suppressed to a great degree and declared heretics.

So you believe Jesus had siblings.

So God had to tell Paul to send greetings and say hello to friends because Paul couldn't manage that on his own. God had Paul write to a slave owner but neglected to have Paul or anyone else mention slavery is immoral. And in all the NT, God has no one condemn abortion or mention evolution. Boy it would be impressive if one of the NT writers said. "I don't know what this is but God said we nee...more

So God had to tell Paul to send greetings and say hello to friends because Paul couldn't manage that on his own. God had Paul write to a slave owner but neglected to have Paul or anyone else mention slavery is immoral. And in all the NT, God has no one condemn abortion or mention evolution. Boy it would be impressive if one of the NT writers said. "I don't know what this is but God said we need to know evolution is wrong."less

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wow, the SBC is big so they must be right. But wait, the Catholics are bigger. And world wide the Muslims are bigger. So maybe you want to rethink using size as the way to determine truth. hide

So it is OK for Mohler to reference the article in Newsweek but I cannot?

"19th century Scottish astronomer and pyramidologist Charles Piazzi Smyth concluded from his research on the dimensions of the Great Pyramid of Giza that the Second Coming would occur between 1892 and 1911. "(Cohen p.94) "Oct 1, 1914 The end of the world according to the Jehovah's Witnesses. In fact, they viewed World War I as the Battle of Armageddon. "(Skinner p.102)

"Final apocalyptic battle and the destruction of the Antichrist were to take place between 1655 and 1657, as per the Fifth Monarchy Men, a radical group of English millenarians who attempted to take over Parliament to impose their extremist theocratic agenda on the country. " (Kyle p.67) Sound familiar?

"Martin Luther believed that the End would occur no later than 1600." (Weber p.66) "Dominican monk Tomasso Campanella wrote that the sun would collide with the Earth in 1603." (Weber p.83) "Eustachius Poyssel used numerology to pinpoint 1623 as the year of the end of the world." (McIver #125)

"After Jesus failed to return in 1000, some mystics pushed the date of the End to the thousandth anniversary of the Crucifixion. The writings of the Burgundian monk Radulfus Glaber described a rash of millennial paranoia during the period from 1000-1033." (Kyle p.39, Abanes p.337, McIver #50)

"Rome celebrated its thousandth anniversary this year. At the same time, the Roman government dramatically increased its persecution of Christians, so much so that many Christians believed that the End had arrived. "(Source: PBS Frontline special Apocalypse!)

"According to Isaac Asimov's Book of Facts (1979), an Assyrian clay tablet dating to approximately 2800 BC was unearthed bearing the words "Our earth is degenerate in these latter days. There are signs that the world is speedily coming to an end. Bribery and corruption are common." This is one of the earliest examples of the perception of moral decay in society being interpreted as a sign of the i...more

"According to Isaac Asimov's Book of Facts (1979), an Assyrian clay tablet dating to approximately 2800 BC was unearthed bearing the words "Our earth is degenerate in these latter days. There are signs that the world is speedily coming to an end. Bribery and corruption are common." This is one of the earliest examples of the perception of moral decay in society being interpreted as a sign of the imminent end."less

Find the word trinity in the Bible.

Watch out or the 900 ft tall Jesus will get you for that.

We love heretics. I go to all the heretic meetings and Jakes isn't even a dues paying member.

Maybe they will run Al Mohler's article on the Virgin Lips movement. (no kissing until you get to the altar). Mohler wrote quoting a newspaper article but made it seem like a lot of people were involved. Reading the actual article it is clearly a handful spoken of by one youth minister over a period of years.

Gee Hyper, you "had to study psychology," was that the intro course?

Wow, elementary and middle school. Well that really trumps those university professors and folks with their international publications and awards.

From the Newsweek article : "When biblical authors wanted to talk about genitals, they sometimes talked about “hands,” as in the Song of Solomon, and sometimes about “feet.” Coogan cites one passage in which a baby is born “between a mother’s feet”; and another, in which the prophet Isaiah promises that a punitive God will shave the hair from the Israelites’ heads, chins, and “fe...more

From the Newsweek article : "When biblical authors wanted to talk about genitals, they sometimes talked about “hands,” as in the Song of Solomon, and sometimes about “feet.” Coogan cites one passage in which a baby is born “between a mother’s feet”; and another, in which the prophet Isaiah promises that a punitive God will shave the hair from the Israelites’ heads, chins, and “feet.” When, in the Old Testament, Ruth anoints herself and lies down after dark next to Boaz—the man she hopes to make her husband—she “uncovers his feet.” A startled Boaz awakes. “Who are you?” he asks. Ruth identifies herself and spends the night “at his feet.”less

Now philomath is philopoet.

Apparently SBellam, the censors here want to prohibit even the mention of masturbation. I am assuming they actually know what it is since of course they would never pleasure themselves since it does not result in procreation.