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Originally posted by Eclipse
Jesus fulfills the requirements of the Messiah from the Old Testament, but of course that means that you have to believe the O.T.  Faith is an inner/heart thing, but faith is being strengthed by archeological (sp?) facts.
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OK - This is all for discussion purposes, by the way, I agree with much of your core values set, I'm just trying to get an understanding . . . But what archeological facts support the New Testament? No Jesus-era relics can be verified as authentic, although there is proof of a man Jesus, born near the date supposed. I just don't see the proof of his being messiah - and so . . .
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Originally posted by Eclipse
I don't believe, however, that we evolved from apes. If we did, why are there still apes?
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OK - that's your belief, I won't try to change that. But for the record - the theory (and it is just that, a theory) of evolution isn't mutally exclusive - just b/c one species has evolved into another, doesn't mean it will no longer appear . . .
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Originally posted by Eclipse
I also don't believe in the "big bang theory". I mean, there was a spontaneous combustion and then there was "life"? And from this one cell creature we have flowers, birds, dogs, people? That takes a bigger leap of faith than Christianity to me!
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Big bang theory is definitely up for debate - that's just the prevailing theory, centuries ago it wouldn't have been heliocentric, I'm sure we'll come up with something better as we go . . . But if you look at the above quote about OT conditions for being the Messiah, and archeaological evidence, I'll have to disagree with your conclusion about the sizes of our respective leaps - but isn't that why the world's great, huh?