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@amateurexegete

6 years

@ajaberfeldy @jameelajamil You seem stable.

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I'm so glad I left this cult.

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1 year

KING JAMES BIBLE IS THE ONE AND ONLY TRUE WORD OF GOD

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I'm gonna need some citations.

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2 years

"Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself unstained by the world" (James 1:27, NRSV).

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7 years

@pastorlocke Your inability to understand evolution is not sufficient reason to dismiss it.

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@amateurexegete

6 years

@Kdubtru @Reformed_Boi Most Christians I’ve met don’t know much about Christianity. 🤷‍♂️

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@amateurexegete

4 years

If this is what a PhD in apologetics gets you, you need to ask for your money back.

Sean McDowell

@Sean_McDowell

4 years

5 Reasons the Bible is reliable in one minute! VIDEO.

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@amateurexegete

4 months

Don't like it when people say theism is a mental illness. Don't like it when people say atheism is a mental illness. Don't like the rhetorical weaponing of mental illness. Also, it's lazy.

Rational Pantheism

@RationalPanthe1

4 months

Atheism is a mental illness.

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@amateurexegete

5 years

@RepMattSchaefer Please resign.

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@amateurexegete

4 years

@RightWingWatch "Yes, brave Sir Eric turned about And gallantly he chickened out. Swiftly taking to his feet, He beat a very brave retreat. Bravest of the brave, Sir Eric!

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@amateurexegete

4 years

The Bible is not a book. It is an anthology. It is equal parts troubling and inspiring, horrifying and exhilterating. But as far as I can tell, there is no divine authority standing behind it.

Pastor John Hagee

@PastorJohnHagee

4 years

The Bible is not a book. It is THE book. The Bible is the living, eternal, infallible, inerrant, indestructible, Holy Spirit inspired Word of God!

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3 years

PSA: @paulogia0 got this exactly right. 🤷‍♂️

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@amateurexegete

1 year

Apologetics rots the brain.

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@amateurexegete

2 years

I'm an atheist who has read the Bible cover-to-cover well over 30x in his life. I'm (almost) daily in my Greek New Testament as well as the NRSV. I'm an atheist who *loves* reading the biblical texts and thinking about them. It's often Christians who haven't read their Bible.

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@amateurexegete

4 years

Here is my review of SJ Thomason's book 'Why Christianity Matters.' (Yes, I read it so you wouldn't have to. I'm like Jesus, suffering on your behalf.)

Book Review: ‘Why Christianity Matters’ by SJ Thomason

Author: S.J. ThomasonBook: Why Christianity Matters: Historical, Sociocultural, and Moral Reasons to Follow Jesus Christ (1st edition [out of print])Publisher: Kindle Direc…

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@amateurexegete

6 years

@realDonaldTrump Be best, Donald. Be best.

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@amateurexegete

3 years

My 13 year old told me today that at school a couple of students told her that they hated Jews. When she asked why, one of them responded, "Because they killed Jesus." Anti-semitism is alive and well. And these kids learned it from somewhere.

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@amateurexegete

7 years

@realDonaldTrump Those are some big words there: "whereupon," "redacted," "of." We can be sure Trump himself didn't write this tweet. Even the grammar is not very Trumpesque.

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@amateurexegete

4 years

I’m an atheist. Biden’s references to God, the Bible, faith, etc. did not bother me in the least. I know, I know. I’m not a very good atheist.

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@amateurexegete

5 years

A FB friend posted a meme about Ilhan Omar. So I responded.

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@amateurexegete

4 years

Btw, the Bible isn't inerrant.

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@amateurexegete

2 years

I am begging you, Christians, to please stop with this asinine and eisegetical nonsense. Jesus isn't in Genesis 1:1. He isn't in the Hebrew Bible at all.

Daniel Nanez

@Restoration70AD

2 years

@HeSelectedMe @mitchellchase He existed in the " OT " . He was spoken of in the beginning in Genesis 1:1 " In the beginning " translated into Hebrew " Bereshit and pictorial as " from the House of the Father will come the Son whom the Father will gladly destroy by the STICK " . ❤️🔥👍

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@amateurexegete

5 years

Wow. Just when you think Dinesh can't sink any lower.

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@amateurexegete

1 year

The Venn Diagram of people who don't think David raped Bathsheba because you can't "find it in the text" and those who think the Trinity appears in Genesis 1 is a circle.

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@amateurexegete

3 years

Gave my 14 year old a couple of reasons how we know the earth isn't flat so she could relay them to her science teacher who thinks the earth is flat, if you want to know the quality of Louisiana education.

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@amateurexegete

5 years

Can't we just be sad about the Notre Dame fire without resorting to taking cheap shots at religion or peddling anti-Christian conspiracy theories FOR FIVE FREAKIN' MINUTES!

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@amateurexegete

4 years

This is a brilliant slogan. Drunk drivers should really try this out in court!

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@amateurexegete

5 years

Disciple: "Hey, Jesus. Have you ever wondered why people refer to you as "lord"? Jesus: "Yeah, I'm a little kurios." #cuelaughtrack #dadjokeplusGreekjoke #sorrynotsorry #yesImadethisup

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4 years

Or, bear with me on this, we learn the value of consent.

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@amateurexegete

2 years

Conservative Christians are having a normal one.

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@amateurexegete

5 years

Christians are only Christians because they are too stupid to live life without belief in a magical sky-daddy. See that, Ray? See how TALKING ABOUT OTHERS IN CARICATURES AND IN BAD FAITH CONTRIBUTES NOTHING TO THE DISCUSSION?!?

Ray Comfort

@RayComfort

5 years

Watch me expose why it is that atheists are really atheists. The answer may surprise you...even if you're an atheist. This is from this week's episode of Way of the Master. For channels & times:

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@amateurexegete

5 months

I didn't leave Christianity because of Christians but Christians are one of the top reasons I have no plans of returning. #exvangelical

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@amateurexegete

2 years

Holy shit! Here is @MenWhoSawJesus trying to make the case that @DJHammurabi1 is now an atheist because he is in a "same-sex" relationship with "a male that identifies as transgender" (i.e., @digi_hammurabi ). You can't make this stuff up, people.

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@amateurexegete

1 year

@braxkelchap @TheRickyDavila This must be a tough time for you. Thoughts and prayers!

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@amateurexegete

4 years

Most of atheist Twitter when talking about the Bible (and often philosophy of religion):

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@amateurexegete

6 years

A woman at CVS wished me a Merry Christmas today. Do you know what I said in return? “Merry Christmas to you too!” Wanna know why? Cuz THERE IS NO FORKING WAR ON CHRISTMAS YOU ATTENTION SEEKING CHARLATAN.

Franklin Graham

@Franklin_Graham

6 years

Secularists want to do everything they can to take Christ out of everything in this country—even His birthday. Hear what I had to say about this on #FoxNation . @ToddStarnes

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@amateurexegete

4 years

All translation is interpretation.

Teddy

@Palomino_TeddyB

4 years

@danielbkof2 @InaneDragon @unitarian415217 @bbk9491 @AtheistBigfoot @RJDownard @Gutsick_Gibbon @MsNenyeOkoye @TakeThatDarwin @ActuallyChidi @stagger235 @Uber_Masculine @fine_gyalcee @omarion_black @Spicy_tai @iamerhymz @JacksonWheat1 The KJV is the literal translation, not an interpreted-translation. Bye!

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@amateurexegete

5 years

Oh no. Whatever will I do. I am so distraught. Woe is me, I am undone. (I blame @Floridaline .)

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@amateurexegete

4 years

Just a reminder that SJ Thomason is not a good person.

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@amateurexegete

4 years

I have an Ecclesiastes joke but...well...what’s the point?

Matthew Hartke

@MatthewHartke

4 years

I have a Paul joke and it’s more advanced than any other joke, so extremely proficient is it in the ways of humor.

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@amateurexegete

5 years

So who is responsible for Satan?

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@amateurexegete

11 months

I wish this meme would die.

Childhood's End

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@amateurexegete

6 years

Guys, I can answer this. No. No it isn’t.

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@amateurexegete

1 month

Call me when drag queens start rounding up Christians to kill them. Then I'll give a shit.

Shane Pruitt

@shane_pruitt78

1 month

Drag queens mock Christianity during the Opening Ceremony of the Olympics in Paris as they attempt to recreate da Vinci’s painting of Jesus’ Last Supper. Not only are Christians the only people that it is socially acceptable to mock… it’s actually celebrated and put front and

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@amateurexegete

4 years

I finished rereading Lee Strobel's 'The Case for Christ' this morning. What a journey! It has convinced me that Jesus is exactly who he says he is in the New Testament! The prodigal son has returned!

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@amateurexegete

5 years

Maybe Eve is right. I have been blocked by a number of Christian apologists lately. It must be me!

FloridaLine

@Floridaline

5 years

I hope your day is as pleasant as your personality!

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@amateurexegete

6 years

@robertjeffress @IvankaTrump @LouDobbs @FoxBusiness It’s all good, Jeff! It’s just locker-room talk.

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@amateurexegete

5 years

Reading @lead1225 's book 'Why Christianity Matters' but can only digest a few pages at a time. No, it's not because it is so deep and profound; rather, it is because it is absolutely atrocious writing and thoroughly eisegetical.

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@amateurexegete

4 months

I honestly think this is how Mark understood Jesus's baptism. He had come to be baptized by John and John's baptism was one of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.

Mason Jandro

@FaithWithMase

4 months

Christian Parents! It's essential to pre-read so-called "Christian" children's books...

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@amateurexegete

3 years

Birthday books courtesy of my wife!

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@amateurexegete

3 years

Holy "I've-never-read-Josephus," Batman!

SolaScriptura 🌴✝️⚔️✝️🌴

@SolaScriptura98

3 years

@foreverfree1231 Try a little Flavius Josephus,the famed 1st century Jewish historian who converted to Christianity after studying the resurrection of Jesus Christ. The Jews love everything about him but the fact that he understood his need for a savior from sin through Christ.

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@amateurexegete

7 years

When my brother died in October, I went through a range of emotions. With his lifeless body in the casket next to me at his wake, I laughed with old friends and even goofed around. It was how I coped. Yes, I wept. Uncontrollably at times. Fuck off, James Woods.

James Woods

@RealJamesWoods

7 years

Grief wears many faces...

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@amateurexegete

3 years

Just a reminder that Psalm 14:1 ("The fool says in his heart, 'There is no God'") has nothing to do with atheism. Thank you.

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@amateurexegete

4 years

Ronald Hendel who cowrote ‘How Old Is the Hebrew Bible?’ with Jan Joosten just recently posted.

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@amateurexegete

4 years

I remember standing in front of a group of 14-16 year olds at a juvenile detention center where I ministered once a week and was asked, "Could anything shake your faith in God?" "No," I said confidently. That was 9 years ago. I've been an atheist for 7.

Sarah Salviander

@sarahsalviander

4 years

Not one thing any atheist or skeptic has ever said has made me doubt my core beliefs. Not even a little. Partly b/c it took me 6 years of serious study to become Christian, and nothing they say rises to that level. But also because I'm comfortable with not knowing everything.

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@amateurexegete

6 years

Just watched an interview on CNN of a grandfather who was on the phone with his four and five year old grandchildren as they asked him to come save them as wildfire surrounded them. He listened to them die as he rushed to them. If God exists, he isn’t good.

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@amateurexegete

2 years

Fun fact, "the Bible" didn't exist in Jesus's day.

Trevor Sheatz

@TrevorSheatz

2 years

Atheists don’t need more evidence. In Luke 16:30-31, Jesus said in a parable that if someone isn’t convinced after reading the Bible, they won’t be convinced even if someone was raised from the dead before their eyes. Atheism is a heart issue, not an evidence issue.

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@amateurexegete

4 years

The older I get, the less interested I am in debate. Not because I think I know it all but because I don't. There's a confidence that comes with youth that should diminish the more you learn. It's why the "Debate me, bro!" crowd is often either made of juveniles or is juvenile.

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@amateurexegete

8 months

Well, it's here. It has no bibliography but it's here.

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@amateurexegete

8 months

Taking parts of the Bible out of context and making up your own context is literally what biblical authors did all the time.

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@amateurexegete

5 years

"He is so serious about your joy that he threatens hell if you refuse to find it in him." I care so much about my son having a full belly at dinner time that I threaten to starve him for a month if he doesn't clean his plate.

Desiring God

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God cares more about your happiness than you do. He is so serious about your joy that he threatens hell if you refuse to find it in him.

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@amateurexegete

4 years

Much compelling. Very argument.

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@amateurexegete

2 years

The word "thug" is racially charged. Not everyone who uses "thug" is doing so in a racially discriminatory manner. Use of the word "thug" should be discontinued due to its racially inflammatory connotations. All these things can be true.

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@amateurexegete

7 months

Just saw this. HOW WILL I EVER COME TO A KNOWLEDGE OF THE TRUTH?!?!? Thomists, man.

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@amateurexegete

9 months

I am begging my fellow atheists: please stop posting this bullshit. It makes the rest of us look stupid and we don’t need any more help in that department.

Maximum atheist

@Maximumatheist

9 months

Probably not 100% factual, but either way they need their money by Sunday. Miss and payment and you’re going to hell!

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1 year

Here’s my advice for anyone looking to pursue a career in apologetics: Don’t.

Stand to Reason

@STRtweets

1 year

Learning apologetics is a practical step within anyone’s reach. If, however, you want to pursue a career in apologetics, here are eight suggestions that will put you on the right path.

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@amateurexegete

2 years

Wait, the Egyptians had a commandment that they were to worship no god but Yahweh? And they had to keep the sabbath?

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@amateurexegete

5 months

If being raised from the dead proves one's divinity, then does the eschatological resurrection demonstrate the divinity of deceased Christ followers?

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@TheologeticsOrg

5 months

Found worth a share.

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@amateurexegete

5 years

"Give strong drink to one who is perishing, and wine to those in bitter distress; let them drink and forget their poverty, and remember their misery no more" (Proverbs 31:6-7).

Great American Pure Flix

@PureFlix

5 years

During times of struggle, which Bible verse has offered you the most peace? Share that verse (or verses) and inspire others!

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@amateurexegete

3 years

Paula Fredriksen's dedication of a recent piece in 'Harvard Theological Review' to the late Larry Hurtado. I love this.

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@amateurexegete

6 years

Dinesh is the Andy Bernard of "historians." Both attended Ivy League schools. Both were bad at their jobs and had to leave. Both found accidental success by being cry babies. Does that make @KevinMKruse Jim Halpert?

Dinesh D'Souza

@DineshDSouza

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@TheTattooedProf Kevin you are a professor at a university no one has heard of. You might show a little intellectual humility. At least try to address the issue at hand. Pigeon jokes are not a way to win arguments, at least not in the Ivy League where I was educated

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2 years

lol no

Dr Jordan B Peterson

@jordanbpeterson

2 years

In the west, the Bible is the precondition for truth. From 'You Probably Should Have Read The Bible'.

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@amateurexegete

5 years

Caught in the Act: SJ Thomason Is At It Again

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@amateurexegete

3 years

"Bart Ehrman is just not a great scholar." Riiiiiiight.

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@amateurexegete

4 years

It has arrived!

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@amateurexegete

4 months

To all the atheists who say "Bless you" after someone sneezes. What's the point of requesting a blessing for someone when as an atheist you believe there is no one to bestow such a blessing?

Drago Dimitrov

@dragodimitrov

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𝗧𝗼 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗗𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗲𝗹 𝗗𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗲𝘁𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗥𝗜𝗣: What's the point of wishing for a person to rest "in peace", when as an atheist you believe his consciousness has disintegrated into total nothingness? ◼️ Is it that you 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺

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I love Christmas: the carols (especially "O, Come, O Come Emmanuel"), the nativity stories, and so on. There's something magical and - at the risk of losing my atheist card - sacred about this time of year, even for this unbeliever. And I know I'm not alone in this.

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Atheist converts to Christianity after suffering a traumatic experience (i.e. a stroke) and many Christians applaud. Christian becomes an atheist after suffering a traumatic experience and many Christians tell him he's being unreasonable.

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@amateurexegete

5 years

I love the subtle implication that one cannot both love the biblical texts *and* be an atheist. But it isn't really that hard, I promise. I love reading and learning about the Bible *and* I do not believe any god exists. Look at me, all nuanced and shit!

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3 years

Reason # 7,453 why I bill myself a “reluctant atheist.” Doyle is a frequent shit-poster on my videos and it’s clear from his copy-paste method of engagement that he 1) has nothing original to contribute and 2) hasn’t watched the videos he’s commenting on. Atheists, be better.

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4 months

Isn't Paul the guy who deliberately misreads Genesis 17 so that he can turn the reference to Abraham's seed into Jesus? (Cf. Galatians 3:15-18. Seriously, it's clever contorting.) Maybe Paul isn't our best guide in how to read the book of Genesis.

Dan Walden

@dwaldenwrites

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if you don’t believe that paul can illuminate genesis then you cannot credibly call yourself a christian. that’s fine—many wise and virtuous people have not been christians—but you also should not profess to be a christian theologian

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2 years

You just can't make this stuff up. lol

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1 year

There are a lot of reasons I could never be a Catholic but a pretty big reason is, well, Catholics. Like, there are a few pretty cool Catholics I know but invariably when I see “trad Cath” or “Thomist” in the profile I just know the timeline is gonna be appalling.

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1 year

The OP is (probably) true, but the responses underneath are just…wow. Mythicism may not be making inroads with biblical scholars and historians, but the atheist community just seems to be eating that garbage up.

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1 year

@alc_anthro Well, if it's that easy. "Horus never said that." Source: Me.

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4 years

Lydia McGrew: "If the disciples risked their lives to attest that Jesus was risen, not in some vague, spiritual sense but in the robust, bodily sense described in the Gospels, what does this tell us about the truth of those claims." That's easy: it tells us nothing.

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Ben - The Amateur Exegete

@amateurexegete

2 months

We should be grateful that the former president is alive, grieve that anyone was killed in the attack, and never forget that Donald Trump remains a threat to American democracy.

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Ben - The Amateur Exegete

@amateurexegete

1 year

"[N]o religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States." - Article VI of the US Constitution

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Ben - The Amateur Exegete

@amateurexegete

4 years

Dennis Prager is the Jordan Peterson of Dinesh D’Souzas.

PragerU

@prageru

4 years

Simple.

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Ben - The Amateur Exegete

@amateurexegete

8 months

Christians are not interested in proof. They claim to be, but they're not, because every time they're presented with truth, they dismiss it. They're intellectually dishonest, to the core. SEE HOW THAT DOES NOTHING TO ADVANCE CONVERSATION AND IS ITSELF INTELLECTUALLY DISHONEST?!

Rob

@RoblovesJC

8 months

Atheists are not interested in proof. they claim to be , but they're not, because every time they're presented with truth, they dismiss it. They're intellectually dishonest, to the core.

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Ben - The Amateur Exegete

@amateurexegete

4 years

I did it! I have finished SJ Thomason's 'Why Christianity Matters.' Yes, it was every bit as horrible as you might imagine. But now I can offer a legitimate review of it.

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Ben - The Amateur Exegete

@amateurexegete

6 years

I grew up a Young Earth Creationist, attended a college where YEC was taught in the biology and astonomy classes I took, and promoted it personally. Then I spent time reading the other side in depth. Changed my view completely.

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Ben - The Amateur Exegete

@amateurexegete

5 years

I’ve read this tweet now five times and I remain unconvinced that I’m not having a stroke.

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Ben - The Amateur Exegete

@amateurexegete

1 year

This is a two-way street. If NT scholars who are Christians can't be trusted because they are biased toward belief then Mythicists can't be trusted because they are biased against it.

Robert Ingersoll

@BobGIngersoll

1 year

@GarettJones Two-thirds of New Testament scholars are under contract to confess the divinity of Christ. None of them have any training as historians. Scholarly opinion here has no professional neutrality or any special competency as historians on the question at hand. It's not what they do.

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Ben - The Amateur Exegete

@amateurexegete

4 years

@LauraRbnsn Title. We need the title. THE TITLE, LAURA! NOW!!!

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Ben - The Amateur Exegete

@amateurexegete

3 years

I honestly have no idea why this would be compelling. At best it would confirm that even a divine being is incapable of escaping suffering. At worst, it would suggest that it can conceive of no other way of existing apart from it. Either way, not "compelling" at all.

Sean McDowell

@Sean_McDowell

3 years

Problem of evil is complex, but one of the most compelling Christian responses is that Jesus is divine and has suffered for us and understands our pain.

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Ben - The Amateur Exegete

@amateurexegete

6 years

The more I watch this hearing on Kavanaugh for SCOTUS, the more I know that in 2020 there is only one candidate to vote for: @cthulhu4america !

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Ben - The Amateur Exegete

@amateurexegete

3 years

Um…I give a shit.

Arch Stanton

@ArchTheAtheist

3 years

@Sean_McDowell Why does anybody care what the Bible says? It’s a book of nonsense and myths. Stop referring to it as though it’s some bastion of wisdom. And I assure you, no atheist gives a shit what it has to say about not believing the bullshit in the rest of the book.

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Ben - The Amateur Exegete

@amateurexegete

10 months

"And the LORD was sorry that he had made humankind on the earth, and it grieved him to his heart" (Genesis 6:6). Oof.

Eric Hovind

@erichovind

10 months

The god of theistic evolution is a trial and error god. The God of the Bible got it right the FIRST TIME! Psalm 33:9

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Ben - The Amateur Exegete

@amateurexegete

6 years

If you've only read the Bible to find fault with the Bible, you haven't really read the Bible. If you've only read the Bible to prove the Bible, you haven't really read the Bible.

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