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http://raycomfortfood.blogspot.com/ : A Study in Job

Wed, 4 Jul 2012 07:20:41 +0000

Ray, you wrote: "I couldn’t see too much light in Job’s long and dark experience, other than the divine revelation that he was vile, and I knew that there was a less painful way to get that." Where in the story is it revealed to Job that he is vile? This man was blameless and upright; he feared God and shunned evil. (Job 1:1) Perhaps you refer to the statement by Eliphaz the Temanite: “What are mortals, that they could be pure, or those born of woman, that they could be righteous? If God places no trust in his holy ones, if even the heavens are not pure in his eyes, how much less mortals, who are vile and corrupt, who drink up evil like water!" (Job 15:14-16) What did God have to say about Eliphaz's words? After the Lord had said these things to Job , he said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “I am angry with you and your two friends, because you have not spoken the truth about me, as my servant Job has. So now take seven bulls and seven rams and go to my servant Job and sacrifice a burnt offering for yourselves. My servant Job will pray for you, and I will accept his prayer and not deal with you according to your folly. You have not spoken the truth about me, as my servant Job has. So Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite did what the Lord told them; and the Lord accepted Job’s prayer. (Job 42:7-9)

http://raycomfortfood.blogspot.com/ : A Study in Job

Mon, 25 Jun 2012 21:01:57 +0000

As far as from a human perspective, intervention was certainly warranted, but for some reason there wasn’t a peep from Heaven. “Shout louder!” he said. “Surely he is a god! Perhaps he is deep in thought, or busy, or traveling. Maybe he is sleeping and must be awakened." [1 Kings 18:27]

http://raycomfortfood.blogspot.com/ : Gone!

Fri, 18 May 2012 00:01:22 +0000

It does look like we are going that way. Historically it doesn't work however as Johnny's gun was smuggled out of the US by his grandfather in January 1934 when the family moved to Germany. The gun Jack Ruby used was a Colt Cobra Special, a model which was first produced in 1950.

http://raycomfortfood.blogspot.com/ : Dead end.

Wed, 16 May 2012 04:59:09 +0000

"But death, with its possible consequences, is a stark reality and the fear should awake an instinct for survival. Suppressing that instinct and saying everything is okay prevents you from accepting the gift of eternal life. It is like closing your eyes and walking across the Autobahn, repeating over and over that it will be all right." Death by definition is the end of life. It is a stark reality and the fear of it awakes an instinct for survival in us all. We all suppress the fear to some extent as many daily activities such as driving a car or eating a meal are potentially fatal. You don't have to walk repeatedly across an Autobahn blindfold to risk death. The gift of eternal life assumes that you accept the unfounded assertion that some part of us survives death. 'Jesus came back from the dead' you may assert, but your only evidence for this is heresay. According to the gospels, Thomas, who had been one of Jesus' close companions and presumably had witnessed the resurrection of Lazarus, did not believe it had happened. Why should we?

http://raycomfortfood.blogspot.com/ : David Wilkerson: Not available

Fri, 29 Apr 2011 00:29:34 +0000

Next time we come here, I'm gonna ask for a different room.

http://raycomfortfood.blogspot.com/ : Genesis on Trial

Sat, 23 Apr 2011 15:11:50 +0000

That's correct Ray. Pause to marvel at the precision of the foot which contains exactly 12 inches and the yard which has exactly 3 feet, not a hair's breadth more or less.See how 16 ounces makes exactly one pound.

http://raycomfortfood.blogspot.com/ : Genesis on Trial

Thu, 21 Apr 2011 21:14:51 +0000

carl, Plants evolved. Get over it.

The theory of evolution is not merely the theory of the origin of species, but the only explanation of the fact that organisms can be classified into this hierarchy of natural affinity. Much evidence can be adduced in favour of the theory of evolution - from biology, bio-geography and palaeontology, but I still think that, to the unprejudiced, the fossil record of plants is in favour of special creation. If, however, another explanation could be found for this hierarchy of classification, it would be the knell of the theory of evolution. Can you imagine how an orchid, a duckweed, and a palm have come from the same ancestry, and have we any evidence for this assumption? The evolutionist must be prepared with an answer, but I think that most would break down before an inquisition. Textbooks hoodwink. A series of more and more complicated plants is introduced - the alga, the fungus, the bryophyte, and so on, and examples are added eclectically in support of one or another theory - and that is held to be a presentation of evolution. If the world of plants consisted only of these few textbook types of standard botany, the idea of evolution might never have dawned, and the backgrounds of these textbooks are the temperate countries which, at best, are poor places to study world vegetation. The point, of course, is that there are thousands and thousands of living plants, predominantly tropical, which have never entered general botany, yet they are the bricks with which the taxonomist has built his temple of evolution, and where else have we to worship?" (E.J.H. Corner 1961, from 'Evolution', p. 97, in "Contemporary Botanical Thought", Anna M. Macleod and L. S. Cobley (editors), Oliver and Boyd, for the Botanical Society of Edinburgh)

http://raycomfortfood.blogspot.com/ : Genesis on Trial

Thu, 21 Apr 2011 10:51:27 +0000

Hi Steven, Hi Steven, Continuing this line of thought it is also possible to conceive a world in which various species were designed for specific environments. We would reasonably expect to find the same creatures living in identical habitats wherever those habitats happened to be.

http://raycomfortfood.blogspot.com/ : Genesis on Trial

Tue, 19 Apr 2011 15:32:59 +0000

If you have to accept this version of events in order to be a True Christian™, I am amazed that there are any Christians at all. You are denying some basic facts about our solar system here. Do you want us to believe that the people who wrote the Bible were so stupid?

http://raycomfortfood.blogspot.com/ : The Popular Atheist \"All Jews are in Hell!\"

Thu, 14 Apr 2011 17:33:58 +0000

Seeing as we are talking about the Jews, the other day I read this story, which apparently was written by Maimonides: It's a story about a rabbi who sees an impoverished woman without a shabbat meal. The rabbi prays that God will help her. God does, but the rabbi receives the knowledge that the rabbi has forfeited his place in the world to come. The rabbi starts to dance at this news. When asked why he reacts so joyfully at this news, the rabbi replies that he is now able to do service for the Lord without receiving a reward.

http://raycomfortfood.blogspot.com/ : The Popular Atheist \"All Jews are in Hell!\"

Thu, 14 Apr 2011 17:25:52 +0000

“There was a rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen and lived in luxury every day. 20 At his gate was laid a beggar named Lazarus, covered with sores 21 and longing to eat what fell from the rich man’s table. Even the dogs came and licked his sores. 22 “The time came when the beggar died and the angels carried him to Abraham’s side. The rich man also died and was buried.Luke 16:19-22 Was Lazarus a sinner or had he accepted Jesus as his saviour? How could he benefit from Jesus' sacrifice when Jesus was still alive telling the story? Lazarus' virtue appears solely to be his poverty. The poor go to Heaven, the rich have their reward in this life. Is that not what we are told?

http://raycomfortfood.blogspot.com/ : From where did Jesus Get His Money?

Sun, 10 Apr 2011 22:15:04 +0000

Do you want to believe, but because everything in the Bible cannot be fully understood you throw the whole thing out?

Christianity does not make me angry, though Christians can be very annoying. The reason I do not believe in the Bible is because I do not believe in the supernatural. I don't believe in ghosts, spectres, spirits, ghouls, demons, devils, imps, goblins, angels, fairies, phantoms and the list goes on. Surely we can promote things that are good for society without pretending that God exists?

http://raycomfortfood.blogspot.com/ : Atheists and Fairy Tales

Sat, 9 Apr 2011 22:37:42 +0000

Why did Jesus wait until after he was dead to go seek out Saul and give him the gospel? If he wanted Saul to be an apostle, shouldn't he have included him in the original 12? Why is it that the words of Saul are quoted with far more frequency on this blog than those of Jesus?

http://raycomfortfood.blogspot.com/ : Atheists will Bow

Tue, 5 Apr 2011 17:18:05 +0000

Your reality is sad.

Is escaping reality into your fantasy world any better?

http://raycomfortfood.blogspot.com/ : Atheism and the Intellect

Tue, 5 Apr 2011 11:47:50 +0000

Strictly speaking, ™ is not a superscript. It is ASCII character 153. You can get it from the Character Map on your PC or you should be able to copy and paste it from one of these comments.

http://raycomfortfood.blogspot.com/ : A KInd Gift from an Atheist...

Fri, 1 Apr 2011 21:53:26 +0000

Your idea of Heaven to me seems like an invitation to a cocktail party at Auschwitz. If I join the party, I can sip champagne at the bar upstairs; if I refuse, I will be sent down to the torture chambers. How could anyone with a conscience choose the former?

http://raycomfortfood.blogspot.com/ : A KInd Gift from an Atheist...

Fri, 1 Apr 2011 20:42:19 +0000

If either existed and I had the choice, I guess I would choose Hell. My conscience would not let me be at ease if I were to choose to be comfortable while others suffered. I would rather share the fate of the ordinary man than enjoy the privilege of the elite.

http://raycomfortfood.blogspot.com/ : A KInd Gift from an Atheist...

Fri, 1 Apr 2011 16:20:50 +0000

See your doctor My doctor? I was not the one shopping for a haemorrhoid ring. Anyway, I went back and read Genesis 1-3. It only says that man would have to spend his life growing crops while the ground would produce thorns and thistles. Apart from that, fallen creation seems to be restricted to the punishment doled out to the serpent and labour pains for Eve. It would seem Adam was going to die anyway unless he ate from the tree of life.

http://raycomfortfood.blogspot.com/ : A KInd Gift from an Atheist...

Fri, 1 Apr 2011 15:20:11 +0000

Why did the creator create haemorrhoids?

http://raycomfortfood.blogspot.com/ : PZ Myer’s Little Twit

Thu, 31 Mar 2011 20:07:38 +0000

Are you saying that the current theory is wrong or that evolution did not happen at all? How do you explain biodiversity? Did God create every creature just as they are today? Why did he make so many beetles? Did Adam have to name them all? What about all the other sciences which disagree with the Bible? Is cosmology stupid too? What about geology?