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Is the Bible B.S. or Truth?

Post author By Jeff
Post date May 12, 2012
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An image titled "Is the Bible BS or the Truth?" features a striking contrast between two symbolic backgrounds. On the left, a serene and glowing depiction of an open Bible on a pedestal bathed in warm, radiant light symbolizes divine truth, guidance, and faith. On the right, a chaotic swirl of dark, abstract imagery, including jagged shapes and muted colors, represents skepticism, doubt, and confusion. The bold and centered title is displayed in a modern, timeless font, bridging the two contrasting halves, inviting contemplation on the tension between belief and skepticism.

The trustworthiness of the Bible has been under attack in earnest by skeptical scholars for more than 200 years. In recent times, there have been popularist attacks that use morality arguments to argue against the morality of the Bible.

Dan Savage, homosexual rights activist, columnist and founder of the It Gets Better antibullying campaign, spoke to a large national conference for high school journalists hosted by the National Scholastic Press Association and the Journalism Education Association in April 2012. In a profanity-laden address, he attacked those who quote the Bible as a reason for opposing acceptance of homosexuality.

Given incomplete knowledge of the Torah time period, we can either trust God’s prescription for the situation or feign complete knowledge that the remedy was worse than the condition. Compared with the secular view of existence, God’s view of existence presented in the Bible is a better representation of reality.

Tags apologia - Strong's G627, creation, Genesis, homosexuality, morality

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Genesis 1–4 recap

Post author By Richard
Post date January 16, 2010

Because of a technical error, only part of the discussion was recorded.

Tags Abel, Cain, creation, Genesis, Seth

Appointments With God Shabbat Tabernacles

Sukkot 2009 day 6 — Shabbat memorializes the Creator, Who makes knowledge possible

Post author By Jeff
Post date October 10, 2009

The Shabbat of the seventh day of each week is a memorial that God is the Creator [Gen. 2:2–3; Ex. 20:11] and Redeemer from bondage [Deut. 5:15] and Sanctifier [Exod. 31:13–15], or the One Who sets apart His people from the ignorant or rebellious world. One of the great last messages to the whole world is to “worship Him Who made the heaven and the earth and sea and springs of waters.” Yet today, most children are learning — in school and/or from popular culture — to doubt God because His people are increasingly more afraid of appearing intellectually backward by accepting His testimony of being the Creator than being strong and standing by the only testimony that makes intellectualism possible.

Tags creation, Sukkot 2009

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Genesis 3:14-24 — Curses for Man, Woman & Serpent

Post author By Richard
Post date September 27, 2008

https://hallel.info/wp-content/uploads/file/080927%20Genesis%203vv14-24%20-%20Curses%20on%20Man,%20Woman,%20Serpent.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 47:00 — )Subscribe: RSS The curses on Adam, Eve and the Serpent are well-known but misunderstood. For example, how many snakes eat dirt? Is a husband to be a dictator for his wife? The original language of Gen. 3:14-24 holds the answers.

Tags creation, curse, Genesis, Genesis 03, marriage, Torah reading 002

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Genesis 3:7–14 — Adam’s & Eve’s eyes opened to their ‘nakedness,’ shame covered by prophetic fig leaves

Post author By Richard
Post date September 6, 2008

https://hallel.info/wp-content/uploads/file/080906%20Genesis%203vv7-14.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 55:04 — 9.5MB)Subscribe: RSSWhy do the fig tree show up in the Genesis 3 account of Adam and Eve’s decision to pursue knowledge of good and evil? What does the fig tree symbolize throughout the Bible?

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Genesis 2:25 – 3:1 — ‘naked,’ ‘ashamed,’ ‘serpent’ & ‘subtle’

Post author By Richard
Post date August 30, 2008

Unknown to the English reader, the original Hebrew words for Gen. 2:25 and Gen. 3:1 contain a word play with root words translated as “naked,” “ashamed,” “serpent” and “cunning.” Some have made fun of this description as one of the first nudist colony or claimed that the first couple were really clothed with light. Yet there is a vital lesson in the nakedness.