Re: Making money from Java

"Peter Lacey" <lacey@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Judson McClendon wrote:
>>
>> It might be a good idea to point out here that the number of existing
>> ancient manuscripts of the Bible are much more numerous and of greater
>> antiquity (closer in time to the originals) than the existing ancient
>> texts
>> supporting other comparably ancient events.
>
> It might also be a good idea to point out that the Bible misquotes
> itself (KJV Luke 4:17-19, Jesus reading from the book of Isaiah 61:1-2):
> similar but not identical.


What part of "Since Jesus, as God, inspired Isaiah to write what he did, He
was also free to paraphrase what Isaiah wrote." don't you understand. ;-)

> Also; the only independent mention of Jesus
> is in jesephus, in an entry which is now almost universally agreed to be
> a later interpolation.

I'll have to save that particular comment as the most uninformed statement I
have seen in quite a while. :-) Peter, it has been said that if every
single copy of the Bible were destroyed, it would be possible to reconstruct
the entire Bible simply from references in other ancient texts. :-) If you
simply have an agenda to refute the Bible truth or no, then nothing I can
say will make any difference. But if you have honest doubts and are open to
evidence in support of Biblical authenticity, that evidence is available,
and it's overwhelming. If you are open to actual evidence, then I suggest
the two sources below:

If you have any exposure to a legal education, you know that Simon Greenleaf
(1783-1853) did, in fact, write 'The Book' on evidence ("Law of Evidence")
which probably every student of law in the western world has been exposed
to. He was one of the founders of Harvard University School of Law, and
taught there as Dane professor of Law from 1833-1848. In one of his classes
a student asked him what he thought the result would be if the Gospel
account of Jesus was tested in an unbiased court of law. This piqued
Greenleaf's curiosity, and he spend several months studying the issue. The
result is a small (128pg) book by Greenleaf called "The Testimony of the
Evangelists: The Gospels Examined by the Rules of Evidence Administered in
Courts of Justice." In the book Greenleaf closely examines the evidence and
makes a determination regarding its validity. I will let Greenleaf speak for
himself, but he was quite certain of the outcome. :-) You can obtain a copy
from Amazon.com for a few dollars.

If you are willing to do some real study to find the truth, and want to know
where the evidence is, then I recommend the book "Evidence That Demands a
Verdict" by Josh McDowell. The book is literally crammed with thousands of
quotes and references. I cannot imagine anyone with an open mind researching
the evidence presented by McDowell and then believing the Bible is not
authentic. McDowell wrote an additional book "More Evidence That Demands a
Verdict" but if you aren't convinced by the first book, you aren't open
minded. :-) Both books are widely available in paperback.
--
Judson McClendon judmc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx (remove zero)
Sun Valley Systems http://sunvaley.com
"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that
whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life."


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