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Keith and Company	Re: There are at least two ways to resolve this difficulty.	#1	[url]	[-]
Posts: 4140 01/03/06 06:31:13	But is this actually a resolution? There's nothing in your post to indicate that 'genera' MUST be read as referring to all of Israel, except working backwards from 'the Books is true' to 'this is the only way that Jesus' statement isn't a false one.' It's more of a loophole, where the Faithful can pretend there's an answer. Or again, The Books doesn't mean what The Books says, or appears to say.
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Rev Etherman	Re: There are at least two ways to resolve this difficulty.	#2	[url]	[-]
Posts: 401 01/04/06 00:28:31	Back when I was a Christian I used to use these kinds of justifications to resolve contradictions. Eventually I realized that I was just playing mental gymnastics and that I was lying to myself about the contradictions. If God wanted us to be Atheists we'd be born that way.
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2fleas	Re: There are at least two ways to resolve this difficulty.	#3	[url]	[-]
Posts: 94 01/04/06 01:08:09	Hi Rev, Ditto for me. Apparently there are still some holding on to Hal Linseys Fig tree interpretation. There are those who witnessed the formation of the state of Isreal in 48 still living. So there is your 3rd. I wonder just how many ways this can be rationalized. Now I will wait to see if Waterrock will attack Linseys interpretation. Maybe its just not creative enough for him. Not enough time left maybe?
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Rev Etherman	Re: There are at least two ways to resolve this difficulty.	#4	[url]	[-]
Posts: 401 01/06/06 00:48:30	Actually, I'm not sure why anyone would link the fig tree with Israel. The Bible doesn't seem make the fig tree a metaphor for Israel very often. Actually, the Romans held the fig tree to be sacred because it was under the fig tree that Remus and Romulus were suckled. Jesus' cursing of the fig tree elsewhere is certainly a veiled attack on Rome. If God wanted us to be Atheists we'd be born that way.
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Matthew 24:34 - This Generation Shall Not Pass Away ...	01/02/06 20:01:57	Waterrock
Re: Matthew 24:34 - This Generation Shall Not Pass Away ...	01/03/06 01:37:01	Rev Etherman
Re: Matthew 24:34 - This Generation Shall Not Pass Away ...	01/03/06 15:50:29	Diskeyezed
Re: Matthew 24:34 - This Generation Shall Not Pass Away ...	01/06/06 00:00:08	Waterrock
Re: Matthew 24:34 - This Generation Shall Not Pass Away ...	01/06/06 00:43:52	Rev Etherman
Re: Matthew 24:34 - This Generation Shall Not Pass Away ...	01/07/06 03:27:29	Diskeyezed
Re: There are at least two ways to resolve this difficulty.	01/03/06 06:31:13	Keith and Company
Re: There are at least two ways to resolve this difficulty.	01/04/06 00:28:31	Rev Etherman
Re: There are at least two ways to resolve this difficulty.	01/04/06 01:08:09	2fleas
Re: There are at least two ways to resolve this difficulty.	01/06/06 00:48:30	Rev Etherman