Master Index of Subjects and Questions
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- 1 Clement.................................Evidence for early writing of NT from mainstream sources (Church Fathers/Apologists)
- 2 Clement.................................Evidence for early writing of NT from mainstream sources (Church Fathers/Apologists)
- 30 pieces of silver.......................Did the gospels make an error in their citation of the Judas-30pieces episode?
- 30 pieces of silver.......................Source data for messianic titles
- 70 weeks..................................Did the Jews understand the 'weeks' of Daniel to refer to 'years'?
- Abortifacients............................Bible abortifacients?
- Abraham...................................Did Ephron offer the burial plot to Abraham for free, or was it just an 'expensive' business deal?
- Abraham...................................Was Terah 70 or 130 when Abraham was born?
- Abraham...................................Was the Bible wrong about Abraham having camels that early?
- Abraham...................................Was there not enough time for Hebrew to have developed (as the Bible seems to claim)?
- Abraham...................................Why did God order Abraham to do child sacrifice?
- Absalom...................................Did God callously give David's wives to Absalom to rape?
- Abstinence................................Is Drinking alcohol a sin?
- Abuse.....................................Could divorce ever be the ethical imperative?
- Accomodation..............................God's revelation to us: skepticism, hiddeness
- Accountability............................If sins are forgiven, how will Christians be judged?
- Activation................................does the reality of unconscious processes undermine Christianity?
- Acts......................................On two historical issues in Acts: Theudas and the Sanhedrin
- Acts 7....................................Stephen's mistakes in Acts 7
- Adam......................................Adam, Eve, and Incest?
- Adapa.....................................Is Genesis 1-2 merely a rip-off of ANE literature (series)?
- Adonis....................................Dying and Rising Gods
- Adoption..................................Are the OT verses about rape and virginity indicative of an unfair, ignorant, or unrealistic god?
- Adoption..................................How is the believer's sonship to God different from Christ's Sonship to God?
- Aesthetics................................Female Beauty in Bible
- Afterlife.................................How was Jesus the Firstfruits from the dead, if there were other resurrections before His?
- Afterlife.................................If sins are forgiven, how will Christians be judged?
- Afterlife.................................Is there more "good" in the world than "evil" (including hell)?
- Afterlife.................................Talmudic view of the afterlife (brief)
- Aggadah................................... Did the evangelists create miracle stories about Jesus, as the later rabbis seemed to do about each other?
- Aggadah...................................Did the Gospel writers create miracle stories about Jesus, like the later rabbi's did in the Midrash?
- Agrippa...................................Does the data about Apamea and the Ciete support the view that Rome carried out registrations in client kingdoms?
- AI........................................doesn't the archaeological record CONTRADICT the Bible's claims about Joshua's "Conquest"?!
- Akkadian..................................Is Genesis 1-2 merely a rip-off of ANE literature (series)?
- Akkadian..................................Was there not enough time for Hebrew to have developed (as the Bible seems to claim)?
- Alcohol...................................Is Drinking alcohol a sin?
- Alexandria................................Did the Christians burn/destroy all the classical literature?
- Aliens....................................Theological impact of Aliens from space
- Aliens....................................What about the theory that Jesus was descended from aliens?
- Allah, attributes.........................History of Muslim explorations of God’s nature & Christian intersections
- Allah, unity..............................History of Muslim explorations of God’s nature & Christian intersections
- Allegro...................................The theories of Eisenman, Allegro, Thiering, and Baigent & Leigh concerning the Dead Sea Scrolls?
- Alphabet..................................Was there not enough time for Hebrew to have developed (as the Bible seems to claim)?
- Altered States............................Christus Victor: Triumph over the Powers
- Amalek....................................How could a God of Love order the massacre/annihilation of the Canaanites?
- Amalek....................................Was Israel really open to Amalekite immigration?
- Amalek....................................Were the Amalekites REALLY nomads?
- Amalek....................................Why couldn't Israel take in the Amalekites like the women/children of war in Deut 20?
- Amalekite.................................shouldn't the butchering of the Amalekite children be considered war crimes?
- Amalekite.................................Were the Amalekites REALLY nomads?
- Amalekite.................................Why couldn't Israel take in the Amalekites like the women/children of war in Deut 20?
- Amaneunsis................................Are First and Second Peter NOT by Peter, but by someone using his name?
- Ambush....................................Questions on God, lying, and deception...
- Amelekite.................................Was Israel really open to Amalekite immigration?
- Amorite...................................Was there not enough time for Hebrew to have developed (as the Bible seems to claim)?
- Amorites..................................How could a God of Love order the massacre/annihilation of the Canaanites?
- Analogy...................................Exploring Analogy
- ANE.......................................Is Genesis 1-2 merely a rip-off of ANE literature (series)?
- ANE, literature...........................Personal letter
- Angel, of YHWH............................Is there no "THE" in "THE Angel of the Lord"?
- Angels....................................Christus Victor: Triumph over the Powers
- Angels....................................Did Christ die for Satan?
- Angels....................................Is there any reason to believe in the existence of spirits?
- Anger.....................................A long conversation with someone experiencing deep grief
- Anger.....................................God is wrathful, vengeful, and jealous?
- Anger.....................................OT passages on what God avenges
- Aniconic..................................Are Christians committing Idolatry and Violating the 2nd Commandant in the use of images of Jesus?
- Animal, death.............................My kid's pet just died...what should I tell my kid?
- Animals...................................Are Christians committing Idolatry and Violating the 2nd Commandant in the use of images of Jesus?
- Animals...................................Does the savagery of predation in nature show that God either isn't, or at least isn't good-hearted?
- Animals...................................My kid's pet just died...what should I tell my kid?
- Animals...................................Why aren't dinosaurs mentioned in the bible?
- Annihilation..............................How could a God of Love order the massacre/annihilation of the Canaanites?
- Annihilation..............................What about God's cruelty to the Midianites in Numbers 31?!
- Annihilationism...........................Is there more "good" in the world than "evil" (including hell)?
- Anthropic Principle.......................The "Anthropic Principle" (refs)
- Anthropology..............................Did the early Church believe in Reincarnation?
- Anthropology..............................Freedom
- Anthropology..............................Is there evidence for the existence of the "soul"?
- Anthropology..............................On the Loci of Freedom...
- Anthropology..............................Uniqueness of Jesus: more than man
- Anthropology..............................What are People like? (a portrait)
- Anti-Christian lit........................ A timeline of early Christian & anti-Christian literature
- Antiquities...............................Do we only have ONE copy of the controversial passage about Jesus in Josephus?
- Anti-Semitism.............................Anti-semitism
- Anti-Semitism.............................Was First Thess 2.15ff seriously Anti-Semitic??!!
- Anti-Semitism.............................Was John anti-Semitic
- Anup......................................Horus, Jesus, and Anup the Baptiser?
- Apamea....................................Does the data about Apamea and the Ciete support the view that Rome carried out registrations in client kingdoms?
- Apoc of Peter, Gnostic version............Evidence for early writing of NT from non-mainstream sources
- Apoc of Peter, non-Gnostic version........Evidence for early writing of NT from non-mainstream sources
- Apocalyptic...............................Could Jesus really not have had any 'apocalyptic expectations' because they were allegedly only later?
- Apocalyptic, Jewish.......................Did ancient apocalyptic figures even SET precise time points, and was there ‘concern over delay’?
- Apocalyptic, POE..........................Did ancient apocalyptic figures even SET precise time points, and was there ‘concern over delay’?
- Apocalyptic, precision....................Did ancient apocalyptic figures even SET precise time points, and was there ‘concern over delay’?
- Apocalyptic, purpose......................Did ancient apocalyptic figures even SET precise time points, and was there ‘concern over delay’?
- Apocalyptic, theodicy.....................Did ancient apocalyptic figures even SET precise time points, and was there ‘concern over delay’?
- Apocalyptic, world-week...................Does a belief in a ‘world-week’ of 6,000 years imply a denial of apocalyptic imminence?
- Apocalytic................................Was Jesus a failed apocalyptic prophet that the embarrassed church had to re-work into something different
- Apocrypha.................................If later Christians made up miracles of Jesus in the NT Apocrypha, would not the Gospel writers done the same?
- Apocrypha.................................What about the Gospel of Thomas?
- Apocrypha, NT.............................Does Secret Mark prove the church suppressed the truth at will?
- Apollonius................................Did the evangelists invent miracles stories about Jesus, like a Hellenistic divine wonder-worker, to 'sell Him' better?
- Apollonius of Tyana.......................Divine Heros
- Apologetic theory.........................Apologetics and Persuasion
- Apologetic theory.........................Implications for 'apologetic method'
- Apologetic theory.........................Patterns and Argument
- Apologetic theory.........................presuppositionalism
- Apologetics...............................How I deal with very hostile objections
- Apologetics...............................if Christianity is true, why does it need so much defending? And why doesn't God make it clearer?
- Apologetics...............................why should we believe Jesus was the Messiah, if He didn’t fulfill all the prophecies when He was here?
- Apostles..................................Are some/many of the NT letters examples of pseudonymity?
- Apostles..................................Are some/many of the NT letters examples of pseudonymity?
- Apostles..................................Christian 'bias' in the NT Writers--Does it render the NT unreliable or inadmissible as evidence?
- Apostles..................................Evaluation of the Theory of Literary Dependence.
- Apostles..................................How Did Messiah Jesus explain His death to His disciples?
- Apostles..................................Local church interpretive autonomy versus a controlled and pre-interpreted transmission
- Apostles..................................None of the disciples or apostles were women--a bit unfair, aint it?!"
- Apostles..................................Obstacles to NT borrowing of foreign religions
- Apostles..................................On the cooperation of early church leadership
- Apostles..................................Paul OBVIOUSLY had a "sit down and shut up" attitude toward women--and we are supposed to trust HIM?!"
- Apostles..................................Really long periods of 'oral only' transmission of the sayings of Jesus, from the times of Jesus?
- Apostles..................................The "tradition control" methods as the church expanded
- Apostles..................................The early church was 'by, for, about MEN--women weren't significant players (and ESPECIALLY not leaders)."
- Apostles..................................Theory of Gospel construction
- Apostles..................................Was the bible created by authorities to 'control' the common folk?
- Apostles..................................Was this alleged oral tradition transmitted without 'controls' andquite loosely?
- Apostles..................................What are the names of the 12 disciples? I get 13!
- Apostles..................................What is an alternative understanding of the process of gospel formation?
- Apostles, and women.......................Women: Data From the Historical Literature of the Apostolic Circle
- Apostles, authors.........................Apostles as gospel authors?
- Apostles, authors.........................Evidence of early writing by the apostles (probably even during Jesus' life)
- Apostles, communication...................Obstacles to NT borrowing of foreign religions
- Apostles, Control.........................The "tradition control" methods as the church expanded
- Apostles, interaction.....................Obstacles to NT borrowing of foreign religions
- Apostles, memory..........................How does the memory research of Elizabeth Loftus on eyewitness testimony affect the credibility of NT?
- Apostles, teaching........................Are the Nazarenes and Ebionites the only TRUE "Christians"?
- Apostles, view of cross...................How did Jesus' Companions the Apostles understand what happened at the Cross?
- Apostolic Fathers.........................Clement's alleged use of non-canonical sources
- Apostolic Fathers.........................Was Clement aware of the NT text?
- Apostolic Fathers.........................were the Apostolic Fathers unable to distinguish between authentic and unauthentic books?
- Apuleius..................................Questions on Paul, Jesus, and Middle Platonism
- Arab......................................Is Muslim hostility related to Ishmael being 'against everyone' prophecy
- Aramaic...................................Was there not enough time for Hebrew to have developed (as the Bible seems to claim)?
- Aramean...................................Was there not enough time for Hebrew to have developed (as the Bible seems to claim)?
- Archaeology...............................doesn't the archaeological record CONTRADICT the Bible's claims about Joshua's "Conquest"?!
- Archko....................................The Archko Volume
- Argument..................................Implications for 'apologetic method'
- Argument..................................Patterns and Argument
- Argument..................................The Priority of Patterns over Elements
- Argument from Evil........................Why didn't God stop the process before it started, if He knew of the massive suffering that would befall His creatures??
- Aristides of Athens.......................Evidence for early writing of NT from mainstream sources (Church Fathers/Apologists)
- Ark.......................................Death of the man who touched the Ark
- Ark.......................................Noah's ark -- the problem of size
- Arrogance.................................Can Pride be Good?
- Arrogance.................................One suggested approach for an atheist/skeptic
- Arrogance.................................Questions on my Life-View and dealing with others
- Art.......................................Are Christians committing Idolatry and Violating the 2nd Commandant in the use of images of Jesus?
- ASC.......................................Christus Victor: Triumph over the Powers
- Ascension.................................A contradiction in the ascension accounts?
- Ascension of Isaiah.......................Evidence for early writing of NT from non-mainstream sources
- Ascension of Isaiah.......................Was the Ascension of Isaiah a Middle-Platonist document?
- Asclepius.................................Did the evangelists invent miracles stories about Jesus, like a Hellenistic divine wonder-worker, to 'sell Him' better?
- Asclepius.................................Does the gullibility of the ancient world reduce the credibility of the miracle stories of Jesus?
- Asherah...................................What would an inscription about a consort of Yahweh really prove?
- Asherah...................................What would an inscription about a consort of Yahweh really prove?
- Assyria...................................Was there not enough time for Hebrew to have developed (as the Bible seems to claim)?
- Atheism...................................One suggested approach for an atheist/skeptic
- Atonement.................................But isn’t “Penal Substitution” actually illegal (if not immoral)??
- Atonement, extent.........................Questions from a Muslim Friend: If Jesus gave his life for the whole mankind, is all mankind saved? If yes how? Are their sins forgiven? And if the sins are forgiven, will all go to the heaven?
- Atonement, limited........................Questions from a Muslim Friend: If Jesus gave his life for the whole mankind, is all mankind saved? If yes how? Are their sins forgiven? And if the sins are forgiven, will all go to the heaven?
- Atonement, scope..........................Questions from a Muslim Friend: If Jesus gave his life for the whole mankind, is all mankind saved? If yes how? Are their sins forgiven? And if the sins are forgiven, will all go to the heaven?
- Atrahasis.................................Is Genesis 1-2 merely a rip-off of ANE literature (series)?
- Attis.....................................Dying and Rising Gods
- Attis.....................................what do we know about Cybele/Attis and the taurobolium?
- Attribution...............................Non-attribution and Evidence for early writing of NT Jesus material
- Augustinian...............................Did God arbitrarily decide who to save and who to condemn?
- Authenticity..............................Are there any indications from the internal data of the gospels, that the miracle stories are historical?
- Author, deception.........................Did the gospel authors simply rip-off stories from the OT and ascribe them to Jesus?
- Authority.................................Do I have to obey my husband when he commands me to sin?
- Authority.................................Does human culpability for non-interference in crime prove theodicy WRONG?
- Authority.................................Why would government have any authority in personal areas like marriage?
- Authorship................................Christian 'bias' in the NT Writers--Does it render the NT unreliable or inadmissible as evidence?
- automaticity..............................does the reality of unconscious processes undermine Christianity?
- Avenging..................................God is wrathful, vengeful, and jealous?
- Avenging..................................OT passages on what God avenges
- Baal......................................Dying and Rising Gods
- Baal......................................How could a God of Love order the massacre/annihilation of the Canaanites?
- Babylonia.................................Babylonian omen literature
- Babylonia.................................Weren't OT women WORSE off than even their Babylonian counterparts?"
- Baigent & Leigh...........................The theories of Eisenman, Allegro, Thiering, and Baigent & Leigh concerning the Dead Sea Scrolls?
- Ban.......................................Why was Israel instructed about fighting OUTSIDE the land? That looks more offensive than defensive!
- Baptism...................................Horus, Jesus, and Anup the Baptiser?
- Bargh.....................................does the reality of unconscious processes undermine Christianity?
- Barnabas, Epistle of......................Evidence for early writing of NT from mainstream sources (Church Fathers/Apologists)
- Basilides.................................Evidence for early writing of NT from non-mainstream sources
- Baur......................................Evidence that heresy was neither EARLY nor Strong (contra the Bauer/Koester position)
- Baur......................................On the cooperation of early church leadership
- Baur......................................The issue of multiple "types" of Christianity in the early church
- Bears.....................................wasn't Elisha cruel when he sent those bears against those little kids who were teasing him about being bald?
- Beasts....................................Did Jesus come during the wrong empire, according to Daniel and the beast vision?
- Beauty....................................Female Beauty in Bible
- Belief....................................Does the gullibility of the ancient world reduce the credibility of the miracle stories of Jesus?
- Belief....................................Thumb:As long as each person is genuinely sincere, what difference does it make what they believe?
- Belief....................................What is "repentance"?
- Belief, not discipleship..................Questions from a Muslim Friend: Is it important to convert to the Christian religion, to accept Jesus? If so, how would I survive? My family will kill me, and how will I become a Christian just to die?
- Bethlehem.................................Does Micah 5 speak about the birth-place of the Messiah, or only His birth-family?
- Bethlehem.................................Micah 5.2: the Bethlehem prophecy
- Betrayal, messiah.........................Source data for messianic titles
- Bias......................................Christian 'bias' in the NT Writers--Does it render the NT unreliable or inadmissible as evidence?
- Bible..................................... Did the evangelists create miracle stories about Jesus, as the later rabbis seemed to do about each other?
- Bible.....................................Did the evangelists mean their writings to be taken as historical fiction or as a historical novel?
- Bible.....................................Is Genesis 1-2 merely a rip-off of ANE literature (series)?
- Bible.....................................Is 'only reason' reasonable?
- Bible.....................................Is the bible false, since it is not written in logic or math?
- Bible.....................................is theBible "as violent" as the Quran/Hadith?
- Bible.....................................Why would God protect one piece of literature?
- Bible, accuracy of........................“Is there extra-biblical evidence for Post-flood longevity?
- Bible, accuracy of........................“Was there a textual corruption cover-up over Daniel 8.14?
- Bible, accuracy of........................Thumb: Bible: so many authors/translations, and was written over so many years--there MUST be mistakes!
- Bible, and women..........................Women in the heart of God (outline)
- Bible, and women..........................Women: Pushbacks, Objections, Stereotypes
- Bible, authorship.........................Was the bible created by authorities to 'control' the common folk?
- Bible, background.........................Ancient Literacy - extent and rationale
- Bible, contradiction......................Is the dating of Zedekiah a contradiction with the birth-order in 1 Chronicles?
- Bible, corrupt............................Does the bible -- Jesus himself -- really teach/reveal that YHWH was actually SATAN??
- Bible, corruption.........................“Was there a textual corruption cover-up over Daniel 8.14?
- Bible, difficulties.......................Is God harsh, unlovable, unloving, duplicious?--a discussion with Ralph
- Bible, error..............................Is the dating of Zedekiah a contradiction with the birth-order in 1 Chronicles?
- Bible, errors.............................“Was there a textual corruption cover-up over Daniel 8.14?
- Bible, errors.............................Does the bible -- Jesus himself -- really teach/reveal that YHWH was actually SATAN??
- Bible, errors.............................Does the data about Apamea and the Ciete support the view that Rome carried out registrations in client kingdoms?
- Bible, errors.............................if Christianity is true, why does it need so much defending? And why doesn't God make it clearer?
- Bible, evil...............................Bible abortifacients?
- Bible, falsification......................Lack of corroborating evidence
- Bible, impure.............................Does the bible -- Jesus himself -- really teach/reveal that YHWH was actually SATAN??
- Bible, objections.........................God's revelation to us: skepticism, hiddeness
- Bible, purpose............................Was the bible created by authorities to 'control' the common folk?
- Bible, Satanic............................Does the bible -- Jesus himself -- really teach/reveal that YHWH was actually SATAN??
- Bible, skepticism.........................God's revelation to us: skepticism, hiddeness
- Bible, tampered ..........................Does the bible -- Jesus himself -- really teach/reveal that YHWH was actually SATAN??
- Bible, verification.......................Lack of corroborating evidence
- Bible, violence...........................is theBible "as violent" as the Quran/Hadith?
- Biography.................................Did the evangelists mean their writings to be taken as historical fiction or as a historical novel?
- Biography.................................Did the gospel authors invent the miracle stories about Jesus?
- Biography.................................Did the gospel authors write the gospels AS myth?
- Biography.................................Would the evangelists write the gospels as NEW myth, since no one took myth seriously anyway back then?
- Biology...................................Does the savagery of predation in nature show that God either isn't, or at least isn't good-hearted?
- Bios......................................ALL four Gospels are written in the Graeco-Roman genre of Bioi
- Birth.....................................Does Mary's Question Contradict other passages in the NT?
- Birth stories.............................Contradictions in the Infancy Stories?
- Birth-Order...............................Is the dating of Zedekiah a contradiction with the birth-order in 1 Chronicles?
- Blood Drinking............................Was Jesus sacriligious by using images of cannibalism?
- Boasting..................................Are all the past great non-Christian religious leaders who REJECTED Christ languishing in Hell right now?
- Book of Job...............................Is the God of the Bible morally repugnant?
- Books.....................................Book on historical method
- Born Again................................The meaning of 'born again' in Scripture
- Borrowing.................................did Jesus cry out to the pagan deity known as 'El' on the Cross?
- Borrowing.................................Did the gospel authors simply rip-off stories from the OT and ascribe them to Jesus?
- Borrowing.................................How would Matthew have borrowed from pagan religions?
- Borrowing.................................Is Genesis 1-2 merely a rip-off of ANE literature (series)?
- Borrowing.................................Is the Sermon on the Mount actually an ancient Essene prayer dating to 100's of years before Christ?!
- Borrowing.................................Mithras and Jesus?
- Borrowing.................................Obstacles to NT borrowing of foreign religions
- Borrowing.................................OT did not borrow beliefs from pagans
- Borrowing.................................OT did not borrow beliefs from pagans
- Borrowing.................................OT sacrifice: difference from Israel's neighbors
- Borrowing.................................The Atrahasis theme
- Borrowing.................................The issue of 'borrowing' laws--did Moses somehow "copy" Hammurabi?
- Borrowing.................................Was the Sermon on the Mount a "plagarism" of Moses on the Mountain?
- Brain.....................................Isnt there a “God part of the Brain” that proves all this Jesus stuff is untrue?
- Buber.....................................Are all the past great non-Christian religious leaders who REJECTED Christ languishing in Hell right now?
- Buddha....................................How I would decide between conflicting revelations
- Buddha....................................International interaction in NT times
- Buddha....................................Major Religious Figures
- Buddha....................................Types of evidence for revelation
- Buddhism..................................Incompatible background theories of the original of the gospels/Jesus figure (in a Letter)
- Burial....................................is the tomb story flawed because the term 'rolled' is used?
- Burnt-Offering............................Does God really get hungry and have to eat food?
- Cain......................................Might Cain still be alive somewhere?
- Calvinism.................................Did God arbitrarily decide who to save and who to condemn?
- Camels....................................Was the Bible wrong about Abraham having camels that early?
- Campbell, Joseph..........................Did unconscious influences make the gospel writers insert the miraculous elements into the Gospels?
- Canaan....................................Was there not enough time for Hebrew to have developed (as the Bible seems to claim)?
- Canaanite.................................Does God really get hungry and have to eat food?
- Canaanite.................................Was there not enough time for Hebrew to have developed (as the Bible seems to claim)?
- Canaanites................................How could a God of Love order the massacre/annihilation of the Canaanites?
- Canannite woman...........................Why was Jesus so mean and insulting to the Canaanite woman?
- Cannibalism...............................Did God force the people of Jerusalem into cannibalism?
- Cannibalism...............................Was Jesus sacriligious by using images of cannibalism?
- Canon.....................................Are First and Second Peter NOT by Peter, but by someone using his name?
- Canon.....................................Authetication of Revelation - Mosaic
- Canon.....................................Authetication of Revelation - preMosaic
- Canon.....................................Canon
- Canon.....................................Clement's alleged use of non-canonical sources
- Canon.....................................God's design objectives
- Canon.....................................God's revelation to us: means, authentication, canon, transmission
- Canon.....................................God's self-limitations
- Canon.....................................If later Christians made up miracles of Jesus in the NT Apocrypha, would not the Gospel writers done the same?
- Canon.....................................New Covenant/New Moses
- Canon.....................................OT in the OT
- Canon.....................................Papias and his preference for oral tradition
- Canon.....................................The events leading up to Irenaeus' statement about the Fourfold gospel
- Canon.....................................The question of "where did the gospels become authentic?"
- Canon.....................................Was Clement aware of the NT text?
- Canon.....................................Was there any reason to expect another set of Scriptures?
- Canon.....................................Wasn't the process of deciding what books were to be included in the bible rather BOGUS?
- Canon.....................................were the Apostolic Fathers unable to distinguish between authentic and unauthentic books?
- Canon.....................................What about the Gospel of Thomas?
- Canon.....................................When was Mark 6.45-8.26 ADDED to Mark?
- Canon.....................................Who 'decides' on a canon, and how?
- Canon.....................................Why does Jude quote from a non-canonical book, and we moderns not accept that book as scripture?
- Canon, intro..............................Why a Canon?
- Capernaum.................................How would Matthew have borrowed from pagan religions?
- Capital punishment........................Was the burial of Jesus a temporary one, because of time constraints?
- Cappadocia................................Does the data about Apamea and the Ciete support the view that Rome carried out registrations in client kingdoms?
- Carnivorous...............................Why are we carnivores, eating life?
- Carpocrates...............................Evidence for early writing of NT from non-mainstream sources
- Category Mistake..........................The Vortex- basic worldview structures/beliefs of the Tank
- Cause.....................................Does complexity REALLY require 'more complexity'?
- Celibacy..................................Did the bible lie about Jesus not being married?
- Celibacy..................................Is there proof that Jesus did not have sex with Mary Magdalene?
- Celsus....................................Are there any indications from the EXTERNAL data , that the miracle stories are historical?
- Celsus....................................Did the evangelists invent miracles stories about Jesus, like a Hellenistic divine wonder-worker, to 'sell Him' better?
- Celsus....................................Evidence for early writing of NT from non-mainstream sources
- Celsus....................................Questions on Paul, Jesus, and Middle Platonism
- Censorship................................Did the Christians burn/destroy all the classical literature?
- Censorship................................Why would God protect one piece of literature?
- Census....................................An objection about Luke, Quirinius, and Herods
- Census....................................David's census
- Census....................................David's Tragic Census-who 'Moved' him to do it?
- Census....................................Does the data about Apamea and the Ciete support the view that Rome carried out registrations in client kingdoms?
- Census, Luke..............................Does the data about Apamea and the Ciete support the view that Rome carried out registrations in client kingdoms?
- Cerinthus.................................Evidence for early writing of NT from non-mainstream sources
- Certainty.................................Evidence of the supernatural in experience
- Certainty.................................One suggested approach for an atheist/skeptic
- Chaos.....................................Is Genesis 1-2 merely a rip-off of ANE literature (series)?
- Chariton..................................Did the evangelists mean their writings to be taken as historical fiction or as a historical novel?
- Cherubim..................................Are Christians committing Idolatry and Violating the 2nd Commandant in the use of images of Jesus?
- Childbirth................................Did God make women's bodies SPECIFICALLY to give them pain?
- Childbirth................................Is pain in childbirth the Curse on Eve in Genesis 3?
- Children..................................Martyrdom versus “obey and live long” principles
- Children of God...........................How is the believer's sonship to God different from Christ's Sonship to God?
- China.....................................Relationship between the Flood and Chinese Characters
- Choice....................................One suggested approach for an atheist/skeptic
- Choice....................................What kind of a choice is THAT--Love Me or Burn?!
- Choice, free..............................Is history all "of one piece"? And Is everyone given a fair chance at heaven?
- Chosen....................................How did the Gentiles get in the picture if the Jews were the 'chosen ones
- Chosen, yet rejected......................Source data for messianic titles
- Christ....................................Do none of the New Testament letters really mention "Jesus", but only "Christ"?
- Christ Myth...............................Non-attribution and Evidence for early writing of NT Jesus material
- Christ, 2nd David.........................Source data for messianic titles
- Christ, 2nd Melchizedek...................Source data for messianic titles
- Christ, 2nd Moses.........................Source data for messianic titles
- Christ, deity.............................Does John 12.41 speak of Jesus or of God?
- Christ, humanity..........................Personal letter
- Christ, temptation........................Personal letter
- Christ, titles............................Source data for messianic titles
- Christ, unique............................How is the believer's sonship to God different from Christ's Sonship to God?
- Christian.................................What is a Christian?
- Christian life............................What is a Christian?
- Christian relevance.......................Hey, who Invited GOD to this century?!
- Christian worldview.......................Hey, who Invited GOD to this century?!
- Christianity, and Judaism.................Are Christians committing Idolatry and Violating the 2nd Commandant in the use of images of Jesus?
- Christmas.................................are Christmas trees tainted by paganism…
- Christ-Myth...............................Do we only have ONE copy of the controversial passage about Jesus in Josephus?
- Christ-Myth...............................Was the Ascension of Isaiah a Middle-Platonist document?
- Christology...............................Are the Christologies of Mark and John radically different?
- Christology...............................Incarnation
- Chronicler, error.........................Two contradictions in OT numbers: volume of Sea and number of chariots
- Church....................................Did the Christians burn/destroy all the classical literature?
- Church communication......................Obstacles to NT borrowing of foreign religions
- Church Fathers............................Evidence for early writing of NT from mainstream sources (Church Fathers/Apologists)
- Church Fathers............................Non-attribution and Evidence for early writing of NT Jesus material
- Church Growth.............................Urban expansion of the early Church
- Church Unity..............................Evidence that heresy was neither EARLY nor Strong (contra the Bauer/Koester position)
- Church Unity..............................On the cooperation of early church leadership
- Church Unity..............................The issue of multiple "types" of Christianity in the early church
- Church, abuse.............................Did Christians simply INVENT the "pierced my hands and feet" in Psalm 22?!
- Church, abuse.............................Did the Roman empire totally distort the New Testament documents?
- Church, and women.........................Women's Roles in the Early Church
- Church, authority.........................Was the bible created by authorities to 'control' the common folk?
- Church, background........................How could the Christians diverge from their Jewish roots?
- Church, conspiracy........................Was the bible created by authorities to 'control' the common folk?
- Church, deception.........................Did Christians simply INVENT the "pierced my hands and feet" in Psalm 22?!
- Church, deception.........................Did the early church really create 'new' sayings of Jesus and 'write these into' the stories of His pre-Easter life?
- Church, early.............................Are the Nazarenes and Ebionites the only TRUE "Christians"?
- Church, early.............................Clement's alleged use of non-canonical sources
- Church, early.............................did the Christians just OUTLIVE those who "knew better and were silent"?
- Church, early.............................Did the early Church believe in Reincarnation?
- Church, early.............................Did the early church really create 'new' sayings of Jesus and 'write these into' the stories of His pre-Easter life?
- Church, early.............................Evidence that even smaller churches had multiple copies of NT mss. often
- Church, early.............................Getting back to the 'primitive church'
- Church, early.............................The early church was 'by, for, about MEN--women weren't significant players (and ESPECIALLY not leaders)."
- Church, early.............................The issue of multiple "types" of Christianity in the early church
- Church, early.............................Was Clement aware of the NT text?
- Church, early.............................Was the bible created by authorities to 'control' the common folk?
- Church, early.............................were the Apostolic Fathers unable to distinguish between authentic and unauthentic books?
- Church, errors............................Are the Nazarenes and Ebionites the only TRUE "Christians"?
- Church, errors............................Did NT believers mix law and grace?
- Church, ethics............................Were the gospels pseudonymous?
- Church, evil..............................Did Christians simply INVENT the "pierced my hands and feet" in Psalm 22?!
- Church, evil..............................Did the Christians burn/destroy all the classical literature?
- Church, evil..............................Did the Roman empire totally distort the New Testament documents?
- Church, geography.........................Evidence that even smaller churches had multiple copies of NT mss. often
- Church, geography.........................Evidence that heresy was neither EARLY nor Strong (contra the Bauer/Koester position)
- Church, geography.........................On the cooperation of early church leadership
- Church, opposition........................did the Christians just OUTLIVE those who "knew better and were silent"?
- Church, unity.............................Local church interpretive autonomy versus a controlled and pre-interpreted transmission
- Church, unity.............................On early church unity vs. factionalism/in-fighting
- Church, unity.............................On the underlying unity of the early kerygma
- Church, unity.............................The question of "where did the gospels become authentic?"
- Ciete.....................................Does the data about Apamea and the Ciete support the view that Rome carried out registrations in client kingdoms?
- Cilicia...................................Does the data about Apamea and the Ciete support the view that Rome carried out registrations in client kingdoms?
- Circumcision..............................Circumcision and False Teaching in the Bible?
- Cities, Augustus..........................Does the data about Apamea and the Ciete support the view that Rome carried out registrations in client kingdoms?
- Cities, client............................Does the data about Apamea and the Ciete support the view that Rome carried out registrations in client kingdoms?
- Cities, foreign...........................Why was Israel instructed about fighting OUTSIDE the land? That looks more offensive than defensive!
- Cities, free..............................Does the data about Apamea and the Ciete support the view that Rome carried out registrations in client kingdoms?
- Cities, Greek.............................Does the data about Apamea and the Ciete support the view that Rome carried out registrations in client kingdoms?
- Cities, roman policy......................Does the data about Apamea and the Ciete support the view that Rome carried out registrations in client kingdoms?
- Cities, tax...............................Does the data about Apamea and the Ciete support the view that Rome carried out registrations in client kingdoms?
- City, defenses............................Why was Israel instructed about fighting OUTSIDE the land? That looks more offensive than defensive!
- City, walls...............................Why was Israel instructed about fighting OUTSIDE the land? That looks more offensive than defensive!
- Civitas...................................Does the data about Apamea and the Ciete support the view that Rome carried out registrations in client kingdoms?
- Clement...................................Clement's alleged use of non-canonical sources
- Clement...................................Does Secret Mark prove the church suppressed the truth at will?
- Clement...................................Questions on Paul, Jesus, and Middle Platonism
- Clement...................................Was Clement aware of the NT text?
- Clement...................................were the Apostolic Fathers unable to distinguish between authentic and unauthentic books?
- Client Kingdoms...........................Does the data about Apamea and the Ciete support the view that Rome carried out registrations in client kingdoms?
- Coercion..................................What kind of a choice is THAT--Love Me or Burn?!
- Coherence, historical.....................Are there any indications from the internal data of the gospels, that the miracle stories are historical?
- Coinage, syria............................Does the data about Apamea and the Ciete support the view that Rome carried out registrations in client kingdoms?
- Colonization, not Israel..................Why was Israel instructed about fighting OUTSIDE the land? That looks more offensive than defensive!
- Colt......................................Did Matthew simply Double the people in his miracle stories?
- Comfort...................................How could God let Christians hurt to the point of suicide?
- Commandment, Second.......................Are Christians committing Idolatry and Violating the 2nd Commandant in the use of images of Jesus?
- Communication.............................Evidence of the supernatural in experience
- Communication.............................God's revelation to us: context and processing
- Communication.............................How I would decide between conflicting revelations
- Communication.............................How we "process" communication of all kinds
- Communication.............................The process of God's communication to us
- Community.................................Is history all "of one piece"? And Is everyone given a fair chance at heaven?
- Community.................................The process of God's communication to us
- Community.................................Why can't God just forgive sin, instead of demanding justice?
- Companions................................How did Jesus' Companions the Apostles understand what happened at the Cross?
- Comparative Mythology.....................Was Jesus Christ just a CopyCat Savior Myth?
- Comparative Religion......................How I decide between competing claims to revelation
- Comparative Religion......................How I decide between competing claims to revelation
- Comparative Religion......................How I would decide between conflicting revelations
- Comparative Religion......................Was Jesus Christ just a CopyCat Savior Myth?
- Comparative Religion......................What about Those Who have Never Heard the Gospel?
- Complexity................................Does complexity REALLY require 'more complexity'?
- Confabulation.............................Did unconscious influences make the gospel writers insert the miraculous elements into the Gospels?
- Confession of Christ......................Questions from a Muslim Friend: Is it important to convert to the Christian religion, to accept Jesus? If so, how would I survive? My family will kill me, and how will I become a Christian just to die?
- Confidence................................Evidence of the supernatural in experience
- Confidence................................One suggested approach for an atheist/skeptic
- Confirmation..............................Why didn't God confirm the resurrection in a better way?
- Confusions over Messiah...................Source data for messianic titles
- Conquest..................................doesn't the archaeological record CONTRADICT the Bible's claims about Joshua's "Conquest"?!
- Conquest..................................How could a God of Love order the massacre/annihilation of the Canaanites?
- Conscience................................Interacting with the "possibly revelatory" data: Encounter, Response, Results
- consciousness.............................does the reality of unconscious processes undermine Christianity?
- Consciousness.............................Evidence of the supernatural in experience
- Consciousness.............................Is there any reason to believe in the existence of spirits?
- Consciousness.............................Is there evidence for the existence of the "soul"?
- Consciousness.............................Language about God
- Consciousness.............................Mind/brain
- Consciousness.............................On the Loci of Freedom...
- Consciousness.............................Perception of God
- Consciousness.............................The Vortex- basic worldview structures/beliefs of the Tank
- Consciousness.............................Which animals can feel pain?
- Consort...................................What would an inscription about a consort of Yahweh really prove?
- Conspiracy................................Could the resurrection appearances be a case of GROUP Hallucination?
- Conspiracy................................did the Christians just OUTLIVE those who "knew better and were silent"?
- Conspiracy................................Did the early church really create 'new' sayings of Jesus and 'write these into' the stories of His pre-Easter life?
- Conspiracy................................Does Secret Mark prove the church suppressed the truth at will?
- Conspiracy................................Non-attribution and Evidence for early writing of NT Jesus material
- Conspiracy................................Was Jesus really fraudulent, dishonest, sacrilegious, and conspiratorial?
- Conspiracy................................Was the bible created by authorities to 'control' the common folk?
- Conspiracy................................What about the theory that Jesus was descended from aliens?
- Contagious................................Was biblical leprosy the same as modern leprosy?
- Contradictions............................A contradiction in the ascension accounts?
- Contradictions............................Are the Christologies of Mark and John radically different?
- Contradictions............................Contradictions in the Infancy Stories?
- Contradictions............................Do the Resurrection accounts HOPELESSLY contradict one another?
- Contradictions............................Does Mary's Question Contradict other passages in the NT?
- Contradictions............................How many people saw the risen Jesus? 150 or 500?
- Contradictions............................if Christianity is true, why does it need so much defending? And why doesn't God make it clearer?
- Contradictions............................Problems in the Genealogies of Jesus
- Contradictions............................Problems in the Genealogies of Jesus: Jeconiah
- Contradictions............................three days and night vs. "on the 3rd day"?
- Contradictions............................three days and night vs. "on the 3rd day"?
- Contradictions............................Two contradictions in OT numbers: volume of Sea and number of chariots
- Contradictions............................Was Terah 70 or 130 when Abraham was born?
- Contradictions............................Well, did God LIKE what Jehu did or NOT--"another" contradiction?
- Contradictions............................Well, did Jesus tell them to take a staff or not? Another contradiction?!
- Contradictions............................What about number differences in parallel passages?
- Contradictions............................Why do the gospels disagree on the last sayings of Jesus on the Cross?
- Contradictions............................why should we believe Jesus was the Messiah, if He didn’t fulfill all the prophecies when He was here?
- Contradictions............................Women, stones, spices, empty tombs
- Conversion................................Urban expansion of the early Church
- Conversion................................What is "repentance"?
- Conversion, Muslim........................Questions from a Muslim Friend: Is it important to convert to the Christian religion, to accept Jesus? If so, how would I survive? My family will kill me, and how will I become a Christian just to die?
- Copycat...................................Horus, Jesus, and Anup the Baptiser?
- Copycat...................................Is Genesis 1-2 merely a rip-off of ANE literature (series)?
- Cosmogeny.................................Is Genesis 1-2 merely a rip-off of ANE literature (series)?
- Cosmology.................................Is Genesis 1-2 merely a rip-off of ANE literature (series)?
- Cosmology.................................What is the Universe like? (a portrait)
- Counseling................................Discussion on Deep depression, self-loathing, chronic therapy needs
- Covenant..................................Does the NT contradict the Hebrew Bible about the Law being 'annulled'?
- Covenant..................................Treaty form of the 14th/13th Centuries B.C.
- Covenant..................................Why can't God just forgive sin, instead of demanding justice?
- Covenants, relationships..................New Covenant/New Moses
- Creation..................................Does complexity REALLY require 'more complexity'?
- Creation..................................Is Genesis 1-2 merely a rip-off of ANE literature (series)?
- Creation..................................Theological impact of Aliens from space
- Creation..................................Was God so needy that He HAD to create the unverse?
- Credibility...............................Does the gullibility of the ancient world reduce the credibility of the miracle stories of Jesus?
- Credulity.................................Does the gullibility of the ancient world reduce the credibility of the miracle stories of Jesus?
- Creeds....................................The NT Witness:The Ancient Church Formulas in the NT
- Crime.....................................Isn’t infinite/eternal punishment for a finite/temporal sin a bit disproportionate???
- Crime.....................................OT passages on what God avenges
- Crime.....................................shouldn't the butchering of the Amalekite children be considered war crimes?
- Criteria..................................How I would decide between conflicting revelations
- Critical Thinking.........................Approaching the question of faith
- Critical Thinking.........................Paul - and critical thinking
- Criticism and faith.......................Would acceptance of James' understanding of the Two-Source Hypothesis be inimical to 'the faith'?
- Cross....................................."Paid in Full" -- Jesus' words on the Cross?
- Cross.....................................Are Muslims forbidden to believe that Jesus was crucified?
- Cross.....................................But isn’t “Penal Substitution” actually illegal (if not immoral)??
- Cross.....................................Christ's death on the Cross--serious, real, painful
- Cross.....................................Christus Victor: Triumph over the Powers
- Cross.....................................Did Christ die for Satan?
- Cross.....................................How Did Messiah Jesus explain His death to His disciples?
- Cross.....................................if Jesus didn't stay dead, how could His death have been a REAL sacrifice?
- Cross.....................................Is the God of the Bible morally repugnant?
- Cross.....................................The Work of Christ on the Cross (intro/background)
- Cross.....................................What was the use of Christ's death?
- Cross.....................................Why did Jesus allow Himself to be shamefully mistreated and executed—since He did not have to?
- Cross, Darkness...........................Extrabiblical Witnesses to Jesus before 200 a.d.:Thallus
- Cross, effects............................Questions from a Muslim Friend: If Jesus gave his life for the whole mankind, is all mankind saved? If yes how? Are their sins forgiven? And if the sins are forgiven, will all go to the heaven?
- Cross, effects of.........................Personal letter
- Cross, ethics.............................But isn’t “Penal Substitution” actually illegal (if not immoral)??
- Cross, legal..............................But isn’t “Penal Substitution” actually illegal (if not immoral)??
- Cross, meaning............................How did Jesus' Companions the Apostles understand what happened at the Cross?
- Cross, purpose............................Is the God of the Bible morally repugnant?
- Cross, purpose............................What was the use of Christ's death?
- Cross, response to........................How Should we respond to the Message of Jesus and His apostles about His death on the Cross?
- Cross, results............................How did Jesus' Companions the Apostles understand what happened at the Cross?
- Cross, results............................How Should we respond to the Message of Jesus and His apostles about His death on the Cross?
- Cross, theology of........................Christ's death on the Cross--serious, real, painful
- Crowing...................................Was the NT wrong about roosters being allowed in Jerusalem?
- Crucifixion...............................Are Muslims forbidden to believe that Jesus was crucified?
- Crucifixion...............................How Did Messiah Jesus explain His death to His disciples?
- Crucifixion...............................The Temple doors opening beginning around the time of the Crucifixion
- Crucifixion...............................Was the burial of Jesus a temporary one, because of time constraints?
- Crucifixion...............................Why did Jesus allow Himself to be shamefully mistreated and executed—since He did not have to?
- Cruelty...................................Was God being cruel in the killing of the Firstborn at the Exodus?
- Cruelty...................................What about God's cruelty to the Midianites in Numbers 31?!
- Cult......................................What would an inscription about a consort of Yahweh really prove?
- Culture...................................Does culture determine which religion one believes? (and is this fair of God?)
- Cuneiform.................................Was there not enough time for Hebrew to have developed (as the Bible seems to claim)?
- Cup.......................................Why did Jesus allow Himself to be shamefully mistreated and executed—since He did not have to?
- Curse.....................................Did God make women's bodies SPECIFICALLY to give them pain?
- Curse.....................................Is pain in childbirth the Curse on Eve in Genesis 3?
- Curse tablets.............................Does the gullibility of the ancient world reduce the credibility of the miracle stories of Jesus?
- Cybele....................................what do we know about Cybele/Attis and the taurobolium?
- Cyrus.....................................A "punctuation" error in Daniel 9?
- Daimon....................................Questions on Paul, Jesus, and Middle Platonism
- Daniel....................................Could Jesus really not have had any 'Son of man' sayings, because they were allegedly only later?
- Daniel....................................Did Jesus come during the wrong empire, according to Daniel and the beast vision?
- Daniel....................................Did the Jews understand the 'weeks' of Daniel to refer to 'years'?
- Daniel....................................Was Daniel written AFTER the events he foretold?
- Daniel 9..................................A "punctuation" error in Daniel 9?
- Daniel, beasts............................Did Jesus come during the wrong empire, according to Daniel and the beast vision?
- Daniel, dating............................Was Daniel written AFTER the events he foretold?
- Daniel, text..............................“Was there a textual corruption cover-up over Daniel 8.14?
- Daniel, unity.............................Was Daniel written AFTER the events he foretold?
- Daniel, visions...........................Did Jesus come during the wrong empire, according to Daniel and the beast vision?
- Darwin....................................Where exactly in the act of predation is the theological/moral problem?
- Date of Christ Return.....................Did ancient apocalyptic figures even SET precise time points, and was there ‘concern over delay’?
- Date of Eschaton..........................Did ancient apocalyptic figures even SET precise time points, and was there ‘concern over delay’?
- Date of Parousia..........................Did ancient apocalyptic figures even SET precise time points, and was there ‘concern over delay’?
- David.....................................David's census
- David.....................................David's Tragic Census-who 'Moved' him to do it?
- David.....................................David's Tragic Census-who 'Moved' him to do it?
- David.....................................Death of the man who touched the Ark
- David.....................................Did God callously give David's wives to Absalom to rape?
- David.....................................Does Micah 5 speak about the birth-place of the Messiah, or only His birth-family?
- David.....................................Why couldn't Israel take in the Amalekites like the women/children of war in Deut 20?
- David, numbers............................Two contradictions in OT numbers: volume of Sea and number of chariots
- David, second.............................Source data for messianic titles
- Dawkins...................................Where exactly in the act of predation is the theological/moral problem?
- Day of Atonement..........................The torn-veil in the Temple/the scarlet thread
- Daydreams.................................Letter to Readers (misc topics)
- Dead......................................Question on contacting the dead (the Witch of Endor story)
- Dead Sea Scrolls..........................Did the Jews understand the 'weeks' of Daniel to refer to 'years'?
- Dead Sea Scrolls..........................Is the Sermon on the Mount actually an ancient Essene prayer dating to 100's of years before Christ?!
- Dead Sea Scrolls..........................Messianic Expectations in 1st Century Judaism, non-Christian sources
- Dead Sea Scrolls..........................The theories of Eisenman, Allegro, Thiering, and Baigent & Leigh concerning the Dead Sea Scrolls?
- Death.....................................A long conversation with someone experiencing deep grief
- Death.....................................Did the early Church believe in Reincarnation?
- Death.....................................Does God's judgment in time unfairly compromise someone's 'free will'?
- Death.....................................Does the savagery of predation in nature show that God either isn't, or at least isn't good-hearted?
- Death.....................................If sins are forgiven, how will Christians be judged?
- Death of Jesus, Islam.....................Questions from a Muslim Friend: If Jesus gave his life for the whole mankind, is all mankind saved? If yes how? Are their sins forgiven? And if the sins are forgiven, will all go to the heaven?
- Death of Jesus, Islam.....................Questions from a Muslim Friend: If Jesus was a God why was this import for him to give his life? Because he could show the right path to the mankind without giving his life.
- Death of Jesus, Islam.....................Questions from a Muslim Friend: Is Jesus God? If so, how can man kill God?
- Death of Jesus, Islam.....................Questions from a Muslim Friend: Was Jesus a good prophet? If he was a prophet why do you call him God?
- Death, afterlife..........................Do evil spirits come from the ghosts of dead god-haters?
- Death, purpose of.........................Does the savagery of predation in nature show that God either isn't, or at least isn't good-hearted?
- Death, survival...........................Various questions on the use of evidence in apologetics
- Decapolis.................................Mark's Geographical Ignorance—Gadara versus Gerasa, and the problem of the Long Trip Home from Sidon
- Deceipt...................................Questions on God, lying, and deception...
- Deception.................................Are some/many of the NT letters examples of pseudonymity?
- Deception.................................Christus Victor: Triumph over the Powers
- Deception.................................How can God not lie and still Deceive the Wicked?
- Deception.................................Questions on God, lying, and deception...
- Decision..................................One suggested approach for an atheist/skeptic
- Decrees...................................Why didn't God stop the process before it started, if He knew of the massive suffering that would befall His creatures??
- Deity, Jesus..............................Does the submission of Jesus to the Father contradict the Trinity?
- Delay.....................................Was Jesus a failed apocalyptic prophet that the embarrassed church had to re-work into something different
- Demographics..............................How many people claim to be Christians?
- Demon.....................................Questions on Paul, Jesus, and Middle Platonism
- Demoniac, Gadara..........................Mark's Geographical Ignorance—Gadara versus Gerasa, and the problem of the Long Trip Home from Sidon
- Demonic...................................I am afraid my Occult background has led me into the Unpardonable sin
- Demons....................................Casting out demons by the power of demons
- Demons....................................Christus Victor: Triumph over the Powers
- Demons....................................Do evil spirits come from the ghosts of dead god-haters?
- Demons....................................Evidence of the supernatural in experience
- Demons....................................Is there any reason to believe in the existence of spirits?
- Demons....................................Who were the "Sons of God" in Genesis 6?
- Denominations.............................A question from a teenager, being hassled for not knowing the 'lingo'…
- Depression................................A long conversation with someone experiencing deep grief
- Depression................................Discussion on Deep depression, self-loathing, chronic therapy needs
- Depression................................How could God let Christians hurt to the point of suicide?
- Design....................................The "Anthropic Principle" (refs)
- Despair...................................Discussion on Deep depression, self-loathing, chronic therapy needs
- Deut 22...................................Are the OT verses about rape and virginity indicative of an unfair, ignorant, or unrealistic god?
- Deviance..................................Discussion on Deep depression, self-loathing, chronic therapy needs
- Devil.....................................Christus Victor: Triumph over the Powers
- Devils....................................Do evil spirits come from the ghosts of dead god-haters?
- Dexandros.................................Does the data about Apamea and the Ciete support the view that Rome carried out registrations in client kingdoms?
- Diaspora..................................Sacrifice in the NT world (Jewish)
- Diaspora..................................Urban expansion of the early Church
- DID.......................................Is there any reason to believe in the existence of spirits?
- Didache...................................Evidence for early writing of NT from mainstream sources (Church Fathers/Apologists)
- Dietary Laws..............................Why didn't Peter eat on the roof?
- Dilmun....................................Is Genesis 1-2 merely a rip-off of ANE literature (series)?
- Dinah.....................................Women: unfavorable passages in early OT lit: rape of Dinah
- Dinosaurs.................................Why aren't dinosaurs mentioned in the bible?
- Dionysos..................................Mystery Religions
- Disbelief.................................Did the gospel authors invent the miracle stories about Jesus?
- Disbelief.................................Did the gospel authors write the gospels AS myth?
- Disbelief.................................Would the evangelists write the gospels as NEW myth, since no one took myth seriously anyway back then?
- Disciple..................................Questions from a Muslim Friend: Is it important to convert to the Christian religion, to accept Jesus? If so, how would I survive? My family will kill me, and how will I become a Christian just to die?
- Disciple, commitment......................Questions from a Muslim Friend: Is it important to convert to the Christian religion, to accept Jesus? If so, how would I survive? My family will kill me, and how will I become a Christian just to die?
- Disciples, view of cross..................How did Jesus' Companions the Apostles understand what happened at the Cross?
- Discipleship..............................Questions from a Muslim Friend: Is it important to convert to the Christian religion, to accept Jesus? If so, how would I survive? My family will kill me, and how will I become a Christian just to die?
- Divination................................Did the evangelists invent miracles stories about Jesus, like a Hellenistic divine wonder-worker, to 'sell Him' better?
- Divine Heroes.............................Divine Heros
- Divinity, Jesus...........................Does the submission of Jesus to the Father contradict the Trinity?
- Divorce...................................Could divorce ever be the ethical imperative?
- Docetism..................................If later Christians made up miracles of Jesus in the NT Apocrypha, would not the Gospel writers done the same?
- Docetism..................................Is Jesus' flesh only LIKE a human's (and not ACTUALLY human itself)?
- Doctrine..................................God's revelation to us: what we did with it
- Documentary Hypothesis....................Good questions on JEDP
- Documentary Hypothesis....................the Documentary Hypothesis
- Documentary Hypothesis....................The Mosaic authorship of the Pentateuch?
- Documentary Hypothesis....................Was the Pentateuch "adulterated" by later additions?
- Dogs......................................Why was Jesus so mean and insulting to the Canaanite woman?
- Doherty...................................Questions on Paul, Jesus, and Middle Platonism
- Domestication.............................Was the Bible wrong about Abraham having camels that early?
- Donkey....................................Did Matthew simply Double the people in his miracle stories?
- Doublet...................................Did Matthew simply Double the people in his miracle stories?
- Doubt.....................................Approaching the question of faith
- Doubt.....................................Doubt
- Doubt.....................................Evidence of the supernatural in experience
- Doubt.....................................One suggested approach for an atheist/skeptic
- Doubt.....................................Testing the Lord: yes or no?
- Doubt.....................................The nature of faith
- Doubt.....................................Why doesn't God give us proof?
- Drinking..................................Is Drinking alcohol a sin?
- DSS.......................................Did the Jews understand the 'weeks' of Daniel to refer to 'years'?
- DSS.......................................Is the Sermon on the Mount actually an ancient Essene prayer dating to 100's of years before Christ?!
- DSS.......................................Messianic Expectations in 1st Century Judaism, non-Christian sources
- DSS.......................................The theories of Eisenman, Allegro, Thiering, and Baigent & Leigh concerning the Dead Sea Scrolls?
- Dualism...................................Is there evidence for the existence of the "soul"?
- Dying for Christ..........................Questions from a Muslim Friend: Is it important to convert to the Christian religion, to accept Jesus? If so, how would I survive? My family will kill me, and how will I become a Christian just to die?
- Early Church..............................Does Secret Mark prove the church suppressed the truth at will?
- Easter....................................Was the burial of Jesus a temporary one, because of time constraints?
- Eastern Religions.........................How I would decide between conflicting revelations
- Ebionites.................................Are the Nazarenes and Ebionites the only TRUE "Christians"?
- Ebla......................................Was there not enough time for Hebrew to have developed (as the Bible seems to claim)?
- Eblaite...................................Was there not enough time for Hebrew to have developed (as the Bible seems to claim)?
- Ecology...................................Does the savagery of predation in nature show that God either isn't, or at least isn't good-hearted?
- Eden......................................Is Genesis 1-2 merely a rip-off of ANE literature (series)?
- Education, Jewish.........................A small note on Jewish education
- Egypt.....................................Contradictions in the Infancy Stories?
- Egypt.....................................Sacrifice in Early Cultures, Israel's neighbors
- Egypt.....................................The Return from Egypt
- Egypt.....................................Was God cruel when He killed all the firstborn of Egypt?
- Eisenman..................................The theories of Eisenman, Allegro, Thiering, and Baigent & Leigh concerning the Dead Sea Scrolls?
- El........................................did Jesus cry out to the pagan deity known as 'El' on the Cross?
- El........................................Was Yahweh a member of the Phoenician pantheon?
- Election..................................Did God arbitrarily decide who to save and who to condemn?
- Election..................................How did the Gentiles get in the picture if the Jews were the 'chosen ones
- Election..................................Is God harsh, unlovable, unloving, duplicious?--a discussion with Ralph
- Elijah....................................Did the NT authors make up miracle stories about Jesus to make him look like Jewish hasidim, prophets, or messiahs?
- Elijah....................................How was Jesus the Firstfruits from the dead, if there were other resurrections before His?
- Elijah....................................John the Baptist as Forerunner of the Messiah
- Elisha....................................Did the NT authors make up miracle stories about Jesus to make him look like Jewish hasidim, prophets, or messiahs?
- Elisha....................................wasn't Elisha cruel when he sent those bears against those little kids who were teasing him about being bald?
- Elisha, warfare...........................Why was Israel instructed about fighting OUTSIDE the land? That looks more offensive than defensive!
- Embellishment.............................Are there any indications from the internal data of the gospels, that the miracle stories are historical?
- Embellishment.............................If later Christians made up miracles of Jesus in the NT Apocrypha, would not the Gospel writers done the same?
- Empedocles................................Did the evangelists invent miracles stories about Jesus, like a Hellenistic divine wonder-worker, to 'sell Him' better?
- Empty tomb................................Was the burial of Jesus a temporary one, because of time constraints?
- End Times, date setting...................Did ancient apocalyptic figures even SET precise time points, and was there ‘concern over delay’?
- End Times, prediction.....................Did ancient apocalyptic figures even SET precise time points, and was there ‘concern over delay’?
- Enki......................................Is Genesis 1-2 merely a rip-off of ANE literature (series)?
- Enlil.....................................Is Genesis 1-2 merely a rip-off of ANE literature (series)?
- Epistemology..............................Did I just switch from a correspondence theory of truth to a coherence theory of truth?
- Epistemology..............................Does incomplete knowledge mean God is unknowable?
- Epistemology..............................Epistemology -starting point
- Epistemology..............................Is 'only reason' reasonable?
- Epistemology..............................Is the bible false, since it is not written in logic or math?
- Epistemology..............................Kinds, Postmodernism, and the Absolutes of Dissonance...
- Epistemology..............................Language about God
- Epistemology..............................Linguistic wall--index
- Epistemology..............................Patterns and Argument
- Epistemology..............................Perception of God
- Epistemology..............................Precision and the Epistemic "Bubble"
- Epistemology..............................The Vortex- basic worldview structures/beliefs of the Tank
- Epistemology..............................Theological Basis for Epistemology (outline)
- Epistemology..............................What about knowledge BEYOND us?
- Epistles..................................Do none of the New Testament letters really mention "Jesus", but only "Christ"?
- Errors....................................God's revelation to us: skepticism, hiddeness
- Errors....................................if Christianity is true, why does it need so much defending? And why doesn't God make it clearer?
- Errors....................................Noah's ark -- the problem of size
- Errors....................................Two contradictions in OT numbers: volume of Sea and number of chariots
- Errors....................................What about number differences in parallel passages?
- Errors in Bible...........................Wouldn't a heresy inside the Bible be a fatal flaw in the Christian system?
- Errors, geography.........................Mark's Geographical Ignorance—Gadara versus Gerasa, and the problem of the Long Trip Home from Sidon
- Errors, in arguments......................Errors Believers sometimes make in apologetic arguments
- Errors, in arguments......................Errors skeptics sometimes make in anti-Christian arguments
- Errors, Mark..............................Mark's Geographical Ignorance—Gadara versus Gerasa, and the problem of the Long Trip Home from Sidon
- Errors, NT................................Was the NT wrong about roosters being allowed in Jerusalem?
- Esau......................................Is Muslim hostility related to Ishmael being 'against everyone' prophecy
- Eschatological............................Was Jesus a failed apocalyptic prophet that the embarrassed church had to re-work into something different
- Eschatological roles......................Source data for messianic titles
- Eschatology...............................Did ancient apocalyptic figures even SET precise time points, and was there ‘concern over delay’?
- Eschatology, Jewish.......................Talmudic view of the afterlife (brief)
- Eschaton..................................Did ancient apocalyptic figures even SET precise time points, and was there ‘concern over delay’?
- Eschaton..................................Was Jesus a failed apocalyptic prophet that the embarrassed church had to re-work into something different
- Eschaton, date setting....................Did ancient apocalyptic figures even SET precise time points, and was there ‘concern over delay’?
- Eschaton, expectation.....................Did ancient apocalyptic figures even SET precise time points, and was there ‘concern over delay’?
- Eschaton, imminence.......................Does a belief in a ‘world-week’ of 6,000 years imply a denial of apocalyptic imminence?
- Eschaton, prediction......................Did ancient apocalyptic figures even SET precise time points, and was there ‘concern over delay’?
- Eschaton, time of.........................Did ancient apocalyptic figures even SET precise time points, and was there ‘concern over delay’?
- Essenes...................................Is the Sermon on the Mount actually an ancient Essene prayer dating to 100's of years before Christ?!
- Eternal...................................Does the NT contradict the Hebrew Bible about the Law being 'annulled'?
- Eternity..................................Is there more "good" in the world than "evil" (including hell)?
- Eternity..................................Why didn't God stop the process before it started, if He knew of the massive suffering that would befall His creatures??
- Ethics....................................Can Pride be Good?
- Ethics....................................Could divorce ever be the ethical imperative?
- Ethics....................................Did the Law only regulate behavior toward OTHER Jews?
- Ethics....................................Does God condone slavery in the Bible (NT)?
- Ethics....................................does the reality of unconscious processes undermine Christianity?
- Ethics....................................Was John anti-Semitic
- Ethics, comparative.......................Could God be less compassionate and harsher in His judgments than us?
- Ethics, God...............................Could God be less compassionate and harsher in His judgments than us?
- Ethnic....................................Was Israel really open to Amalekite immigration?
- Ethnic slurs..............................Why was Jesus so mean and insulting to the Canaanite woman?
- Ethnicity.................................Urban expansion of the early Church
- Evangelism................................How to help a "difficult" family member.
- Evangelism................................Urban expansion of the early Church
- Evangelism................................What about Those Who have Never Heard the Gospel?
- Eve.......................................Adam, Eve, and Incest?
- Eve.......................................Women: unfavorable passages in early OT lit: Eve
- Evidence..................................A question on my work on Isaiah 7.14
- Evidence..................................A reminder that we have NO HARD DATA for intermediate documents
- Evidence..................................Any eyewitnesses to refute the NT? (2nd reply)
- Evidence..................................did the Christians just OUTLIVE those who "knew better and were silent"?
- Evidence..................................Did the Roman empire totally distort the New Testament documents?
- Evidence..................................Does the gullibility of the ancient world reduce the credibility of the miracle stories of Jesus?
- Evidence..................................Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence
- Evidence..................................God's revelation to us: means, authentication, canon, transmission
- Evidence..................................How does the memory research of Elizabeth Loftus on eyewitness testimony affect the credibility of NT?
- Evidence..................................How I would decide between conflicting revelations
- Evidence..................................How many people saw the risen Jesus? 150 or 500?
- Evidence..................................Interacting with the "possibly revelatory" data: Encounter, Response, Results
- Evidence..................................Is Christian experience make-believe?
- Evidence..................................is God supposed to 'prove stuff' to us, or are we supposed to 'seek God'?
- Evidence..................................Is there any reason to believe in the existence of spirits?
- Evidence..................................KNOWN textual errors in the Bible--don't they destroy "inerrancy"?
- Evidence..................................Objections-to disprove is not to prove the opposite
- Evidence..................................On apologetic value of typological "prophecy"
- Evidence..................................Relationship between the Flood and Chinese Characters
- Evidence..................................The Fulfillment of Prophecy
- Evidence..................................Thumb: What credentials back up the claims of Christianity? Is there any good evidence to support it?
- Evidence..................................Two Pushbacks, on "would more hurt"? and "why seek a hidden God anyway?"
- Evidence..................................Typology and prophecy
- Evidence..................................Various questions on the use of evidence in apologetics
- Evidence..................................Was Josephus relying on the Gospel of Matthew?
- Evidence..................................What makes you convinced that God exists?
- Evidence..................................What makes you convinced that God exists?
- Evidence..................................Why didn't God confirm the resurrection in a better way?
- Evil......................................Christus Victor: Triumph over the Powers
- Evil......................................Does evil thwart God's intent to bless His friends?
- Evil......................................Does the savagery of predation in nature show that God either isn't, or at least isn't good-hearted?
- Evil......................................God and evil, theodicy
- Evil......................................How can God allow 'natural' evil to occur?
- Evil......................................Implications from Suffering, for the Character of God
- Evil......................................OT passages on what God avenges
- Evil......................................Thumb: If a loving/powerful God really exists, why doesn't He do something about all of the evil in the world?
- Evil......................................What is "evil", and did God make evil?
- Evil......................................Where exactly in the act of predation is the theological/moral problem?
- Evil......................................Why can't God just forgive sin, instead of demanding justice?
- Evil......................................Why does judgment lag so far behind?
- Evil, Argument from.......................Why didn't God stop the process before it started, if He knew of the massive suffering that would befall His creatures??
- Evil, natural.............................How can God allow 'natural' evil to occur?
- Evil, origin..............................Does Isaiah 45:7 teach that God created metaphysical moral evil?
- Evil, origin..............................The various 'wills' of God
- Evil, origin..............................What is "evil", and did God make evil?
- Evil, origin of...........................Is God really the ONLY evil being in the universe?
- Evil, problem of..........................Does human culpability for non-interference in crime prove theodicy WRONG?
- Evil, Problem of..........................Why didn't God stop the process before it started, if He knew of the massive suffering that would befall His creatures??
- Evolution.................................Would common childbirth pain support evolution?
- Exaggeration..............................Two contradictions in OT numbers: volume of Sea and number of chariots
- Ex-Christians.............................Is God harsh, unlovable, unloving, duplicious?--a discussion with Ralph
- Exclusion.................................Was biblical leprosy the same as modern leprosy?
- Exclusivism...............................Are all the past great non-Christian religious leaders who REJECTED Christ languishing in Hell right now?
- Exclusivity...............................Thumb: Isn't it narrow-minded for Christians to think that they're right and everyone else is wrong?
- Exegesis..................................Jewish exegesis of OT in 1st century
- Exegesis, Jewish..........................Jewish exegesis of OT in 1st century
- Exegesis, OT..............................Jewish exegesis of OT in 1st century
- Exegesis, OT..............................Jewish messianic exegesis in 1st century
- Exegesis, OT..............................Jewish messianic exegesis in 1st century
- Ex-Muslim.................................Someone bothered about a question on the Persian Mithras
- Exodus....................................Did God harden Pharaoh's heart FIRST?
- Exorcism..................................Is there any reason to believe in the existence of spirits?
- Exorcisms.................................Did the evangelists invent miracles stories about Jesus, like a Hellenistic divine wonder-worker, to 'sell Him' better?
- Exorcisms.................................Did the Gospel writers create miracle stories about Jesus, like the later rabbi's did in the Midrash?
- Exorcisms.................................Did the NT authors make up miracle stories about Jesus to make him look like Jewish hasidim, prophets, or messiahs?
- Experience................................Evidence of the supernatural in experience
- Experience................................Is Christian experience make-believe?
- Explanation...............................Just because I cannot think of a better explanation now, doesn't mean I have to accept your Christian one
- Extra-biblical............................Non-attribution and Evidence for early writing of NT Jesus material
- Eyewitness................................Did Matthew simply Double the people in his miracle stories?
- Eyewitness................................How does the memory research of Elizabeth Loftus on eyewitness testimony affect the credibility of NT?
- Fable..................................... Did the evangelists create miracle stories about Jesus, as the later rabbis seemed to do about each other?
- Fable.....................................Did the evangelists mean their writings to be taken as historical fiction or as a historical novel?
- Fable.....................................Did the NT authors make up miracle stories about Jesus to make him look like Jewish hasidim, prophets, or messiahs?
- Fable.....................................If later Christians made up miracles of Jesus in the NT Apocrypha, would not the Gospel writers done the same?
- Fables....................................Does the gullibility of the ancient world reduce the credibility of the miracle stories of Jesus?
- Fabrication...............................Are there any indications from the internal data of the gospels, that the miracle stories are historical?
- Fabrication...............................Did Matthew simply Double the people in his miracle stories?
- Fabrication...............................Did the gospel writers make up the words of Jesus at will?
- Failure...................................Discussion on Deep depression, self-loathing, chronic therapy needs
- Faith.....................................Are all the past great non-Christian religious leaders who REJECTED Christ languishing in Hell right now?
- Faith.....................................Can you be certain you have the "right" faith?
- Faith.....................................Do I have to be holy/righteous before I approach God for salvation?
- Faith.....................................Does culture determine which religion one believes? (and is this fair of God?)
- Faith.....................................Does the gullibility of the ancient world reduce the credibility of the miracle stories of Jesus?
- Faith.....................................Evidence of the supernatural in experience
- Faith.....................................How Should we respond to the Message of Jesus and His apostles about His death on the Cross?
- Faith.....................................My kid's pet just died...what should I tell my kid?
- Faith.....................................One suggested approach for an atheist/skeptic
- Faith.....................................Testing the Lord: yes or no?
- Faith.....................................Understanding "Faith," and "Believing" our Understanding...
- Faith.....................................What is "repentance"?
- Faith ....................................What makes you convinced that God exists?
- Faith, growth.............................The nature of faith
- Faith, nature of..........................Approaching the question of faith
- Faith, nature of..........................Thumb:As long as each person is genuinely sincere, what difference does it make what they believe?
- Faith, not discipleship...................Questions from a Muslim Friend: Is it important to convert to the Christian religion, to accept Jesus? If so, how would I survive? My family will kill me, and how will I become a Christian just to die?
- Faith, problems...........................Approaching the question of faith
- Faith, problems...........................The nature of faith
- Family....................................A Letter about Pain in Heaven over lost Loved Ones
- Family....................................A long conversation with someone experiencing deep grief
- Family....................................Could divorce ever be the ethical imperative?
- Family....................................Family value: Jesus' words
- Family....................................Family value: Lot and incest
- Family....................................How to help a "difficult" family member.
- Family, hostility.........................Questions from a Muslim Friend: Is it important to convert to the Christian religion, to accept Jesus? If so, how would I survive? My family will kill me, and how will I become a Christian just to die?
- Fantasy...................................Letter to Readers (misc topics)
- Far East..................................International interaction in NT times
- Fatalism..................................Did God arbitrarily decide who to save and who to condemn?
- Father....................................Does the submission of Jesus to the Father contradict the Trinity?
- Father, not YHWH..........................Does the bible -- Jesus himself -- really teach/reveal that YHWH was actually SATAN??
- Fathers...................................Are the Nazarenes and Ebionites the only TRUE "Christians"?
- Fathers...................................Justin Martyr's use of extra-biblical tradition?
- Fear......................................What kind of a choice is THAT--Love Me or Burn?!
- Feminism..................................Did God command wives to OBEY their husbands?
- Fiction................................... Did the evangelists create miracle stories about Jesus, as the later rabbis seemed to do about each other?
- Fiction...................................Did the evangelists mean their writings to be taken as historical fiction or as a historical novel?
- Fiction...................................Did the NT authors make up miracle stories about Jesus to make him look like Jewish hasidim, prophets, or messiahs?
- Fiction...................................If later Christians made up miracles of Jesus in the NT Apocrypha, would not the Gospel writers done the same?
- Fideism...................................Fideism and starting-points
- Firstborn.................................Was God cruel when He killed all the firstborn of Egypt?
- Firstborn.................................What does 'firstborn' mean when used of Jesus?
- Firstfruits...............................How was Jesus the Firstfruits from the dead, if there were other resurrections before His?
- Flesh.....................................Is Jesus' flesh only LIKE a human's (and not ACTUALLY human itself)?
- Flight2Egypt..............................Contradictions in the Infancy Stories?
- Flood.....................................“Is there extra-biblical evidence for Post-flood longevity?
- Flood.....................................Are there any extra-biblical refs to longevity BEFORE the flood?
- Flood.....................................How could a God of Love order the massacre/annihilation of the Canaanites?
- Flood.....................................How likely is it that Noah was the only righteous person on the whole earth, at the time of the Flood?
- Flood.....................................Is Genesis 1-2 merely a rip-off of ANE literature (series)?
- Flood.....................................Noah's ark -- the problem of size
- Flood.....................................Relationship between the Flood and Chinese Characters
- Flood.....................................Who were the "Sons of God" in Genesis 6?
- Foal......................................Did Matthew simply Double the people in his miracle stories?
- Folklore..................................If later Christians made up miracles of Jesus in the NT Apocrypha, would not the Gospel writers done the same?
- Food of God...............................Does God really get hungry and have to eat food?
- Foreigner.................................Was Israel really open to Amalekite immigration?
- Foreknowledge.............................On foreknowledge
- Foreknowledge.............................The Fulfillment of Prophecy
- Foreknowledge.............................Why didn't God stop the process before it started, if He knew of the massive suffering that would befall His creatures??
- Forgiveness...............................But isn’t “Penal Substitution” actually illegal (if not immoral)??
- Forgiveness...............................Fear over "Willful Sins"
- Forgiveness...............................If sins are forgiven, how will Christians be judged?
- Forgiveness...............................Second chances with God…
- Forgiveness...............................Why can't God just forgive sin, instead of demanding justice?
- Forgiveness, all..........................Questions from a Muslim Friend: If Jesus gave his life for the whole mankind, is all mankind saved? If yes how? Are their sins forgiven? And if the sins are forgiven, will all go to the heaven?
- Forgiveness, sins.........................Questions from a Muslim Friend: If Jesus gave his life for the whole mankind, is all mankind saved? If yes how? Are their sins forgiven? And if the sins are forgiven, will all go to the heaven?
- Four-fold gospel..........................The events leading up to Irenaeus' statement about the Fourfold gospel
- Fractals..................................Does complexity REALLY require 'more complexity'?
- Fraud..................................... It was NOT OK to take poetic license and create/invent falsehoods as historical truth (in the Ancient world!)
- Fraud.....................................Are First and Second Peter NOT by Peter, but by someone using his name?
- Fraud.....................................Are some/many of the NT letters examples of pseudonymity?
- Fraud.....................................Christian 'bias' in the NT Writers--Does it render the NT unreliable or inadmissible as evidence?
- Fraud.....................................Could Jesus really not have had any 'Son of man' sayings, because they were allegedly only later?
- Fraud.....................................Did Christians simply INVENT the "pierced my hands and feet" in Psalm 22?!
- Fraud.....................................Did John invent the story of the raising of Lazarus?!
- Fraud.....................................Did the early church really create 'new' sayings of Jesus and 'write these into' the stories of His pre-Easter life?
- Fraud.....................................Did the evangelists invent miracles stories about Jesus, like a Hellenistic divine wonder-worker, to 'sell Him' better?
- Fraud.....................................Did the Gospel writers create miracle stories about Jesus, like the later rabbi's did in the Midrash?
- Fraud.....................................Did the NT authors make up miracle stories about Jesus to make him look like Jewish hasidim, prophets, or messiahs?
- Fraud.....................................Does Secret Mark prove the church suppressed the truth at will?
- Fraud.....................................Does the gullibility of the ancient world reduce the credibility of the miracle stories of Jesus?
- Fraud.....................................Even the problem with speech-reporting was subject to norms of accuracy
- Fraud.....................................It was not okay to do it in biography, either.
- Fraud.....................................Should the possible addition of John 8.1-11 make us paranoid about other possible inauthentic 'additions'
- Fraud.....................................Was Jesus really fraudulent, dishonest, sacrilegious, and conspiratorial?
- Fraud.....................................Were the gospels pseudonymous?
- Free Will.................................Did God arbitrarily decide who to save and who to condemn?
- Free Will.................................Did God harden Pharaoh's heart FIRST?
- Free Will.................................does the reality of unconscious processes undermine Christianity?
- Free Will.................................How could God let Christians hurt to the point of suicide?
- Free will.................................Is history all "of one piece"? And Is everyone given a fair chance at heaven?
- Free will.................................What kind of a choice is THAT--Love Me or Burn?!
- Freedom...................................Does human culpability for non-interference in crime prove theodicy WRONG?
- Freedom...................................Freedom
- Freedom...................................Interacting with the "possibly revelatory" data: Encounter, Response, Results
- Freedom...................................Mind/brain
- Freedom...................................On the Loci of Freedom...
- Freedom...................................Redemption/Ransom (NT)--pdf only
- Freedom...................................Redemption/Ransom (OT)
- Freedom...................................The Vortex- basic worldview structures/beliefs of the Tank
- Freedom...................................Two Pushbacks, on "would more hurt"? and "why seek a hidden God anyway?"
- Freedom...................................What kind of a choice is THAT--Love Me or Burn?!
- Fruit Trees...............................Why was Israel instructed about fighting OUTSIDE the land? That looks more offensive than defensive!
- Fulfillment...............................The Fulfillment of Prophecy
- Funeral...................................Was the burial of Jesus a temporary one, because of time constraints?
- Future, determined........................Why didn't God stop the process before it started, if He knew of the massive suffering that would befall His creatures??
- Future, open..............................Why didn't God stop the process before it started, if He knew of the massive suffering that would befall His creatures??
- Gadara....................................Mark's Geographical Ignorance—Gadara versus Gerasa, and the problem of the Long Trip Home from Sidon
- Galilee...................................Did the Jewish War eliminate all the possible counter-witnesses to the life of Jesus in the NT?
- Galilee...................................How would Matthew have borrowed from pagan religions?
- Galilee, languages........................Are First and Second Peter NOT by Peter, but by someone using his name?
- Gamaliel..................................On two historical issues in Acts: Theudas and the Sanhedrin
- Gandhi....................................Are all the past great non-Christian religious leaders who REJECTED Christ languishing in Hell right now?
- Genealogy.................................Problems in the Genealogies of Jesus
- Genesis...................................Adam, Eve, and Incest?
- Genesis...................................Are there any extra-biblical refs to longevity BEFORE the flood?
- Genesis...................................Doesn't the bible teach that God cursed women by making them subject/subordinate to men?"
- Genesis...................................Is Genesis 1-2 merely a rip-off of ANE literature (series)?
- Genesis...................................Noah's ark -- the problem of size
- Genesis...................................The Atrahasis theme
- Genesis...................................Who were the "Sons of God" in Genesis 6?
- Genesis...................................Would common childbirth pain support evolution?
- Genesis 3.................................Did God make women's bodies SPECIFICALLY to give them pain?
- Genesis 3.................................Is pain in childbirth the Curse on Eve in Genesis 3?
- Genocide..................................How could a God of Love order the massacre/annihilation of the Canaanites?
- Genocide..................................shouldn't the butchering of the Amalekite children be considered war crimes?
- Genocide..................................Was Israel really open to Amalekite immigration?
- Genocide..................................What about God's cruelty to the Midianites in Numbers 31?!
- Genre.....................................Did the gospel authors invent the miracle stories about Jesus?
- Genre.....................................Did the gospel authors write the gospels AS myth?
- Genre.....................................Would the evangelists write the gospels as NEW myth, since no one took myth seriously anyway back then?
- Gentiles..................................How did the Gentiles get in the picture if the Jews were the 'chosen ones
- Gentiles..................................Why didn't Peter eat on the roof?
- Gentleness of God.........................Letter to Readers (misc topics)
- Geography.................................Mark's Geographical Ignorance—Gadara versus Gerasa, and the problem of the Long Trip Home from Sidon
- Gerasa....................................Mark's Geographical Ignorance—Gadara versus Gerasa, and the problem of the Long Trip Home from Sidon
- Gergesa...................................Mark's Geographical Ignorance—Gadara versus Gerasa, and the problem of the Long Trip Home from Sidon
- Ghost.....................................Is Jesus' flesh only LIKE a human's (and not ACTUALLY human itself)?
- Ghosts....................................Do evil spirits come from the ghosts of dead god-haters?
- Ghosts....................................Question on contacting the dead (the Witch of Endor story)
- Gilgamesh.................................Is Genesis 1-2 merely a rip-off of ANE literature (series)?
- Gnosticism................................Are First and Second Peter NOT by Peter, but by someone using his name?
- Gnosticism................................If later Christians made up miracles of Jesus in the NT Apocrypha, would not the Gospel writers done the same?
- Goals.....................................does the reality of unconscious processes undermine Christianity?
- God.......................................On foreknowledge
- God.......................................Was God so needy that He HAD to create the unverse?
- God, and creatures........................Was God so needy that He HAD to create the unverse?
- God, and eternity.........................Why didn't God stop the process before it started, if He knew of the massive suffering that would befall His creatures??
- God, and history..........................God's design objectives
- God, and history..........................God's self-limitations
- God, and language.........................Can God make a rock so big He cannot lift it?
- God, and language.........................Exploring Analogy
- God, and language.........................How can finite language apply to an Infinite God?
- God, and sin..............................If God cannot look upon sin, how can the Holy Spirit be present inside the believer?
- God, and suffering........................Implications from Suffering, for the Character of God
- God, and the brain........................Isnt there a “God part of the Brain” that proves all this Jesus stuff is untrue?
- God, and time.............................Why didn't God stop the process before it started, if He knew of the massive suffering that would befall His creatures??
- God, and women............................A HUGE double standard in biblical sexual ethics?
- God, and women............................All the books of the bible were written by men--see, God de-values women again"
- God, and women............................Are the OT verses about rape and virginity indicative of an unfair, ignorant, or unrealistic god?
- God, and women............................But, women were excluded from being priests..."
- God, and women............................Did God callously give David's wives to Absalom to rape?
- God, and women............................Did God make women's bodies SPECIFICALLY to give them pain?
- God, and women............................Doesn't the bible teach that God cursed women by making them subject/subordinate to men?"
- God, and women............................God is ALWAYS portrayed as a male--women had no way of identifying with Him"
- God, and women............................God's choice to be incarnated as a man IMPLICITLY de-values women
- God, and women............................None of the disciples or apostles were women--a bit unfair, aint it?!"
- God, and women............................Paul OBVIOUSLY had a "sit down and shut up" attitude toward women--and we are supposed to trust HIM?!"
- God, and women............................Sure, women could be prophets, but they couldn't participate in government."
- God, and women............................The bible teaches that women had NO access to God--except through the male..."
- God, and women............................The early church was 'by, for, about MEN--women weren't significant players (and ESPECIALLY not leaders)."
- God, and women............................The patriarchy system (God condoned) subjected women by restricting their access to social/cultural power."
- God, and women............................The VAST MAJORITY of Israelite/Church leadership is by MEN--see, God de-values women again"
- God, and women............................Wasn't Miriam punished for questioning male authority, while Aaron was not?"
- God, and women............................Weren't OT women WORSE off than even their Babylonian counterparts?"
- God, and women............................Weren't women always kept separate from the men--They weren't even allowed in the Temples or synagogues.
- God, and women............................Weren't women considered property in the OT, like cows or something?
- God, and women............................Why do men get all the glory in the bible? Why are women only minor characters?!"
- God, and women............................Women are always pictured as being servile or passive or evil or stupid..."
- God, and women............................Women in the heart of God (outline)
- God, and women............................Women were non-persons back then--they had NO legal rights in the system at all!"
- God, and women............................Women: Pushbacks, Objections, Stereotypes
- God, approaching..........................Do I have to be holy/righteous before I approach God for salvation?
- God, arguments for........................The "Anthropic Principle" (refs)
- God, basis of morality....................Could God be less compassionate and harsher in His judgments than us?
- God, best.................................Could God be less compassionate and harsher in His judgments than us?
- God, character............................A problem with relating to God the Father
- God, character............................Constructing a view of God's heart
- God, character............................David's census
- God, character............................David's Tragic Census-who 'Moved' him to do it?
- God, character............................Death of the man who touched the Ark
- God, character............................Does God condone slavery in the Bible?
- God, character............................Does the savagery of predation in nature show that God either isn't, or at least isn't good-hearted?
- God, character............................Does the savagery of predation in nature show that God either isn't, or at least isn't good-hearted?
- God, character............................Hardening of Pharaoh
- God, character............................Hardening of Pharaoh
- God, character............................How can God allow 'natural' evil to occur?
- God, character............................How can God not lie and still Deceive the Wicked?
- God, character............................How could a God of Love order the massacre/annihilation of the Canaanites?
- God, character............................Implications from Suffering, for the Character of God
- God, character............................Isn't God cruel, schizoid, or psychotic?
- God, character............................My kid's pet just died...what should I tell my kid?
- God, character............................Personal letter
- God, character............................The Unexpected God--Beyond our stereotypes of deity (PDF syllabus)
- God, character............................The various 'wills' of God
- God, character............................Thumb: If a loving/powerful God really exists, why doesn't He do something about all of the evil in the world?
- God, character............................Thumb: What about innocent people who suffer, like little children? Why doesn't God help them?
- God, character............................Was Jesus' death a violation of the commandment against human sacrifice?
- God, character............................Where exactly in the act of predation is the theological/moral problem?
- God, character............................Why can't God just forgive sin, instead of demanding justice?
- God, character............................Why did God order Abraham to do child sacrifice?
- God, character............................Why does judgment lag so far behind?
- God, character............................Why would God protect one piece of literature?
- God, children of..........................How is the believer's sonship to God different from Christ's Sonship to God?
- God, cold-hearted.........................Could God be less compassionate and harsher in His judgments than us?
- God, communication........................God's revelation to us: context and processing
- God, communication........................God's revelation to us: means, authentication, canon, transmission
- God, communication........................The Vortex- basic worldview structures/beliefs of the Tank
- God, communication........................Why would God protect one piece of literature?
- God, compassion...........................Could God be less compassionate and harsher in His judgments than us?
- God, complete.............................Was God so needy that He HAD to create the unverse?
- God, created..............................On humanity 'inventing' God
- God, cruel................................Why couldn't Israel take in the Amalekites like the women/children of war in Deut 20?
- God, cruelty..............................What about God's cruelty to the Midianites in Numbers 31?!
- God, death................................Questions from a Muslim Friend: If Jesus gave his life for the whole mankind, is all mankind saved? If yes how? Are their sins forgiven? And if the sins are forgiven, will all go to the heaven?
- God, death................................Questions from a Muslim Friend: If Jesus was a God why was this import for him to give his life? Because he could show the right path to the mankind without giving his life.
- God, death................................Questions from a Muslim Friend: Is Jesus God? If so, how can man kill God?
- God, death................................Questions from a Muslim Friend: Was Jesus a good prophet? If he was a prophet why do you call him God?
- God, deception............................How can God not lie and still Deceive the Wicked?
- God, deception............................Questions on God, lying, and deception...
- God, deceptive............................Questions on God, lying, and deception...
- God, drinks...............................Does God really get hungry and have to eat food?
- God, duplicity............................Is God harsh, unlovable, unloving, duplicious?--a discussion with Ralph
- God, dwelling ............................God will dwell on earth
- God, eats.................................Does God really get hungry and have to eat food?
- God, ethics...............................Could God be less compassionate and harsher in His judgments than us?
- God, ethics...............................Is God harsh, unlovable, unloving, duplicious?--a discussion with Ralph
- God, everywhere...........................If God is infinite, how can there still be room for us?
- God, evidence.............................Does complexity REALLY require 'more complexity'?
- God, evidence.............................Why didn't God confirm the resurrection in a better way?
- God, evidence of..........................is God supposed to 'prove stuff' to us, or are we supposed to 'seek God'?
- God, evil.................................Adam, Eve, and Incest?
- God, evil.................................David's census
- God, evil.................................David's Tragic Census-who 'Moved' him to do it?
- God, evil.................................Death of the man who touched the Ark
- God, evil.................................Did God force the people of Jerusalem into cannibalism?
- God, evil.................................Does God condone slavery in the Bible?
- God, evil.................................Does Isaiah 45:7 teach that God created metaphysical moral evil?
- God, evil.................................Does the savagery of predation in nature show that God either isn't, or at least isn't good-hearted?
- God, evil.................................God and evil, theodicy
- God, evil.................................Hardening of Pharaoh
- God, evil.................................How can God allow 'natural' evil to occur?
- God, evil.................................How could a God of Love order the massacre/annihilation of the Canaanites?
- God, evil.................................Implications from Suffering, for the Character of God
- God, evil.................................Isn't God cruel, schizoid, or psychotic?
- God, evil.................................The various 'wills' of God
- God, evil.................................Was Jesus' death a violation of the commandment against human sacrifice?
- God, evil.................................Well, did God LIKE what Jehu did or NOT--"another" contradiction?
- God, evil.................................What is "evil", and did God make evil?
- God, evil.................................What kind of a choice is THAT--Love Me or Burn?!
- God, evil.................................Where exactly in the act of predation is the theological/moral problem?
- God, evil.................................Why did God order Abraham to do child sacrifice?
- God, exemplar.............................Is God harsh, unlovable, unloving, duplicious?--a discussion with Ralph
- God, existence............................Is there any reason to believe in the existence of spirits?
- God, existence of.........................Thumb: How do you know God exists?
- God, existence of.........................What makes you convinced that God exists?
- God, existence of.........................What makes you convinced that God exists?
- God, fairness.............................Are all the past great non-Christian religious leaders who REJECTED Christ languishing in Hell right now?
- God, fairness.............................Isn’t infinite/eternal punishment for a finite/temporal sin a bit disproportionate???
- God, food.................................Does God really get hungry and have to eat food?
- God, gentleness...........................Letter to Readers (misc topics)
- God, good.................................Could God be less compassionate and harsher in His judgments than us?
- God, good.................................Is the God of the Bible morally repugnant?
- God, goodness.............................The Unexpected God--Beyond our stereotypes of deity (PDF syllabus)
- God, goodness.............................Two Pushbacks, on "would more hurt"? and "why seek a hidden God anyway?"
- God, goodness.............................Was God so needy that He HAD to create the unverse?
- God, governance...........................Is God harsh, unlovable, unloving, duplicious?--a discussion with Ralph
- God, grace................................The Unexpected God--Beyond our stereotypes of deity (PDF syllabus)
- God, hardening............................Hardening of Pharaoh
- God, harsh................................Could God be less compassionate and harsher in His judgments than us?
- God, heart of.............................The Unexpected God--Beyond our stereotypes of deity (PDF syllabus)
- God, heart of.............................What about God's cruelty to the Midianites in Numbers 31?!
- God, hidden...............................Is God ever intentionally silent toward His loved ones?
- God, hidden...............................Why isnt the God of the Bible showing Himself to me?
- God, hiddenness...........................Personal letter
- God, hungry...............................Does God really get hungry and have to eat food?
- God, images...............................God is ALWAYS portrayed as a male--women had no way of identifying with Him"
- God, infinite.............................If God is infinite, how can there still be room for us?
- God, invented.............................Evidence of the supernatural in experience
- God, invented.............................On humanity 'inventing' God
- God, judgment.............................Could God be less compassionate and harsher in His judgments than us?
- God, just.................................Why can't God just forgive sin, instead of demanding justice?
- God, justice..............................Isn’t infinite/eternal punishment for a finite/temporal sin a bit disproportionate???
- God, killed...............................Questions from a Muslim Friend: If Jesus gave his life for the whole mankind, is all mankind saved? If yes how? Are their sins forgiven? And if the sins are forgiven, will all go to the heaven?
- God, killed...............................Questions from a Muslim Friend: If Jesus was a God why was this import for him to give his life? Because he could show the right path to the mankind without giving his life.
- God, killed...............................Questions from a Muslim Friend: Is Jesus God? If so, how can man kill God?
- God, killed...............................Questions from a Muslim Friend: Was Jesus a good prophet? If he was a prophet why do you call him God?
- God, knowable.............................Does incomplete knowledge mean God is unknowable?
- God, knowledge of.........................What about knowledge BEYOND us?
- God, Language about.......................Language about God
- God, Language about.......................Perception of God
- God, lenient..............................Could God be less compassionate and harsher in His judgments than us?
- God, love.................................What kind of a choice is THAT--Love Me or Burn?!
- God, misconceptions.......................The Unexpected God--Beyond our stereotypes of deity (PDF syllabus)
- God, models of............................Why didn't God stop the process before it started, if He knew of the massive suffering that would befall His creatures??
- God, moral................................Is Christian experience make-believe?
- God, moral................................Is the God of the Bible morally repugnant?
- God, morality.............................Could God be less compassionate and harsher in His judgments than us?
- God, morality.............................Is God harsh, unlovable, unloving, duplicious?--a discussion with Ralph
- God, omnipresent..........................If God is infinite, how can there still be room for us?
- God, pagan................................Does God really get hungry and have to eat food?
- God, peace-maker..........................God the Peace-Maker (PDF outline)
- God, perception of........................A problem with relating to God the Father
- God, perception of........................Language about God
- God, perception of........................Perception of God
- God, personal.............................How could Jesus be fully divine and live on earth?
- God, plan.................................Doesn't Paul's argument in Romans 9 pretty clearly indicate that people's free choices are determined by God?
- God, plurality............................Jewish problem of plurality in God
- God, plurality............................NT Passages mutually involving the Father, Son, and Spirit (Raw Data)
- God, plurality............................Old Testament passages relevant to the Trinity
- God, plurality............................The deity of Jesus:Literary Responses to Jesus
- God, plurality............................The deity of Jesus:Literary Responses to Jesus (con't)
- God, plurality............................The deity of Jesus:NT Responses to Jesus
- God, plurality............................The deity of Jesus:Other data relative to the deity of Jesus
- God, plurality............................The deity of Jesus:Pushbacks: Problems in the NT Witness to Jesus
- God, plurality............................The deity of Jesus:Summary: The deity of Jesus Christ
- God, plurality............................The deity of Jesus:The Self-Understanding of Jesus (Gospel of John)
- God, plurality............................The deity of Jesus:The Self-Understanding of Jesus (Synoptics)
- God, plurality............................The NT Witness:Pushbacks: Problems in the NT Witness to The Holy Spirit
- God, plurality............................The NT Witness:The Ancient Church Formulas in the NT
- God, plurality............................The NT Witness:The Deity of The Holy Spirit
- God, plurality............................The NT Witness:The Personality of The Holy Spirit
- God, plurality............................Thumb: OT data on Trinity/Plurality (overview)
- God, power................................Can God make a rock so big He cannot lift it?
- God, proof................................Is there any reason to believe in the existence of spirits?
- God, protection...........................Letter to Readers (misc topics)
- God, providence...........................Did the Christians burn/destroy all the classical literature?
- God, providence...........................What good is God? On...the limits of "trials"
- God, providence...........................Why would God protect one piece of literature?
- God, rest-giver...........................God the Rest-Giver (PDF outline)
- God, silent...............................Is God ever intentionally silent toward His loved ones?
- God, silent...............................Why isnt the God of the Bible showing Himself to me?
- God, Son of...............................Does the submission of Jesus to the Father contradict the Trinity?
- God, Son of...............................How is the believer's sonship to God different from Christ's Sonship to God?
- God, stereotypes..........................The Unexpected God--Beyond our stereotypes of deity (PDF syllabus)
- God, strict...............................Could God be less compassionate and harsher in His judgments than us?
- God, suffering............................How could God let Christians hurt to the point of suicide?
- God, surprising...........................The Unexpected God--Beyond our stereotypes of deity (PDF syllabus)
- God, thirsty..............................Does God really get hungry and have to eat food?
- God, trinity..............................Are there 3 gods in the Trinity?
- God, trinity..............................History of Muslim explorations of God’s nature & Christian intersections
- God, trinity..............................Questions from a Muslim Friend: If Jesus gave his life for the whole mankind, is all mankind saved? If yes how? Are their sins forgiven? And if the sins are forgiven, will all go to the heaven?
- God, trinity..............................Questions from a Muslim Friend: If Jesus was a God why was this import for him to give his life? Because he could show the right path to the mankind without giving his life.
- God, trinity..............................Questions from a Muslim Friend: Is Jesus God? If so, how can man kill God?
- God, trinity..............................Questions from a Muslim Friend: Was Jesus a good prophet? If he was a prophet why do you call him God?
- God, trinity .............................NT Passages mutually involving the Father, Son, and Spirit (Raw Data)
- God, trinity .............................Old Testament passages relevant to the Trinity
- God, trinity .............................The deity of Jesus:Literary Responses to Jesus
- God, trinity .............................The deity of Jesus:Literary Responses to Jesus (con't)
- God, trinity .............................The deity of Jesus:NT Responses to Jesus
- God, trinity .............................The deity of Jesus:Other data relative to the deity of Jesus
- God, trinity .............................The deity of Jesus:Pushbacks: Problems in the NT Witness to Jesus
- God, trinity .............................The deity of Jesus:Summary: The deity of Jesus Christ
- God, trinity .............................The deity of Jesus:The Self-Understanding of Jesus (Gospel of John)
- God, trinity .............................The deity of Jesus:The Self-Understanding of Jesus (Synoptics)
- God, trinity .............................The NT Witness:Pushbacks: Problems in the NT Witness to The Holy Spirit
- God, trinity .............................The NT Witness:The Ancient Church Formulas in the NT
- God, trinity .............................The NT Witness:The Deity of The Holy Spirit
- God, trinity .............................The NT Witness:The Personality of The Holy Spirit
- God, trinity .............................Thumb: OT data on Trinity/Plurality (overview)
- God, truthfulness.........................How can God not lie and still Deceive the Wicked?
- God, unity................................Are there 3 gods in the Trinity?
- God, unity................................History of Muslim explorations of God’s nature & Christian intersections
- God, unity of.............................NT Passages mutually involving the Father, Son, and Spirit (Raw Data)
- God, unity of.............................Old Testament passages relevant to the Trinity
- God, unity of.............................The deity of Jesus:Literary Responses to Jesus
- God, unity of.............................The deity of Jesus:Literary Responses to Jesus (con't)
- God, unity of.............................The deity of Jesus:NT Responses to Jesus
- God, unity of.............................The deity of Jesus:Other data relative to the deity of Jesus
- God, unity of.............................The deity of Jesus:Pushbacks: Problems in the NT Witness to Jesus
- God, unity of.............................The deity of Jesus:Summary: The deity of Jesus Christ
- God, unity of.............................The deity of Jesus:The Self-Understanding of Jesus (Gospel of John)
- God, unity of.............................The deity of Jesus:The Self-Understanding of Jesus (Synoptics)
- God, unity of.............................The NT Witness:Pushbacks: Problems in the NT Witness to The Holy Spirit
- God, unity of.............................The NT Witness:The Ancient Church Formulas in the NT
- God, unity of.............................The NT Witness:The Deity of The Holy Spirit
- God, unity of.............................The NT Witness:The Personality of The Holy Spirit
- God, unity of.............................The Trinity: Intro and Method
- God, unity of.............................Thumb: OT data on Trinity/Plurality (overview)
- God, untruthful...........................Questions on God, lying, and deception...
- God, will.................................The various 'wills' of God
- God, will.................................The various 'wills' of God
- Gods......................................Did the gospel authors invent the miracle stories about Jesus?
- Gods......................................Did the gospel authors write the gospels AS myth?
- Gods......................................Would the evangelists write the gospels as NEW myth, since no one took myth seriously anyway back then?
- God's character...........................Is God really the ONLY evil being in the universe?
- Gods, dying and rising....................Dying and Rising Gods
- Gods, Olympian............................International interaction in NT times
- Gollwitzer................................does the reality of unconscious processes undermine Christianity?
- Gospel....................................Are the Nazarenes and Ebionites the only TRUE "Christians"?
- Gospel....................................Did the gospel authors invent the miracle stories about Jesus?
- Gospel....................................Did the gospel authors write the gospels AS myth?
- Gospel....................................Letter to Readers (misc topics)
- Gospel....................................Local church interpretive autonomy versus a controlled and pre-interpreted transmission
- Gospel....................................On the underlying unity of the early kerygma
- Gospel....................................What about Those Who have Never Heard the Gospel?
- Gospel....................................Would the evangelists write the gospels as NEW myth, since no one took myth seriously anyway back then?
- Gospel of Peter...........................Evidence for early writing of NT from non-mainstream sources
- Gospel of Philip..........................Is there proof that Jesus did not have sex with Mary Magdalene?
- Gospel of the Ebionites...................Evidence for early writing of NT from non-mainstream sources
- Gospel of the Hebrews.....................Evidence for early writing of NT from non-mainstream sources
- Gospel of the Nazoreans...................Evidence for early writing of NT from non-mainstream sources
- Gospel of Thomas..........................Was the early oral tradition ONLY made up of 'sayings' of Jesus?
- Gospel, authors...........................Are there any indications from the internal data of the gospels, that the miracle stories are historical?
- Gospel, confirmation......................Why didn't God confirm the resurrection in a better way?
- Gospel, errors............................Did Matthew simply Double the people in his miracle stories?
- Gospel, history...........................Did Matthew simply Double the people in his miracle stories?
- Gospel, Homer.............................Incompatible background theories of the original of the gospels/Jesus figure (in a Letter)
- Gospel, origins...........................Incompatible background theories of the original of the gospels/Jesus figure (in a Letter)
- Gospels...................................Again: the process wasn't solely oral...
- Gospels...................................Apostles as gospel authors?
- Gospels...................................Are the Christologies of Mark and John radically different?
- Gospels...................................Are there any indications from the internal data of the gospels, that the miracle stories are historical?
- Gospels...................................Could Jesus really not have had any 'apocalyptic expectations' because they were allegedly only later?
- Gospels...................................Could Jesus really not have had any 'Son of man' sayings, because they were allegedly only later?
- Gospels...................................Did the evangelists invent miracles stories about Jesus, like a Hellenistic divine wonder-worker, to 'sell Him' better?
- Gospels...................................Did the evangelists mean their writings to be taken as historical fiction or as a historical novel?
- Gospels...................................Did the Gospel writers create miracle stories about Jesus, like the later rabbi's did in the Midrash?
- Gospels...................................Does the gullibility of the ancient world reduce the credibility of the miracle stories of Jesus?
- Gospels...................................If later Christians made up miracles of Jesus in the NT Apocrypha, would not the Gospel writers done the same?
- Gospels...................................Local church interpretive autonomy versus a controlled and pre-interpreted transmission
- Gospels...................................The events leading up to Irenaeus' statement about the Fourfold gospel
- Gospels...................................the identity/background/dating of the Gospel of Mark
- Gospels...................................The slow, oral, hodge-podge accumulation of bits and pieces of the NT into a whole?
- Gospels...................................Was John anti-Semitic
- Gospels...................................Were the gospels pseudonymous?
- Gospels...................................Would acceptance of James' understanding of the Two-Source Hypothesis be inimical to 'the faith'?
- Gospels ..................................ALL four Gospels are written in the Graeco-Roman genre of Bioi
- Gospels, dating...........................Evidence for early writing of NT from mainstream sources (Church Fathers/Apologists)
- Gospels, dating...........................Evidence for early writing of NT from non-mainstream sources
- Gospels, dating...........................Non-attribution and Evidence for early writing of NT Jesus material
- Gospels, error............................Did the gospels make an error in their citation of the Judas-30pieces episode?
- Gospels, error............................Does Mary's Question Contradict other passages in the NT?
- Gospels, errors...........................Mark's Geographical Ignorance—Gadara versus Gerasa, and the problem of the Long Trip Home from Sidon
- Gospels, formation........................What is an alternative understanding of the process of gospel formation?
- Gospels, genre............................ALL four Gospels are written in the Graeco-Roman genre of Bioi
- Gospels, historical.......................Non-attribution and Evidence for early writing of NT Jesus material
- Gospels, midrash..........................Incompatible background theories of the original of the gospels/Jesus figure (in a Letter)
- Gospels, truth............................Non-attribution and Evidence for early writing of NT Jesus material
- Gospels, use of...........................Evidence for early writing of NT from mainstream sources (Church Fathers/Apologists)
- Gospels, use of...........................Evidence for early writing of NT from non-mainstream sources
- Gospels, witnesses........................Non-attribution and Evidence for early writing of NT Jesus material
- Governance................................Is God harsh, unlovable, unloving, duplicious?--a discussion with Ralph
- Government................................Christus Victor: Triumph over the Powers
- Government................................Why would government have any authority in personal areas like marriage?
- Grace.....................................Are all the past great non-Christian religious leaders who REJECTED Christ languishing in Hell right now?
- Grace.....................................Did NT believers mix law and grace?
- Grace.....................................Do I have to be holy/righteous before I approach God for salvation?
- Grace.....................................Second chances with God…
- Grave.....................................Was the burial of Jesus a temporary one, because of time constraints?
- Graven Image..............................Are Christians committing Idolatry and Violating the 2nd Commandant in the use of images of Jesus?
- Graveyard.................................Was the burial of Jesus a temporary one, because of time constraints?
- Greece....................................Did Jesus come during the wrong empire, according to Daniel and the beast vision?
- Greek.....................................How did the peasant apostle John write the book of Revelation in Greek?
- Greek.....................................Sacrifice in the NT world (non-Jewish)
- Grief.....................................A Letter about Pain in Heaven over lost Loved Ones
- Grief.....................................A long conversation with someone experiencing deep grief
- Grief.....................................Did unconscious influences make the gospel writers insert the miraculous elements into the Gospels?
- Growth....................................A letter to someone fatigued at sin…
- Growth, Christian.........................Christian growth--an outline
- Guilt.....................................Discussion on Deep depression, self-loathing, chronic therapy needs
- Gullibility...............................Does the gullibility of the ancient world reduce the credibility of the miracle stories of Jesus?
- Hadith....................................Are there 3 gods in the Trinity?
- Hadith....................................History of Muslim explorations of God’s nature & Christian intersections
- Hadith....................................is theBible "as violent" as the Quran/Hadith?
- Haggadah.................................. Did the evangelists create miracle stories about Jesus, as the later rabbis seemed to do about each other?
- Haggadah..................................Did the Gospel writers create miracle stories about Jesus, like the later rabbi's did in the Midrash?
- Hallucination.............................Could the resurrection appearances be a case of GROUP Hallucination?
- Hanina.................................... Did the evangelists create miracle stories about Jesus, as the later rabbis seemed to do about each other?
- Haran.....................................Was there not enough time for Hebrew to have developed (as the Bible seems to claim)?
- Harden....................................Did God harden Pharaoh's heart FIRST?
- Hardening.................................Hardening of Pharaoh
- Hardening.................................Hardening of Pharaoh
- Hardness..................................Interacting with the "possibly revelatory" data: Encounter, Response, Results
- Harvest...................................How was Jesus the Firstfruits from the dead, if there were other resurrections before His?
- Hasidim...................................Did the NT authors make up miracle stories about Jesus to make him look like Jewish hasidim, prophets, or messiahs?
- Hate......................................Jesus the hate-monger
- Healing...................................Did the evangelists invent miracles stories about Jesus, like a Hellenistic divine wonder-worker, to 'sell Him' better?
- Healings..................................Did the Gospel writers create miracle stories about Jesus, like the later rabbi's did in the Midrash?
- Healings..................................Did the NT authors make up miracle stories about Jesus to make him look like Jewish hasidim, prophets, or messiahs?
- Healings..................................Does the gullibility of the ancient world reduce the credibility of the miracle stories of Jesus?
- Heart.....................................Did God harden Pharaoh's heart FIRST?
- Heaven....................................A Letter about Pain in Heaven over lost Loved Ones
- Heaven....................................Are all the past great non-Christian religious leaders who REJECTED Christ languishing in Hell right now?
- Heaven....................................Letter to Readers (misc topics)
- Hebrew punctuation........................A "punctuation" error in Daniel 9?
- Hebrews...................................Does the NT contradict the Hebrew Bible about the Law being 'annulled'?
- Hell......................................Are all the past great non-Christian religious leaders who REJECTED Christ languishing in Hell right now?
- Hell......................................How long was Jesus in hell?
- Hell......................................Is God really the ONLY evil being in the universe?
- Hell......................................Is there more "good" in the world than "evil" (including hell)?
- Hell......................................Isn’t infinite/eternal punishment for a finite/temporal sin a bit disproportionate???
- Hell......................................Talmudic view of the afterlife (brief)
- Hell......................................Why can't God just forgive sin, instead of demanding justice?
- Hell, Jewish views........................Is there more "good" in the world than "evil" (including hell)?
- Herem.....................................Why was Israel instructed about fighting OUTSIDE the land? That looks more offensive than defensive!
- Heresy....................................Does the submission of Jesus to the Father contradict the Trinity?
- Hermeneutics..............................Did the Jews understand the 'weeks' of Daniel to refer to 'years'?
- Hermeneutics..............................Epistemology -starting point
- Hermeneutics..............................God's revelation to us: context and processing
- Hermeneutics..............................God's revelation to us: what we did with it
- Hermeneutics..............................Personality as the Basal Interpretive Paradigm
- Hermeneutics..............................Postmodernism and Hermeneutics
- Hermeneutics..............................The 'codedness' of revelation
- Hermeneutics..............................The process of God's communication to us
- Hero......................................Did unconscious influences make the gospel writers insert the miraculous elements into the Gospels?
- Herod.....................................An objection about Luke, Quirinius, and Herods
- Herod.....................................Herod's slaughter of the children
- Heroes....................................Did the gospel authors invent the miracle stories about Jesus?
- Heroes....................................Did the gospel authors write the gospels AS myth?
- Heroes....................................Sure, women could be prophets, but they couldn't participate in government."
- Heroes....................................The VAST MAJORITY of Israelite/Church leadership is by MEN--see, God de-values women again"
- Heroes....................................Why do men get all the glory in the bible? Why are women only minor characters?!"
- Heroes....................................Women are always pictured as being servile or passive or evil or stupid..."
- Heroes....................................Would the evangelists write the gospels as NEW myth, since no one took myth seriously anyway back then?
- Hezekiah..................................Reversal of sun's path for Hezekiah
- Hiddenness of God.........................Personal letter
- Hierocles.................................Are there any indications from the EXTERNAL data , that the miracle stories are historical?
- Hillel.................................... Did the evangelists create miracle stories about Jesus, as the later rabbis seemed to do about each other?
- Hillel....................................Jewish exegesis of OT in 1st century
- Hillel....................................On two historical issues in Acts: Theudas and the Sanhedrin
- Hindu.....................................How I would decide between conflicting revelations
- Hindu.....................................International interaction in NT times
- Historical method.........................Book on historical method
- Historical Method.........................Book on historical method
- Historical method.........................Criterion of 'historical probability'
- Historical method.........................No way to triangulate some 'historical core' of the NT from outside data
- Historical method.........................Openness vs. suspicion (a brief remark)
- Historical method.........................Our presumption in "judging the text" too simply
- Historical method.........................Problems of historical method created by presuppositions.
- Historical method.........................The Gospels are under the same Thuycididean standards and conventions of the Hellenistic world
- Historical method.........................They are probably even at a higher level of fidelity to historical reporting
- Historicity...............................Are there any indications from the internal data of the gospels, that the miracle stories are historical?
- History...................................Did the gospel authors invent the miracle stories about Jesus?
- History...................................Did the gospel authors write the gospels AS myth?
- History...................................Is history all "of one piece"? And Is everyone given a fair chance at heaven?
- History...................................Would the evangelists write the gospels as NEW myth, since no one took myth seriously anyway back then?
- History of Doctrine.......................God's revelation to us: what we did with it
- Hittite...................................Treaty form of the 14th/13th Centuries B.C.
- Hittite...................................Was there not enough time for Hebrew to have developed (as the Bible seems to claim)?
- Holiness..................................Sacrifice in Mosaic Covenant
- Holiness..................................The difference between Righteousness and Holiness
- Holy Spirit...............................Does the submission of Jesus to the Father contradict the Trinity?
- Holy Spirit, deity of.....................NT Passages mutually involving the Father, Son, and Spirit (Raw Data)
- Holy Spirit, deity of.....................Old Testament passages relevant to the Trinity
- Holy Spirit, deity of.....................The deity of Jesus:Literary Responses to Jesus
- Holy Spirit, deity of.....................The deity of Jesus:Literary Responses to Jesus (con't)
- Holy Spirit, deity of.....................The deity of Jesus:NT Responses to Jesus
- Holy Spirit, deity of.....................The deity of Jesus:Other data relative to the deity of Jesus
- Holy Spirit, deity of.....................The deity of Jesus:Pushbacks: Problems in the NT Witness to Jesus
- Holy Spirit, deity of.....................The deity of Jesus:Summary: The deity of Jesus Christ
- Holy Spirit, deity of.....................The deity of Jesus:The Self-Understanding of Jesus (Gospel of John)
- Holy Spirit, deity of.....................The deity of Jesus:The Self-Understanding of Jesus (Synoptics)
- Holy Spirit, deity of.....................The NT Witness:Pushbacks: Problems in the NT Witness to The Holy Spirit
- Holy Spirit, deity of.....................The NT Witness:The Ancient Church Formulas in the NT
- Holy Spirit, deity of.....................The NT Witness:The Deity of The Holy Spirit
- Holy Spirit, deity of.....................The NT Witness:The Personality of The Holy Spirit
- Holy Spirit, deity of.....................The Trinity: Intro and Method
- Holy Spirit, deity of.....................Thumb: OT data on Trinity/Plurality (overview)
- Holy Spirit, personality of...............NT Passages mutually involving the Father, Son, and Spirit (Raw Data)
- Holy Spirit, personality of...............Old Testament passages relevant to the Trinity
- Holy Spirit, personality of...............The deity of Jesus:Literary Responses to Jesus
- Holy Spirit, personality of...............The deity of Jesus:Literary Responses to Jesus (con't)
- Holy Spirit, personality of...............The deity of Jesus:NT Responses to Jesus
- Holy Spirit, personality of...............The deity of Jesus:Other data relative to the deity of Jesus
- Holy Spirit, personality of...............The deity of Jesus:Pushbacks: Problems in the NT Witness to Jesus
- Holy Spirit, personality of...............The deity of Jesus:Summary: The deity of Jesus Christ
- Holy Spirit, personality of...............The deity of Jesus:The Self-Understanding of Jesus (Gospel of John)
- Holy Spirit, personality of...............The deity of Jesus:The Self-Understanding of Jesus (Synoptics)
- Holy Spirit, personality of...............The NT Witness:Pushbacks: Problems in the NT Witness to The Holy Spirit
- Holy Spirit, personality of...............The NT Witness:The Ancient Church Formulas in the NT
- Holy Spirit, personality of...............The NT Witness:The Deity of The Holy Spirit
- Holy Spirit, personality of...............The NT Witness:The Personality of The Holy Spirit
- Holy Spirit, personality of...............The Trinity: Intro and Method
- Holy Spirit, personality of...............Thumb: OT data on Trinity/Plurality (overview)
- Holy War..................................Why couldn't Israel take in the Amalekites like the women/children of war in Deut 20?
- Homer.....................................Did the gospel authors invent the miracle stories about Jesus?
- Homer.....................................Did the gospel authors write the gospels AS myth?
- Homer.....................................Incompatible background theories of the original of the gospels/Jesus figure (in a Letter)
- Homer.....................................Would the evangelists write the gospels as NEW myth, since no one took myth seriously anyway back then?
- Homosexuality.............................Does Secret Mark prove the church suppressed the truth at will?
- Honesty...................................Can Pride be Good?
- Honesty...................................is God supposed to 'prove stuff' to us, or are we supposed to 'seek God'?
- Honesty...................................Various questions on the use of evidence in apologetics
- Honi...................................... Did the evangelists create miracle stories about Jesus, as the later rabbis seemed to do about each other?
- Honi......................................Did the NT authors make up miracle stories about Jesus to make him look like Jewish hasidim, prophets, or messiahs?
- Horus.....................................Horus, Jesus, and Anup the Baptiser?
- Horus.....................................Major Religious Figures
- Horus.....................................Questions on Paul, Jesus, and Middle Platonism
- Hostility.................................How I deal with very hostile objections
- Hostility.................................Questions from a Muslim Friend: Is it important to convert to the Christian religion, to accept Jesus? If so, how would I survive? My family will kill me, and how will I become a Christian just to die?
- Hostility.................................Questions on my Life-View and dealing with others
- Household rules...........................Did God command wives to OBEY their husbands?
- Human, better than God....................Could God be less compassionate and harsher in His judgments than us?
- Human, superior...........................Could God be less compassionate and harsher in His judgments than us?
- Humanity, Jesus...........................Is Jesus' flesh only LIKE a human's (and not ACTUALLY human itself)?
- Humility..................................Can Pride be Good?
- Hunger....................................Does God really get hungry and have to eat food?
- Hurrian...................................Was there not enough time for Hebrew to have developed (as the Bible seems to claim)?
- Husbands..................................Did God command wives to OBEY their husbands?
- Hyperbole.................................Is there more "good" in the world than "evil" (including hell)?
- Hypocrites................................Are all the past great non-Christian religious leaders who REJECTED Christ languishing in Hell right now?
- IAO.......................................Was YHWH just a pagan solar deity IAO?
- Ichneumon.................................Where exactly in the act of predation is the theological/moral problem?
- Icon......................................Are Christians committing Idolatry and Violating the 2nd Commandant in the use of images of Jesus?
- Iconoclast................................Are Christians committing Idolatry and Violating the 2nd Commandant in the use of images of Jesus?
- Idol......................................Are Christians committing Idolatry and Violating the 2nd Commandant in the use of images of Jesus?
- Idol......................................What would an inscription about a consort of Yahweh really prove?
- Idolatry..................................Are Christians committing Idolatry and Violating the 2nd Commandant in the use of images of Jesus?
- Idolatry..................................Does the Old Testament Slander Pagan Idol Worshippers?
- Idols.....................................Does the Old Testament Slander Pagan Idol Worshippers?
- Ignatius..................................Evidence for early writing of NT from mainstream sources (Church Fathers/Apologists)
- Illegal...................................Could divorce ever be the ethical imperative?
- Image.....................................Are Christians committing Idolatry and Violating the 2nd Commandant in the use of images of Jesus?
- Images, animals...........................Are Christians committing Idolatry and Violating the 2nd Commandant in the use of images of Jesus?
- Imaginary Friend..........................Evidence of the supernatural in experience
- Immanuel..................................Is 7.14--the Virgin Birth prophecy
- Immigration...............................Was Israel really open to Amalekite immigration?
- Imminence.................................Does a belief in a ‘world-week’ of 6,000 years imply a denial of apocalyptic imminence?
- Immortality...............................How was Jesus the Firstfruits from the dead, if there were other resurrections before His?
- Imperial Cult.............................International interaction in NT times
- Imperialism, Israel.......................Why was Israel instructed about fighting OUTSIDE the land? That looks more offensive than defensive!
- Incarnation...............................God's choice to be incarnated as a man IMPLICITLY de-values women
- Incarnation...............................Incarnation, "physics of"
- Incarnation...............................Incarnation: results
- Incarnation...............................Questions on Paul, Jesus, and Middle Platonism
- Incarnation...............................Responses to the Incarnation
- Incarnation...............................Responses to the Incarnation: all walks of life
- Incarnation...............................Responses to the Incarnation: mixed
- Incarnation...............................Responses to the Incarnation: Obstacles
- Incarnation, purpose......................Incarnation: results
- Incarnation, results......................Incarnation: results
- Incest....................................Adam, Eve, and Incest?
- Incest....................................Family value: Lot and incest
- Inerrancy.................................God's revelation to us: what we did with it
- Inerrancy.................................Personal letter
- Inerrancy.................................Two contradictions in OT numbers: volume of Sea and number of chariots
- Infancy...................................Contradictions in the Infancy Stories?
- Infancy Gospels...........................If later Christians made up miracles of Jesus in the NT Apocrypha, would not the Gospel writers done the same?
- Infanticide...............................Was God cruel when He killed all the firstborn of Egypt?
- Inference.................................Just because I cannot think of a better explanation now, doesn't mean I have to accept your Christian one
- Infinite..................................If God is infinite, how can there still be room for us?
- Inheritance...............................Are the OT verses about rape and virginity indicative of an unfair, ignorant, or unrealistic god?
- Innocents.................................Was God cruel when He killed all the firstborn of Egypt?
- Inscription...............................What would an inscription about a consort of Yahweh really prove?
- Inspiration...............................God's revelation to us: what we did with it
- Inspiration...............................Was the Pentateuch "adulterated" by later additions?
- Inspiration...............................Why would God protect one piece of literature?
- Integrity.................................Various questions on the use of evidence in apologetics
- International interaction.................International interaction
- International interaction.................International interaction in NT times
- International trade.......................International interaction in NT times
- Irenaeus..................................Mistranslation of Irenaeus
- Irenaeus..................................The events leading up to Irenaeus' statement about the Fourfold gospel
- Isaac.....................................Why did God order Abraham to do child sacrifice?
- Isaiah....................................A question on my work on Isaiah 7.14
- Isaiah....................................Is Isaiah 53.10 about Israel, rather than about Jesus?
- Isaiah 7.14...............................Isn't the verb tense of Is 7.14 present instead of future?
- Ishmael...................................Is Muslim hostility related to Ishmael being 'against everyone' prophecy
- Isis......................................Mystery Religions
- Isis......................................Questions on Paul, Jesus, and Middle Platonism
- Islam.....................................A Muslim response to my work on the Nazarenes
- Islam.....................................Are Muslims forbidden to believe that Jesus was crucified?
- Islam.....................................Are the Nazarenes and Ebionites the only TRUE "Christians"?
- Islam.....................................Are there 3 gods in the Trinity?
- Islam.....................................Does culture determine which religion one believes? (and is this fair of God?)
- Islam.....................................History of Muslim explorations of God’s nature & Christian intersections
- Islam.....................................How can Christians believe that there is only one God, and yet still call Jesus the Son of God?
- Islam.....................................How did Jesus' Companions the Apostles understand what happened at the Cross?
- Islam.....................................How Did Messiah Jesus explain His death to His disciples?
- Islam.....................................How is the believer's sonship to God different from Christ's Sonship to God?
- Islam.....................................How Should we respond to the Message of Jesus and His apostles about His death on the Cross?
- Islam.....................................Is Muslim hostility related to Ishmael being 'against everyone' prophecy
- Islam.....................................is theBible "as violent" as the Quran/Hadith?
- Islam.....................................Questions from a Muslim Friend: Is it important to convert to the Christian religion, to accept Jesus? If so, how would I survive? My family will kill me, and how will I become a Christian just to die?
- Islam.....................................Questions from a Muslim Friend: Have you ever seen or talked to Jesus, and how would you recognize Him?
- Islam.....................................Questions from a Muslim Friend: If Jesus gave his life for the whole mankind, is all mankind saved? If yes how? Are their sins forgiven? And if the sins are forgiven, will all go to the heaven?
- Islam.....................................Questions from a Muslim Friend: If Jesus was a God why was this import for him to give his life? Because he could show the right path to the mankind without giving his life.
- Islam.....................................Questions from a Muslim Friend: Is Jesus God? If so, how can man kill God?
- Islam.....................................Questions from a Muslim Friend: Was Jesus a good prophet? If he was a prophet why do you call him God?
- Islam.....................................Types of evidence for revelation
- Islam.....................................Why did Jesus allow Himself to be shamefully mistreated and executed—since He did not have to?
- Islam, faith..............................Questions from a Muslim Friend: If Jesus gave his life for the whole mankind, is all mankind saved? If yes how? Are their sins forgiven? And if the sins are forgiven, will all go to the heaven?
- Islam, faith..............................Questions from a Muslim Friend: If Jesus was a God why was this import for him to give his life? Because he could show the right path to the mankind without giving his life.
- Islam, Jesus..............................Questions from a Muslim Friend: Is it important to convert to the Christian religion, to accept Jesus? If so, how would I survive? My family will kill me, and how will I become a Christian just to die?
- Islam, Jesus..............................Questions from a Muslim Friend: Have you ever seen or talked to Jesus, and how would you recognize Him?
- Islam, Jesus..............................Questions from a Muslim Friend: If Jesus gave his life for the whole mankind, is all mankind saved? If yes how? Are their sins forgiven? And if the sins are forgiven, will all go to the heaven?
- Islam, Jesus..............................Questions from a Muslim Friend: If Jesus was a God why was this import for him to give his life? Because he could show the right path to the mankind without giving his life.
- Islam, Jesus..............................Questions from a Muslim Friend: Is Jesus God? If so, how can man kill God?
- Islam, Jesus..............................Questions from a Muslim Friend: Was Jesus a good prophet? If he was a prophet why do you call him God?
- Islam, salvation..........................Questions from a Muslim Friend: If Jesus gave his life for the whole mankind, is all mankind saved? If yes how? Are their sins forgiven? And if the sins are forgiven, will all go to the heaven?
- Islam, salvation..........................Questions from a Muslim Friend: If Jesus was a God why was this import for him to give his life? Because he could show the right path to the mankind without giving his life.
- Islam, universalism.......................Questions from a Muslim Friend: If Jesus gave his life for the whole mankind, is all mankind saved? If yes how? Are their sins forgiven? And if the sins are forgiven, will all go to the heaven?
- Isolation.................................Was biblical leprosy the same as modern leprosy?
- Israel....................................Is Isaiah 53.10 about Israel, rather than about Jesus?
- Israel, character.........................Does God condone slavery in the Bible?
- Israel, colonization......................Why was Israel instructed about fighting OUTSIDE the land? That looks more offensive than defensive!
- Israel, imperialism.......................Why was Israel instructed about fighting OUTSIDE the land? That looks more offensive than defensive!
- Israel, war...............................Why couldn't Israel take in the Amalekites like the women/children of war in Deut 20?
- James.....................................Did NT believers mix law and grace?
- James.....................................Martyrdom versus “obey and live long” principles
- James.....................................Questions on Paul, Jesus, and Middle Platonism
- James, brother of Jesus...................Questions on Paul, Jesus, and Middle Platonism
- Jealous...................................God is wrathful, vengeful, and jealous?
- Jealous...................................OT passages on what God avenges
- Jealousy..................................God is wrathful, vengeful, and jealous?
- Jealousy..................................OT passages on what God avenges
- Jeconiah..................................Problems in the Genealogies of Jesus: Jeconiah
- JEDP......................................Good questions on JEDP
- JEDP......................................the Documentary Hypothesis
- JEDP......................................The Mosaic authorship of the Pentateuch?
- JEDP......................................Was the Pentateuch "adulterated" by later additions?
- Jehoahaz..................................Is the dating of Zedekiah a contradiction with the birth-order in 1 Chronicles?
- Jehoiakim.................................Is the dating of Zedekiah a contradiction with the birth-order in 1 Chronicles?
- Jehu......................................Well, did God LIKE what Jehu did or NOT--"another" contradiction?
- Jephthah..................................Women: unfavorable passages in early OT lit: Jephthah's daughter
- Jeremiah..................................Did the gospels make an error in their citation of the Judas-30pieces episode?
- Jesus..................................... Did the evangelists create miracle stories about Jesus, as the later rabbis seemed to do about each other?
- Jesus.....................................Christ's death on the Cross--serious, real, painful
- Jesus.....................................Deity of Christ
- Jesus.....................................Did Christ die for Satan?
- Jesus.....................................Did Jesus come during the wrong empire, according to Daniel and the beast vision?
- Jesus.....................................did Jesus cry out to the pagan deity known as 'El' on the Cross?
- Jesus.....................................Did Jesus lie about not teaching in secret?
- Jesus.....................................Did the evangelists invent miracles stories about Jesus, like a Hellenistic divine wonder-worker, to 'sell Him' better?
- Jesus.....................................Did the evangelists mean their writings to be taken as historical fiction or as a historical novel?
- Jesus.....................................Did the gospel authors simply rip-off stories from the OT and ascribe them to Jesus?
- Jesus.....................................Did the NT authors make up miracle stories about Jesus to make him look like Jewish hasidim, prophets, or messiahs?
- Jesus.....................................Do none of the New Testament letters really mention "Jesus", but only "Christ"?
- Jesus.....................................Does Micah 5 speak about the birth-place of the Messiah, or only His birth-family?
- Jesus.....................................Does Secret Mark prove the church suppressed the truth at will?
- Jesus.....................................Family value: Jesus' words
- Jesus.....................................Horus, Jesus, and Anup the Baptiser?
- Jesus.....................................How "non-Jesus" was Paul, really? (Muslim arg)
- Jesus.....................................How long was Jesus in hell?
- Jesus.....................................If later Christians made up miracles of Jesus in the NT Apocrypha, would not the Gospel writers done the same?
- Jesus.....................................Incarnation: results
- Jesus.....................................Is 7.14--the Virgin Birth prophecy
- Jesus.....................................Is there proof that Jesus did not have sex with Mary Magdalene?
- Jesus.....................................Jesus ascribed Pentateuch to Moses
- Jesus.....................................Jesus fulfillment of OT sacrifice
- Jesus.....................................Jesus sacrifice: the purpose
- Jesus.....................................Micah 5.2: the Bethlehem prophecy
- Jesus.....................................Mithras and Jesus?
- Jesus.....................................Nazerene, Nazirite, or What?
- Jesus.....................................Problems in the Genealogies of Jesus
- Jesus.....................................Response to: The Fabulous Prophecies of the Messiah(outline)
- Jesus.....................................Sacrifice in the NT
- Jesus.....................................The meaning of 'born again' in Scripture
- Jesus.....................................The Return from Egypt
- Jesus.....................................The self-awareness of Jesus
- Jesus.....................................Was Jesus a failure as a Messiah?
- Jesus.....................................Was Jesus actually a 'ruler' in Israel?
- Jesus.....................................Was Jesus mistaken about this 2nd Coming?
- Jesus.....................................Was Jesus really fraudulent, dishonest, sacrilegious, and conspiratorial?
- Jesus.....................................Was the Ascension of Isaiah a Middle-Platonist document?
- Jesus.....................................Was the Sermon on the Mount a "plagarism" of Moses on the Mountain?
- Jesus.....................................Weird fulfillments in Matthew
- Jesus.....................................Well, did Jesus tell them to take a staff or not? Another contradiction?!
- Jesus.....................................Why was Jesus so mean and insulting to the Canaanite woman?
- Jesus Seminar.............................What about the Gospel of Thomas?
- Jesus, acceptance.........................Responses to the Incarnation: all walks of life
- Jesus, acceptance.........................The deity of Jesus:Literary Responses to Jesus
- Jesus, acceptance.........................The deity of Jesus:Literary Responses to Jesus (con't)
- Jesus, acceptance.........................The deity of Jesus:NT Responses to Jesus
- Jesus, acceptance.........................Was Jesus a failure as a Messiah?
- Jesus, and Essenes........................Is the Sermon on the Mount actually an ancient Essene prayer dating to 100's of years before Christ?!
- Jesus, and God............................Evidence of the supernatural in experience
- Jesus, and his family.....................Family value: Jesus' words
- Jesus, and James..........................Questions on Paul, Jesus, and Middle Platonism
- Jesus, and Law............................Does the NT contradict the Hebrew Bible about the Law being 'annulled'?
- Jesus, and Paul...........................But didn't Jesus strongly affirm the Law in Matthew 5.17-19?
- Jesus, and Paul...........................Did Jesus come to perpetuate the Mosaic Law?
- Jesus, and Paul...........................Did Jesus restrict His gospel message to the Jews?
- Jesus, and Paul...........................Does Paul have a 'low view' of the Law?
- Jesus, and Paul...........................How "non-Jesus" was Paul, really? (Muslim arg)
- Jesus, and Paul...........................How "non-Jesus" was Paul, really? (Muslim arg)
- Jesus, and Paul...........................How "non-Jesus" was Paul, really? (Muslim arg)
- Jesus, and Paul...........................Is Paul's view of the Law radically different from that of Peter, James, John, and the Writer to the Hebrews?
- Jesus, and Paul...........................Paul had NO interest in the life of Jesus?
- Jesus, and Paul...........................Paul had NO interest in the WORDS or TEACHINGS of Jesus?
- Jesus, and Paul...........................Paul preached a different gospel than Jesus?
- Jesus, and Paul...........................Paul's gospel of a "Crucified Christ" was his invention?
- Jesus, and Paul...........................Paul's gospel was an anti-Law accommodation to the corrupt governments?
- Jesus, and Paul...........................Questions on Paul, Jesus, and Middle Platonism
- Jesus, and Paul...........................Was the essence of the Law really 'sovereignty'?
- Jesus, and polygamy.......................Does the NT sanction polygamy?
- Jesus, and sin............................Could Jesus as God have sinned?
- Jesus, and women..........................None of the disciples or apostles were women--a bit unfair, aint it?!"
- Jesus, and women..........................Why was Jesus so mean and insulting to the Canaanite woman?
- Jesus, and women..........................Women: Data From the Life and Ministry of Jesus
- Jesus, anti-YHWH..........................Does the bible -- Jesus himself -- really teach/reveal that YHWH was actually SATAN??
- Jesus, as friend..........................Jesus as friend and companion
- Jesus, ascension..........................A contradiction in the ascension accounts?
- Jesus, authority..........................Uniqueness of Jesus: More than Human authority
- Jesus, birth..............................What about the theory that Jesus was descended from aliens?
- Jesus, birth of...........................An objection about Luke, Quirinius, and Herods
- Jesus, birth of...........................If the Birth Star appeared in the East, why did the Magi travel West?!
- Jesus, birth of...........................Is 7.14--the Virgin Birth prophecy
- Jesus, birth of...........................Micah 5.2: the Bethlehem prophecy
- Jesus, birth of...........................Nazerene, Nazirite, or What?
- Jesus, birth of...........................The Return from Egypt
- Jesus, birth of...........................Weird fulfillments in Matthew
- Jesus, brothers...........................Questions on Paul, Jesus, and Middle Platonism
- Jesus, burial.............................is the tomb story flawed because the term 'rolled' is used?
- Jesus, character..........................Did Jesus teach ritual drinking of blood?
- Jesus, character..........................How could Jesus be fully divine and live on earth?
- Jesus, character..........................Jesus the hate-monger
- Jesus, character..........................Was Jesus really fraudulent, dishonest, sacrilegious, and conspiratorial?
- Jesus, character..........................Was the Sermon on the Mount a "plagarism" of Moses on the Mountain?
- Jesus, character..........................Why was Jesus so mean and insulting to the Canaanite woman?
- Jesus, childhood..........................If later Christians made up miracles of Jesus in the NT Apocrypha, would not the Gospel writers done the same?
- Jesus, comparison.........................Was Jesus Christ just a CopyCat Savior Myth?
- Jesus, cross.............................."Paid in Full" -- Jesus' words on the Cross?
- Jesus, death..............................Are Muslims forbidden to believe that Jesus was crucified?
- Jesus, death..............................Christ's death on the Cross--serious, real, painful
- Jesus, death..............................How did Jesus' Companions the Apostles understand what happened at the Cross?
- Jesus, Death..............................Is the God of the Bible morally repugnant?
- Jesus, death..............................is the tomb story flawed because the term 'rolled' is used?
- Jesus, death..............................Questions from a Muslim Friend: Is it important to convert to the Christian religion, to accept Jesus? If so, how would I survive? My family will kill me, and how will I become a Christian just to die?
- Jesus, death..............................Questions from a Muslim Friend: If Jesus gave his life for the whole mankind, is all mankind saved? If yes how? Are their sins forgiven? And if the sins are forgiven, will all go to the heaven?
- Jesus, death..............................Questions from a Muslim Friend: If Jesus was a God why was this import for him to give his life? Because he could show the right path to the mankind without giving his life.
- Jesus, death..............................Questions from a Muslim Friend: Is Jesus God? If so, how can man kill God?
- Jesus, death..............................Questions from a Muslim Friend: Was Jesus a good prophet? If he was a prophet why do you call him God?
- Jesus, death..............................What was the use of Christ's death?
- Jesus, death..............................Why did Jesus allow Himself to be shamefully mistreated and executed—since He did not have to?
- Jesus, death of...........................Personal letter
- Jesus, deception..........................Casting out demons by the power of demons
- Jesus, deception..........................Did Jesus lie about not teaching in secret?
- Jesus, deception..........................Was Jesus really fraudulent, dishonest, sacrilegious, and conspiratorial?
- Jesus, deception..........................Was the Sermon on the Mount a "plagarism" of Moses on the Mountain?
- Jesus, deity..............................Does the submission of Jesus to the Father contradict the Trinity?
- Jesus, deity..............................How can Christians believe that there is only one God, and yet still call Jesus the Son of God?
- Jesus, deity..............................Is it okay to offer prayer and worship to Jesus, and not just to the Father?
- Jesus, deity..............................Questions from a Muslim Friend: Is it important to convert to the Christian religion, to accept Jesus? If so, how would I survive? My family will kill me, and how will I become a Christian just to die?
- Jesus, deity..............................Questions from a Muslim Friend: If Jesus gave his life for the whole mankind, is all mankind saved? If yes how? Are their sins forgiven? And if the sins are forgiven, will all go to the heaven?
- Jesus, deity..............................Questions from a Muslim Friend: If Jesus was a God why was this import for him to give his life? Because he could show the right path to the mankind without giving his life.
- Jesus, deity..............................Questions from a Muslim Friend: Is Jesus God? If so, how can man kill God?
- Jesus, deity..............................Questions from a Muslim Friend: Was Jesus a good prophet? If he was a prophet why do you call him God?
- Jesus, deity of...........................Are the Nazarenes and Ebionites the only TRUE "Christians"?
- Jesus, deity of...........................Could Jesus as God have sinned?
- Jesus, deity of...........................Deity of Christ
- Jesus, deity of...........................John 1.1 - "a God"?
- Jesus, deity of...........................NT Passages mutually involving the Father, Son, and Spirit (Raw Data)
- Jesus, deity of...........................Old Testament passages relevant to the Trinity
- Jesus, deity of...........................The deity of Jesus:Literary Responses to Jesus
- Jesus, deity of...........................The deity of Jesus:Literary Responses to Jesus (con't)
- Jesus, deity of...........................The deity of Jesus:NT Responses to Jesus
- Jesus, deity of...........................The deity of Jesus:Other data relative to the deity of Jesus
- Jesus, deity of...........................The deity of Jesus:Pushbacks: Problems in the NT Witness to Jesus
- Jesus, deity of...........................The deity of Jesus:Summary: The deity of Jesus Christ
- Jesus, deity of...........................The deity of Jesus:The Self-Understanding of Jesus (Gospel of John)
- Jesus, deity of...........................The deity of Jesus:The Self-Understanding of Jesus (Synoptics)
- Jesus, deity of...........................The NT Witness:Pushbacks: Problems in the NT Witness to The Holy Spirit
- Jesus, deity of...........................The NT Witness:The Ancient Church Formulas in the NT
- Jesus, deity of...........................The self-awareness of Jesus
- Jesus, deity of...........................The Trinity: Intro and Method
- Jesus, deity of...........................Thumb: OT data on Trinity/Plurality (overview)
- Jesus, deity of...........................Was Jesus mistaken about this 2nd Coming?
- Jesus, deity of...........................Was Jesus mistaken about Zechariah?
- Jesus, deity of...........................What does 'firstborn' mean when used of Jesus?
- Jesus, disciples..........................What are the names of the 12 disciples? I get 13!
- Jesus, errors.............................Was Jesus mistaken about this 2nd Coming?
- Jesus, errors.............................Was Jesus mistaken about Zechariah?
- Jesus, ethics.............................Is God harsh, unlovable, unloving, duplicious?--a discussion with Ralph
- Jesus, evil...............................Did Jesus teach ritual drinking of blood?
- Jesus, evil...............................Jesus the hate-monger
- Jesus, evil...............................Was Jesus' death a violation of the commandment against human sacrifice?
- Jesus, evil...............................Why was Jesus so mean and insulting to the Canaanite woman?
- Jesus, extrabiblical......................Extrabiblical Witnesses to Jesus before 200 a.d.:Thallus
- Jesus, extrabiblical......................Extrabiblical, Non-Christian Witnesses to Jesus before 200 a.d.
- Jesus, extrabiblical......................Was Josephus relying on the Gospel of Matthew?
- Jesus, failure............................Was Jesus a failure as a Messiah?
- Jesus, faith..............................Questions from a Muslim Friend: If Jesus gave his life for the whole mankind, is all mankind saved? If yes how? Are their sins forgiven? And if the sins are forgiven, will all go to the heaven?
- Jesus, faith..............................Questions from a Muslim Friend: If Jesus was a God why was this import for him to give his life? Because he could show the right path to the mankind without giving his life.
- Jesus, Father.............................Does the bible -- Jesus himself -- really teach/reveal that YHWH was actually SATAN??
- Jesus, firstfruits........................How was Jesus the Firstfruits from the dead, if there were other resurrections before His?
- Jesus, flesh..............................Is Jesus' flesh only LIKE a human's (and not ACTUALLY human itself)?
- Jesus, glory..............................Are Christians committing Idolatry and Violating the 2nd Commandant in the use of images of Jesus?
- Jesus, harshness..........................Is God harsh, unlovable, unloving, duplicious?--a discussion with Ralph
- Jesus, historical.........................Did the Jewish War eliminate all the possible counter-witnesses to the life of Jesus in the NT?
- Jesus, historical.........................Is Jesus' flesh only LIKE a human's (and not ACTUALLY human itself)?
- Jesus, Historical.........................Questions on Paul, Jesus, and Middle Platonism
- Jesus, history............................Do we only have ONE copy of the controversial passage about Jesus in Josephus?
- Jesus, Homer..............................Incompatible background theories of the original of the gospels/Jesus figure (in a Letter)
- Jesus, human..............................Humanity of Christ
- Jesus, human..............................Questions on Paul, Jesus, and Middle Platonism
- Jesus, human..............................The self-awareness of Jesus
- Jesus, human..............................Uniqueness of Jesus: more than man
- Jesus, human..............................Was Jesus' death a violation of the commandment against human sacrifice?
- Jesus, humanity...........................Is Jesus' flesh only LIKE a human's (and not ACTUALLY human itself)?
- Jesus, humanity...........................Personal letter
- Jesus, idol...............................Are Christians committing Idolatry and Violating the 2nd Commandant in the use of images of Jesus?
- Jesus, image..............................Are Christians committing Idolatry and Violating the 2nd Commandant in the use of images of Jesus?
- Jesus, image of God.......................Are Christians committing Idolatry and Violating the 2nd Commandant in the use of images of Jesus?
- Jesus, invented...........................Is Christian experience make-believe?
- Jesus, invention..........................Non-attribution and Evidence for early writing of NT Jesus material
- Jesus, Islam..............................Questions from a Muslim Friend: Is it important to convert to the Christian religion, to accept Jesus? If so, how would I survive? My family will kill me, and how will I become a Christian just to die?
- Jesus, Islam..............................Questions from a Muslim Friend: Have you ever seen or talked to Jesus, and how would you recognize Him?
- Jesus, Islam..............................Questions from a Muslim Friend: If Jesus gave his life for the whole mankind, is all mankind saved? If yes how? Are their sins forgiven? And if the sins are forgiven, will all go to the heaven?
- Jesus, Islam..............................Questions from a Muslim Friend: If Jesus was a God why was this import for him to give his life? Because he could show the right path to the mankind without giving his life.
- Jesus, Islam..............................Questions from a Muslim Friend: Is Jesus God? If so, how can man kill God?
- Jesus, Islam..............................Questions from a Muslim Friend: Was Jesus a good prophet? If he was a prophet why do you call him God?
- Jesus, Jewish.............................Could Jesus really not have had any 'apocalyptic expectations' because they were allegedly only later?
- Jesus, kingship...........................Uniqueness of Jesus: more than a Davidic king
- Jesus, kingship...........................Was Jesus a failure as a Messiah?
- Jesus, Lamb...............................But isn’t “Penal Substitution” actually illegal (if not immoral)??
- Jesus, language...........................Is God harsh, unlovable, unloving, duplicious?--a discussion with Ralph
- Jesus, languages..........................Are First and Second Peter NOT by Peter, but by someone using his name?
- Jesus, life...............................Did the bible lie about Jesus not being married?
- Jesus, Lord...............................Questions on Paul, Jesus, and Middle Platonism
- Jesus, married............................Did the bible lie about Jesus not being married?
- Jesus, messiah............................Is Isaiah 53.10 about Israel, rather than about Jesus?
- Jesus, Messiah............................The Work of Christ on the Cross (intro/background)
- Jesus, Messiah............................why should we believe Jesus was the Messiah, if He didn’t fulfill all the prophecies when He was here?
- Jesus, miracles...........................Does the gullibility of the ancient world reduce the credibility of the miracle stories of Jesus?
- Jesus, miracles...........................If later Christians made up miracles of Jesus in the NT Apocrypha, would not the Gospel writers done the same?
- Jesus, myth...............................Is Christian experience make-believe?
- Jesus, new Moses..........................Uniqueness of Jesus: more than a New Moses
- Jesus, parables...........................Is God harsh, unlovable, unloving, duplicious?--a discussion with Ralph
- Jesus, prayer to..........................Is it okay to offer prayer and worship to Jesus, and not just to the Father?
- Jesus, priest.............................Uniqueness of Jesus: more than Levitical priest
- Jesus, prophet............................Questions from a Muslim Friend: If Jesus gave his life for the whole mankind, is all mankind saved? If yes how? Are their sins forgiven? And if the sins are forgiven, will all go to the heaven?
- Jesus, prophet............................Questions from a Muslim Friend: Was Jesus a good prophet? If he was a prophet why do you call him God?
- Jesus, prophet............................Uniqueness of Jesus: more than a prophet
- Jesus, prophet............................Was Jesus mistaken about this 2nd Coming?
- Jesus, prophet in Islam...................Questions from a Muslim Friend: If Jesus gave his life for the whole mankind, is all mankind saved? If yes how? Are their sins forgiven? And if the sins are forgiven, will all go to the heaven?
- Jesus, prophet in Islam...................Questions from a Muslim Friend: Was Jesus a good prophet? If he was a prophet why do you call him God?
- Jesus, rebukes on leaders.................Are all the past great non-Christian religious leaders who REJECTED Christ languishing in Hell right now?
- Jesus, rejection..........................Was Jesus a failure as a Messiah?
- Jesus, relevance..........................Hey, who Invited GOD to this century?!
- Jesus, return.............................Could Jesus really not have had any 'apocalyptic expectations' because they were allegedly only later?
- Jesus, return.............................Was Jesus mistaken about this 2nd Coming?
- Jesus, rides donkey.......................Did Matthew simply Double the people in his miracle stories?
- Jesus, risen..............................How many people saw the risen Jesus? 150 or 500?
- Jesus, risen..............................How was Jesus the Firstfruits from the dead, if there were other resurrections before His?
- Jesus, risen..............................What does 'firstborn' mean when used of Jesus?
- Jesus, ruler..............................Was Jesus a failure as a Messiah?
- Jesus, sacrifice..........................Jesus sacrifice: the purpose
- Jesus, sacrifice..........................The Work of Christ on the Cross (intro/background)
- Jesus, sacrifice..........................Was Jesus' death a violation of the commandment against human sacrifice?
- Jesus, sacriligious.......................Was Jesus sacriligious by using images of cannibalism?
- Jesus, sage...............................Uniqueness of Jesus: more than a Sage
- Jesus, Satan..............................Does the bible -- Jesus himself -- really teach/reveal that YHWH was actually SATAN??
- Jesus, Savior.............................How Should we respond to the Message of Jesus and His apostles about His death on the Cross?
- Jesus, savior.............................Questions from a Muslim Friend: If Jesus gave his life for the whole mankind, is all mankind saved? If yes how? Are their sins forgiven? And if the sins are forgiven, will all go to the heaven?
- Jesus, savior.............................Questions from a Muslim Friend: If Jesus was a God why was this import for him to give his life? Because he could show the right path to the mankind without giving his life.
- Jesus, self-awareness.....................The self-awareness of Jesus
- Jesus, son of God.........................How can Christians believe that there is only one God, and yet still call Jesus the Son of God?
- Jesus, Son of Man.........................Could Jesus really not have had any 'Son of man' sayings, because they were allegedly only later?
- Jesus, substitute.........................But isn’t “Penal Substitution” actually illegal (if not immoral)??
- Jesus, suffering..........................Christ's death on the Cross--serious, real, painful
- Jesus, suffering..........................if Jesus didn't stay dead, how could His death have been a REAL sacrifice?
- Jesus, teaching...........................Did Jesus lie about not teaching in secret?
- Jesus, teaching...........................Did Jesus teach ritual drinking of blood?
- Jesus, temple.............................Are Christians committing Idolatry and Violating the 2nd Commandant in the use of images of Jesus?
- Jesus, temptation.........................Personal letter
- Jesus, theories...........................Incompatible background theories of the original of the gospels/Jesus figure (in a Letter)
- Jesus, trial..............................The accuracy of the account of the trial of Jesus before Pilate
- Jesus, uniqueness.........................Mithras and Jesus?
- Jesus, uniqueness.........................Uniqueness of Jesus
- Jesus, uniqueness.........................Uniqueness of Jesus: more than a Davidic king
- Jesus, uniqueness.........................Uniqueness of Jesus: more than a New Moses
- Jesus, uniqueness.........................Uniqueness of Jesus: more than a prophet
- Jesus, uniqueness.........................Uniqueness of Jesus: more than a Sage
- Jesus, uniqueness.........................Uniqueness of Jesus: More than Human authority
- Jesus, uniqueness.........................Uniqueness of Jesus: more than Levitical priest
- Jesus, uniqueness.........................Uniqueness of Jesus: more than man
- Jesus, uniqueness.........................What about Those Who have Never Heard the Gospel?
- Jesus, un-Jewish..........................Did Jesus teach ritual drinking of blood?
- Jesus, word...............................Are Christians committing Idolatry and Violating the 2nd Commandant in the use of images of Jesus?
- Jesus, work of............................The Work of Christ on the Cross (intro/background)
- Jesus, worship............................Is it okay to offer prayer and worship to Jesus, and not just to the Father?
- Jew.......................................Did the Law only regulate behavior toward OTHER Jews?
- Jewish....................................did the Christians just OUTLIVE those who "knew better and were silent"?
- Jewish....................................Did the Jews understand the 'weeks' of Daniel to refer to 'years'?
- Jewish....................................Old Testament passages relevant to the Trinity
- Jewish....................................The torn-veil in the Temple/the scarlet thread
- Jewish....................................The Work of Christ on the Cross (intro/background)
- Jewish....................................Thumb: OT data on Trinity/Plurality (overview)
- Jewish....................................Types of evidence for revelation
- Jewish War................................Did the Jewish War eliminate all the possible counter-witnesses to the life of Jesus in the NT?
- Jews......................................Did the Gospel writers create miracle stories about Jesus, like the later rabbi's did in the Midrash?
- Jews......................................How did the Gentiles get in the picture if the Jews were the 'chosen ones
- Jews......................................Was First Thess 2.15ff seriously Anti-Semitic??!!
- Jezreel...................................Well, did God LIKE what Jehu did or NOT--"another" contradiction?
- Job.......................................Is the God of the Bible morally repugnant?
- Johanan...................................Is the dating of Zedekiah a contradiction with the birth-order in 1 Chronicles?
- John......................................Are the Christologies of Mark and John radically different?
- John......................................How did the peasant apostle John write the book of Revelation in Greek?
- John......................................The deity of Jesus:The Self-Understanding of Jesus (Gospel of John)
- John 1.1..................................John 1.1 - "a God"?
- John Baptist..............................Was Jesus a failed apocalyptic prophet that the embarrassed church had to re-work into something different
- John the Baptist..........................John the Baptist as Forerunner of the Messiah
- John, author..............................Did John invent the story of the raising of Lazarus?!
- John, author..............................How did the peasant apostle John write the book of Revelation in Greek?
- John, gospel..............................Was John anti-Semitic
- John, gospel of...........................Should the possible addition of John 8.1-11 make us paranoid about other possible inauthentic 'additions'
- Joseph....................................Was the burial of Jesus a temporary one, because of time constraints?
- Josephus..................................Are there any indications from the EXTERNAL data , that the miracle stories are historical?
- Josephus..................................Did the evangelists invent miracles stories about Jesus, like a Hellenistic divine wonder-worker, to 'sell Him' better?
- Josephus..................................Do we only have ONE copy of the controversial passage about Jesus in Josephus?
- Josephus..................................Extrabiblical, Non-Christian Witnesses to Jesus before 200 a.d.
- Josephus..................................Messianic Expectations in 1st Century Judaism, non-Christian sources
- Josephus..................................On two historical issues in Acts: Theudas and the Sanhedrin
- Josephus..................................Was Josephus relying on the Gospel of Matthew?
- Joshua....................................doesn't the archaeological record CONTRADICT the Bible's claims about Joshua's "Conquest"?!
- Joshua....................................How could a God of Love order the massacre/annihilation of the Canaanites?
- Joshua....................................Joshua's long day
- Joshua....................................Joshua's long day
- Judaism...................................why should we believe Jesus was the Messiah, if He didn’t fulfill all the prophecies when He was here?
- Judaism, marriage.........................Did the bible lie about Jesus not being married?
- Judas.....................................Did the gospels make an error in their citation of the Judas-30pieces episode?
- Judas.....................................How did Judas die: by Hanging or by 'explosion'?
- Judas.....................................Was Judas actually "obeying God" when he fulfilled the Scripture?
- Jude......................................Are First and Second Peter NOT by Peter, but by someone using his name?
- Judgement, absolute.......................Could God be less compassionate and harsher in His judgments than us?
- Judgment..................................Does God's judgment in time unfairly compromise someone's 'free will'?
- Judgment..................................God is wrathful, vengeful, and jealous?
- Judgment..................................How could a God of Love order the massacre/annihilation of the Canaanites?
- Judgment..................................Is there more "good" in the world than "evil" (including hell)?
- Judgment..................................OT passages on what God avenges
- Judgment..................................Why can't God just forgive sin, instead of demanding justice?
- Judgment..................................Why does judgment lag so far behind?
- Judgment, cause of........................Questions from a Muslim Friend: If Jesus gave his life for the whole mankind, is all mankind saved? If yes how? Are their sins forgiven? And if the sins are forgiven, will all go to the heaven?
- Judgment, Christian.......................If sins are forgiven, how will Christians be judged?
- Judgment, final...........................Questions from a Muslim Friend: If Jesus gave his life for the whole mankind, is all mankind saved? If yes how? Are their sins forgiven? And if the sins are forgiven, will all go to the heaven?
- Judgment, hyperbole.......................Is there more "good" in the world than "evil" (including hell)?
- Judgment, moral...........................Is Christian experience make-believe?
- Judgment, moral...........................Is the God of the Bible morally repugnant?
- Julian....................................Are there any indications from the EXTERNAL data , that the miracle stories are historical?
- Julius Africanus..........................Extrabiblical Witnesses to Jesus before 200 a.d.:Thallus
- Jung......................................Did unconscious influences make the gospel writers insert the miraculous elements into the Gospels?
- Justice...................................God is wrathful, vengeful, and jealous?
- Justice...................................Is God really the ONLY evil being in the universe?
- Justice...................................OT passages on what God avenges
- Justice...................................Why can't God just forgive sin, instead of demanding justice?
- Justice...................................Why does judgment lag so far behind?
- Justice, Social...........................OT passages on what God avenges
- Justin Martyr.............................Are there any indications from the EXTERNAL data , that the miracle stories are historical?
- Justin Martyr.............................Evidence for early writing of NT from mainstream sources (Church Fathers/Apologists)
- Justin Martyr.............................Justin Martyr's use of extra-biblical tradition?
- Justin Martyr.............................Questions on Paul, Jesus, and Middle Platonism
- Kenosis...................................Is Jesus' flesh only LIKE a human's (and not ACTUALLY human itself)?
- Kids......................................Martyrdom versus “obey and live long” principles
- Kindness, to foreigners...................Why was Israel instructed about fighting OUTSIDE the land? That looks more offensive than defensive!
- Kinds.....................................Kinds, Postmodernism, and the Absolutes of Dissonance...
- Kingdom...................................Was Jesus a failed apocalyptic prophet that the embarrassed church had to re-work into something different
- Kings, Assyrian...........................Why was Israel instructed about fighting OUTSIDE the land? That looks more offensive than defensive!
- Kingship..................................Uniqueness of Jesus: more than a Davidic king
- Kingship..................................Was Jesus actually a 'ruler' in Israel?
- Knowledge.................................Does incomplete knowledge mean God is unknowable?
- Knowledge.................................What about knowledge BEYOND us?
- Krishna...................................Major Religious Figures
- Kuntillet Ajrud...........................What would an inscription about a consort of Yahweh really prove?
- Labor.....................................Did God make women's bodies SPECIFICALLY to give them pain?
- Labor, forced.............................Why was Israel instructed about fighting OUTSIDE the land? That looks more offensive than defensive!
- Language.................................."Peripheral Linguistic Absolutes"
- Language..................................Exploring Analogy
- Language..................................God's revelation to us: context and processing
- Language..................................How can finite language apply to an Infinite God?
- Language..................................How I would decide between conflicting revelations
- Language..................................How we "process" communication of all kinds
- Language..................................Kinds, Postmodernism, and the Absolutes of Dissonance...
- Language..................................Linguistic wall--index
- Language..................................On the Loci of Freedom...
- Language..................................Patterns and Argument
- Language..................................Personality as the Basal Interpretive Paradigm
- Language..................................Physical and Metaphysical "Primitives"
- Language..................................Postmodernism and Hermeneutics
- Language..................................Precision and the Epistemic "Bubble"
- Language..................................Self-Stultifying Arguments
- Language..................................The 'codedness' of revelation
- Language..................................The Priority of Patterns over Elements
- Language..................................The process of God's communication to us
- Language..................................The Vortex- basic worldview structures/beliefs of the Tank
- Language, analogical......................Exploring Analogy
- Language, nature of.......................How we "process" communication of all kinds
- Language, personal base...................How we "process" communication of all kinds
- Law.......................................Are the OT verses about rape and virginity indicative of an unfair, ignorant, or unrealistic god?
- Law.......................................Did NT believers mix law and grace?
- Law.......................................Did the Law only regulate behavior toward OTHER Jews?
- Law.......................................Does God condone slavery in the Bible?
- Law.......................................Does the NT contradict the Hebrew Bible about the Law being 'annulled'?
- Law.......................................Was Jesus' death a violation of the commandment against human sacrifice?
- Law, Change...............................Does the NT contradict the Hebrew Bible about the Law being 'annulled'?
- Laws, warfare.............................Why was Israel instructed about fighting OUTSIDE the land? That looks more offensive than defensive!
- Lawsuits..................................Does Paul specifically command that lawsuits is to be avoided for Christians in 1 Cor 6
- Lazarus...................................Did John invent the story of the raising of Lazarus?!
- Leaders, judgment on......................Are all the past great non-Christian religious leaders who REJECTED Christ languishing in Hell right now?
- Learning..................................Interacting with the "possibly revelatory" data: Encounter, Response, Results
- Legal.....................................Sacrifice in Mosaic Covenant
- Legal issues..............................Does Paul specifically command that lawsuits is to be avoided for Christians in 1 Cor 6
- Legalism..................................Are all the past great non-Christian religious leaders who REJECTED Christ languishing in Hell right now?
- Legalism..................................Does the NT contradict the Hebrew Bible about the Law being 'annulled'?
- Legend.................................... Did the evangelists create miracle stories about Jesus, as the later rabbis seemed to do about each other?
- Legend....................................Did the evangelists mean their writings to be taken as historical fiction or as a historical novel?
- Legend....................................If later Christians made up miracles of Jesus in the NT Apocrypha, would not the Gospel writers done the same?
- Legends...................................Are there any indications from the internal data of the gospels, that the miracle stories are historical?
- Legends...................................Did the gospel authors invent the miracle stories about Jesus?
- Legends...................................Did the gospel authors write the gospels AS myth?
- Legends...................................Did the Gospel writers create miracle stories about Jesus, like the later rabbi's did in the Midrash?
- Legends...................................Would the evangelists write the gospels as NEW myth, since no one took myth seriously anyway back then?
- Leprosy...................................Was biblical leprosy the same as modern leprosy?
- Leviathan.................................Is Genesis 1-2 merely a rip-off of ANE literature (series)?
- Levite's concubine........................Women: unfavorable passages in early OT lit: Levite and his concubine
- Libraries.................................Did the Christians burn/destroy all the classical literature?
- Libraries.................................Personal letter
- Lies, love for............................Questions on God, lying, and deception...
- Lies, white...............................Questions on God, lying, and deception...
- Life......................................Theological impact of Aliens from space
- Life......................................Why are we carnivores, eating life?
- Lifespan..................................“Is there extra-biblical evidence for Post-flood longevity?
- Lifespan..................................Does God's judgment in time unfairly compromise someone's 'free will'?
- Listening.................................Why isnt the God of the Bible showing Himself to me?
- Literacy..................................All the books of the bible were written by men--see, God de-values women again"
- Literacy..................................Ancient Israelite Literacy - extent
- Literacy..................................Ancient Literacy - extent and rationale
- Literacy..................................Babylonian omen literature
- Literacy..................................Did the Christians burn/destroy all the classical literature?
- Literacy..................................Evidence of early writing by the apostles (probably even during Jesus' life)
- Literacy..................................Personal letter
- Literacy, Jewish..........................A small note on Jewish education
- Literary Dependence.......................Evaluation of the Theory of Literary Dependence.
- Literary Dependence.......................How 'assured' is James' solution to the Synoptic Problem?
- Literary Dependence.......................How compelling is the case for Literary Dependence among the synoptic gospels?
- Literary Dependence.......................OT did not borrow beliefs from pagans
- Literary Dependence.......................OT did not borrow beliefs from pagans
- Literary Dependence.......................The literary witness to use of sources by the evangelists
- Literary Dependence.......................Theory of Gospel construction
- Literature................................Did the Christians burn/destroy all the classical literature?
- Literature................................Did the evangelists invent miracles stories about Jesus, like a Hellenistic divine wonder-worker, to 'sell Him' better?
- Loculus...................................Was the burial of Jesus a temporary one, because of time constraints?
- Loftus....................................How does the memory research of Elizabeth Loftus on eyewitness testimony affect the credibility of NT?
- Logic.....................................Is 'only reason' reasonable?
- Logic.....................................Is the bible false, since it is not written in logic or math?
- Longevity.................................“Is there extra-biblical evidence for Post-flood longevity?
- Longevity.................................Are there any extra-biblical refs to longevity BEFORE the flood?
- Longevity.................................Martyrdom versus “obey and live long” principles
- Lord, Jesus...............................Questions on Paul, Jesus, and Middle Platonism
- Lordship Salvation........................Do I have to be holy/righteous before I approach God for salvation?
- Loss......................................A long conversation with someone experiencing deep grief
- Lost......................................A Letter about Pain in Heaven over lost Loved Ones
- Lot.......................................Family value: Lot and incest
- Lot's daughters...........................Women: unfavorable passages in early OT lit: Lot's Daughters
- Love......................................Urban expansion of the early Church
- Loyalty...................................Why can't God just forgive sin, instead of demanding justice?
- Lucian....................................Does the gullibility of the ancient world reduce the credibility of the miracle stories of Jesus?
- Lucian the satirist.......................Evidence for early writing of NT from non-mainstream sources
- Luke......................................An objection about Luke, Quirinius, and Herods
- Luke, census..............................Does the data about Apamea and the Ciete support the view that Rome carried out registrations in client kingdoms?
- LXX.......................................Are all English Bibles based on the LXX?
- LXX.......................................Messianic Expectations in 1st Century Judaism, non-Christian sources
- LXX.......................................Septuagint in the NT
- LXX.......................................Was the LXX "scripture" for 1st century Jews?
- LXX.......................................Were the Amalekites REALLY nomads?
- LXX, history..............................Was the LXX "scripture" for 1st century Jews?
- Lying.....................................Questions on God, lying, and deception...
- Magi......................................Contradictions in the Infancy Stories?
- Magi......................................If the Birth Star appeared in the East, why did the Magi travel West?!
- Magic..................................... Did the evangelists create miracle stories about Jesus, as the later rabbis seemed to do about each other?
- Magic.....................................Did the evangelists invent miracles stories about Jesus, like a Hellenistic divine wonder-worker, to 'sell Him' better?
- Magic.....................................Does Secret Mark prove the church suppressed the truth at will?
- Magic.....................................Does the gullibility of the ancient world reduce the credibility of the miracle stories of Jesus?
- Maimonides................................Are all the past great non-Christian religious leaders who REJECTED Christ languishing in Hell right now?
- Marcion...................................(Just a historical error about Marcion)
- Marcion...................................Evidence for early writing of NT from non-mainstream sources
- Marduk....................................Dying and Rising Gods
- Mari......................................Was there not enough time for Hebrew to have developed (as the Bible seems to claim)?
- Mark......................................Are the Christologies of Mark and John radically different?
- Mark......................................Mark's Geographical Ignorance—Gadara versus Gerasa, and the problem of the Long Trip Home from Sidon
- Mark......................................the identity/background/dating of the Gospel of Mark
- Mark, author..............................When was Mark 6.45-8.26 ADDED to Mark?
- Mark, ending..............................On the 'original Mark' versus canonical Mark
- Mark, ending..............................the identity/background/dating of the Gospel of Mark
- Mark, ending..............................The spurious endings of Mark's gospel
- Mark, geography...........................Mark's Geographical Ignorance—Gadara versus Gerasa, and the problem of the Long Trip Home from Sidon
- Mark, ignorance...........................Mark's Geographical Ignorance—Gadara versus Gerasa, and the problem of the Long Trip Home from Sidon
- Mark, Secret..............................Does Secret Mark prove the church suppressed the truth at will?
- Marriage..................................Could divorce ever be the ethical imperative?
- Marriage..................................Did the bible lie about Jesus not being married?
- Marriage..................................Why would government have any authority in personal areas like marriage?
- Martyrdom.................................Martyrdom versus “obey and live long” principles
- Martyrdom.................................Questions from a Muslim Friend: Is it important to convert to the Christian religion, to accept Jesus? If so, how would I survive? My family will kill me, and how will I become a Christian just to die?
- Mary......................................Does Mary's Question Contradict other passages in the NT?
- Mary......................................Is there proof that Jesus did not have sex with Mary Magdalene?
- Massacre..................................shouldn't the butchering of the Amalekite children be considered war crimes?
- Matthew...................................Did Matthew simply Double the people in his miracle stories?
- Matthew...................................How would Matthew have borrowed from pagan religions?
- Matthew...................................Nazerene, Nazirite, or What?
- Matthew...................................The Return from Egypt
- Matthew...................................Was Josephus relying on the Gospel of Matthew?
- Matthew...................................Weird fulfillments in Matthew
- Matthew...................................What about all those resurrected people walking around in Jerusalem after Jesus' death?
- Matthew, doublet..........................Did Matthew simply Double the people in his miracle stories?
- Meat......................................Why are we carnivores, eating life?
- Medicine..................................Urban expansion of the early Church
- Meier.....................................Are there any indications from the internal data of the gospels, that the miracle stories are historical?
- Melchizedek, second.......................Source data for messianic titles
- Melquart..................................Dying and Rising Gods
- Memory....................................Did unconscious influences make the gospel writers insert the miraculous elements into the Gospels?
- Memory....................................How does the memory research of Elizabeth Loftus on eyewitness testimony affect the credibility of NT?
- Memory problem............................Did Matthew simply Double the people in his miracle stories?
- Memory, errors............................Did unconscious influences make the gospel writers insert the miraculous elements into the Gospels?
- Menopause.................................Did God make women's bodies SPECIFICALLY to give them pain?
- Menstruation..............................Did God make women's bodies SPECIFICALLY to give them pain?
- Mesha, rebellion..........................Why was Israel instructed about fighting OUTSIDE the land? That looks more offensive than defensive!
- Mesopotamia...............................Sacrifice in Early Cultures, Israel's neighbors
- Mesopotamia...............................Was there not enough time for Hebrew to have developed (as the Bible seems to claim)?
- Mesopotamian..............................Does God really get hungry and have to eat food?
- Messengers, ANE...........................wasn't Elisha cruel when he sent those bears against those little kids who were teasing him about being bald?
- Messiah...................................A "punctuation" error in Daniel 9?
- Messiah...................................A question on my work on Isaiah 7.14
- Messiah...................................Could Jesus really not have had any 'apocalyptic expectations' because they were allegedly only later?
- Messiah...................................Could Jesus really not have had any 'Son of man' sayings, because they were allegedly only later?
- Messiah...................................Did Jesus come during the wrong empire, according to Daniel and the beast vision?
- Messiah...................................Did the Jews understand the 'weeks' of Daniel to refer to 'years'?
- Messiah...................................Did the NT authors make up miracle stories about Jesus to make him look like Jewish hasidim, prophets, or messiahs?
- Messiah...................................Does Micah 5 speak about the birth-place of the Messiah, or only His birth-family?
- Messiah...................................Does the NT contradict the Hebrew Bible about the Law being 'annulled'?
- Messiah...................................Does the submission of Jesus to the Father contradict the Trinity?
- Messiah...................................How Did Messiah Jesus explain His death to His disciples?
- Messiah...................................Is 7.14--the Virgin Birth prophecy
- Messiah...................................Is Isaiah 53.10 about Israel, rather than about Jesus?
- Messiah...................................John the Baptist as Forerunner of the Messiah
- Messiah...................................Messianic Expectations in 1st Century Judaism, non-Christian sources
- Messiah...................................Messianic Psalms: The Righteous Sufferer
- Messiah...................................Micah 5.2: the Bethlehem prophecy
- Messiah...................................Nazerene, Nazirite, or What?
- Messiah...................................Old Testament passages relevant to the Trinity
- Messiah...................................Response to: The Fabulous Prophecies of the Messiah(outline)
- Messiah...................................The Return from Egypt
- Messiah...................................The Work of Christ on the Cross (intro/background)
- Messiah...................................Thumb: OT data on Trinity/Plurality (overview)
- Messiah...................................Typology--a legitimate approach to OT passages?
- Messiah...................................Was Jesus a failure as a Messiah?
- Messiah...................................Was Jesus actually a 'ruler' in Israel?
- Messiah...................................Was Josephus relying on the Gospel of Matthew?
- Messiah...................................Was there any reason to expect another set of Scriptures?
- Messiah...................................Weird fulfillments in Matthew
- Messiah...................................Why did Jesus allow Himself to be shamefully mistreated and executed—since He did not have to?
- Messiah...................................why should we believe Jesus was the Messiah, if He didn’t fulfill all the prophecies when He was here?
- Messiah, 30 pieces........................Source data for messianic titles
- Messiah, betrayed.........................Source data for messianic titles
- Messiah, birthplace.......................Does Micah 5 speak about the birth-place of the Messiah, or only His birth-family?
- Messiah, confusion over...................Source data for messianic titles
- Messiah, deity............................Incarnation, expectation
- Messiah, deity............................Non-Christian Jewry had their OWN "problem" of 'plurality in the Godhead' and/or with a supra-human messiah?
- Messiah, despised.........................Source data for messianic titles
- Messiah, rejected.........................Source data for messianic titles
- Messiah, rejected.........................Was Jesus a failure as a Messiah?
- Messiah, rejected.........................why should we believe Jesus was the Messiah, if He didn’t fulfill all the prophecies when He was here?
- Messiah, superhuman.......................Incarnation, expectation
- Messiah, superhuman.......................Non-Christian Jewry had their OWN "problem" of 'plurality in the Godhead' and/or with a supra-human messiah?
- Messianic.................................Did Christians simply INVENT the "pierced my hands and feet" in Psalm 22?!
- Messianic.................................Does Micah 5 speak about the birth-place of the Messiah, or only His birth-family?
- Messianic.................................Jewish messianic exegesis in 1st century
- Messianic identity........................Source data for messianic titles
- Messianic roles...........................Source data for messianic titles
- Messianic titles..........................Source data for messianic titles
- Messianic titles, sources.................Source data for messianic titles
- Metaphor..................................The Vortex- basic worldview structures/beliefs of the Tank
- Metaphysics...............................Freedom
- Method, theology..........................Personal letter
- Micah.....................................Does Micah 5 speak about the birth-place of the Messiah, or only His birth-family?
- Middle East...............................Is Muslim hostility related to Ishmael being 'against everyone' prophecy
- Midian....................................What about God's cruelty to the Midianites in Numbers 31?!
- Mid-Platonism.............................Was the Ascension of Isaiah a Middle-Platonist document?
- Midrash................................... Did the evangelists create miracle stories about Jesus, as the later rabbis seemed to do about each other?
- Midrash...................................Did the gospel authors invent the miracle stories about Jesus?
- Midrash...................................Did the Gospel writers create miracle stories about Jesus, like the later rabbi's did in the Midrash?
- Midrash...................................Incompatible background theories of the original of the gospels/Jesus figure (in a Letter)
- Midrash...................................Jewish exegesis of OT in 1st century
- Mind......................................Is there any reason to believe in the existence of spirits?
- Mind......................................Is there evidence for the existence of the "soul"?
- Mind......................................Mind/brain
- Ministry..................................Martyrdom versus “obey and live long” principles
- Miracle................................... Did the evangelists create miracle stories about Jesus, as the later rabbis seemed to do about each other?
- Miracle...................................Are there any indications from the EXTERNAL data , that the miracle stories are historical?
- Miracle...................................Did the evangelists invent miracles stories about Jesus, like a Hellenistic divine wonder-worker, to 'sell Him' better?
- Miracle...................................Did the evangelists mean their writings to be taken as historical fiction or as a historical novel?
- Miracle...................................Did the gospel authors invent the miracle stories about Jesus?
- Miracle...................................Did the gospel authors write the gospels AS myth?
- Miracle...................................If later Christians made up miracles of Jesus in the NT Apocrypha, would not the Gospel writers done the same?
- Miracle...................................Would the evangelists write the gospels as NEW myth, since no one took myth seriously anyway back then?
- Miracles..................................Are there any indications from the internal data of the gospels, that the miracle stories are historical?
- Miracles..................................Did John invent the story of the raising of Lazarus?!
- Miracles..................................Did the gospel authors simply rip-off stories from the OT and ascribe them to Jesus?
- Miracles..................................Did the Gospel writers create miracle stories about Jesus, like the later rabbi's did in the Midrash?
- Miracles..................................Did the NT authors make up miracle stories about Jesus to make him look like Jewish hasidim, prophets, or messiahs?
- Miracles..................................Did unconscious influences make the gospel writers insert the miraculous elements into the Gospels?
- Miracles..................................Does the gullibility of the ancient world reduce the credibility of the miracle stories of Jesus?
- Miracles..................................If the Birth Star appeared in the East, why did the Magi travel West?!
- Miracles..................................Joshua's long day
- Miracles..................................Parting of the Sea by Moses
- Miracles..................................Reversal of sun's path for Hezekiah
- Miracles..................................The Fulfillment of Prophecy
- Miracles..................................What about all those resurrected people walking around in Jerusalem after Jesus' death?
- Miracles..................................What about the theory that Jesus was descended from aliens?
- Miriam....................................Wasn't Miriam punished for questioning male authority, while Aaron was not?"
- Miriam....................................Women: unfavorable passages in early OT lit: Miriam's rebellion
- Mishna.................................... Did the evangelists create miracle stories about Jesus, as the later rabbis seemed to do about each other?
- Mishnah...................................Does the NT contradict the Hebrew Bible about the Law being 'annulled'?
- Misogyny..................................Did God callously give David's wives to Absalom to rape?
- Misogyny..................................Did God make women's bodies SPECIFICALLY to give them pain?
- Missions..................................Urban expansion of the early Church
- Mithras...................................Mithras and Jesus?
- Mithras...................................Mystery Religions
- Mithras...................................Someone bothered about a question on the Persian Mithras
- Mithras...................................what do we know about Cybele/Attis and the taurobolium?
- Moab, revolt..............................Why was Israel instructed about fighting OUTSIDE the land? That looks more offensive than defensive!
- Molinism..................................Did God arbitrarily decide who to save and who to condemn?
- Monotheism................................How can Christians believe that there is only one God, and yet still call Jesus the Son of God?
- Montanus..................................Evidence for early writing of NT from non-mainstream sources
- Morality..................................Is Christian experience make-believe?
- Morality..................................Is the God of the Bible morally repugnant?
- Morality..................................Various questions on the use of evidence in apologetics
- Morality..................................Why can't God just forgive sin, instead of demanding justice?
- Mormon....................................Types of evidence for revelation
- Mormon....................................Types of evidence for revelation
- Moses.....................................Authetication of Revelation - Mosaic
- Moses.....................................Did God harden Pharaoh's heart FIRST?
- Moses.....................................Did the evangelists invent miracles stories about Jesus, like a Hellenistic divine wonder-worker, to 'sell Him' better?
- Moses.....................................Did the NT authors make up miracle stories about Jesus to make him look like Jewish hasidim, prophets, or messiahs?
- Moses.....................................Does the NT contradict the Hebrew Bible about the Law being 'annulled'?
- Moses.....................................How was Jesus the Firstfruits from the dead, if there were other resurrections before His?
- Moses.....................................Jesus ascribed Pentateuch to Moses
- Moses.....................................Moses access to ancient data
- Moses.....................................Parting of the Sea by Moses
- Moses.....................................Sacrifice in Mosaic Covenant
- Moses.....................................The Atrahasis theme
- Moses.....................................The issue of 'borrowing' laws--did Moses somehow "copy" Hammurabi?
- Moses.....................................The Mosaic authorship of the Pentateuch?
- Moses.....................................Uniqueness of Jesus: more than a New Moses
- Moses.....................................Was the Pentateuch "adulterated" by later additions?
- Moses.....................................Was the Sermon on the Mount a "plagarism" of Moses on the Mountain?
- Moses.....................................Wasn't Miriam punished for questioning male authority, while Aaron was not?"
- Moses, 2nd................................New Covenant/New Moses
- Moses, 2nd................................Uniqueness of Jesus: more than a New Moses
- Moses, author.............................The Mosaic authorship of the Pentateuch?
- Moses, education..........................Was there not enough time for Hebrew to have developed (as the Bible seems to claim)?
- Moses, language...........................Was there not enough time for Hebrew to have developed (as the Bible seems to claim)?
- Moses, second.............................Source data for messianic titles
- Motivation................................does the reality of unconscious processes undermine Christianity?
- Motive....................................What kind of a choice is THAT--Love Me or Burn?!
- MPD.......................................Is there any reason to believe in the existence of spirits?
- Muhammad..................................How Did Messiah Jesus explain His death to His disciples?
- Multiple Attestation......................Are there any indications from the internal data of the gospels, that the miracle stories are historical?
- Muslim....................................Are Muslims forbidden to believe that Jesus was crucified?
- Muslim....................................Are there 3 gods in the Trinity?
- Muslim....................................History of Muslim explorations of God’s nature & Christian intersections
- Muslim....................................How can Christians believe that there is only one God, and yet still call Jesus the Son of God?
- Muslim....................................Is Muslim hostility related to Ishmael being 'against everyone' prophecy
- Muslim....................................Questions from a Muslim Friend: Is it important to convert to the Christian religion, to accept Jesus? If so, how would I survive? My family will kill me, and how will I become a Christian just to die?
- Muslim....................................Questions from a Muslim Friend: Have you ever seen or talked to Jesus, and how would you recognize Him?
- Muslim....................................Questions from a Muslim Friend: If Jesus gave his life for the whole mankind, is all mankind saved? If yes how? Are their sins forgiven? And if the sins are forgiven, will all go to the heaven?
- Muslim....................................Questions from a Muslim Friend: If Jesus was a God why was this import for him to give his life? Because he could show the right path to the mankind without giving his life.
- Muslim....................................Questions from a Muslim Friend: Is Jesus God? If so, how can man kill God?
- Muslim....................................Questions from a Muslim Friend: Was Jesus a good prophet? If he was a prophet why do you call him God?
- Muslim....................................Why did Jesus allow Himself to be shamefully mistreated and executed—since He did not have to?
- Mystery Religions.........................International interaction in NT times
- Mystery Religions.........................Mystery Religions
- Myth...................................... Did the evangelists create miracle stories about Jesus, as the later rabbis seemed to do about each other?
- Myth......................................Did the evangelists invent miracles stories about Jesus, like a Hellenistic divine wonder-worker, to 'sell Him' better?
- Myth......................................Did the evangelists mean their writings to be taken as historical fiction or as a historical novel?
- Myth......................................Did the gospel authors invent the miracle stories about Jesus?
- Myth......................................Did the gospel authors write the gospels AS myth?
- Myth......................................Did the NT authors make up miracle stories about Jesus to make him look like Jewish hasidim, prophets, or messiahs?
- Myth......................................Did unconscious influences make the gospel writers insert the miraculous elements into the Gospels?
- Myth......................................Does the gullibility of the ancient world reduce the credibility of the miracle stories of Jesus?
- Myth......................................Does the Old Testament Slander Pagan Idol Worshippers?
- Myth......................................If later Christians made up miracles of Jesus in the NT Apocrypha, would not the Gospel writers done the same?
- Myth......................................Would the evangelists write the gospels as NEW myth, since no one took myth seriously anyway back then?
- Mythicist.................................Questions on Paul, Jesus, and Middle Platonism
- Myths.....................................Are there any indications from the internal data of the gospels, that the miracle stories are historical?
- Myths.....................................Did the Gospel writers create miracle stories about Jesus, like the later rabbi's did in the Midrash?
- Myths.....................................Was Jesus Christ just a CopyCat Savior Myth?
- Nachmanides...............................Are all the past great non-Christian religious leaders who REJECTED Christ languishing in Hell right now?
- Naive.....................................Letter to Readers (misc topics)
- Nasi......................................On two historical issues in Acts: Theudas and the Sanhedrin
- Nativity..................................Contradictions in the Infancy Stories?
- Nativity..................................Does Mary's Question Contradict other passages in the NT?
- Nature....................................Why aren't dinosaurs mentioned in the bible?
- Nazarenes.................................A Muslim response to my work on the Nazarenes
- Nazareth..................................Contradictions in the Infancy Stories?
- Nazarites.................................Are the Nazarenes and Ebionites the only TRUE "Christians"?
- Nazerene..................................Nazerene, Nazirite, or What?
- NDE.......................................Evidence of the supernatural in experience
- Necromancy................................Question on contacting the dead (the Witch of Endor story)
- Neurotheology.............................Isnt there a “God part of the Brain” that proves all this Jesus stuff is untrue?
- New Age...................................Question on contacting the dead (the Witch of Endor story)
- New Birth.................................How is the believer's sonship to God different from Christ's Sonship to God?
- New Birth.................................The meaning of 'born again' in Scripture
- New Covenant..............................Does the NT contradict the Hebrew Bible about the Law being 'annulled'?
- New Covenant..............................New Covenant/New Moses
- New Covenant..............................Was there any reason to expect another set of Scriptures?
- New Torah.................................Does the NT contradict the Hebrew Bible about the Law being 'annulled'?
- Nicodemus.................................The meaning of 'born again' in Scripture
- Nicodemus.................................Was the burial of Jesus a temporary one, because of time constraints?
- Nineveh...................................Was there not enough time for Hebrew to have developed (as the Bible seems to claim)?
- Ninhursag.................................Is Genesis 1-2 merely a rip-off of ANE literature (series)?
- Noah......................................How likely is it that Noah was the only righteous person on the whole earth, at the time of the Flood?
- Noah......................................Noah's ark -- the problem of size
- Nomads....................................Were the Amalekites REALLY nomads?
- Non-canonical.............................Clement's alleged use of non-canonical sources
- Non-canonical.............................Justin Martyr's use of extra-biblical tradition?
- Non-canonical.............................What about the Gospel of Thomas?
- Non-canonical, dating..................... A timeline of early Christian & anti-Christian literature
- Nonconscious..............................Did unconscious influences make the gospel writers insert the miraculous elements into the Gospels?
- Non-intervention..........................Does human culpability for non-interference in crime prove theodicy WRONG?
- Non-linear................................Does complexity REALLY require 'more complexity'?
- Note-taking...............................Again: the process wasn't solely oral...
- Note-taking...............................Evidence of early writing by the apostles (probably even during Jesus' life)
- Novel.....................................Did the evangelists mean their writings to be taken as historical fiction or as a historical novel?
- Novel.....................................If later Christians made up miracles of Jesus in the NT Apocrypha, would not the Gospel writers done the same?
- NT........................................ Did the evangelists create miracle stories about Jesus, as the later rabbis seemed to do about each other?
- NT........................................Are some/many of the NT letters examples of pseudonymity?
- NT........................................Christian 'bias' in the NT Writers--Does it render the NT unreliable or inadmissible as evidence?
- NT........................................Did the evangelists mean their writings to be taken as historical fiction or as a historical novel?
- NT........................................Did the NT authors make up miracle stories about Jesus to make him look like Jewish hasidim, prophets, or messiahs?
- NT........................................If later Christians made up miracles of Jesus in the NT Apocrypha, would not the Gospel writers done the same?
- NT........................................Septuagint in the NT
- NT........................................The meaning of 'born again' in Scripture
- NT........................................What about the Gospel of Thomas?
- NT criticism..............................The methodological problem of separating the 'layers' in the NT
- NT, accuracy..............................Could Jesus really not have had any 'apocalyptic expectations' because they were allegedly only later?
- NT, accuracy..............................The "tradition control" methods as the church expanded
- NT, accuracy..............................The Gospels are under the same Thuycididean standards and conventions of the Hellenistic world
- NT, accuracy..............................The issue of oral tradition, control, and fixity
- NT, accuracy..............................They are probably even at a higher level of fidelity to historical reporting
- NT, accuracy..............................What are the scholarly trends in that area today?
- NT, anti-YHWH.............................Does the bible -- Jesus himself -- really teach/reveal that YHWH was actually SATAN??
- NT, Apocrypha.............................Does Secret Mark prove the church suppressed the truth at will?
- NT, Apocrypha.............................What about the Gospel of Thomas?
- NT, authorship............................ALL four Gospels are written in the Graeco-Roman genre of Bioi
- NT, authorship............................All the books of the bible were written by men--see, God de-values women again"
- NT, authorship............................Apostles as gospel authors?
- NT, authorship............................Are First and Second Peter NOT by Peter, but by someone using his name?
- NT, authorship............................Are some/many of the NT letters examples of pseudonymity?
- NT, authorship............................Christian 'bias' in the NT Writers--Does it render the NT unreliable or inadmissible as evidence?
- NT, authorship............................Did the gospel authors simply rip-off stories from the OT and ascribe them to Jesus?
- NT, authorship............................Evaluation of the Theory of Literary Dependence.
- NT, authorship............................Obstacles to NT borrowing of foreign religions
- NT, authorship............................On the underlying unity of the early kerygma
- NT, authorship............................Really long periods of 'oral only' transmission of the sayings of Jesus, from the times of Jesus?
- NT, authorship............................The accuracy of the account of the trial of Jesus before Pilate
- NT, authorship............................The Gospels are under the same Thuycididean standards and conventions of the Hellenistic world
- NT, authorship............................The literary witness to use of sources by the evangelists
- NT, authorship............................The widespread availability of NT mss. during the birth of the church
- NT, authorship............................Theory of Gospel construction
- NT, authorship............................They are probably even at a higher level of fidelity to historical reporting
- NT, authorship............................Was this alleged oral tradition transmitted without 'controls' andquite loosely?
- NT, authorship............................Were the gospels pseudonymous?
- NT, authorship............................What are the scholarly trends in that area today?
- NT, authorship............................What is an alternative understanding of the process of gospel formation?
- NT, background............................Responses to the Incarnation: Obstacles
- NT, bias..................................Christian 'bias' in the NT Writers--Does it render the NT unreliable or inadmissible as evidence?
- NT, birth stories.........................An objection about Luke, Quirinius, and Herods
- NT, birth stories.........................Herod's slaughter of the children
- NT, birth stories.........................Is 7.14--the Virgin Birth prophecy
- NT, birth stories.........................Micah 5.2: the Bethlehem prophecy
- NT, birth stories.........................Nazerene, Nazirite, or What?
- NT, birth stories.........................The Return from Egypt
- NT, birth stories.........................Weird fulfillments in Matthew
- NT, borrowing.............................Is the Sermon on the Mount actually an ancient Essene prayer dating to 100's of years before Christ?!
- NT, circulation...........................Any eyewitnesses to refute the NT?
- NT, circulation...........................Any eyewitnesses to refute the NT? (2nd reply)
- NT, circulation...........................Evidence that even smaller churches had multiple copies of NT mss. often
- NT, circulation...........................Manuscript data showing a very early NT production
- NT, circulation...........................Personal letter
- NT, circulation...........................The widespread availability of NT mss. during the birth of the church
- NT, circulation...........................What is an alternative understanding of the process of gospel formation?
- NT, conspiracy............................Could the resurrection appearances be a case of GROUP Hallucination?
- NT, conspiracy............................Was Jesus really fraudulent, dishonest, sacrilegious, and conspiratorial?
- NT, contradiction.........................Does Mary's Question Contradict other passages in the NT?
- NT, contradictions........................A contradiction in the ascension accounts?
- NT, contradictions........................Do the Resurrection accounts HOPELESSLY contradict one another?
- NT, contradictions........................How many people saw the risen Jesus? 150 or 500?
- NT, contradictions........................three days and night vs. "on the 3rd day"?
- NT, contradictions........................three days and night vs. "on the 3rd day"?
- NT, contradictions........................Well, did Jesus tell them to take a staff or not? Another contradiction?!
- NT, contradictions........................What about number differences in parallel passages?
- NT, contradictions........................Women, stones, spices, empty tombs
- NT, corruption............................Did the Roman empire totally distort the New Testament documents?
- NT, corruption............................Should the possible addition of John 8.1-11 make us paranoid about other possible inauthentic 'additions'
- NT, dating................................ A timeline of early Christian & anti-Christian literature
- NT, dating................................An objection about Luke, Quirinius, and Herods
- NT, dating................................Any eyewitnesses to refute the NT?
- NT, dating................................Any eyewitnesses to refute the NT? (2nd reply)
- NT, dating................................Could Jesus really not have had any 'Son of man' sayings, because they were allegedly only later?
- NT, dating................................Evidence for early writing of NT from mainstream sources (Church Fathers/Apologists)
- NT, dating................................Evidence for early writing of NT from non-mainstream sources
- NT, dating................................Evidence that even smaller churches had multiple copies of NT mss. often
- NT, dating................................Manuscript data showing a very early NT production
- NT, dating................................Non-attribution and Evidence for early writing of NT Jesus material
- NT, dating................................Papias and his preference for oral tradition
- NT, dating................................the identity/background/dating of the Gospel of Mark
- NT, dating................................The impetus to write it down, due to being outside 'mainstream' Judaism (e.g. Qumran)
- NT, dating................................The methodological problem of separating the 'layers' in the NT
- NT, dating................................The widespread availability of NT mss. during the birth of the church
- NT, embellishment.........................Should the possible addition of John 8.1-11 make us paranoid about other possible inauthentic 'additions'
- NT, error.................................Did the bible lie about Jesus not being married?
- NT, error.................................Did the gospels make an error in their citation of the Judas-30pieces episode?
- NT, errors................................An objection about Luke, Quirinius, and Herods
- NT, errors................................Are some/many of the NT letters examples of pseudonymity?
- NT, errors................................Christian 'bias' in the NT Writers--Does it render the NT unreliable or inadmissible as evidence?
- NT, errors................................Could Jesus really not have had any 'Son of man' sayings, because they were allegedly only later?
- NT, errors................................Did Matthew simply Double the people in his miracle stories?
- NT, errors................................did the Messianic Jewish Believers use the OT deceitfully or ignorantly in the New Testament?
- NT, errors................................Did the Roman empire totally distort the New Testament documents?
- NT, errors................................Do the Resurrection accounts HOPELESSLY contradict one another?
- NT, errors................................Herod's slaughter of the children
- NT, errors................................How does the memory research of Elizabeth Loftus on eyewitness testimony affect the credibility of NT?
- NT, errors................................How many people saw the risen Jesus? 150 or 500?
- NT, errors................................If the Birth Star appeared in the East, why did the Magi travel West?!
- NT, errors................................is the tomb story flawed because the term 'rolled' is used?
- NT, errors................................KNOWN textual errors in the Bible--don't they destroy "inerrancy"?
- NT, errors................................Non-attribution and Evidence for early writing of NT Jesus material
- NT, errors................................On two historical issues in Acts: Theudas and the Sanhedrin
- NT, errors................................Problems in the Genealogies of Jesus: Jeconiah
- NT, errors................................Stephen's mistakes in Acts 7
- NT, errors................................The accuracy of the account of the trial of Jesus before Pilate
- NT, errors................................three days and night vs. "on the 3rd day"?
- NT, errors................................three days and night vs. "on the 3rd day"?
- NT, errors................................Was Jesus mistaken about Zechariah?
- NT, errors................................Was the NT wrong about roosters being allowed in Jerusalem?
- NT, errors................................Was the town of Nazareth made-up by Christians?
- NT, errors................................Was the town of Nazareth made-up by Christians?
- NT, errors................................Was the town of Nazareth made-up by Christians?
- NT, errors................................Well, did Jesus tell them to take a staff or not? Another contradiction?!
- NT, errors................................What about all those resurrected people walking around in Jerusalem after Jesus' death?
- NT, errors................................What about number differences in parallel passages?
- NT, errors................................What are the scholarly trends in that area today?
- NT, errors................................Women, stones, spices, empty tombs
- NT, ethics................................Did the gospel authors simply rip-off stories from the OT and ascribe them to Jesus?
- NT, ethics................................did the Messianic Jewish Believers use the OT deceitfully or ignorantly in the New Testament?
- NT, ethics................................Was John anti-Semitic
- NT, evil..................................Was Jesus' death a violation of the commandment against human sacrifice?
- NT, exaggeration..........................Did Matthew simply Double the people in his miracle stories?
- NT, eyewitness............................How does the memory research of Elizabeth Loftus on eyewitness testimony affect the credibility of NT?
- NT, falsify...............................Did the Jewish War eliminate all the possible counter-witnesses to the life of Jesus in the NT?
- NT, falsify...............................Non-attribution and Evidence for early writing of NT Jesus material
- NT, fraud.................................Christian 'bias' in the NT Writers--Does it render the NT unreliable or inadmissible as evidence?
- NT, fraud.................................Did John invent the story of the raising of Lazarus?!
- NT, fraud.................................Did the bible lie about Jesus not being married?
- NT, fraud.................................Did the Roman empire totally distort the New Testament documents?
- NT, fraud.................................Obstacles to NT borrowing of foreign religions
- NT, fraud.................................Should the possible addition of John 8.1-11 make us paranoid about other possible inauthentic 'additions'
- NT, genre.................................ALL four Gospels are written in the Graeco-Roman genre of Bioi
- NT, Greek.................................How did the peasant apostle John write the book of Revelation in Greek?
- NT, Greek.................................Why was the NT written in Greek?
- NT, group.................................Obstacles to NT borrowing of foreign religions
- NT, history...............................How could the Christians diverge from their Jewish roots?
- NT, history...............................Non-attribution and Evidence for early writing of NT Jesus material
- NT, in the Fathers........................Clement's alleged use of non-canonical sources
- NT, in the Fathers........................Justin Martyr's use of extra-biblical tradition?
- NT, in the Fathers........................Was Clement aware of the NT text?
- NT, in the Fathers........................were the Apostolic Fathers unable to distinguish between authentic and unauthentic books?
- NT, in the OT.............................Was there any reason to expect another set of Scriptures?
- NT, integrity.............................Obstacles to NT borrowing of foreign religions
- NT, integrity.............................The Gospels are under the same Thuycididean standards and conventions of the Hellenistic world
- NT, integrity.............................They are probably even at a higher level of fidelity to historical reporting
- NT, language..............................How did the peasant apostle John write the book of Revelation in Greek?
- NT, language..............................Why was the NT written in Greek?
- NT, law...................................Did NT believers mix law and grace?
- NT, lawsuits..............................Does Paul specifically command that lawsuits is to be avoided for Christians in 1 Cor 6
- NT, layers................................The methodological problem of separating the 'layers' in the NT
- NT, manuscripts...........................KNOWN textual errors in the Bible--don't they destroy "inerrancy"?
- NT, manuscripts...........................Manuscript data showing a very early NT production
- NT, manuscripts...........................The difference between "original" writings and the ones we have today?
- NT, manuscripts...........................The relative "purity" of the early mss.
- NT, myth..................................Did John invent the story of the raising of Lazarus?!
- NT, offerings.............................Did NT believers mix law and grace?
- NT, opposition............................Any eyewitnesses to refute the NT?
- NT, opposition............................Any eyewitnesses to refute the NT? (2nd reply)
- NT, opposition............................did the Christians just OUTLIVE those who "knew better and were silent"?
- NT, originals.............................The difference between "original" writings and the ones we have today?
- NT, origins...............................Evaluation of the Theory of Literary Dependence.
- NT, origins...............................Theory of Gospel construction
- NT, OT in.................................Did Jesus/NT authors misquote the Shema when they said 'with all your mind'?
- NT, philosophy............................Questions on Paul, Jesus, and Middle Platonism
- NT, purity................................The relative "purity" of the early mss.
- NT, refutation............................Any eyewitnesses to refute the NT?
- NT, refutation............................Any eyewitnesses to refute the NT? (2nd reply)
- NT, reliability...........................Did the Jewish War eliminate all the possible counter-witnesses to the life of Jesus in the NT?
- NT, Sacrifice.............................Jesus fulfillment of OT sacrifice
- NT, Sacrifice.............................Sacrifice in the NT
- NT, Sacrifice.............................Sacrifice in the NT world (Jewish)
- NT, Sacrifice.............................Sacrifice in the NT world (non-Jewish)
- NT, skeptic...............................Did the Jewish War eliminate all the possible counter-witnesses to the life of Jesus in the NT?
- NT, sources...............................Again: the process wasn't solely oral...
- NT, sources...............................Are some/many of the NT letters examples of pseudonymity?
- NT, sources...............................Christian 'bias' in the NT Writers--Does it render the NT unreliable or inadmissible as evidence?
- NT, sources...............................Did John invent the story of the raising of Lazarus?!
- NT, sources...............................Did the gospel authors simply rip-off stories from the OT and ascribe them to Jesus?
- NT, sources...............................Did the Roman empire totally distort the New Testament documents?
- NT, sources...............................Evaluation of the Theory of Literary Dependence.
- NT, sources...............................How 'assured' is James' solution to the Synoptic Problem?
- NT, sources...............................How would Matthew have borrowed from pagan religions?
- NT, sources...............................The Gospels are under the same Thuycididean standards and conventions of the Hellenistic world
- NT, sources...............................The issue of oral tradition, control, and fixity
- NT, sources...............................The literary witness to use of sources by the evangelists
- NT, sources...............................The slow, oral, hodge-podge accumulation of bits and pieces of the NT into a whole?
- NT, sources...............................Theory of Gospel construction
- NT, sources...............................They are probably even at a higher level of fidelity to historical reporting
- NT, sources...............................Was the Sermon on the Mount a "plagarism" of Moses on the Mountain?
- NT, sources...............................What is an alternative understanding of the process of gospel formation?
- NT, text..................................Clement's alleged use of non-canonical sources
- NT, text..................................The spurious endings of Mark's gospel
- NT, text..................................Was Clement aware of the NT text?
- NT, text..................................were the Apostolic Fathers unable to distinguish between authentic and unauthentic books?
- NT, text criticism........................KNOWN textual errors in the Bible--don't they destroy "inerrancy"?
- NT, tradition.............................The impetus to write it down, due to being outside 'mainstream' Judaism (e.g. Qumran)
- NT, tradition.............................The issue of oral tradition, control, and fixity
- NT, tradition.............................The methodological problem of separating the 'layers' in the NT
- NT, transmission..........................Christian 'bias' in the NT Writers--Does it render the NT unreliable or inadmissible as evidence?
- NT, transmission..........................Did the Roman empire totally distort the New Testament documents?
- NT, transmission..........................KNOWN textual errors in the Bible--don't they destroy "inerrancy"?
- NT, transmission..........................Really long periods of 'oral only' transmission of the sayings of Jesus, from the times of Jesus?
- NT, transmission..........................The "tradition control" methods as the church expanded
- NT, transmission..........................The difference between "original" writings and the ones we have today?
- NT, transmission..........................The issue of oral tradition, control, and fixity
- NT, transmission..........................The spurious endings of Mark's gospel
- NT, transmission..........................Was this alleged oral tradition transmitted without 'controls' andquite loosely?
- NT, trinity...............................NT Passages mutually involving the Father, Son, and Spirit (Raw Data)
- NT, trinity...............................The deity of Jesus:Literary Responses to Jesus
- NT, trinity...............................The deity of Jesus:Literary Responses to Jesus (con't)
- NT, trinity...............................The deity of Jesus:NT Responses to Jesus
- NT, trinity...............................The deity of Jesus:Other data relative to the deity of Jesus
- NT, trinity...............................The deity of Jesus:Pushbacks: Problems in the NT Witness to Jesus
- NT, trinity...............................The deity of Jesus:Summary: The deity of Jesus Christ
- NT, trinity...............................The deity of Jesus:The Self-Understanding of Jesus (Gospel of John)
- NT, trinity...............................The deity of Jesus:The Self-Understanding of Jesus (Synoptics)
- NT, trinity...............................The NT Witness:Pushbacks: Problems in the NT Witness to The Holy Spirit
- NT, trinity...............................The NT Witness:The Ancient Church Formulas in the NT
- NT, trinity...............................The NT Witness:The Deity of The Holy Spirit
- NT, trinity...............................The NT Witness:The Personality of The Holy Spirit
- NT, untrustworthy.........................Should the possible addition of John 8.1-11 make us paranoid about other possible inauthentic 'additions'
- NT, use of................................Evidence for early writing of NT from mainstream sources (Church Fathers/Apologists)
- NT, use of................................Evidence for early writing of NT from non-mainstream sources
- NT, verification..........................Extrabiblical Witnesses to Jesus before 200 a.d.:Thallus
- NT, verification..........................Extrabiblical, Non-Christian Witnesses to Jesus before 200 a.d.
- NT, verification..........................How does the memory research of Elizabeth Loftus on eyewitness testimony affect the credibility of NT?
- NT, view of cross.........................How did Jesus' Companions the Apostles understand what happened at the Cross?
- NT, witnesses.............................Did the Jewish War eliminate all the possible counter-witnesses to the life of Jesus in the NT?
- NT, women.................................Paul and Women
- NT, women.................................Women: Data From the Historical Literature of the Apostolic Circle
- NT, women.................................Women: Data From the Life and Ministry of Jesus
- NT, women.................................Women's Roles in the Early Church
- NT, writing...............................The impetus to write it down, due to being outside 'mainstream' Judaism (e.g. Qumran)
- Number of Chariots........................Two contradictions in OT numbers: volume of Sea and number of chariots
- Number problems...........................Two contradictions in OT numbers: volume of Sea and number of chariots
- Numbers 31................................What about God's cruelty to the Midianites in Numbers 31?!
- Numbers 5.................................Women: trial of the bitter waters (Sotah)
- Obedience.................................Did God command wives to OBEY their husbands?
- Obedience.................................Martyrdom versus “obey and live long” principles
- Objectivism...............................Various questions on the use of evidence in apologetics
- Occult....................................I am afraid my Occult background has led me into the Unpardonable sin
- Odes of Solomon...........................Evidence for early writing of NT from non-mainstream sources
- Offering..................................Does God really get hungry and have to eat food?
- Olam......................................Does the NT contradict the Hebrew Bible about the Law being 'annulled'?
- Olivet Discourse..........................Was Jesus mistaken about this 2nd Coming?
- Omnipresence..............................If God is infinite, how can there still be room for us?
- Ontology..................................Letter (started Feb 24/2013)
- Openness..................................is God supposed to 'prove stuff' to us, or are we supposed to 'seek God'?
- Openness..................................Was Israel really open to Amalekite immigration?
- Openness..................................Why didn't God stop the process before it started, if He knew of the massive suffering that would befall His creatures??
- Openness..................................Why isnt the God of the Bible showing Himself to me?
- Opposition................................did the Christians just OUTLIVE those who "knew better and were silent"?
- Oral tradition............................Again: the process wasn't solely oral...
- Oral Tradition............................Are there any indications from the internal data of the gospels, that the miracle stories are historical?
- Oral Tradition............................Did unconscious influences make the gospel writers insert the miraculous elements into the Gospels?
- Oral Tradition............................If later Christians made up miracles of Jesus in the NT Apocrypha, would not the Gospel writers done the same?
- Oral tradition............................Papias and his preference for oral tradition
- Oral tradition............................Really long periods of 'oral only' transmission of the sayings of Jesus, from the times of Jesus?
- Oral tradition............................The issue of oral tradition, control, and fixity
- Oral tradition............................The slow, oral, hodge-podge accumulation of bits and pieces of the NT into a whole?
- Oral tradition............................Was the early oral tradition ONLY made up of 'sayings' of Jesus?
- Oral Transmission.........................Are there any indications from the internal data of the gospels, that the miracle stories are historical?
- Orchards..................................Why was Israel instructed about fighting OUTSIDE the land? That looks more offensive than defensive!
- Order.....................................Does complexity REALLY require 'more complexity'?
- Origen....................................Questions on Paul, Jesus, and Middle Platonism
- Orthodoxy................................. A timeline of early Christian & anti-Christian literature
- Orthodoxy.................................Evidence that heresy was neither EARLY nor Strong (contra the Bauer/Koester position)
- Orthodoxy.................................Major heretics as "Church Fathers"?
- Orthodoxy.................................On early church unity vs. factionalism/in-fighting
- Orthodoxy.................................The issue of multiple "types" of Christianity in the early church
- Orthodoxy.................................Their claims to 'legitimacy'
- Osiris....................................Dying and Rising Gods
- Osiris....................................Questions on Paul, Jesus, and Middle Platonism
- Ossilegium................................Was the burial of Jesus a temporary one, because of time constraints?
- OT........................................Did the Jews understand the 'weeks' of Daniel to refer to 'years'?
- OT........................................doesn't the archaeological record CONTRADICT the Bible's claims about Joshua's "Conquest"?!
- OT........................................Messianic Expectations in 1st Century Judaism, non-Christian sources
- OT........................................Was the Pentateuch "adulterated" by later additions?
- OT (Greek)................................Septuagint in the NT
- OT Apocrypha..............................Messianic Expectations in 1st Century Judaism, non-Christian sources
- OT, accuracy..............................Are there any extra-biblical refs to longevity BEFORE the flood?
- OT, accuracy..............................God's revelation to us: means, authentication, canon, transmission
- OT, authorship............................All the books of the bible were written by men--see, God de-values women again"
- OT, authorship............................Jesus ascribed Pentateuch to Moses
- OT, authorship............................The Mosaic authorship of the Pentateuch?
- OT, background............................Ancient Israelite Literacy - extent
- OT, background............................Babylonian omen literature
- OT, background............................International interaction
- OT, background............................Timekeeping in the Ancient world
- OT, background............................Where was historical data archived, in the OT
- OT, contradictions........................Two contradictions in OT numbers: volume of Sea and number of chariots
- OT, contradictions........................Was Terah 70 or 130 when Abraham was born?
- OT, contradictions........................Well, did God LIKE what Jehu did or NOT--"another" contradiction?
- OT, corruption............................“Was there a textual corruption cover-up over Daniel 8.14?
- OT, cruelty...............................wasn't Elisha cruel when he sent those bears against those little kids who were teasing him about being bald?
- OT, dating................................Hittite Treaty forms
- OT, dating................................Moses access to ancient data
- OT, dating................................OT did not borrow beliefs from pagans
- OT, dating................................The Mosaic authorship of the Pentateuch?
- OT, dating................................Was Daniel written AFTER the events he foretold?
- OT, dating................................Was the Bible wrong about Abraham having camels that early?
- OT, dating................................Was the Pentateuch "adulterated" by later additions?
- OT, errors................................Are there any extra-biblical refs to longevity BEFORE the flood?
- OT, errors................................Does the Old Testament Slander Pagan Idol Worshippers?
- OT, errors................................doesn't the archaeological record CONTRADICT the Bible's claims about Joshua's "Conquest"?!
- OT, errors................................God's revelation to us: means, authentication, canon, transmission
- OT, errors................................Noah's ark -- the problem of size
- OT, errors................................Two contradictions in OT numbers: volume of Sea and number of chariots
- OT, errors................................Was Terah 70 or 130 when Abraham was born?
- OT, errors................................Was the Bible wrong about Abraham having camels that early?
- OT, errors................................When was the name "Yahweh" revealed?
- OT, errors................................Why did God order Abraham to do child sacrifice?
- OT, ethics................................A HUGE double standard in biblical sexual ethics?
- OT, ethics................................Did God force the people of Jerusalem into cannibalism?
- OT, ethics................................Did the Law only regulate behavior toward OTHER Jews?
- OT, ethics................................Does God condone slavery in the Bible?
- OT, ethics................................Sure, women could be prophets, but they couldn't participate in government."
- OT, ethics................................The VAST MAJORITY of Israelite/Church leadership is by MEN--see, God de-values women again"
- OT, ethics................................Why do men get all the glory in the bible? Why are women only minor characters?!"
- OT, exegesis..............................How could the Christians diverge from their Jewish roots?
- OT, exegesis..............................Jewish exegesis of OT in 1st century
- OT, exegesis..............................Typology--a legitimate approach to OT passages?
- OT, external data.........................Parting of the Sea by Moses
- OT, foreshadow............................Was there any reason to expect another set of Scriptures?
- OT, forms.................................OT forms highly memorable
- OT, fulfilled.............................Jesus fulfillment of OT sacrifice
- OT, in NT.................................Did the gospel authors simply rip-off stories from the OT and ascribe them to Jesus?
- OT, in NT.................................did the Messianic Jewish Believers use the OT deceitfully or ignorantly in the New Testament?
- OT, in NT.................................Jesus ascribed Pentateuch to Moses
- OT, in NT.................................Jesus fulfillment of OT sacrifice
- OT, in NT.................................Jewish use of Non-Masoretic Text in 1st century
- OT, in NT.................................Stephen's mistakes in Acts 7
- OT, in NT.................................Was Jesus' death a violation of the commandment against human sacrifice?
- OT, in NT.................................Was Jesus mistaken about Zechariah?
- OT, in NT.................................Was the Sermon on the Mount a "plagarism" of Moses on the Mountain?
- OT, in NT.................................Weird fulfillments in Matthew
- OT, in OT.................................OT in the OT
- OT, in the NT.............................Did Jesus/NT authors misquote the Shema when they said 'with all your mind'?
- OT, in the NT.............................Did the gospels make an error in their citation of the Judas-30pieces episode?
- OT, Jesus.................................Jesus fulfillment of OT sacrifice
- OT, languages.............................Was there not enough time for Hebrew to have developed (as the Bible seems to claim)?
- OT, law...................................Are the OT verses about rape and virginity indicative of an unfair, ignorant, or unrealistic god?
- OT, messianic.............................Did Christians simply INVENT the "pierced my hands and feet" in Psalm 22?!
- OT, messianic.............................Did the Jews understand the 'weeks' of Daniel to refer to 'years'?
- OT, messianic.............................Jewish messianic exegesis in 1st century
- OT, messianic.............................Messianic Expectations in 1st Century Judaism, non-Christian sources
- OT, messianic.............................The Work of Christ on the Cross (intro/background)
- OT, messianic.............................Typology--a legitimate approach to OT passages?
- OT, miracles..............................Joshua's long day
- OT, miracles..............................Parting of the Sea by Moses
- OT, miracles..............................Reversal of sun's path for Hezekiah
- OT, mistakes..............................Two contradictions in OT numbers: volume of Sea and number of chariots
- OT, plurality of God......................Old Testament passages relevant to the Trinity
- OT, plurality of God......................Thumb: OT data on Trinity/Plurality (overview)
- OT, prophecy..............................Old Testament passages relevant to the Trinity
- OT, prophecy..............................The Work of Christ on the Cross (intro/background)
- OT, prophecy..............................Thumb: OT data on Trinity/Plurality (overview)
- OT, Pseudepigrapha........................Messianic Expectations in 1st Century Judaism, non-Christian sources
- OT, quarantine............................Was biblical leprosy the same as modern leprosy?
- OT, reliability...........................How likely is it that Noah was the only righteous person on the whole earth, at the time of the Flood?
- OT, Sacrifice.............................Logic of OT sacrifice (summary)
- OT, Sacrifice.............................OT sacrifice: difference from Israel's neighbors
- OT, Sacrifice.............................Sacrifice in the OT
- OT, slander...............................Does the Old Testament Slander Pagan Idol Worshippers?
- OT, slavery...............................Does God condone slavery in the Bible?
- OT, sources...............................Good questions on JEDP
- OT, sources...............................Moses access to ancient data
- OT, sources...............................OT did not borrow beliefs from pagans
- OT, sources...............................OT forms highly memorable
- OT, sources...............................OT Jews had access to prior data
- OT, sources...............................OT priests as keepers of historical data
- OT, sources...............................OT prophets as keepers of historical data
- OT, sources...............................pre-mosaic keepers of historical data
- OT, sources...............................the Documentary Hypothesis
- OT, sources...............................The Mosaic authorship of the Pentateuch?
- OT, sources...............................Was Daniel written AFTER the events he foretold?
- OT, sources...............................Was the Pentateuch "adulterated" by later additions?
- OT, sources...............................Where was historical data archived, in the OT
- OT, text..................................Did Christians simply INVENT the "pierced my hands and feet" in Psalm 22?!
- OT, text..................................Jewish use of Non-Masoretic Text in 1st century
- OT, text..................................The Mosaic authorship of the Pentateuch?
- OT, text..................................Was the LXX "scripture" for 1st century Jews?
- OT, text..................................Was the Pentateuch "adulterated" by later additions?
- OT, text criticism........................KNOWN textual errors in the Bible--don't they destroy "inerrancy"?
- OT, textual changes.......................Was the Pentateuch "adulterated" by later additions?
- OT, theology..............................OT did not borrow beliefs from pagans
- OT, theology..............................OT sacrifice: difference from Israel's neighbors
- OT, transmission..........................God's revelation to us: means, authentication, canon, transmission
- OT, transmission..........................KNOWN textual errors in the Bible--don't they destroy "inerrancy"?
- OT, transmission..........................New Covenant/New Moses
- OT, transmission..........................OT Jews had access to prior data
- OT, transmission..........................OT priests as keepers of historical data
- OT, transmission..........................OT prophets as keepers of historical data
- OT, transmission..........................pre-mosaic keepers of historical data
- OT, transmission..........................The Mosaic authorship of the Pentateuch?
- OT, transmission..........................Transmission of Revelation - failure
- OT, transmission..........................Transmission of Revelation - Mosaic
- OT, transmission..........................Was the Pentateuch "adulterated" by later additions?
- OT, transmission..........................Where was historical data archived, in the OT
- OT, trinity...............................Old Testament passages relevant to the Trinity
- OT, trinity...............................Thumb: OT data on Trinity/Plurality (overview)
- OT, uncleanness...........................Was biblical leprosy the same as modern leprosy?
- OT, verification..........................Are there any extra-biblical refs to longevity BEFORE the flood?
- OT, verification..........................doesn't the archaeological record CONTRADICT the Bible's claims about Joshua's "Conquest"?!
- OT, verification..........................Hittite Treaty forms
- OT, verification..........................How did Moses get Balaam's prophecies for inclusion in Numbers?!
- OT, verification..........................Israel's knowledge of Canaanite practices BEFORE the exodus
- OT, verification..........................The "Travelogues" of the Book of Numbers
- OT, violence..............................shouldn't the butchering of the Amalekite children be considered war crimes?
- OT, women.................................Female Beauty in Bible
- OT, women.................................Women Legal Data From the Pre-Monarchy Literature
- OT, women.................................Women: Data From the Exilic and Post-Exilic Community
- OT, women.................................Women: historical Data From the Divided Monarchy Literature
- OT, women.................................Women: historical Data From the Monarchy Literature
- OT, women.................................Women: Historical Data From the Pre-Monarchy Literature
- OT, women.................................Women: literary Data From the Monarchy Literature
- OT, women.................................Women: literary data From the Pre-Monarchy Literature
- OT, women.................................Women: 'portrayal' Data (Wisdom lit) From the Monarchy Literature
- OT, women.................................Women: prophetic Data From the Divided Monarchy Literature
- OT, women.................................Women: trial of the bitter waters (Sotah)
- OT, women.................................Women: unfavorable passages in early OT lit: Eve
- OT, women.................................Women: unfavorable passages in early OT lit: Jephthah's daughter
- OT, women.................................Women: unfavorable passages in early OT lit: Levite and his concubine
- OT, women.................................Women: unfavorable passages in early OT lit: Lot's Daughters
- OT, women.................................Women: unfavorable passages in early OT lit: Miriam's rebellion
- OT, women.................................Women: unfavorable passages in early OT lit: Potiphar's wife
- OT, women.................................Women: unfavorable passages in early OT lit: Rachel's theft
- OT, women.................................Women: unfavorable passages in early OT lit: rape of Dinah
- OT, writing...............................Was there not enough time for Hebrew to have developed (as the Bible seems to claim)?
- Outgroup..................................does the reality of unconscious processes undermine Christianity?
- Pagan.....................................Does God really get hungry and have to eat food?
- Pagan.....................................Does the Old Testament Slander Pagan Idol Worshippers?
- Pagan.....................................Was YHWH just a pagan solar deity IAO?
- Paganism..................................What would an inscription about a consort of Yahweh really prove?
- Pain......................................A Letter about Pain in Heaven over lost Loved Ones
- Pain......................................Did God make women's bodies SPECIFICALLY to give them pain?
- Pain......................................How could God let Christians hurt to the point of suicide?
- Pain......................................if Jesus didn't stay dead, how could His death have been a REAL sacrifice?
- Pain......................................Is pain in childbirth the Curse on Eve in Genesis 3?
- Palestine.................................doesn't the archaeological record CONTRADICT the Bible's claims about Joshua's "Conquest"?!
- Palestine.................................Sacrifice in Early Cultures, Israel's neighbors
- Palestine.................................Sacrifice in the NT world (Jewish)
- Palestine.................................Was there not enough time for Hebrew to have developed (as the Bible seems to claim)?
- Pantheon..................................Was Yahweh a member of the Phoenician pantheon?
- Pantheon..................................Was YHWH just a pagan solar deity IAO?
- Papias....................................Papias and his preference for oral tradition
- Paradigm..................................Personality as the Basal Interpretive Paradigm
- Parallel passages.........................Two contradictions in OT numbers: volume of Sea and number of chariots
- Parallels.................................Did the gospel authors simply rip-off stories from the OT and ascribe them to Jesus?
- Parallels.................................Was the Sermon on the Mount a "plagarism" of Moses on the Mountain?
- Paranormal................................Question on contacting the dead (the Witch of Endor story)
- Parasitoids...............................Where exactly in the act of predation is the theological/moral problem?
- Parents...................................Martyrdom versus “obey and live long” principles
- Parousia..................................Was Jesus a failed apocalyptic prophet that the embarrassed church had to re-work into something different
- Particularity.............................Letter (started Feb 24/2013)
- Particularity, scandal....................Letter (started Feb 24/2013)
- Passion week..............................Do the Resurrection accounts HOPELESSLY contradict one another?
- Passion week..............................What about all those resurrected people walking around in Jerusalem after Jesus' death?
- Passover..................................Sacrifice in Mosaic Covenant
- Passover..................................Was God cruel when He killed all the firstborn of Egypt?
- Pastorals.................................Are some/many of the NT letters examples of pseudonymity?
- Patience..................................Why does judgment lag so far behind?
- Patriarchy................................A HUGE double standard in biblical sexual ethics?
- Patriarchy................................Doesn't the bible teach that God cursed women by making them subject/subordinate to men?"
- Patriarchy................................Sure, women could be prophets, but they couldn't participate in government."
- Patriarchy................................The patriarchy system (God condoned) subjected women by restricting their access to social/cultural power."
- Patriarchy................................The VAST MAJORITY of Israelite/Church leadership is by MEN--see, God de-values women again"
- Patriarchy................................Wasn't Miriam punished for questioning male authority, while Aaron was not?"
- Patriarchy................................Why do men get all the glory in the bible? Why are women only minor characters?!"
- Patterns..................................Patterns and Argument
- Patterns..................................The Priority of Patterns over Elements
- Paul......................................Does the NT contradict the Hebrew Bible about the Law being 'annulled'?
- Paul......................................Paul - and critical thinking
- Paul......................................Paul and Women
- Paul......................................Roman's and Paul's Theological Method
- Paul .....................................How "non-Jesus" was Paul, really? (Muslim arg)
- Paul, and Jesus...........................But didn't Jesus strongly affirm the Law in Matthew 5.17-19?
- Paul, and Jesus...........................Did Jesus come to perpetuate the Mosaic Law?
- Paul, and Jesus...........................Did Jesus restrict His gospel message to the Jews?
- Paul, and Jesus...........................Does Paul have a 'low view' of the Law?
- Paul, and Jesus...........................How "non-Jesus" was Paul, really? (Muslim arg)
- Paul, and Jesus...........................How "non-Jesus" was Paul, really? (Muslim arg)
- Paul, and Jesus...........................How "non-Jesus" was Paul, really? (Muslim arg)
- Paul, and Jesus...........................Is Paul's view of the Law radically different from that of Peter, James, John, and the Writer to the Hebrews?
- Paul, and Jesus...........................Paul had NO interest in the life of Jesus?
- Paul, and Jesus...........................Paul had NO interest in the WORDS or TEACHINGS of Jesus?
- Paul, and Jesus...........................Paul preached a different gospel than Jesus?
- Paul, and Jesus...........................Paul's gospel of a "Crucified Christ" was his invention?
- Paul, and Jesus...........................Paul's gospel was an anti-Law accommodation to the corrupt governments?
- Paul, and Jesus...........................Was the essence of the Law really 'sovereignty'?
- Paul, and lawsuits........................Does Paul specifically command that lawsuits is to be avoided for Christians in 1 Cor 6
- Paul, and polygamy........................Does the NT sanction polygamy?
- Paul, and Slavery.........................Does God condone slavery in the Bible (NT)?
- Paul, and the Law.........................How "non-Jesus" was Paul, really? (Muslim arg)
- Paul, and women...........................Paul and Women
- Paul, and women...........................Paul and Women: Controversial passages: 1 Cor 11
- Paul, and women...........................Paul and Women: Controversial passages: 1 Cor 14
- Paul, and women...........................Paul and Women: Controversial passages: 1 Tim 2
- Paul, and women...........................Paul OBVIOUSLY had a "sit down and shut up" attitude toward women--and we are supposed to trust HIM?!"
- Paul, and women...........................The early church was 'by, for, about MEN--women weren't significant players (and ESPECIALLY not leaders)."
- Paul, anti-semitic........................Was First Thess 2.15ff seriously Anti-Semitic??!!
- Paul, extremist...........................How non-Jesus was Paul, really? (continuation)
- Paul, facts on Jesus......................Questions on Paul, Jesus, and Middle Platonism
- Paul, versus Everybody....................How non-Jesus was Paul, really? (continuation)
- Paul, versus James........................How non-Jesus was Paul, really? (continuation)
- Paul, versus Jerusalem....................How non-Jesus was Paul, really? (continuation)
- Peace, nature of..........................God the Peace-Maker (PDF outline)
- PeaceMaker................................God the Peace-Maker (PDF outline)
- Penal.....................................But isn’t “Penal Substitution” actually illegal (if not immoral)??
- Pentateuch................................Jesus ascribed Pentateuch to Moses
- Pentateuch................................OT did not borrow beliefs from pagans
- Pentateuch................................The issue of 'borrowing' laws--did Moses somehow "copy" Hammurabi?
- Pentateuch................................The Mosaic authorship of the Pentateuch?
- Pentateuch................................Was the Pentateuch "adulterated" by later additions?
- Peregrinus................................Does the gullibility of the ancient world reduce the credibility of the miracle stories of Jesus?
- Persecution...............................Martyrdom versus “obey and live long” principles
- Persecution...............................Questions from a Muslim Friend: Is it important to convert to the Christian religion, to accept Jesus? If so, how would I survive? My family will kill me, and how will I become a Christian just to die?
- Persecution, Fleeing......................Questions from a Muslim Friend: Is it important to convert to the Christian religion, to accept Jesus? If so, how would I survive? My family will kill me, and how will I become a Christian just to die?
- Persecution, Muslim.......................Questions from a Muslim Friend: Is it important to convert to the Christian religion, to accept Jesus? If so, how would I survive? My family will kill me, and how will I become a Christian just to die?
- Persian...................................Someone bothered about a question on the Persian Mithras
- Personality...............................On the Loci of Freedom...
- Personality...............................Personality as the Basal Interpretive Paradigm
- Personality...............................The Vortex- basic worldview structures/beliefs of the Tank
- Perspicuity...............................God's revelation to us: skepticism, hiddeness
- Pervo.....................................Did the evangelists mean their writings to be taken as historical fiction or as a historical novel?
- Pesher....................................Jewish exegesis of OT in 1st century
- Peter.....................................Why didn't Peter eat on the roof?
- Peter, and Paul...........................Are First and Second Peter NOT by Peter, but by someone using his name?
- Peter, Epistles...........................Are First and Second Peter NOT by Peter, but by someone using his name?
- Peter, languages..........................Are First and Second Peter NOT by Peter, but by someone using his name?
- Pets......................................My kid's pet just died...what should I tell my kid?
- Phantasm..................................Is Jesus' flesh only LIKE a human's (and not ACTUALLY human itself)?
- Pharaoh...................................Did God harden Pharaoh's heart FIRST?
- Pharaoh...................................Hardening of Pharaoh
- Pharaoh...................................Hardening of Pharaoh
- Pharaoh...................................Was God cruel when He killed all the firstborn of Egypt?
- Pharisee..................................Does the NT contradict the Hebrew Bible about the Law being 'annulled'?
- Pharisees.................................Are all the past great non-Christian religious leaders who REJECTED Christ languishing in Hell right now?
- Pharisees.................................Jesus and the Pharisees
- Pharisees.................................On two historical issues in Acts: Theudas and the Sanhedrin
- Philo.....................................Did the evangelists invent miracles stories about Jesus, like a Hellenistic divine wonder-worker, to 'sell Him' better?
- Philo.....................................Messianic Expectations in 1st Century Judaism, non-Christian sources
- Philo.....................................Questions on Paul, Jesus, and Middle Platonism
- Philosophy................................Can God make a rock so big He cannot lift it?
- Philosophy................................Did I just switch from a correspondence theory of truth to a coherence theory of truth?
- Philosophy................................Does complexity REALLY require 'more complexity'?
- Philosophy................................Epistemology -starting point
- Philosophy................................Freedom
- Philosophy................................God and evil, theodicy
- Philosophy................................Implications for 'apologetic method'
- Philosophy................................Kinds, Postmodernism, and the Absolutes of Dissonance...
- Philosophy................................Linguistic wall--index
- Philosophy................................On foreknowledge
- Philosophy................................On humanity 'inventing' God
- Philosophy................................On the Loci of Freedom...
- Philosophy................................Patterns and Argument
- Philosophy................................Personality as the Basal Interpretive Paradigm
- Philosophy................................Physical and Metaphysical "Primitives"
- Philosophy................................Postmodernism and Hermeneutics
- Philosophy................................Precision and the Epistemic "Bubble"
- Philosophy................................Roman's and Paul's Theological Method
- Philosophy................................Self-Stultifying Arguments
- Philosophy................................The 'codedness' of revelation
- Philosophy................................The Priority of Patterns over Elements
- Philosophy................................Theological Basis for Epistemology (outline)
- Philosophy................................Towards an Evangelical Theological Method (outline)
- Philosophy................................Where exactly in the act of predation is the theological/moral problem?
- Philostratus..............................Did the evangelists invent miracles stories about Jesus, like a Hellenistic divine wonder-worker, to 'sell Him' better?
- Phoenician................................Was there not enough time for Hebrew to have developed (as the Bible seems to claim)?
- Phoenician................................Was Yahweh a member of the Phoenician pantheon?
- Pigs, stampede............................Mark's Geographical Ignorance—Gadara versus Gerasa, and the problem of the Long Trip Home from Sidon
- Pilate....................................Was the burial of Jesus a temporary one, because of time constraints?
- Plagarism.................................Did the gospel authors simply rip-off stories from the OT and ascribe them to Jesus?
- Plagarism.................................Was the Sermon on the Mount a "plagarism" of Moses on the Mountain?
- Plagues...................................Did God harden Pharaoh's heart FIRST?
- Platonism.................................Questions on Paul, Jesus, and Middle Platonism
- Platonism, Middle.........................Questions on Paul, Jesus, and Middle Platonism
- Platonism, Middle.........................Was the Ascension of Isaiah a Middle-Platonist document?
- Plutarch..................................Questions on Paul, Jesus, and Middle Platonism
- POE.......................................Why didn't God stop the process before it started, if He knew of the massive suffering that would befall His creatures??
- Polis.....................................Does the data about Apamea and the Ciete support the view that Rome carried out registrations in client kingdoms?
- Political power...........................Did the Roman empire totally distort the New Testament documents?
- Poltergeist...............................Is there any reason to believe in the existence of spirits?
- Polycarp..................................Evidence for early writing of NT from mainstream sources (Church Fathers/Apologists)
- Polygamy..................................Are the OT verses about rape and virginity indicative of an unfair, ignorant, or unrealistic god?
- Polygamy..................................Does the NT sanction polygamy?
- Polygamy..................................One wife or First wife?
- Polytheism................................Are there 3 gods in the Trinity?
- Polytheism................................Does the Joel quote in Acts 2 indicate astral worship by Israel?
- Polytheism................................Does the Old Testament Slander Pagan Idol Worshippers?
- Polytheism................................History of Muslim explorations of God’s nature & Christian intersections
- Polytheism................................John 1.1 - "a God"?
- Polytheism................................Was Yahweh a member of the Phoenician pantheon?
- Polytheism................................What would an inscription about a consort of Yahweh really prove?
- Poor......................................OT passages on what God avenges
- Porphyry..................................Are there any indications from the EXTERNAL data , that the miracle stories are historical?
- Poseidonius...............................Does the data about Apamea and the Ciete support the view that Rome carried out registrations in client kingdoms?
- Possession................................Evidence of the supernatural in experience
- Possession................................Is there any reason to believe in the existence of spirits?
- Postmodernism.............................Kinds, Postmodernism, and the Absolutes of Dissonance...
- Postmodernism.............................Postmodernism and Hermeneutics
- Post-Mosaic...............................New Covenant/New Moses
- Post-Mosaic...............................Transmission of Revelation - failure
- Post-Temple...............................Sacrifice in the NT world (Jewish, post-temple)
- Potiphar's wife...........................Women: unfavorable passages in early OT lit: Potiphar's wife
- Potter....................................Is the God of the Bible morally repugnant?
- Powers....................................Christus Victor: Triumph over the Powers
- Practice..................................A problem with relating to God the Father
- Practice..................................Are Christian academic institutions optional or necessary?
- Practice..................................Christian growth--an outline
- Practice..................................dealing with intellectual pride
- Practice..................................How to help a "difficult" family member.
- Practice..................................If sins are forgiven, how will Christians be judged?
- Practice..................................Interacting with God
- Practice..................................Interacting with God - doubts
- Practice..................................Interacting with God - problems
- Practice..................................Interacting with God - problems with Bible
- Practice..................................My kid's pet just died...what should I tell my kid?
- Praxis....................................How I deal with very hostile objections
- Praxis....................................Questions on my Life-View and dealing with others
- Prayer....................................Evidence of the supernatural in experience
- Precision.................................Precision and the Epistemic "Bubble"
- Precision.................................The Vortex- basic worldview structures/beliefs of the Tank
- Predation.................................Does the savagery of predation in nature show that God either isn't, or at least isn't good-hearted?
- Predation.................................Where exactly in the act of predation is the theological/moral problem?
- predestination............................Did God arbitrarily decide who to save and who to condemn?
- Predestination............................Did God harden Pharaoh's heart FIRST?
- Predestination............................Does culture determine which religion one believes? (and is this fair of God?)
- Predestination............................Doesn't Paul's argument in Romans 9 pretty clearly indicate that people's free choices are determined by God?
- Predestination............................How did the Gentiles get in the picture if the Jews were the 'chosen ones
- Predestination............................Is God harsh, unlovable, unloving, duplicious?--a discussion with Ralph
- Predestination............................Is history all "of one piece"? And Is everyone given a fair chance at heaven?
- Predestination............................Is the God of the Bible morally repugnant?
- Predestination............................Was Judas actually "obeying God" when he fulfilled the Scripture?
- Predestination............................Why didn't God stop the process before it started, if He knew of the massive suffering that would befall His creatures??
- Prediction................................The Fulfillment of Prophecy
- Prediction................................Various questions on the use of evidence in apologetics
- Prediction................................Why did Jesus allow Himself to be shamefully mistreated and executed—since He did not have to?
- Prediction, specific......................Did ancient apocalyptic figures even SET precise time points, and was there ‘concern over delay’?
- Prejudice.................................does the reality of unconscious processes undermine Christianity?
- Pre-mosaic................................Authetication of Revelation - preMosaic
- Pre-mosaic................................pre-mosaic keepers of historical data
- Presumption...............................Fear over "Willful Sins"
- Presuppositionalism.......................More on presuppositionalism
- Presuppositionalism.......................presuppositionalism
- Pride.....................................Are all the past great non-Christian religious leaders who REJECTED Christ languishing in Hell right now?
- Pride.....................................Can Pride be Good?
- Pride.....................................Dealing with pride
- Pride.....................................One suggested approach for an atheist/skeptic
- Priest....................................But, women were excluded from being priests..."
- Priest....................................OT priests as keepers of historical data
- Priest....................................Uniqueness of Jesus: more than Levitical priest
- Priesthood................................if Jesus didn't stay dead, how could His death have been a REAL sacrifice?
- Priesthood, Melchizedek...................Source data for messianic titles
- Priming...................................does the reality of unconscious processes undermine Christianity?
- Principalities............................Christus Victor: Triumph over the Powers
- Probability...............................On apologetic value of typological "prophecy"
- Probability...............................Theological impact of Aliens from space
- Problem of Evil...........................Is God really the ONLY evil being in the universe?
- Problem of Evil...........................Why didn't God stop the process before it started, if He knew of the massive suffering that would befall His creatures??
- Problems..................................if Christianity is true, why does it need so much defending? And why doesn't God make it clearer?
- Procrustes................................The Vortex- basic worldview structures/beliefs of the Tank
- Promises..................................Martyrdom versus “obey and live long” principles
- Proof.....................................Authetication of Revelation - Mosaic
- Proof.....................................Authetication of Revelation - preMosaic
- Proof.....................................Certainty vs. Proof
- Proof.....................................Could the resurrection appearances be a case of GROUP Hallucination?
- Proof.....................................Doubt
- Proof.....................................Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence
- Proof.....................................God's revelation to us: means, authentication, canon, transmission
- Proof.....................................How does the memory research of Elizabeth Loftus on eyewitness testimony affect the credibility of NT?
- Proof.....................................How I decide between competing claims to revelation
- Proof.....................................How I decide between competing claims to revelation
- Proof.....................................How I would decide between conflicting revelations
- Proof.....................................How I would decide between conflicting revelations
- Proof.....................................Interacting with the "possibly revelatory" data: Encounter, Response, Results
- Proof.....................................Is Christian experience make-believe?
- Proof.....................................is God supposed to 'prove stuff' to us, or are we supposed to 'seek God'?
- Proof.....................................Is 'only reason' reasonable?
- Proof.....................................Is the bible false, since it is not written in logic or math?
- Proof.....................................Is there any reason to believe in the existence of spirits?
- Proof.....................................Objections-to disprove is not to prove the opposite
- Proof.....................................On apologetic value of typological "prophecy"
- Proof.....................................The Fulfillment of Prophecy
- Proof.....................................Thumb: How do you know God exists?
- Proof.....................................Two Pushbacks, on "would more hurt"? and "why seek a hidden God anyway?"
- Proof.....................................Types of Evidence
- Proof.....................................Types of evidence for revelation
- Proof.....................................Types of evidence for revelation
- Proof.....................................Typology and prophecy
- Proof.....................................What makes you convinced that God exists?
- Proof.....................................What makes you convinced that God exists?
- Proof.....................................Why didn't God confirm the resurrection in a better way?
- Proof.....................................Why doesn't God give us proof?
- Proof.....................................Why doesn't God manifest Himself physically?
- Proof.....................................why should we believe Jesus was the Messiah, if He didn’t fulfill all the prophecies when He was here?
- Property..................................Weren't OT women WORSE off than even their Babylonian counterparts?"
- Prophecy..................................A question on my work on Isaiah 7.14
- Prophecy..................................Did ancient apocalyptic figures even SET precise time points, and was there ‘concern over delay’?
- Prophecy..................................Did Christians simply INVENT the "pierced my hands and feet" in Psalm 22?!
- Prophecy..................................Did Jesus come during the wrong empire, according to Daniel and the beast vision?
- Prophecy..................................Did the Jews understand the 'weeks' of Daniel to refer to 'years'?
- Prophecy..................................Does Micah 5 speak about the birth-place of the Messiah, or only His birth-family?
- Prophecy..................................Evidence of the supernatural in experience
- Prophecy..................................Is 7.14--the Virgin Birth prophecy
- Prophecy..................................Messianic Expectations in 1st Century Judaism, non-Christian sources
- Prophecy..................................Micah 5.2: the Bethlehem prophecy
- Prophecy..................................On apologetic value of typological "prophecy"
- Prophecy..................................Sure, women could be prophets, but they couldn't participate in government."
- Prophecy..................................The Fulfillment of Prophecy
- Prophecy..................................The Work of Christ on the Cross (intro/background)
- Prophecy..................................Typology and prophecy
- Prophecy..................................Typology--a legitimate approach to OT passages?
- Prophecy..................................Various questions on the use of evidence in apologetics
- Prophecy..................................Was Daniel written AFTER the events he foretold?
- Prophecy..................................Was Jesus a failed apocalyptic prophet that the embarrassed church had to re-work into something different
- Prophecy..................................Was Jesus actually a 'ruler' in Israel?
- Prophecy..................................Was there any reason to expect another set of Scriptures?
- Prophecy..................................Weird fulfillments in Matthew
- Prophecy..................................Well, did God LIKE what Jehu did or NOT--"another" contradiction?
- Prophecy..................................Why did Jesus allow Himself to be shamefully mistreated and executed—since He did not have to?
- Prophecy..................................why should we believe Jesus was the Messiah, if He didn’t fulfill all the prophecies when He was here?
- Prophecy, evaluation of...................On apologetic value of typological "prophecy"
- Prophecy, messianic.......................Source data for messianic titles
- Prophecy, messianic.......................Where in the Hebrew Bible does it predict a resurrection after 3 days?
- Prophecy, prediction......................Did ancient apocalyptic figures even SET precise time points, and was there ‘concern over delay’?
- Prophet...................................Questions from a Muslim Friend: Was Jesus a good prophet? If he was a prophet why do you call him God?
- Prophetic Figures.........................Messianic Expectations in 1st Century Judaism, non-Christian sources
- Prophets..................................Did the NT authors make up miracle stories about Jesus to make him look like Jewish hasidim, prophets, or messiahs?
- Prophets..................................OT prophets as keepers of historical data
- Prophets..................................Sacrifice in Later books of OT: Prophets
- Prophets..................................Uniqueness of Jesus: more than a prophet
- Prophets, ANE.............................wasn't Elisha cruel when he sent those bears against those little kids who were teasing him about being bald?
- Prophets, bad.............................Does the Old Testament Slander Pagan Idol Worshippers?
- Prophets, ignorant........................Does the Old Testament Slander Pagan Idol Worshippers?
- Prophets, status..........................wasn't Elisha cruel when he sent those bears against those little kids who were teasing him about being bald?
- Prophets, women...........................Did women prophets have to be virgins?
- Propitiation..............................Questions from a Muslim Friend: If Jesus gave his life for the whole mankind, is all mankind saved? If yes how? Are their sins forgiven? And if the sins are forgiven, will all go to the heaven?
- Protection by God.........................Letter to Readers (misc topics)
- Providence................................Was Judas actually "obeying God" when he fulfilled the Scripture?
- Providence................................What good is God? On...the limits of "trials"
- Psalm 22..................................Did Christians simply INVENT the "pierced my hands and feet" in Psalm 22?!
- Psalms....................................Messianic Psalms: The Righteous Sufferer
- Psalms....................................Sacrifice in Later books of OT: Psalms
- Pseudepigrapha............................Did the Jews understand the 'weeks' of Daniel to refer to 'years'?
- Pseudepigrapha............................Jewish use of Non-Masoretic Text in 1st century
- Pseudepigrapha............................Was Daniel written AFTER the events he foretold?
- Pseudonymity..............................Are First and Second Peter NOT by Peter, but by someone using his name?
- Pseudonymity..............................Are some/many of the NT letters examples of pseudonymity?
- Pseudonymity..............................Was Daniel written AFTER the events he foretold?
- Pseudonymity..............................Were the gospels pseudonymous?
- Psychoactive drugs........................A problem with guilt over using "secular" counselors and neuroactive medication
- Punishment................................But isn’t “Penal Substitution” actually illegal (if not immoral)??
- Punishment................................Christus Victor: Triumph over the Powers
- Punishment, Eternal.......................Isn’t infinite/eternal punishment for a finite/temporal sin a bit disproportionate???
- Pythagoras................................Did the evangelists invent miracles stories about Jesus, like a Hellenistic divine wonder-worker, to 'sell Him' better?
- Q.........................................How 'assured' is James' solution to the Synoptic Problem?
- Q.........................................How compelling is the case for Literary Dependence among the synoptic gospels?
- Q.........................................Was the early oral tradition ONLY made up of 'sayings' of Jesus?
- Quarantine................................Was biblical leprosy the same as modern leprosy?
- Quirinius.................................An objection about Luke, Quirinius, and Herods
- Qumran....................................Did the Jews understand the 'weeks' of Daniel to refer to 'years'?
- Qumran....................................Is the Sermon on the Mount actually an ancient Essene prayer dating to 100's of years before Christ?!
- Qumran....................................Jewish use of Non-Masoretic Text in 1st century
- Qumran....................................John the Baptist as Forerunner of the Messiah
- Qumran....................................Messianic Expectations in 1st Century Judaism, non-Christian sources
- Qumran....................................The theories of Eisenman, Allegro, Thiering, and Baigent & Leigh concerning the Dead Sea Scrolls?
- Quotation.................................Non-attribution and Evidence for early writing of NT Jesus material
- Quran.....................................Are Muslims forbidden to believe that Jesus was crucified?
- Quran.....................................Are there 3 gods in the Trinity?
- Quran.....................................History of Muslim explorations of God’s nature & Christian intersections
- Quran.....................................How can Christians believe that there is only one God, and yet still call Jesus the Son of God?
- Quran.....................................How Did Messiah Jesus explain His death to His disciples?
- Quran.....................................is theBible "as violent" as the Quran/Hadith?
- Rabbi.....................................Does the NT contradict the Hebrew Bible about the Law being 'annulled'?
- Rabbinic.................................. Did the evangelists create miracle stories about Jesus, as the later rabbis seemed to do about each other?
- rabbinic..................................Are there any indications from the EXTERNAL data , that the miracle stories are historical?
- Rabbinic..................................Did the Gospel writers create miracle stories about Jesus, like the later rabbi's did in the Midrash?
- Rabbinic..................................Does the NT contradict the Hebrew Bible about the Law being 'annulled'?
- Rabbinic..................................Was the burial of Jesus a temporary one, because of time constraints?
- Rabbinical................................did the Christians just OUTLIVE those who "knew better and were silent"?
- Rabbinical................................Did the Jews understand the 'weeks' of Daniel to refer to 'years'?
- Rabbinical................................Evidence of early writing by the apostles (probably even during Jesus' life)
- Rabbinical................................Jewish use of Non-Masoretic Text in 1st century
- Rabbinical................................John the Baptist as Forerunner of the Messiah
- Rabbinical................................Messianic Expectations in 1st Century Judaism, non-Christian sources
- Rabbinical................................Was the LXX "scripture" for 1st century Jews?
- Rabbinics.................................Did the bible lie about Jesus not being married?
- Rabbinics.................................why should we believe Jesus was the Messiah, if He didn’t fulfill all the prophecies when He was here?
- Rabbis....................................Did the NT authors make up miracle stories about Jesus to make him look like Jewish hasidim, prophets, or messiahs?
- Rachel....................................Women: unfavorable passages in early OT lit: Rachel's theft
- Racial....................................Was Israel really open to Amalekite immigration?
- Racism....................................does the reality of unconscious processes undermine Christianity?
- Raiders...................................Were the Amalekites REALLY nomads?
- Rambam....................................Are all the past great non-Christian religious leaders who REJECTED Christ languishing in Hell right now?
- Ramban....................................Are all the past great non-Christian religious leaders who REJECTED Christ languishing in Hell right now?
- Ransom...................................."Paid in Full" -- Jesus' words on the Cross?
- Ransom....................................But isn’t “Penal Substitution” actually illegal (if not immoral)??
- Ransom....................................How Did Messiah Jesus explain His death to His disciples?
- Ransom....................................Redemption/Ransom (NT)--pdf only
- Ransom....................................Redemption/Ransom (OT)
- Rape......................................Are the OT verses about rape and virginity indicative of an unfair, ignorant, or unrealistic god?
- Rape......................................Did God callously give David's wives to Absalom to rape?
- Rape......................................Did God make women's bodies SPECIFICALLY to give them pain?
- Rashi.....................................Are all the past great non-Christian religious leaders who REJECTED Christ languishing in Hell right now?
- Reason....................................Is 'only reason' reasonable?
- Reason....................................Is the bible false, since it is not written in logic or math?
- Reburial..................................Was the burial of Jesus a temporary one, because of time constraints?
- Recompense................................What "value" is there in exceptional suffering?
- Reconciliation............................Reconciliation (class syllabus)
- Redaction.................................Are there any indications from the internal data of the gospels, that the miracle stories are historical?
- Redemption................................But isn’t “Penal Substitution” actually illegal (if not immoral)??
- Redemption................................How Did Messiah Jesus explain His death to His disciples?
- Redemption................................Redemption/Ransom (NT)--pdf only
- Redemption................................Redemption/Ransom (OT)
- Reductionism..............................Is there evidence for the existence of the "soul"?
- Reductionism..............................Mind/brain
- Reductionism..............................The Vortex- basic worldview structures/beliefs of the Tank
- Reference Points..........................The Vortex- basic worldview structures/beliefs of the Tank
- Reformed..................................Did God arbitrarily decide who to save and who to condemn?
- Reincarnation.............................Did the early Church believe in Reincarnation?
- Rejection.................................Why did Jesus allow Himself to be shamefully mistreated and executed—since He did not have to?
- Rejection, messiah........................Source data for messianic titles
- Relevance.................................Hey, who Invited GOD to this century?!
- Religion, delusion........................Isnt there a “God part of the Brain” that proves all this Jesus stuff is untrue?
- Repentance................................What is "repentance"?
- Response..................................Interacting with the "possibly revelatory" data: Encounter, Response, Results
- Response..................................Two Pushbacks, on "would more hurt"? and "why seek a hidden God anyway?"
- Responsibility............................does the reality of unconscious processes undermine Christianity?
- Responsibility, Human.....................Does human culpability for non-interference in crime prove theodicy WRONG?
- Rest, nature of...........................God the Rest-Giver (PDF outline)
- Resurrection..............................Could the resurrection appearances be a case of GROUP Hallucination?
- Resurrection..............................Did John invent the story of the raising of Lazarus?!
- Resurrection..............................Do the Resurrection accounts HOPELESSLY contradict one another?
- Resurrection..............................How was Jesus the Firstfruits from the dead, if there were other resurrections before His?
- Resurrection..............................Letter to Readers (misc topics)
- Resurrection..............................Questions on Paul, Jesus, and Middle Platonism
- Resurrection..............................What about all those resurrected people walking around in Jerusalem after Jesus' death?
- Resurrection..............................What does 'firstborn' mean when used of Jesus?
- Resurrection..............................Why didn't God confirm the resurrection in a better way?
- Resurrection..............................Women, stones, spices, empty tombs
- Resurrection, confirmation................Why didn't God confirm the resurrection in a better way?
- Resurrection, proof.......................Why didn't God confirm the resurrection in a better way?
- Retribution...............................Isn’t infinite/eternal punishment for a finite/temporal sin a bit disproportionate???
- Retribution...............................Why can't God just forgive sin, instead of demanding justice?
- Return of Christ..........................Was Jesus a failed apocalyptic prophet that the embarrassed church had to re-work into something different
- Revelation................................Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence
- Revelation................................God's revelation to us: context and processing
- Revelation................................How I decide between competing claims to revelation
- Revelation................................How I decide between competing claims to revelation
- Revelation................................How I would decide between conflicting revelations
- Revelation................................How I would decide between conflicting revelations
- Revelation................................Interacting with the "possibly revelatory" data: Encounter, Response, Results
- Revelation................................Is God ever intentionally silent toward His loved ones?
- Revelation................................The 'codedness' of revelation
- Revelation................................The process of God's communication to us
- Revelation................................Types of evidence for revelation
- Revelation................................What about Those Who have Never Heard the Gospel?
- Revelation................................Why doesn't God manifest Himself physically?
- Revelation................................Why isnt the God of the Bible showing Himself to me?
- Revelation, authentication................God's revelation to us: means, authentication, canon, transmission
- Revelation, hiddeness.....................God's revelation to us: skepticism, hiddeness
- Revelation, Perspicuity...................God's revelation to us: skepticism, hiddeness
- Revelation, proof.........................Authetication of Revelation - Mosaic
- Revelation, proof.........................Authetication of Revelation - preMosaic
- Revenge...................................God is wrathful, vengeful, and jealous?
- Revenge...................................OT passages on what God avenges
- Righteousness.............................Are all the past great non-Christian religious leaders who REJECTED Christ languishing in Hell right now?
- Righteousness.............................The difference between Righteousness and Holiness
- Ritual....................................Does the NT contradict the Hebrew Bible about the Law being 'annulled'?
- Roman.....................................Sacrifice in the NT world (non-Jewish)
- Roman census..............................Does the data about Apamea and the Ciete support the view that Rome carried out registrations in client kingdoms?
- Roman housing.............................Urban expansion of the early Church
- Roman life................................Urban expansion of the early Church
- Roman literature, influence of gospels on.Evidence for early writing of NT from non-mainstream sources
- Romance...................................Did the evangelists mean their writings to be taken as historical fiction or as a historical novel?
- Romance...................................If later Christians made up miracles of Jesus in the NT Apocrypha, would not the Gospel writers done the same?
- Romans....................................Roman's and Paul's Theological Method
- Romans 9..................................Doesn't Paul's argument in Romans 9 pretty clearly indicate that people's free choices are determined by God?
- Romans 9..................................Is the God of the Bible morally repugnant?
- Rome......................................Did Jesus come during the wrong empire, according to Daniel and the beast vision?
- Rooster...................................Was the NT wrong about roosters being allowed in Jerusalem?
- Ruler.....................................Was Jesus actually a 'ruler' in Israel?
- Sabbath...................................Does the NT contradict the Hebrew Bible about the Law being 'annulled'?
- Sabbath...................................Was the burial of Jesus a temporary one, because of time constraints?
- Sacrifice.................................But isn’t “Penal Substitution” actually illegal (if not immoral)??
- Sacrifice.................................Christ's death on the Cross--serious, real, painful
- Sacrifice.................................Does God really get hungry and have to eat food?
- Sacrifice.................................if Jesus didn't stay dead, how could His death have been a REAL sacrifice?
- Sacrifice.................................Is the God of the Bible morally repugnant?
- Sacrifice.................................Logic of OT sacrifice (summary)
- Sacrifice.................................OT sacrifice: difference from Israel's neighbors
- Sacrifice.................................OT sacrifice: Purpose
- Sacrifice.................................Sacrifice in Early Cultures
- Sacrifice.................................Sacrifice in Early Cultures, Israel's neighbors
- Sacrifice.................................Sacrifice in Early Cultures, Remote from Israel
- Sacrifice.................................Sacrifice in Later books of OT
- Sacrifice.................................Sacrifice in Later books of OT: Prophets
- Sacrifice.................................Sacrifice in Later books of OT: Psalms
- Sacrifice.................................Sacrifice in Mosaic Covenant
- Sacrifice.................................Sacrifice in the NT
- Sacrifice.................................Sacrifice in the NT world (Jewish)
- Sacrifice.................................Sacrifice in the NT world (non-Jewish)
- Sacrifice.................................Sacrifice in the OT
- Sacrifice.................................Sacrifice outside the Mosaic Covenant
- Sacrifice.................................The torn-veil in the Temple/the scarlet thread
- Sacrifice.................................The Work of Christ on the Cross (intro/background)
- Sacrifice.................................Why did God order Abraham to do child sacrifice?
- Sacrifice ................................Was Jesus' death a violation of the commandment against human sacrifice?
- Sacrifice, child..........................Was Jesus' death a violation of the commandment against human sacrifice?
- Sacrifice, child..........................Why did God order Abraham to do child sacrifice?
- Sacrifice, human..........................Was Jesus' death a violation of the commandment against human sacrifice?
- Sacrifice, Jesus..........................Jesus sacrifice: the purpose
- Sacrifice, purpose........................Jesus sacrifice: the purpose
- Sacrifice, purpose........................OT sacrifice: Purpose
- Sadducees.................................On two historical issues in Acts: Theudas and the Sanhedrin
- Sage...................................... Did the evangelists create miracle stories about Jesus, as the later rabbis seemed to do about each other?
- Sage......................................But, women were excluded from being priests..."
- Sage......................................God is ALWAYS portrayed as a male--women had no way of identifying with Him"
- Sage......................................Sure, women could be prophets, but they couldn't participate in government."
- Sage......................................Uniqueness of Jesus: more than a Sage
- Sage......................................Women are always pictured as being servile or passive or evil or stupid..."
- Sage......................................Women as Sages
- Sages.....................................Did the Gospel writers create miracle stories about Jesus, like the later rabbi's did in the Midrash?
- Salvation................................."Paid in Full" -- Jesus' words on the Cross?
- Salvation.................................Are all the past great non-Christian religious leaders who REJECTED Christ languishing in Hell right now?
- Salvation.................................Can you be certain you have the "right" faith?
- Salvation.................................Did NT believers mix law and grace?
- Salvation.................................Do I have to be holy/righteous before I approach God for salvation?
- Salvation.................................if Jesus didn't stay dead, how could His death have been a REAL sacrifice?
- Salvation.................................Sacrifice in the NT
- Salvation.................................The meaning of 'born again' in Scripture
- Salvation.................................Two Pushbacks, on "would more hurt"? and "why seek a hidden God anyway?"
- Salvation.................................What about Those Who have Never Heard the Gospel?
- Salvation.................................What is "repentance"?
- Salvation.................................What was the use of Christ's death?
- Salvation, eternal........................Could God be less compassionate and harsher in His judgments than us?
- Salvation, faith..........................Questions from a Muslim Friend: If Jesus gave his life for the whole mankind, is all mankind saved? If yes how? Are their sins forgiven? And if the sins are forgiven, will all go to the heaven?
- Salvation, faith..........................Questions from a Muslim Friend: If Jesus was a God why was this import for him to give his life? Because he could show the right path to the mankind without giving his life.
- Salvation, impossible.....................Questions from a Muslim Friend: If Jesus gave his life for the whole mankind, is all mankind saved? If yes how? Are their sins forgiven? And if the sins are forgiven, will all go to the heaven?
- Salvation, impossible.....................Questions from a Muslim Friend: If Jesus was a God why was this import for him to give his life? Because he could show the right path to the mankind without giving his life.
- Salvation, Islam..........................Questions from a Muslim Friend: If Jesus gave his life for the whole mankind, is all mankind saved? If yes how? Are their sins forgiven? And if the sins are forgiven, will all go to the heaven?
- Salvation, Islam..........................Questions from a Muslim Friend: If Jesus was a God why was this import for him to give his life? Because he could show the right path to the mankind without giving his life.
- Salvation, lost...........................Could God be less compassionate and harsher in His judgments than us?
- Salvation, nature of......................Personal letter
- Salvation, permanent......................Could God be less compassionate and harsher in His judgments than us?
- Salvation, works..........................Questions from a Muslim Friend: If Jesus gave his life for the whole mankind, is all mankind saved? If yes how? Are their sins forgiven? And if the sins are forgiven, will all go to the heaven?
- Salvation, works..........................Questions from a Muslim Friend: If Jesus was a God why was this import for him to give his life? Because he could show the right path to the mankind without giving his life.
- Sanctification............................A letter to someone fatigued at sin…
- Sanctification............................Do I have to be holy/righteous before I approach God for salvation?
- Sanhedrin.................................On two historical issues in Acts: Theudas and the Sanhedrin
- Sanhedrin.................................Was the burial of Jesus a temporary one, because of time constraints?
- Santa Claus...............................Just because I cannot think of a better explanation now, doesn't mean I have to accept your Christian one
- Satan.....................................Casting out demons by the power of demons
- Satan.....................................Christus Victor: Triumph over the Powers
- Satan.....................................David's census
- Satan.....................................David's Tragic Census-who 'Moved' him to do it?
- Satan.....................................Did Christ die for Satan?
- Satan.....................................Does the bible -- Jesus himself -- really teach/reveal that YHWH was actually SATAN??
- Satan.....................................Is God really the ONLY evil being in the universe?
- Satan, angel of light.....................Does the bible -- Jesus himself -- really teach/reveal that YHWH was actually SATAN??
- Satan, author.............................Does the bible -- Jesus himself -- really teach/reveal that YHWH was actually SATAN??
- Satan, god................................Does the bible -- Jesus himself -- really teach/reveal that YHWH was actually SATAN??
- Satire....................................Did the evangelists mean their writings to be taken as historical fiction or as a historical novel?
- Saul......................................Why couldn't Israel take in the Amalekites like the women/children of war in Deut 20?
- Savior....................................How Did Messiah Jesus explain His death to His disciples?
- Savior....................................Sacrifice in the NT
- Savior....................................Was Jesus Christ just a CopyCat Savior Myth?
- Sayings source............................Was the early oral tradition ONLY made up of 'sayings' of Jesus?
- Scandal of Particularity..................How I would decide between conflicting revelations
- Scandal of Particularity..................Letter (started Feb 24/2013)
- Scandal of Particularlity.................What about Those Who have Never Heard the Gospel?
- Scorched Earth............................Why was Israel instructed about fighting OUTSIDE the land? That looks more offensive than defensive!
- Scribe....................................Are First and Second Peter NOT by Peter, but by someone using his name?
- Scripts...................................Was there not enough time for Hebrew to have developed (as the Bible seems to claim)?
- Scripture.................................Postmodernism and Hermeneutics
- Scripture.................................The 'codedness' of revelation
- Scripture.................................Theological Method (from scripture)
- Scripture, difficulties...................Is God harsh, unlovable, unloving, duplicious?--a discussion with Ralph
- Scripture, language.......................Why was the NT written in Greek?
- Séance....................................Question on contacting the dead (the Witch of Endor story)
- Second chances............................Second chances with God…
- Secretary.................................Are First and Second Peter NOT by Peter, but by someone using his name?
- Secundus..................................Does the data about Apamea and the Ciete support the view that Rome carried out registrations in client kingdoms?
- Security, eternal.........................Could God be less compassionate and harsher in His judgments than us?
- Seeking...................................is God supposed to 'prove stuff' to us, or are we supposed to 'seek God'?
- Seeking...................................Two Pushbacks, on "would more hurt"? and "why seek a hidden God anyway?"
- Seeking...................................Why isnt the God of the Bible showing Himself to me?
- Self-contradicting........................Self-Stultifying Arguments
- Self-deception............................Is Christian experience make-believe?
- Self-loathing.............................Discussion on Deep depression, self-loathing, chronic therapy needs
- Self-referential..........................Self-Stultifying Arguments
- Self-refutational.........................Self-Stultifying Arguments
- Self-righteousness........................Letter to Readers (misc topics)
- Self-stultifying..........................Self-Stultifying Arguments
- Semahot...................................Was the burial of Jesus a temporary one, because of time constraints?
- Semantic model............................The Vortex- basic worldview structures/beliefs of the Tank
- Septuagint................................Messianic Expectations in 1st Century Judaism, non-Christian sources
- Septuagint................................Septuagint in the NT
- Septuagint................................Was the LXX "scripture" for 1st century Jews?
- Sermon on the Mount.......................Is the Sermon on the Mount actually an ancient Essene prayer dating to 100's of years before Christ?!
- Sermon on the Mount.......................Was the Sermon on the Mount a "plagarism" of Moses on the Mountain?
- Servant...................................Is Isaiah 53.10 about Israel, rather than about Jesus?
- Servant, messianic........................Source data for messianic titles
- Servant, suffering........................Source data for messianic titles
- Servants..................................Why couldn't Israel take in the Amalekites like the women/children of war in Deut 20?
- Seventy weeks.............................Did the Jews understand the 'weeks' of Daniel to refer to 'years'?
- Sex.......................................Is there proof that Jesus did not have sex with Mary Magdalene?
- Sexual ethics.............................A HUGE double standard in biblical sexual ethics?
- Sexual ethics.............................Circumcision and False Teaching in the Bible?
- Shallum...................................Is the dating of Zedekiah a contradiction with the birth-order in 1 Chronicles?
- Shalom....................................God the Peace-Maker (PDF outline)
- Shame.....................................Discussion on Deep depression, self-loathing, chronic therapy needs
- Shammai................................... Did the evangelists create miracle stories about Jesus, as the later rabbis seemed to do about each other?
- Shekinah..................................Are Christians committing Idolatry and Violating the 2nd Commandant in the use of images of Jesus?
- Shekinah..................................Does the submission of Jesus to the Father contradict the Trinity?
- Shema ....................................Did Jesus/NT authors misquote the Shema when they said 'with all your mind'?
- Shemahot..................................Was the burial of Jesus a temporary one, because of time constraints?
- Shepherd of Hermas........................Evidence for early writing of NT from mainstream sources (Church Fathers/Apologists)
- Sibylline Oracles.........................Evidence for early writing of NT from non-mainstream sources
- Sickness..................................Was biblical leprosy the same as modern leprosy?
- Sidon.....................................Mark's Geographical Ignorance—Gadara versus Gerasa, and the problem of the Long Trip Home from Sidon
- Siege.....................................Why was Israel instructed about fighting OUTSIDE the land? That looks more offensive than defensive!
- Sign......................................Circumcision and False Teaching in the Bible?
- Silver, 30 pieces.........................Source data for messianic titles
- Simon the Magician........................Evidence for early writing of NT from non-mainstream sources
- Sin.......................................A letter to someone fatigued at sin…
- Sin.......................................How likely is it that Noah was the only righteous person on the whole earth, at the time of the Flood?
- Sin.......................................Isn’t infinite/eternal punishment for a finite/temporal sin a bit disproportionate???
- Sin.......................................Questions from a Muslim Friend: If Jesus gave his life for the whole mankind, is all mankind saved? If yes how? Are their sins forgiven? And if the sins are forgiven, will all go to the heaven?
- Sin.......................................Questions from a Muslim Friend: If Jesus was a God why was this import for him to give his life? Because he could show the right path to the mankind without giving his life.
- Sin.......................................What is "repentance"?
- Sin, depth................................Questions from a Muslim Friend: If Jesus gave his life for the whole mankind, is all mankind saved? If yes how? Are their sins forgiven? And if the sins are forgiven, will all go to the heaven?
- Sin, depth................................Questions from a Muslim Friend: If Jesus was a God why was this import for him to give his life? Because he could show the right path to the mankind without giving his life.
- Sin, effects..............................What was the use of Christ's death?
- Sin, will.................................Questions from a Muslim Friend: If Jesus gave his life for the whole mankind, is all mankind saved? If yes how? Are their sins forgiven? And if the sins are forgiven, will all go to the heaven?
- Sin, will.................................Questions from a Muslim Friend: If Jesus was a God why was this import for him to give his life? Because he could show the right path to the mankind without giving his life.
- Sincerity.................................Thumb:As long as each person is genuinely sincere, what difference does it make what they believe?
- Sins,forgiven.............................Questions from a Muslim Friend: If Jesus gave his life for the whole mankind, is all mankind saved? If yes how? Are their sins forgiven? And if the sins are forgiven, will all go to the heaven?
- Skepticism................................Did the gospel authors invent the miracle stories about Jesus?
- Skepticism................................Did the gospel authors write the gospels AS myth?
- Skepticism................................Does incomplete knowledge mean God is unknowable?
- Skepticism................................Why didn't God confirm the resurrection in a better way?
- Skepticism................................Would the evangelists write the gospels as NEW myth, since no one took myth seriously anyway back then?
- Slander...................................Does the Old Testament Slander Pagan Idol Worshippers?
- Slaughter.................................Was God cruel when He killed all the firstborn of Egypt?
- Slave.....................................Why couldn't Israel take in the Amalekites like the women/children of war in Deut 20?
- Slave Trade...............................Why couldn't Israel take in the Amalekites like the women/children of war in Deut 20?
- Slavery...................................Does God condone slavery in the Bible?
- Slavery...................................Redemption/Ransom (NT)--pdf only
- Slavery...................................Redemption/Ransom (OT)
- Slavery...................................What about God's cruelty to the Midianites in Numbers 31?!
- Slavery (NT)..............................Does God condone slavery in the Bible?
- Smith, Morton.............................Does Secret Mark prove the church suppressed the truth at will?
- Social....................................Discussion on Deep depression, self-loathing, chronic therapy needs
- Social....................................Why can't God just forgive sin, instead of demanding justice?
- Social Relief.............................Urban expansion of the early Church
- Society...................................Why would government have any authority in personal areas like marriage?
- Sojourner.................................Was Israel really open to Amalekite immigration?
- Solar.....................................Was YHWH just a pagan solar deity IAO?
- Son of David..............................Does the submission of Jesus to the Father contradict the Trinity?
- Son of God................................Does the submission of Jesus to the Father contradict the Trinity?
- Son of God................................How is the believer's sonship to God different from Christ's Sonship to God?
- Son of Man................................Could Jesus really not have had any 'Son of man' sayings, because they were allegedly only later?
- Sons of God...............................Who were the "Sons of God" in Genesis 6 (and elsewhere)?
- Sons of God...............................Who were the "Sons of God" in Genesis 6 (and elsewhere)?
- Sons of God...............................Who were the "Sons of God" in Genesis 6?
- Sonship...................................How is the believer's sonship to God different from Christ's Sonship to God?
- Sorcery...................................Did the evangelists invent miracles stories about Jesus, like a Hellenistic divine wonder-worker, to 'sell Him' better?
- Sorrow....................................What is "repentance"?
- Sotah.....................................Women: trial of the bitter waters (Sotah)
- Soul......................................does the reality of unconscious processes undermine Christianity?
- Soul......................................Is there any reason to believe in the existence of spirits?
- Soul......................................Is there evidence for the existence of the "soul"?
- Sources, messianic........................Source data for messianic titles
- Sovereignty...............................Did God harden Pharaoh's heart FIRST?
- Sovereignty...............................Does human culpability for non-interference in crime prove theodicy WRONG?
- Sovereignty...............................Doesn't Paul's argument in Romans 9 pretty clearly indicate that people's free choices are determined by God?
- Sovereignty...............................Is the God of the Bible morally repugnant?
- Spells....................................Does the gullibility of the ancient world reduce the credibility of the miracle stories of Jesus?
- Spirits...................................Christus Victor: Triumph over the Powers
- Spirits...................................Evidence of the supernatural in experience
- Spirits...................................Is there any reason to believe in the existence of spirits?
- Spirits...................................Question on contacting the dead (the Witch of Endor story)
- Spirits, evil.............................Do evil spirits come from the ghosts of dead god-haters?
- Spiritual Oppression......................A question about 'after-effects' after being rescued by God from demonic-oriented cults
- Spirituality..............................dealing with intellectual pride
- Stampede, Pigs............................Mark's Geographical Ignorance—Gadara versus Gerasa, and the problem of the Long Trip Home from Sidon
- Starting point............................Fideism and starting-points
- Starting Point............................Personality as the Basal Interpretive Paradigm
- Statues...................................Does the Old Testament Slander Pagan Idol Worshippers?
- Stealth...................................Questions on God, lying, and deception...
- Stephen...................................Stephen's mistakes in Acts 7
- Stereotype................................does the reality of unconscious processes undermine Christianity?
- Stereotypes...............................Did unconscious influences make the gospel writers insert the miraculous elements into the Gospels?
- Stewardship...............................Could divorce ever be the ethical imperative?
- Stone, burial.............................is the tomb story flawed because the term 'rolled' is used?
- Subconscious..............................Did unconscious influences make the gospel writers insert the miraculous elements into the Gospels?
- Subconscious..............................does the reality of unconscious processes undermine Christianity?
- Subjectivity..............................One suggested approach for an atheist/skeptic
- Submission................................Did God command wives to OBEY their husbands?
- Submission................................Does the submission of Jesus to the Father contradict the Trinity?
- Subordinationism..........................Does the submission of Jesus to the Father contradict the Trinity?
- Substitute................................"Paid in Full" -- Jesus' words on the Cross?
- Substitute................................Are Muslims forbidden to believe that Jesus was crucified?
- Substitute................................But isn’t “Penal Substitution” actually illegal (if not immoral)??
- Substitute................................Christ's death on the Cross--serious, real, painful
- Substitute................................How Did Messiah Jesus explain His death to His disciples?
- Substitute................................Redemption/Ransom (NT)--pdf only
- Substitute................................Redemption/Ransom (OT)
- Substitution..............................But isn’t “Penal Substitution” actually illegal (if not immoral)??
- Succession................................Are the OT verses about rape and virginity indicative of an unfair, ignorant, or unrealistic god?
- Suffering.................................Did God make women's bodies SPECIFICALLY to give them pain?
- Suffering.................................Does human culpability for non-interference in crime prove theodicy WRONG?
- Suffering.................................Does the savagery of predation in nature show that God either isn't, or at least isn't good-hearted?
- Suffering.................................How can God allow 'natural' evil to occur?
- Suffering.................................How could a God of Love order the massacre/annihilation of the Canaanites?
- Suffering.................................Implications from Suffering, for the Character of God
- Suffering.................................Is pain in childbirth the Curse on Eve in Genesis 3?
- Suffering.................................Is there more "good" in the world than "evil" (including hell)?
- Suffering.................................Thumb: What about innocent people who suffer, like little children? Why doesn't God help them?
- Suffering.................................What "value" is there in exceptional suffering?
- Suffering.................................Where exactly in the act of predation is the theological/moral problem?
- Suffering.................................Why did Jesus allow Himself to be shamefully mistreated and executed—since He did not have to?
- Suffering.................................Why does judgment lag so far behind?
- Suffering Messiah.........................Messianic Psalms: The Righteous Sufferer
- Suffering Messiah.........................Source data for messianic titles
- Suffering Servant.........................Source data for messianic titles
- Suffering, Eternal........................Isn’t infinite/eternal punishment for a finite/temporal sin a bit disproportionate???
- Suggestibility............................Did unconscious influences make the gospel writers insert the miraculous elements into the Gospels?
- Suicide...................................How could God let Christians hurt to the point of suicide?
- Sumer.....................................Is Genesis 1-2 merely a rip-off of ANE literature (series)?
- Sumer.....................................Was there not enough time for Hebrew to have developed (as the Bible seems to claim)?
- Sumerian..................................Is Genesis 1-2 merely a rip-off of ANE literature (series)?
- Sumerian..................................Was there not enough time for Hebrew to have developed (as the Bible seems to claim)?
- Sunni.....................................How can Christians believe that there is only one God, and yet still call Jesus the Son of God?
- Supernatural..............................Evidence of the supernatural in experience
- Supernatural..............................Is Christian experience make-believe?
- Suspension of Belief......................Just because I cannot think of a better explanation now, doesn't mean I have to accept your Christian one
- Synagogue.................................Are Christians committing Idolatry and Violating the 2nd Commandant in the use of images of Jesus?
- Synagogue, art............................Are Christians committing Idolatry and Violating the 2nd Commandant in the use of images of Jesus?
- Syncretism................................What would an inscription about a consort of Yahweh really prove?
- Synoptic Problem..........................Evaluation of the Theory of Literary Dependence.
- Synoptic Problem..........................How 'assured' is James' solution to the Synoptic Problem?
- Synoptic Problem..........................How compelling is the case for Literary Dependence among the synoptic gospels?
- Synoptic Problem..........................The methodological problem of separating the 'layers' in the NT
- Synoptic Problem..........................Theory of Gospel construction
- Synoptic Problem..........................Would acceptance of James' understanding of the Two-Source Hypothesis be inimical to 'the faith'?
- Synoptics.................................The deity of Jesus:The Self-Understanding of Jesus (Synoptics)
- Synoptics, dating.........................Evidence for early writing of NT from mainstream sources (Church Fathers/Apologists)
- Synoptics, dating.........................Evidence for early writing of NT from non-mainstream sources
- Synoptics, use of.........................Evidence for early writing of NT from mainstream sources (Church Fathers/Apologists)
- Synoptics, use of.........................Evidence for early writing of NT from non-mainstream sources
- Tabernacle................................Are Christians committing Idolatry and Violating the 2nd Commandant in the use of images of Jesus?
- Tacitus...................................Extrabiblical, Non-Christian Witnesses to Jesus before 200 a.d.
- Talmud.................................... Did the evangelists create miracle stories about Jesus, as the later rabbis seemed to do about each other?
- Talmud....................................Did the Gospel writers create miracle stories about Jesus, like the later rabbi's did in the Midrash?
- Talmud....................................Did the Jews understand the 'weeks' of Daniel to refer to 'years'?
- Talmud....................................Does the NT contradict the Hebrew Bible about the Law being 'annulled'?
- Talmud....................................Messianic Expectations in 1st Century Judaism, non-Christian sources
- Talmud....................................The Temple doors opening beginning around the time of the Crucifixion
- Tamar.....................................Are the OT verses about rape and virginity indicative of an unfair, ignorant, or unrealistic god?
- Tammuz....................................Dying and Rising Gods
- Tannaim...................................Did the Gospel writers create miracle stories about Jesus, like the later rabbi's did in the Midrash?
- Targum....................................Messianic Expectations in 1st Century Judaism, non-Christian sources
- Taurobolium...............................what do we know about Cybele/Attis and the taurobolium?
- Taxation..................................Does the data about Apamea and the Ciete support the view that Rome carried out registrations in client kingdoms?
- Tax-Collectors............................How would Matthew have borrowed from pagan religions?
- Taxes, Roman..............................Does the data about Apamea and the Ciete support the view that Rome carried out registrations in client kingdoms?
- Teachers, False...........................Are First and Second Peter NOT by Peter, but by someone using his name?
- Temple....................................Are Christians committing Idolatry and Violating the 2nd Commandant in the use of images of Jesus?
- Temple....................................The Temple doors opening beginning around the time of the Crucifixion
- Temple....................................The torn-veil in the Temple/the scarlet thread
- Temples...................................Does the Old Testament Slander Pagan Idol Worshippers?
- Temporary burial..........................Was the burial of Jesus a temporary one, because of time constraints?
- Temporary tomb............................Was the burial of Jesus a temporary one, because of time constraints?
- Terah.....................................Was Terah 70 or 130 when Abraham was born?
- Terah.....................................Was there not enough time for Hebrew to have developed (as the Bible seems to claim)?
- Terrorism.................................Is Muslim hostility related to Ishmael being 'against everyone' prophecy
- Testimony.................................Evidence of the supernatural in experience
- Testimony.................................One suggested approach for an atheist/skeptic
- Testing...................................Is God ever intentionally silent toward His loved ones?
- Testing...................................Testing the Lord: yes or no?
- Textual Criticism.........................“Was there a textual corruption cover-up over Daniel 8.14?
- Textual Criticism.........................Non-attribution and Evidence for early writing of NT Jesus material
- Textual Criticism.........................Should the possible addition of John 8.1-11 make us paranoid about other possible inauthentic 'additions'
- Thallus...................................Extrabiblical Witnesses to Jesus before 200 a.d.:Thallus
- Thallus...................................Extrabiblical, Non-Christian Witnesses to Jesus before 200 a.d.
- Theodicy..................................Does human culpability for non-interference in crime prove theodicy WRONG?
- Theodicy..................................Does the savagery of predation in nature show that God either isn't, or at least isn't good-hearted?
- Theodicy..................................God and evil, theodicy
- Theodicy..................................How can God allow 'natural' evil to occur?
- Theodicy..................................How could a God of Love order the massacre/annihilation of the Canaanites?
- Theodicy..................................How could God let Christians hurt to the point of suicide?
- Theodicy..................................Implications from Suffering, for the Character of God
- Theodicy..................................Thumb: What about innocent people who suffer, like little children? Why doesn't God help them?
- Theodicy..................................Where exactly in the act of predation is the theological/moral problem?
- Theodicy..................................Why didn't God stop the process before it started, if He knew of the massive suffering that would befall His creatures??
- Theodicy..................................Why does judgment lag so far behind?
- Theois....................................Did the evangelists invent miracles stories about Jesus, like a Hellenistic divine wonder-worker, to 'sell Him' better?
- Theological method........................Method in approaching theological questions
- Theological method........................On humanity 'inventing' God
- Theological method........................On humanity 'inventing' God
- Theological method........................Roman's and Paul's Theological Method
- Theological method........................Roman's and Paul's Theological Method
- Theological method........................The 'codedness' of revelation
- Theological method........................Theological Method (from scripture)
- Theological method........................Theological Method (from scripture)
- Theological method........................Theological method, starting point
- Theological method........................Towards an Evangelical Theological Method (outline)
- Theological method........................Towards an Evangelical Theological Method (outline)
- Theological method........................What about knowledge BEYOND us?
- Theology.................................."Paid in Full" -- Jesus' words on the Cross?
- Theology..................................Can you be certain you have the "right" faith?
- Theology..................................Did Christ die for Satan?
- Theology..................................Did the early Church believe in Reincarnation?
- Theology..................................Does incomplete knowledge mean God is unknowable?
- Theology..................................God and evil, theodicy
- Theology..................................Implications from Suffering, for the Character of God
- Theology..................................On foreknowledge
- Theology..................................On the Loci of Freedom...
- Theology..................................Roman's and Paul's Theological Method
- Theology..................................The 'codedness' of revelation
- Theology..................................The difference between Righteousness and Holiness
- Theology..................................Towards an Evangelical Theological Method (outline)
- Theology..................................What about Those Who have Never Heard the Gospel?
- Theology..................................What are People like? (a portrait)
- Theology..................................What good is God? On...the limits of "trials"
- Theology..................................What is a Christian?
- Theology..................................What is God like? (a portrait)
- Theology..................................What is the Universe like? (a portrait)
- Theology .................................Can God make a rock so big He cannot lift it?
- Theology, method..........................Personal letter
- Theology, natural.........................Does complexity REALLY require 'more complexity'?
- Theology, perfect being...................Personal letter
- Therapy...................................Discussion on Deep depression, self-loathing, chronic therapy needs
- Thessalonians.............................Was First Thess 2.15ff seriously Anti-Semitic??!!
- Theuda....................................On two historical issues in Acts: Theudas and the Sanhedrin
- Theudas...................................Did the NT authors make up miracle stories about Jesus to make him look like Jewish hasidim, prophets, or messiahs?
- Thiering..................................The theories of Eisenman, Allegro, Thiering, and Baigent & Leigh concerning the Dead Sea Scrolls?
- Thinking..................................Verses urging critical thinking
- Third day.................................three days and night vs. "on the 3rd day"?
- Third day.................................three days and night vs. "on the 3rd day"?
- Thomas, gospel of.........................What about the Gospel of Thomas?
- Threat....................................What kind of a choice is THAT--Love Me or Burn?!
- Three days................................three days and night vs. "on the 3rd day"?
- Three days................................three days and night vs. "on the 3rd day"?
- Tigay.....................................Is Genesis 1-2 merely a rip-off of ANE literature (series)?
- Time......................................On foreknowledge
- Time, and God.............................Why didn't God stop the process before it started, if He knew of the massive suffering that would befall His creatures??
- Timekeeping, Ancient......................Timekeeping in the Ancient world
- Tobit.....................................Did the evangelists mean their writings to be taken as historical fiction or as a historical novel?
- Tomb......................................is the tomb story flawed because the term 'rolled' is used?
- Tomb......................................Was the burial of Jesus a temporary one, because of time constraints?
- Torah.....................................Does the NT contradict the Hebrew Bible about the Law being 'annulled'?
- Tradition.................................Again: the process wasn't solely oral...
- Tradition.................................Evidence of early writing by the apostles (probably even during Jesus' life)
- Tradition.................................Papias and his preference for oral tradition
- Tradition.................................Really long periods of 'oral only' transmission of the sayings of Jesus, from the times of Jesus?
- Tradition.................................The "tradition control" methods as the church expanded
- Tradition.................................The impetus to write it down, due to being outside 'mainstream' Judaism (e.g. Qumran)
- Tradition.................................The issue of oral tradition, control, and fixity
- Tradition.................................The slow, oral, hodge-podge accumulation of bits and pieces of the NT into a whole?
- Tradition.................................Was the early oral tradition ONLY made up of 'sayings' of Jesus?
- Tradition.................................Was this alleged oral tradition transmitted without 'controls' andquite loosely?
- Trajectory................................On how misleading 'trajectory' can be
- Transfiguration...........................Was Jesus mistaken about this 2nd Coming?
- Translation...............................Bible Translation
- Trauma....................................Did unconscious influences make the gospel writers insert the miraculous elements into the Gospels?
- Treachery.................................How can I hold up under deep treachery in my work and social situation?
- Treaty....................................Treaty form of the 14th/13th Centuries B.C.
- Trial of bitter waters....................Women: trial of the bitter waters (Sotah)
- Trials....................................What good is God? On...the limits of "trials"
- Tribute...................................Does the data about Apamea and the Ciete support the view that Rome carried out registrations in client kingdoms?
- Trickery..................................Questions on God, lying, and deception...
- Trinity...................................Are there 3 gods in the Trinity?
- Trinity...................................Does the submission of Jesus to the Father contradict the Trinity?
- Trinity...................................History of Muslim explorations of God’s nature & Christian intersections
- Trinity...................................How can Christians believe that there is only one God, and yet still call Jesus the Son of God?
- Trinity...................................Illustrations of the Trinity?
- Trinity...................................Is it okay to offer prayer and worship to Jesus, and not just to the Father?
- Trinity...................................Jewish problem of plurality in God
- Trinity...................................Method in approaching theological questions
- Trinity...................................Non-Christian Jewry had their OWN "problem" of 'plurality in the Godhead' and/or with a supra-human messiah?
- Trinity...................................NT Passages mutually involving the Father, Son, and Spirit (Raw Data)
- Trinity...................................Old Testament passages relevant to the Trinity
- Trinity...................................The deity of Jesus:Literary Responses to Jesus
- Trinity...................................The deity of Jesus:Literary Responses to Jesus (con't)
- Trinity...................................The deity of Jesus:NT Responses to Jesus
- Trinity...................................The deity of Jesus:Other data relative to the deity of Jesus
- Trinity...................................The deity of Jesus:Pushbacks: Problems in the NT Witness to Jesus
- Trinity...................................The deity of Jesus:Summary: The deity of Jesus Christ
- Trinity...................................The deity of Jesus:The Self-Understanding of Jesus (Gospel of John)
- Trinity...................................The deity of Jesus:The Self-Understanding of Jesus (Synoptics)
- Trinity...................................The NT Witness:Pushbacks: Problems in the NT Witness to The Holy Spirit
- Trinity...................................The NT Witness:The Ancient Church Formulas in the NT
- Trinity...................................The NT Witness:The Deity of The Holy Spirit
- Trinity...................................The NT Witness:The Personality of The Holy Spirit
- Trinity...................................The Trinity: Intro and Method
- Trinity...................................Thumb: OT data on Trinity/Plurality (overview)
- Trinity...................................Was God so needy that He HAD to create the unverse?
- Trinity, God..............................Questions from a Muslim Friend: If Jesus gave his life for the whole mankind, is all mankind saved? If yes how? Are their sins forgiven? And if the sins are forgiven, will all go to the heaven?
- Trinity, God..............................Questions from a Muslim Friend: If Jesus was a God why was this import for him to give his life? Because he could show the right path to the mankind without giving his life.
- Trinity, God..............................Questions from a Muslim Friend: Is Jesus God? If so, how can man kill God?
- Trinity, God..............................Questions from a Muslim Friend: Was Jesus a good prophet? If he was a prophet why do you call him God?
- Trinity, objections.......................The deity of Jesus:Pushbacks: Problems in the NT Witness to Jesus
- Trinity, objections.......................The NT Witness:Pushbacks: Problems in the NT Witness to The Holy Spirit
- Triumphal Entry...........................Did Matthew simply Double the people in his miracle stories?
- Trust.....................................Can you be certain you have the "right" faith?
- Trust.....................................How Should we respond to the Message of Jesus and His apostles about His death on the Cross?
- Trust.....................................One suggested approach for an atheist/skeptic
- Trust, in persons.........................Faith--the interpersonal dimension
- Trust, personal elements..................Can you be certain you have the "right" faith?
- Truth.....................................Did I just switch from a correspondence theory of truth to a coherence theory of truth?
- Truth.....................................Did the evangelists invent miracles stories about Jesus, like a Hellenistic divine wonder-worker, to 'sell Him' better?
- Truth.....................................Did the gospel authors invent the miracle stories about Jesus?
- Truth.....................................Did the gospel authors write the gospels AS myth?
- Truth.....................................Did the Gospel writers create miracle stories about Jesus, like the later rabbi's did in the Midrash?
- Truth.....................................Interacting with the "possibly revelatory" data: Encounter, Response, Results
- Truth.....................................Is Christian experience make-believe?
- Truth.....................................Questions on God, lying, and deception...
- Truth.....................................Thumb:As long as each person is genuinely sincere, what difference does it make what they believe?
- Truth.....................................Verses urging critical thinking
- Truth.....................................Would the evangelists write the gospels as NEW myth, since no one took myth seriously anyway back then?
- Truth, hating.............................Questions on God, lying, and deception...
- Truth, rejection..........................Questions on God, lying, and deception...
- TULIP.....................................Did God arbitrarily decide who to save and who to condemn?
- Two.......................................Did Matthew simply Double the people in his miracle stories?
- Two-source hypothesis.....................Evaluation of the Theory of Literary Dependence.
- Two-source hypothesis.....................How compelling is the case for Literary Dependence among the synoptic gospels?
- Two-source hypothesis.....................Theory of Gospel construction
- Two-source hypothesis.....................Would acceptance of James' understanding of the Two-Source Hypothesis be inimical to 'the faith'?
- Typhon....................................Questions on Paul, Jesus, and Middle Platonism
- Typology..................................On apologetic value of typological "prophecy"
- Typology..................................Typology and prophecy
- Typology..................................Typology--a legitimate approach to OT passages?
- Tyre......................................Mark's Geographical Ignorance—Gadara versus Gerasa, and the problem of the Long Trip Home from Sidon
- Tyre......................................Various questions on the use of evidence in apologetics
- UFO.......................................Theological impact of Aliens from space
- Ugarit....................................Does God really get hungry and have to eat food?
- Ugarit....................................Sacrifice in Early Cultures, Israel's neighbors
- Ugarit....................................Was there not enough time for Hebrew to have developed (as the Bible seems to claim)?
- Unclean...................................Why didn't Peter eat on the roof?
- Unconditional.............................Did God arbitrarily decide who to save and who to condemn?
- Unconscious...............................Did unconscious influences make the gospel writers insert the miraculous elements into the Gospels?
- Unconscious...............................does the reality of unconscious processes undermine Christianity?
- Union.....................................Christus Victor: Triumph over the Powers
- Unity.....................................Urban expansion of the early Church
- Universalism..............................Is there more "good" in the world than "evil" (including hell)?
- Universalism..............................Questions from a Muslim Friend: If Jesus gave his life for the whole mankind, is all mankind saved? If yes how? Are their sins forgiven? And if the sins are forgiven, will all go to the heaven?
- Universalism..............................Reconciliation (class syllabus)
- Unpardonable Sin.........................."I am terrified that I have committed the unpardonable sin..."
- Unpardonable Sin..........................Fear over "Willful Sins"
- Unpardonable Sin..........................I am afraid my Occult background has led me into the Unpardonable sin
- Unpardonable Sin..........................Isn't Jesus admitting that the Unpardonable sin could be committed today
- Ur........................................Was there not enough time for Hebrew to have developed (as the Bible seems to claim)?
- Urban.....................................Urban expansion of the early Church
- Uzzah.....................................Death of the man who touched the Ark
- Valentinus................................Evidence for early writing of NT from non-mainstream sources
- Valentinus, disciples.....................Evidence for early writing of NT from non-mainstream sources
- Values, re-scaling........................Letter (started Feb 24/2013)
- Vegetarian................................Why are we carnivores, eating life?
- Veil......................................The torn-veil in the Temple/the scarlet thread
- Vengeance.................................God is wrathful, vengeful, and jealous?
- Vengeance.................................OT passages on what God avenges
- Vengeful..................................God is wrathful, vengeful, and jealous?
- Vengeful..................................OT passages on what God avenges
- Verification..............................Did the Roman empire totally distort the New Testament documents?
- Verification..............................KNOWN textual errors in the Bible--don't they destroy "inerrancy"?
- Verification..............................Relationship between the Flood and Chinese Characters
- Verification..............................The accuracy of the account of the trial of Jesus before Pilate
- Verification..............................The Gospels are under the same Thuycididean standards and conventions of the Hellenistic world
- Verification..............................The widespread availability of NT mss. during the birth of the church
- Verification..............................They are probably even at a higher level of fidelity to historical reporting
- Verification..............................Verses urging critical thinking
- Vindictive................................God is wrathful, vengeful, and jealous?
- Vindictive................................OT passages on what God avenges
- Violence..................................Could divorce ever be the ethical imperative?
- Violence..................................Does human culpability for non-interference in crime prove theodicy WRONG?
- Violence..................................is theBible "as violent" as the Quran/Hadith?
- Violence..................................shouldn't the butchering of the Amalekite children be considered war crimes?
- Virgin birth..............................A question on my work on Isaiah 7.14
- Virgin birth..............................Did they copy the Virgin Birth from pagan stories?
- Virgin birth..............................Does Mary's Question Contradict other passages in the NT?
- Virginity.................................Are the OT verses about rape and virginity indicative of an unfair, ignorant, or unrealistic god?
- Visions...................................Why isnt the God of the Bible showing Himself to me?
- Volume of Temple Sea......................Two contradictions in OT numbers: volume of Sea and number of chariots
- Voluntary.................................Why did Jesus allow Himself to be shamefully mistreated and executed—since He did not have to?
- War.......................................is the Bible "as violent" as the Quran/Hadith?
- War.......................................Why couldn't Israel take in the Amalekites like the women/children of war in Deut 20?
- War crimes................................shouldn't the butchering of the Amalekite children be considered war crimes?
- War Crimes................................What about God's cruelty to the Midianites in Numbers 31?!
- War, ambush...............................Questions on God, lying, and deception...
- War, stealth..............................Questions on God, lying, and deception...
- Warfare...................................What about God's cruelty to the Midianites in Numbers 31?!
- Warfare...................................Why was Israel instructed about fighting OUTSIDE the land? That looks more offensive than defensive!
- Warfare, foreign..........................Why was Israel instructed about fighting OUTSIDE the land? That looks more offensive than defensive!
- Warfare, Israel...........................Why was Israel instructed about fighting OUTSIDE the land? That looks more offensive than defensive!
- Warfare, laws.............................Why was Israel instructed about fighting OUTSIDE the land? That looks more offensive than defensive!
- Weeks.....................................A "punctuation" error in Daniel 9?
- Welfare...................................Urban expansion of the early Church
- Welfare...................................Why couldn't Israel take in the Amalekites like the women/children of war in Deut 20?
- Wellhausen................................Good questions on JEDP
- Wellhausen................................the Documentary Hypothesis
- Wellhausen................................The Mosaic authorship of the Pentateuch?
- Wellhausen................................Was the Pentateuch "adulterated" by later additions?
- Wife......................................What would an inscription about a consort of Yahweh really prove?
- Will, free................................Does God's judgment in time unfairly compromise someone's 'free will'?
- Will, free................................Doesn't Paul's argument in Romans 9 pretty clearly indicate that people's free choices are determined by God?
- Will, free................................Is history all "of one piece"? And Is everyone given a fair chance at heaven?
- Will, sin.................................Questions from a Muslim Friend: If Jesus gave his life for the whole mankind, is all mankind saved? If yes how? Are their sins forgiven? And if the sins are forgiven, will all go to the heaven?
- Will, sin.................................Questions from a Muslim Friend: If Jesus was a God why was this import for him to give his life? Because he could show the right path to the mankind without giving his life.
- Willful Sin...............................Fear over "Willful Sins"
- Wine......................................Is Drinking alcohol a sin?
- Wisdom lit................................OT did not borrow beliefs from pagans
- Witch.....................................Question on contacting the dead (the Witch of Endor story)
- Wives.....................................Did God command wives to OBEY their husbands?
- Women.....................................A HUGE double standard in biblical sexual ethics?
- Women.....................................All the books of the bible were written by men--see, God de-values women again"
- Women.....................................Are the OT verses about rape and virginity indicative of an unfair, ignorant, or unrealistic god?
- Women.....................................But, women were excluded from being priests..."
- Women.....................................Did God callously give David's wives to Absalom to rape?
- Women.....................................Did God choosing to be incarnated as a male implicitly communicate a devaluation of females?
- Women.....................................Did God command wives to OBEY their husbands?
- Women.....................................Did God make women's bodies SPECIFICALLY to give them pain?
- Women.....................................Does the NT sanction polygamy?
- Women.....................................Doesn't the bible teach that God cursed women by making them subject/subordinate to men?"
- Women.....................................God is ALWAYS portrayed as a male--women had no way of identifying with Him"
- Women.....................................God's choice to be incarnated as a man IMPLICITLY de-values women
- Women.....................................Is pain in childbirth the Curse on Eve in Genesis 3?
- Women.....................................None of the disciples or apostles were women--a bit unfair, aint it?!"
- Women.....................................One wife or First wife?
- Women.....................................Paul and Women
- Women.....................................Paul and Women: Controversial passages
- Women.....................................Paul and Women: Controversial passages: 1 Cor 11
- Women.....................................Paul and Women: Controversial passages: 1 Cor 14
- Women.....................................Paul and Women: Controversial passages: 1 Tim 2
- Women.....................................Paul OBVIOUSLY had a "sit down and shut up" attitude toward women--and we are supposed to trust HIM?!"
- Women.....................................Sure, women could be prophets, but they couldn't participate in government."
- Women.....................................The bible teaches that women had NO access to God--except through the male..."
- Women.....................................The early church was 'by, for, about MEN--women weren't significant players (and ESPECIALLY not leaders)."
- Women.....................................The patriarchy system (God condoned) subjected women by restricting their access to social/cultural power."
- Women.....................................The VAST MAJORITY of Israelite/Church leadership is by MEN--see, God de-values women again"
- Women.....................................Wasn't Miriam punished for questioning male authority, while Aaron was not?"
- Women.....................................Weren't OT women WORSE off than even their Babylonian counterparts?"
- Women.....................................Weren't women always kept separate from the men--They weren't even allowed in the Temples or synagogues.
- Women.....................................Weren't women considered property in the OT, like cows or something?
- Women.....................................Why do men get all the glory in the bible? Why are women only minor characters?!"
- Women.....................................Women are always pictured as being servile or passive or evil or stupid..."
- Women.....................................Women in the heart of God (outline)
- Women.....................................Women Literary Data From the Pre-Monarchy Literature
- Women.....................................Women were non-persons back then--they had NO legal rights in the system at all!"
- Women.....................................Women: Data From the Exilic and Post-Exilic Community
- Women.....................................Women: Data From the Historical Literature of the Apostolic Circle
- Women.....................................Women: Data From the Life and Ministry of Jesus
- Women.....................................Women: historical Data From the Divided Monarchy Literature
- Women.....................................Women: historical Data From the Monarchy Literature
- Women.....................................Women: Historical Data From the Pre-Monarchy Literature
- Women.....................................Women: literary Data From the Monarchy Literature
- Women.....................................Women: literary data From the Pre-Monarchy Literature
- Women.....................................Women: 'portrayal' Data (Wisdom lit) From the Monarchy Literature
- Women.....................................Women: prophetic Data From the Divided Monarchy Literature
- Women.....................................Women: Pushbacks, Objections, Stereotypes
- Women.....................................Women: trial of the bitter waters (Sotah)
- Women.....................................Women's Roles in the Early Church
- Women, access to God......................But, women were excluded from being priests..."
- Women, access to God......................God is ALWAYS portrayed as a male--women had no way of identifying with Him"
- Women, access to God......................None of the disciples or apostles were women--a bit unfair, aint it?!"
- Women, access to God......................Paul OBVIOUSLY had a "sit down and shut up" attitude toward women--and we are supposed to trust HIM?!"
- Women, access to God......................The bible teaches that women had NO access to God--except through the male..."
- Women, access to God......................The early church was 'by, for, about MEN--women weren't significant players (and ESPECIALLY not leaders)."
- Women, access to God......................Weren't women always kept separate from the men--They weren't even allowed in the Temples or synagogues.
- Women, access to God......................Women are always pictured as being servile or passive or evil or stupid..."
- Women, access to power....................All the books of the bible were written by men--see, God de-values women again"
- Women, access to power....................The patriarchy system (God condoned) subjected women by restricting their access to social/cultural power."
- Women, and government.....................Sure, women could be prophets, but they couldn't participate in government."
- Women, and headship.......................Paul and Women: Controversial passages: 1 Cor 11
- Women, and Jesus..........................Why was Jesus so mean and insulting to the Canaanite woman?
- Women, and patriarchy.....................A HUGE double standard in biblical sexual ethics?
- Women, and patriarchy.....................Doesn't the bible teach that God cursed women by making them subject/subordinate to men?"
- Women, and patriarchy.....................Sure, women could be prophets, but they couldn't participate in government."
- Women, and patriarchy.....................The patriarchy system (God condoned) subjected women by restricting their access to social/cultural power."
- Women, and patriarchy.....................The VAST MAJORITY of Israelite/Church leadership is by MEN--see, God de-values women again"
- Women, and patriarchy.....................Wasn't Miriam punished for questioning male authority, while Aaron was not?"
- Women, and patriarchy.....................Why do men get all the glory in the bible? Why are women only minor characters?!"
- Women, and Paul...........................Paul and Women: Controversial passages
- Women, and Paul...........................Paul and Women: Controversial passages: 1 Tim 2
- Women, and silence........................Paul and Women: Controversial passages: 1 Cor 14
- Women, and teaching.......................Paul and Women: Controversial passages: 1 Tim 2
- Women, and the Curse......................Doesn't the bible teach that God cursed women by making them subject/subordinate to men?"
- Women, church govt........................Paul and Women
- Women, church govt........................Women's Roles in the Early Church
- Women, deacons............................Is it mistaken to understand Pliny's reference to the Christian women as meaning 'deaconesses'?
- Women, leaders............................But, women were excluded from being priests..."
- Women, leaders............................God is ALWAYS portrayed as a male--women had no way of identifying with Him"
- Women, leaders............................Sure, women could be prophets, but they couldn't participate in government."
- Women, leaders............................The early church was 'by, for, about MEN--women weren't significant players (and ESPECIALLY not leaders)."
- Women, leaders............................The VAST MAJORITY of Israelite/Church leadership is by MEN--see, God de-values women again"
- Women, leaders............................Why do men get all the glory in the bible? Why are women only minor characters?!"
- Women, leaders............................Women are always pictured as being servile or passive or evil or stupid..."
- Women, legal status.......................Weren't OT women WORSE off than even their Babylonian counterparts?"
- Women, legal status.......................Women were non-persons back then--they had NO legal rights in the system at all!"
- Women, non-persons........................Weren't OT women WORSE off than even their Babylonian counterparts?"
- Women, non-persons........................Women were non-persons back then--they had NO legal rights in the system at all!"
- Women, objections.........................A HUGE double standard in biblical sexual ethics?
- Women, objections.........................All the books of the bible were written by men--see, God de-values women again"
- Women, objections.........................But, women were excluded from being priests..."
- Women, objections.........................Did God choosing to be incarnated as a male implicitly communicate a devaluation of females?
- Women, objections.........................Doesn't the bible teach that God cursed women by making them subject/subordinate to men?"
- Women, objections.........................God is ALWAYS portrayed as a male--women had no way of identifying with Him"
- Women, objections.........................God's choice to be incarnated as a man IMPLICITLY de-values women
- Women, objections.........................None of the disciples or apostles were women--a bit unfair, aint it?!"
- Women, objections.........................Paul OBVIOUSLY had a "sit down and shut up" attitude toward women--and we are supposed to trust HIM?!"
- Women, objections.........................Sure, women could be prophets, but they couldn't participate in government."
- Women, objections.........................The bible teaches that women had NO access to God--except through the male..."
- Women, objections.........................The early church was 'by, for, about MEN--women weren't significant players (and ESPECIALLY not leaders)."
- Women, objections.........................The patriarchy system (God condoned) subjected women by restricting their access to social/cultural power."
- Women, objections.........................The VAST MAJORITY of Israelite/Church leadership is by MEN--see, God de-values women again"
- Women, objections.........................Wasn't Miriam punished for questioning male authority, while Aaron was not?"
- Women, objections.........................Weren't OT women WORSE off than even their Babylonian counterparts?"
- Women, objections.........................Weren't women always kept separate from the men--They weren't even allowed in the Temples or synagogues.
- Women, objections.........................Weren't women considered property in the OT, like cows or something?
- Women, objections.........................Why do men get all the glory in the bible? Why are women only minor characters?!"
- Women, objections.........................Women are always pictured as being servile or passive or evil or stupid..."
- Women, objections.........................Women were non-persons back then--they had NO legal rights in the system at all!"
- Women, polygamy...........................Does the NT sanction polygamy?
- Women, polygamy...........................One wife or First wife?
- Women, property...........................Weren't women considered property in the OT, like cows or something?
- Women, religious status...................But, women were excluded from being priests..."
- Women, religious status...................God is ALWAYS portrayed as a male--women had no way of identifying with Him"
- Women, religious status...................None of the disciples or apostles were women--a bit unfair, aint it?!"
- Women, religious status...................Paul OBVIOUSLY had a "sit down and shut up" attitude toward women--and we are supposed to trust HIM?!"
- Women, religious status...................The bible teaches that women had NO access to God--except through the male..."
- Women, religious status...................The early church was 'by, for, about MEN--women weren't significant players (and ESPECIALLY not leaders)."
- Women, religious status...................The early church was 'by, for, about MEN--women weren't significant players (and ESPECIALLY not leaders)."
- Women, religious status...................Weren't women always kept separate from the men--They weren't even allowed in the Temples or synagogues.
- Women, religious status...................Women are always pictured as being servile or passive or evil or stupid..."
- Women, subjection.........................Doesn't the bible teach that God cursed women by making them subject/subordinate to men?"
- Women, subjection.........................Wasn't Miriam punished for questioning male authority, while Aaron was not?"
- Works.....................................Are all the past great non-Christian religious leaders who REJECTED Christ languishing in Hell right now?
- World Religions...........................How I would decide between conflicting revelations
- World Religions...........................How many people claim to be Christians?
- World Religions...........................What about Those Who have Never Heard the Gospel?
- World-Week................................Does a belief in a ‘world-week’ of 6,000 years imply a denial of apocalyptic imminence?
- World-week, apocalyptic...................Does a belief in a ‘world-week’ of 6,000 years imply a denial of apocalyptic imminence?
- World-Week, imminence.....................Does a belief in a ‘world-week’ of 6,000 years imply a denial of apocalyptic imminence?
- Wrath.....................................God is wrathful, vengeful, and jealous?
- Wrath.....................................OT passages on what God avenges
- Wrath.....................................Why did Jesus allow Himself to be shamefully mistreated and executed—since He did not have to?
- Writing...................................Personal letter
- Writing...................................Was there not enough time for Hebrew to have developed (as the Bible seems to claim)?
- Xtians....................................Is God harsh, unlovable, unloving, duplicious?--a discussion with Ralph
- Yahweh....................................What would an inscription about a consort of Yahweh really prove?
- Yahweh....................................When was the name "Yahweh" revealed?
- Yamm......................................Is Genesis 1-2 merely a rip-off of ANE literature (series)?
- YHWH......................................Does the bible -- Jesus himself -- really teach/reveal that YHWH was actually SATAN??
- YHWH......................................Was Yahweh a member of the Phoenician pantheon?
- YHWH......................................Was YHWH just a pagan solar deity IAO?
- YHWH......................................When was the name "Yahweh" revealed?
- YHWH, Angel of............................Is there no "THE" in "THE Angel of the Lord"?
- YHWH, bible...............................Does the bible -- Jesus himself -- really teach/reveal that YHWH was actually SATAN??
- YHWH, evil................................Does the bible -- Jesus himself -- really teach/reveal that YHWH was actually SATAN??
- YHWH, not Father..........................Does the bible -- Jesus himself -- really teach/reveal that YHWH was actually SATAN??
- Zechariah.................................Did the gospels make an error in their citation of the Judas-30pieces episode?
- Zechariah.................................Was Jesus mistaken about Zechariah?
- Zedekiah..................................Is the dating of Zedekiah a contradiction with the birth-order in 1 Chronicles?
- Zedekiah, birth error.....................Is the dating of Zedekiah a contradiction with the birth-order in 1 Chronicles?
- Zedekiah, error...........................Is the dating of Zedekiah a contradiction with the birth-order in 1 Chronicles?
- Zionist...................................Is Muslim hostility related to Ishmael being 'against everyone' prophecy
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