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If the US intentionally targeted him, that suggests he wasn't the one they wanted to negotiate with.

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Has it been confirmed that we were the ones that took him out? Maybe our "allies" don't want peace yet.

1 Thesselonians 4:15
For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.

I think it's safe to say that Paul's use of "we" would include himself. He obviously felt that Jesus would return in his lifetime.

In 1 Corinthians 7:26–31, Paul advises against marriage and major life changes, arguing that "the time is short" and "this world in its present form is passing away," indicating a belief that the end was near.

Dispensational theology and eschatology are doing more harm to this country than even the most radical leftist could ever hope to do.

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I don’t worship the Bible

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You have absolutely made an idol out of Scripture.

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If they are God’s word, then there will be characteristics of it that reflect God’s character.

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Ig God wrote them Himself and dropped them from Heaven.

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Again, it is strange to see a supposed Christian work so hard to show that the Bible is less than what it claims about itself. I really don’t think you’ve thought this through.

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It makes no claim of inerrancy. And, as you said yourself, any mention of Scripture refers only to the OT.

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The Scriptures were known and used widely as such by the end of the first century. Those writings from and approved by the Apostles had pedigree that were known by the churches they were sent to.

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Not in the way you're claiming. Different churches used different Scriptures.

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The other writings were known and used, but not as sacred Scripture

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Wrong again. They were treated as Scripture.

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You also seem to not understand the difference between the canon being complete and the canon being formally acknowledged by a Council. 

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There was no universal canon. It's why the Catholics, Orthodox and Copts still have different canons.

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As Christianity spread to other non-Jewish nations, the need for writing was necessary, and the epistles and gospels eventually were written for that need.

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That's just patently false. There was nothing written down initially because Paul and other Christians believed Jesus would return in their lifetime. They didn't see a need to write things down until it started to seem they could be wrong

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2 Timothy 3:16-17 speaks of the Scriptures as being God-breathed. 2 Peter 1:20-21 says that Scripture is from God, not man. Jesus taught many places that Scripture cannot be broken, such as in John 10:35. Hebrews 6:8 says God cannot lie.

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Again, this references only the OT. Also, nowhere do you see inerrancy referenced.

Christianity predates the Bible. How can Christianity be dependent on it? What were the implications for the 1st generation of Christians who had no Bible? Never mind the fact that there wasn't a canon for the first 400 years of Christianity.

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You cited an apparent contradiction and then followed up by making the claim that most biblical scholars agree with you. 

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The basic idea is that the oldest tradition is assumed to have preserved the story of an otherwise unknown Elhanan who killed Goliath, while later traditions deliberately attributed this heroic deed to David to shore up the reputation of Israel’s greatest king

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it's merely a copyist error, as I believe 

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Based on what? This is the mental gymnastics I am referring to. Which scribe would have made the mistake? How does this now now show that the Bible is not inerrant if you are correct?

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 If it's God's word, then it is incapable of error, and therefore all other "facts" must be interpreted in light of God's revelation, not the other way around.

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So, obvious errors can't be errors because you think there can't be errors?

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There were no errors in God’s word as originally written. The autographs were infallible.

Errors can exist in copies, and yet again I say that we know what the original autographs were.

We are not in agreement.

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Then feel free to link a copy of the oldest manuscripts and show that the translations are wrong.

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And yet God’s word is clear that it was David.

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It's absolutely not. I just showed that it's not.

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“Biblical scholars” believe a lot of things that are intended to destroy the credibility of the Bible because a lot of “Biblical scholars” don’t even believe the Bible is God’s revelation.

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Even if that were true (which it absolutely isn't), it doesn't make their conclusions false. When truth conflicts with your opinions, it doesn't automatically make the facts wrong.

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I think you should consider what constitutes a true contradiction and then look into those alleged contradictions a bit more. The internet has made this a lot easier to talk about

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There are many. For instance:
1 Samuel 17 says David killed Goliath.
2 Samuel 21:19 says Elhanan did.
1 Chronicles 20:5 tries to fix the contradiction saying Elhanan actually killed Goliath's brother.

Trying to make those verses not contradict each other is the very definition of mental gymnastics

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I think you should check your church history on that

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I know it very well. Thanks, though.

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ABC News is reporting that U.S. officials have intercepted an encrypted communication believed to have originated in Iran that may serve as "an operational trigger" for "sleeper assets" outside the country based on "preliminary signal analysis" according to a federal alert sent to law enforcement agencies

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Uh oh. False flag time. Have to justify putting boots on the ground to the American people.

For those of you who have served or are familiar with logistics and supply, during the prolonged high-intensity conflict with Iran, how does the U.S. military manage attrition of ordnance and the secure transport of JP-5 aviation fuel to carrier strike groups?