Using logic only here goes the Deist (I know you said Christians, but I enjoy this kind of thing to much.):
There is a Universe now, with a beginning of which the only agreed feature is that it had one, meaning at some point there was none. By the first Law of Thermodynamics the amount of energy in a closed system may never be added to, and by the second Law the property of entropy must always increase.
The beginning of the Universe is understood as the beginning of Time and Space, meaning nothing that happened beforehand, using the same laws of the same Universe, could have affected it after creation. The energy at the beginning of the Universe can be as high as you like, but there is only that fixed amount available, and nothing to coerce it into becoming more complex, as entropy must increase, and according tot he third Law, the temperatures would even out.
Some outside entity, property, or energy must therefore be interacting with our brand-new universe. I posit to call this unknown existence God, as it is not of the Natural world, the Universe, and therefore must posses a sort of Supernature. If God is supernatural, then it must exist outside of the natural Universe, and may therefore provide as much energy to the Universe as it desires, if it is in fact capable of desire.
"The Judo-Christian God of the Bible is the One and True God because He is the only God that has withstood the test of time, science, history, and prophecies of the Bible."
Wrong.
Hinduism is much older than Christianity and its holy book claims just as many fulfilled prophecies as the Biblical pushers.
The Christian God has not withstood the test of science since science is unable to test the supernatural yet.
The Christian God has not withstood the test of history since there is absolutely no way that the creation story in Genesis is anything but metaphorical at best and, at worst, flat our wrong.
"This can be seen through the Dead Sea Scrolls that were written over 2000 years ago; proving that it with stood the test of time because it matches up word-for-word of the Hebrew Bible today."
Wrong!
From the Dead Sea Scrolls Foundation (linked below): "In some cases differences between the scrolls and the traditional Hebrew text help explain difficulties in the present Hebrew Bible, and most modern translations of the Bible (such as the NIV) incorporate some of the new information from the scrolls." If it was exactly word-for-word, there would be no differences!
Also, even if the modern books did match the scrolls perfectly, it gives no validity to the stories within those books. If I compare an original copy of Superman #1 to a modern copy, I'm sure the information inside will be the same. However, does that now mean the story is true? Of course not.
"Verses such as Leviticus 17:14 stating “For it is the life of all flesh; the blood of it is for the life thereof: therefore I said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall eat the blood of no manner of flesh: for the life of all flesh is the blood thereof: whosoever eateth it shall be cut off.” and Isaiah 40:22 stating “It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:”. These verses in the Bible are proven to be scientifically true thousands of years after they were written!"
Wrong! There are many animals without blood including: Sponges, jellyfish, roundworms, flatworms, and several other groups of relatively simple animals do not have blood.
The earth is not a circle! It is a sphere. The word in the Isaiah is the word for circle. A different word refers to a sphere or a ball. The writer of Isaiah 40 thought the world was a flat surface. Likewise, when you spread a tent to dwell in, you spread it upon a flat surface.
"The Israelites being enslaved to the Egyptians 3000 years ago and the Israelites spending 40 years in the desert is historically accurate proving that the Bible stands the test of history." LOL. Wrong. There is zero evidence indicating that the Egyptians ever held the magnitude of slaves the Bible makes it out to seem. Instead, the people who built the pyramids were Egyptian citizens who were given good health care, honorable burials and treated quite well.
Revelation also says that a dragon will knock 1/3 of the stars out the sky. Anyone who knows anything about astronomy will know this can't happen. Your reliance upon the Bible as a credible source is laughable.
I can tell you I have encountered God personally. I have witnessed miracles. But, is that proof?
It can be - it would stand up in a court of law (this has been tested). It is the same as anything - prove that gravity exists. That's actually hard, as some physicists are not proposing that it doesn't, and that it is simply the effect of something else going on. At any rate, not having more than 2nd year Physics, I would have to rely on the testimony of those with their graduate degrees. You cannot "prove" it to me, you can only relate your personal knowledge, or, that of others. Same with God.
There are some double blind tests of prayer that were completely successful though. One be accident, so, very legitimate.
For proof of the God of Israel (the Christian God) please read below:
The Judo-Christian God of the Bible is the One and True God because He is the only God that has withstood the test of time, science, history, and prophecies of the Bible. This can be seen through the Dead Sea Scrolls that were written over 2000 years ago; proving that it with stood the test of time because it matches up word-for-word of the Hebrew Bible today. Verses such as Leviticus 17:14 stating “For it is the life of all flesh; the blood of it is for the life thereof: therefore I said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall eat the blood of no manner of flesh: for the life of all flesh is the blood thereof: whosoever eateth it shall be cut off.” and Isaiah 40:22 stating “It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:”. These verses in the Bible are proven to be scientifically true thousands of years after they were written! The Israelites being enslaved to the Egyptians 3000 years ago and the Israelites spending 40 years in the desert is historically accurate proving that the Bible stands the test of history. And the test of prophecy is being fulfilled right now by the world leaders discussing and making plans how on they, the leaders of the world, are able to unite the world through a global government and economy. This is written in the Bible in verse of Revelation 13:7 “And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.” and in Revelation 13:16-17 “And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.”.
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Using logic only here goes the Deist (I know you said Christians, but I enjoy this kind of thing to much.):
There is a Universe now, with a beginning of which the only agreed feature is that it had one, meaning at some point there was none. By the first Law of Thermodynamics the amount of energy in a closed system may never be added to, and by the second Law the property of entropy must always increase.
The beginning of the Universe is understood as the beginning of Time and Space, meaning nothing that happened beforehand, using the same laws of the same Universe, could have affected it after creation. The energy at the beginning of the Universe can be as high as you like, but there is only that fixed amount available, and nothing to coerce it into becoming more complex, as entropy must increase, and according tot he third Law, the temperatures would even out.
Some outside entity, property, or energy must therefore be interacting with our brand-new universe. I posit to call this unknown existence God, as it is not of the Natural world, the Universe, and therefore must posses a sort of Supernature. If God is supernatural, then it must exist outside of the natural Universe, and may therefore provide as much energy to the Universe as it desires, if it is in fact capable of desire.
@Barthayn
"The Judo-Christian God of the Bible is the One and True God because He is the only God that has withstood the test of time, science, history, and prophecies of the Bible."
Wrong.
Hinduism is much older than Christianity and its holy book claims just as many fulfilled prophecies as the Biblical pushers.
The Christian God has not withstood the test of science since science is unable to test the supernatural yet.
The Christian God has not withstood the test of history since there is absolutely no way that the creation story in Genesis is anything but metaphorical at best and, at worst, flat our wrong.
"This can be seen through the Dead Sea Scrolls that were written over 2000 years ago; proving that it with stood the test of time because it matches up word-for-word of the Hebrew Bible today."
Wrong!
From the Dead Sea Scrolls Foundation (linked below): "In some cases differences between the scrolls and the traditional Hebrew text help explain difficulties in the present Hebrew Bible, and most modern translations of the Bible (such as the NIV) incorporate some of the new information from the scrolls." If it was exactly word-for-word, there would be no differences!
Also, even if the modern books did match the scrolls perfectly, it gives no validity to the stories within those books. If I compare an original copy of Superman #1 to a modern copy, I'm sure the information inside will be the same. However, does that now mean the story is true? Of course not.
"Verses such as Leviticus 17:14 stating “For it is the life of all flesh; the blood of it is for the life thereof: therefore I said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall eat the blood of no manner of flesh: for the life of all flesh is the blood thereof: whosoever eateth it shall be cut off.” and Isaiah 40:22 stating “It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:”. These verses in the Bible are proven to be scientifically true thousands of years after they were written!"
Wrong! There are many animals without blood including: Sponges, jellyfish, roundworms, flatworms, and several other groups of relatively simple animals do not have blood.
The earth is not a circle! It is a sphere. The word in the Isaiah is the word for circle. A different word refers to a sphere or a ball. The writer of Isaiah 40 thought the world was a flat surface. Likewise, when you spread a tent to dwell in, you spread it upon a flat surface.
"The Israelites being enslaved to the Egyptians 3000 years ago and the Israelites spending 40 years in the desert is historically accurate proving that the Bible stands the test of history." LOL. Wrong. There is zero evidence indicating that the Egyptians ever held the magnitude of slaves the Bible makes it out to seem. Instead, the people who built the pyramids were Egyptian citizens who were given good health care, honorable burials and treated quite well.
Revelation also says that a dragon will knock 1/3 of the stars out the sky. Anyone who knows anything about astronomy will know this can't happen. Your reliance upon the Bible as a credible source is laughable.
How?
I can tell you I have encountered God personally. I have witnessed miracles. But, is that proof?
It can be - it would stand up in a court of law (this has been tested). It is the same as anything - prove that gravity exists. That's actually hard, as some physicists are not proposing that it doesn't, and that it is simply the effect of something else going on. At any rate, not having more than 2nd year Physics, I would have to rely on the testimony of those with their graduate degrees. You cannot "prove" it to me, you can only relate your personal knowledge, or, that of others. Same with God.
There are some double blind tests of prayer that were completely successful though. One be accident, so, very legitimate.
For proof of the God of Israel (the Christian God) please read below:
The Judo-Christian God of the Bible is the One and True God because He is the only God that has withstood the test of time, science, history, and prophecies of the Bible. This can be seen through the Dead Sea Scrolls that were written over 2000 years ago; proving that it with stood the test of time because it matches up word-for-word of the Hebrew Bible today. Verses such as Leviticus 17:14 stating “For it is the life of all flesh; the blood of it is for the life thereof: therefore I said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall eat the blood of no manner of flesh: for the life of all flesh is the blood thereof: whosoever eateth it shall be cut off.” and Isaiah 40:22 stating “It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:”. These verses in the Bible are proven to be scientifically true thousands of years after they were written! The Israelites being enslaved to the Egyptians 3000 years ago and the Israelites spending 40 years in the desert is historically accurate proving that the Bible stands the test of history. And the test of prophecy is being fulfilled right now by the world leaders discussing and making plans how on they, the leaders of the world, are able to unite the world through a global government and economy. This is written in the Bible in verse of Revelation 13:7 “And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.” and in Revelation 13:16-17 “And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.”.
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