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   From: telige@mail.clara.fl.com   
      
   On 21 Feb 2004 18:23:58 -0800, rbwinn47@mybluelight.com (Robert B.   
   Winn) wrote:   
      
   >telige@mail.clara.fl.com (William) wrote   
   >>rbwinn47@mybluelight.com (Robert B.Winn) wrote:   
   >>   
   >> >A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign.   
   >>   
   >> That doesn't follow at all.   
   >> That all those who are a wicked and adulterous nation seek a sign does   
   >> not mean that all those who seek a sign are a wicked and adulterous   
   >> nation.   
   >>   
   >> There are many instances in the bible where God allegedly gives a sign   
   >> to show his existence and his authority. The disciples asked for one   
   >> (Mark 13:3) and he Jesus gave them one.   
   >>   
   >> And he specifically said his miracles were signs. The disciples were   
   >> alleged to have done signs for unbelievers in the Acts.   
   >>   
   >> We are waiting for his followers today to do proper signs that can be   
   >> checked under modern scrutiny but they make excuses.   
   >   
   >Yes, but the disciples did not deny the existence of God before asking   
   >for a sign.  The prophecy means that anyone who denies the existence   
   >of God and then asks for a sign is an adulterer.   
      
   So the Pharasees were atheists? Sounds like a case of extreme   
   revisionism.  Isn't there a special punishment for those who twist the   
   scriptures?   
      
   William   
      
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