From: user6340@newsgrouper.org.invalid   
      
   JTEM  posted:   
   > On 2/11/26 7:48 PM, Steven Douglas wrote:   
   > > JTEM  posted:   
   > >> On 2/11/26 4:21 PM, Steven Douglas wrote:   
   > >>>   
   > >>> Those who believe the Bible to be some random book   
   > >>> filled with mythical stories, are people who don't   
   > >>> even know what the Bible actually says.   
   > >>   
   > >> I don't know where this "Random" is supposed to be   
   > >> coming from...   
   > >   
   > >  From the way you and others claim that stories in the   
   > > Bible are no different from other random mythical   
   > > stories.   
   >   
   > Again, no idea where your "Random" is coming from?   
      
   I just explained it in the paragraph just above your   
   response. But if you need an example, how about your   
   recent reference to Aesop's Fables? Just another of   
   the random stories you would compare to the Bible.   
   Or how about all the times you compare Jesus to   
   ancient mythical characters, as if Jesus is just   
   another random "mythical" character?   
   >   
   > What stories are supposed to be random?   
      
   Any random story you come up with to try to make a   
   (false) comparison to the Bible.   
   >   
   > > Why did you snip the Scriptures I posted?   
   >   
   > Isn't it obvious?  It's irrelevant to YOUR point!   
      
   Those Scriptures ARE my point. You don't get to decide   
   what is or isn't my point. You can challenge my point,   
   but you can't just dismiss it -- unless you're just   
   another dishonest Usenet "debater".   
   >   
   > You're claiming it's a prophecy, and an accurate one.   
      
   Yes. It actually appears in several different parts   
   of the Bible. I only showed you two examples.   
   >   
   > So, cite a copy of THAT SPECIFIC PROPHECY which is   
   > older than any even you want to claim it predicts.   
      
   How about the Book of Isaiah, which appears in the   
   Dead Sea Scrolls? One of the verses I cited is from   
   the Book of Isaiah, which was written well in advance   
   of 135 AD. And I'm sure (or rather I hope) you'll   
   agree that it was written well before 1948, when   
   Israel was brought back to life, as the prophecy   
   said would happen.   
   >   
   > It's okay to believe,   
      
   Thank you!   
   >   
   > like you claim here or some   
   > teenager with 87 genders.   
      
   That's a false comparison. But I'm not surprised   
   you'd try it.   
   >   
   > "Believing" is fine. But   
   > you both take that extra annoyance and insist that   
   > the rest of us believe along with you.   
      
   By any objective standard, there are NOT 87   
   genders. There is NOTHING in the fossil record   
   that shows anything other than TWO genders, of   
   any and every species ever found in the fossil   
   record.   
      
   Meanwhile, the Book of Isaiah prophesied well   
   in advance that Israel would be destroyed, and   
   that the Jews would be scattered off their land   
   to all parts of the world. Then the prophecy   
   says the land would sit empty and desolate for   
   some amount of time, until the time would come   
   when God would regather His people and bring   
   them back to their own land.   
      
   But the prophecy doesn't end there -- it goes   
   on to say how the land that was desolate would   
   be brought back to life, and be lush and green   
   and productive, growing food and the reborn   
   nation of Israel would become prosperous.   
      
   It's all in the Book of Isaiah (as well as in   
   other parts of the Bible). How can you deny it's   
   in the Bible when it's clearly all there? Unless   
   you're blinded by your disbelief?   
   >   
   > So, come up   
   > with a copy of your VERY SPECIFIC PASSAGE that is   
   > older than any event you want to claim it predicted.   
      
   I just did. The Dead Sea Scrolls proved it.   
      
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