From: jtem01@gmail.com   
      
   On 2/12/26 3:32 PM, Steven Douglas wrote:   
      
   >> 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   
      
   They're not random any more then the bible tales.   
      
   They're lessons. They teach a lesson.   
      
   > Or how about all the times you compare Jesus to   
   > ancient mythical characters, as if Jesus is just   
   > another random "mythical" character?   
      
   None of those other mythical characters are random, either.   
      
   They all persisted for a reason.   
      
   And as far as Jesus being mythical goes:  All I'm doing   
   is applying the very same standards to Jesus as I do   
   those mythical characters.   
      
   I do that with everything!   
      
   I apply the very same standards to the myth of Troy as,   
   say, atheists/agnostics/secular scholars do to the bible,   
   and when I do the one and *Only* conclusion is that   
   Troy is made up. It's a myth.   
      
   It works both ways.   
      
   The difference?  I'm consistent.   
      
   > Any random story   
      
   There's no "Random Story."   
      
   Nothing is random.   
      
   They all have meaning, they all serve a purpose,   
   resonate for a reason.   
      
   > Those Scriptures ARE my point.   
      
   No. Your "Point" was that they were prophecies and that   
   they were accurate. And THAT "Proves" the bible.   
      
   >> You're claiming it's a prophecy, and an accurate one.   
   >   
   > Yes.   
      
   So I need to see a cite to an old copy of that specific   
   prophecy, predating whatever you're claiming it   
   prophesied.   
      
   >> 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   
      
   No. A copy which is older than whatever you claim it   
   predicts. Cite a specific manuscript where this   
   prophecy appears that is older than whatever it is   
   you claim it foretold.   
      
   > 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.   
      
   135 AD came very far AFTER the events you claim it   
   predicted. So it's a POSTecy, not a prophecy.   
      
      
      
      
      
      
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