Hi Vic,
In your efforts to discredit God's Written Word, the Bible, you tell us, "Nowhere in the Bible is the fruit eaten by Adam & Eve referred to as an apple."
That is true. In that case, the apple is symbolic -- just as when the Bible speaks of the "fruit" of our salvation -- it is speaking, not of fruit from a tree, but of the works which occur because we have been saved and want to work for the Lord. He is not telling us to grow apples -- but, to spread "seeds of salvation" that others might be harvested into His kingdom.
Then, you tell us, "In the book of Genesis, the serpent in the Garden of Eden is not explicitly identified as being Satan."
Yet, we read in Genesis 3:14-15, "The LORD God said to the serpent, 'Because you have done this, Cursed are you more than all cattle, And more than every beast of the field; On your belly you will go, And dust you will eat All the days of your life; And I will put enmity Between you and the woman, And between your seed and her seed; He shall bruise you on the head, And you shall bruise him on the heel.' "
Vic, I don't believe you will find ANY theologian, in the Protestant or Roman Catholic churches, which will not you that this Scripture passage is speaking directly of Jesus Christ and Satan.
Next, you tell us, "Genesis does not state that there were only two of every animal aboard Noah's Ark.
Yet, we read in Genesis 6:19-20, “And of every living thing of all flesh, you shall bring two of every kind into the ark, to keep them alive with you; they shall be male and female. Of the birds after their kind, and of the animals after their kind, of every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, two of every kind will come to you to keep them alive."
Finally, you post, "Nobody who was alive during the period of Jesus' supposed lifetime, ever wrote a single word about him."
Did you ever hear of these guys, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Paul? Matthew and John most certainly walked personally with the Lord; Paul met Him personally on the road to Damascus; and Mark and Luke were contemporaries of Paul. So, I would say that we most definitely do have personal first hand accounts of the life and ministry of Jesus Christ.
Vic, my Friend, you tell us you are a Roman Catholic who believes in God and Jesus Christ -- yet, you choose to select an atheist-leaning web site as your source of Biblical knowledge? This is from that web site:
FreeThoughtPedia is an online resource for critical thinking people who value science over faith and want to engage those who subscribe to irrational beliefs (like the Christian faith) in open and productive dialogue.
My Friend, what level will you seek in your journey away from the spiritual faith of Christianity?
God bless, have a wonderful, blessed day,
Bill
