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What makes it a "redemption" story, and redemption from WHAT?
The fact that it is full of redemption stories.
The story of Noah
The story of Abraham and Issac
The story of Ruth
The story of Jeremiah and the potter
The parables Jesus told of the lost sheep, the lost coin
The parable of the Prodigal Son
The redemptive work of Christ
The forgiveness of Peter
Paul’s Damascus Road experience
The picture of Heaven painted in Revelation
You have so much presumption in this we need to break it down into smaller parts.
What sin? And what is a "just punishment". And why is it just? Who would determine that?
Ahhh.. so the "just punishment" is hell. Who determined this was just? Why is it just? And what is hell? Where is hell? How do we know this is true? Don't use the bible for you answer.
God determined it.
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What is a soul? How do we know it exists? How do we know it is an entity that continues after death? And even if it does, how do we know it is eternal? Don't use the bible for you answer.
All the cells and atoms in your body are being constantly replaced. But you retain your soul. Not only that, but you have a unique soul that entered into existence in what would otherwise be a totally arbitrary manner. Why weren't you born 100 years prior to your date of birth? Why weren't you born as someone else? I ask you the same question you asked: who would determine that?
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Don't use the bible for you answer, as that is circular.
Covered by the questions and points above. There is no more evidence for a god or gods, a Jesus or Allah or Shiva, than there is for fairies, leprechauns or the Easter Bunny.
The story of Noah
The story of Abraham and Issac
The story of Ruth
The story of Jeremiah and the potter
The parables Jesus told of the lost sheep, the lost coin
The parable of the Prodigal Son
The redemptive work of Christ
The forgiveness of Peter
Paul’s Damascus Road experience
The picture of Heaven painted in Revelation
I repeat, redemption from WHAT? Your list includes genocides, child abuse, lesbian love stories, the visions of an epileptic having a seizure, and and story that sounds like the author was on an acid trip.
I repeat, redemption from WHAT? Your list includes genocides, child abuse, lesbian love stories, the visions of an epileptic having a seizure, and and story that sounds like the author was on an acid trip.
Redemption from WHAT?
Just like anything else, from the penalty of a poor decision.
Wrong. Science does not yet know what consciousness is, however, clearly at least the higher order animals have consciousness, and there is some evidence that plants do also. Source
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All the cells and atoms in your body are being constantly replaced.
This is predominately true.
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But you retain your soul. Not only that, but you have a unique soul that entered into existence in what would otherwise be a totally arbitrary manner.
First of all, you (and science) need to show that there even IS a soul. Speculation and believe does not make it so.
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Why weren't you born 100 years prior to your date of birth? Why weren't you born as someone else? I ask you the same question you asked: who would determine that?
I was not born earlier because my mother and father were not yet born, and had not copulated at the right time when my mother had ovulated. Simple science. No "who" involved other than those two.
First of all, circular reasoning cannot authenticate oneself. That's like saying Harry Potter books are true because they say it's true.
Let's just take one instance from your link. "The old city of Tyre will never be rebuilt (v. 14)." Guess what, Tyre was never destroyed! It has always existed, and exists today. You're, like most apologists, are probably confusing it with Ushu.
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