So the real miracle was that an entire army was dumb enough to drown in the parted sea? A nation of over a million people could pass on dry land and then the army pursuing them is drowned right behind them - what knowledge led to this? You are correct - lack of knowledge doesn't make a miracle - God does.

Gospel of Thomas is a gnostic text, not Canon because it's fake.,

There’s nothing stopping you from believing the Bible, Quran, the analects of Taoism, Torah or whatever word for word. In this country, it is your right to do so. I’m more of a ‘show me the facts’ sort of guy. To the people who believe a million people passed thru the opened sea, was there a count of bodies before or after to show it was a million or are you taking this on faith?

I like the leper observations above. ‘Can’t believe all the others in the leper colony weren’t a little put off by not being chosen to be cured. To me, these stories are metaphors used for teaching purposes. No one would have believed, or understood deeper explanations so stories were used to pass information along.

Do you stomp the ground with a stick before you place your foot down every step? Or do you have faith in gravity, the ground will be solid enough to support you?

I believe the book of Enoch was deemed fake also.

That is the most reasonable reason, IMO.

Not according to the Jewish historian, Josephus. He wrote that he was not a follower of Jesus, but there were rumors that Jesus healed the sick and performed miracles.

^^^^^ Josephus lol

You don't think all those watching outside the Ark were a bit put off too? What about the family members of those turned into pillars of salt? How about Josephs brothers who threw him in a pit? Many, many will not be chosen and many will not choose Christ. He stands at the door knocking and many will not answer.......some of you think you are in control and have difficulty comprehending faith but yet you walk daily in your own faith of finding relief at the bottom of a bottle or a pill being prescribed or a job or finances. I have never met a drunk or an addict or a millionaire or someone perceived as having it all together that truly has peace that passes all understanding - without Christ. Many of you are truly unlearned in the Bible and have never put Gods Word to the test. Those of us that have, know He will never forsake us nor leave us no matter what life looks like to others - in that, my faith in Jesus Christ grows and I pray others research it for themselves. Become vulnerable - open up and cry out to the Lord and allow Him to speak to you through His Word. Challenge Him and see He is good. Don't take my word for it - gain your own experience, I can not grow your faith - only you.

Very well put. I hear you explaining why you believe what you believe. Everyone has a free choice as to what they want to believe. If they choose to believe, that's wonderful. If not, that's OK too. It's not your problem and I feel the same way.

Reminds me of something liberal Bill Maher once said, "The difference between Muslims and Christians is: Christians don't kill you if you don't convert to their religion."

I think there's actually two books.
I kinda think God is big enough to include what he wants in the Canon.

God has presented every one of us with a full pardon for all of our sins. We all have the opportunity to accept that pardon if we want. The sad thing is there will be more people that decline the pardon than accept it. Mathew 7:13-14 says, “ Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:
Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.

In the end we all have an option, heaven or (This word is unacceptable on Trapperman). I pray you choose heaven.
No one knows how long our live will be. James 4 describes our life as a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away. Don’t wait.

It has been translated to benefit the translators goals. Just like pagan traditions became Christmas and Easter to get pegans converted. But all hallows eve is bad

We are given an opportunity. But opportunity means choice. Just because you chose your way, doesn’t mean your way needs to be mine. And vice versa.

Very true

Exactly.

Where is the link for the fake fossils dating millions of years old?

Then there was those 10 that was all healed, but only 1 returned to thank Jesus. Does that mean they weren't grateful or merely that they never took the time to return and thank him?

The earth existed long before man, as we know him today ever inhabited it. The first chapter of Genesis says that at the beginning of time, God created heaven and earth. We don't know when that was. Earth was an empty waste and darkness hung over the deep. The earth was water covered until God caused the waters to recede. Who knows how old the earth is? More than the approximately 5,000 years since the existence of the first man, Adam that's for sure.

There is no doubt that dinosaurs and other creatures existed on the earth millions of years ago. The fossils prove it. We also know something wiped them out totally. God seems to cleanse the earth with water (the flood of Noah). Is that what happened to the creatures that lived during the time of the dinosaurs? Many bible scholars seem to think there was more than one flood prior to the flood of Noah.

The bible says God was sorry he ever made man. Looking at the mess we have in the world today, I believe it.

I was just inquiring about the fake fossils.....and being dated millions of years old.