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It probably took him about a week to pull it off.

That is not what it means to make an argument from silence. I suspected that this was what was happening. I'm actually revealed a bit as well because it means that you aren't just making things up out of whole clothe, which, obviously, would be far worse than simply making an error. RD has made...

Well, that's just the thing. Derf comes off to me as stubborn but not stupid. Generally speaking, it seems to be that when he posts things that have no real substance, he knows it. He, for whatever reason, feels like simple arguing is just as effective as actual rational debate, or, at the very...

Have I missed something?

Why do you keep saying this? It makes no sense. He very clearly is not making an argument from silence.

I wish more people thought along these lines and made certain decisions in a manor that didn't put them in the position to make the final call. It's so obviously wise to whittle down the options to a very few good choices and then leave the final decision up to God by the casting of lots. Maybe...

Then AMR's argument stands unrefuted. Saying it doesn't make it so.

Your crying "the Apostles" and giving it a number 4 doesn't work. It is the equivalent of AMR's option 3. Christ and then the Apostles and then those appointed by the Apostles and then those appointed by those bishops, etc, etc, etc. is "the church" (according to Catholic dogma). Thus, as AMR's...

Derf, just stop. This is bordering on an intentional lie. Just stop.

You missed the point, you stupid, slobbering moron! First of all, what you said here isn't how language works but, more importantly, my point had to do with the highlighted portion, "ALL THAT IS IN THEM". Whether God "created" them or "made" them, as if there's a difference, the point is that...

This made no sense whatsoever.

No. You've now gone pretty much totally unresponsive. Way to go, Derf! You managed to run out of substance the moment you clicked "Post reply" on one singular post! Since then, you've called into question the effectiveness of the Holy Spirit, the devoutness, ability and competence of the...

It isn't someone "deciding" anything, Derf! It's the biblical record!

What? Is this a real question? If so, it demonstrates that you and I are speaking different languages. I can find no mental path to that question. That isn't what the bible teaches, as I have already established. Your stating an opposing opinion doesn't count as a rebuttal to a biblical...

This is isogetical rationalizing at its worst. If this is how you do doctrine, anything goes! You could start yourself a cult and move into a compound in Waco, TX and then use just this sort of "reasoning" to justify forcing parents to allow their fourteen year old daughters to spend the night...

No, it isn't. There were Jews all over that area of the world and they continued to minister to those groups throughout their lives. Not only was Matthias chosen in accordance with the qualification spelled out by Peter but the Eleven had been given broad authority to act in Christ's absence...

Exodus 20:11a For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. Exodus 31:17 It is a sign between Me and the children of Israel forever; for in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, and on the seventh day He rested...

Excellent question! The fact that you're asking an intentionally irrational crazy person to make sense just means you won't get an answer.

That's my line! The fact is that they had been doing so but then stopped following it at all, and intentionally so, in response to Paul's divinely directed trip to Jerusalem to explain "his gospel" to them. (Gal. 2:6-9) Unresponsive. The sentence this was in response to was that he did NOT go...

It isn't quite what the English reading of Jesus' words would seem to suggest in regards to the love of money being the root of all kinds of evil. First of all, almost everyone leaves out the word "kinds" and turns it into much more of a blanket statement than it was ever intended to be in the...