Malcolm McMahon wrote in message <379d4968.732142 at news.demon.co.uk>...
>On Mon, 26 Jul 1999 14:35:33 -0400, "Ken Collins" <KPaulC at email.msn.com>
>wrote:
>>>Malcolm McMahon wrote in message <379d5d33.13532628 at news.demon.co.uk>...
>>>>>[...]
>>>>>The test, of course, is Popper refutability. If a scientific theory is,
>>>in fact, wrong then it ought to be possible, at least in principal, to
>>>disprove it. If you make some technological device based on a falacious
>>>theory odds are it won't work.
>>>>>>This is invariably not the case with religious theories
>>>>>[...]
>>>>i'll gladly accept, in-person, before fair witnesses, any challenge with
>>respect to the claims i've made with respect to the Teaching of Jesus.
>>>>So give us, for example, a solid testable (in this world) prediction
>based on beliefs about Christ.
>
there's one in AoK's Epilogue...
"A house divided against itself cannot stand."
Lincoln invoked such with the end that the Union was preserved - the U. S.
A. exists, today, as a "mountain" moved (the Union, preserved) in The Name
of Christ... by Lincoln's Faith.
when one looks, though, one sees that Christ's prediction holds True within
all human dynamics... if you don't think so, try to come up with an instance
in which it doesn't hold True.
of course, there's much more in the position i've brought up. i hope to find
myself, one day, with the opportunity to write a book on the topic...
there's that much in-it.
it's been my experience that the greatest 'difficulty' is usually that the
folks who don't see what's in this position, are pretty-much unfamiliar with
Christ, so it's necessary to, first, familiarize folks with Christ... which
takes some 'time' (and which, typically, degenerates into 'just' another
'house divided', with the discussion going nowhere be-cause everyone's
'discussing' from disparate positions of familiarity)... which is why i
said, 'in-person, before fair witnesses'... one wouldn't think of doing
Physics without studying Physics... it's the 'same' with everything about
Jesus. to gain a working knowledge requires, first, becoming familiar.
in-person, before fair witnesses... and, hopefully, folks who, with open
minds, want to understand.
cheers, ken collins
