Clark Bates

Husband, father, PhD. Catholic but not Roman. Heading on to mission work in Italy. You can support us at the link below.

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@Stephen_Angliss No it's actually a case of poor English translation. The church fathers understood what Hades was. Moderns don't.

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@PeterKalve @brookins_tim They are based on the same text but the NA will always have a more detailed apparatus than the UBS because the UBS is designed with translators in mind rather than text critics.

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@jrmcmanaway But he did ban mimes which I think we should all be grateful for.

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@RobSchneider you have to admit, it’s hard to beat the UK cover of Deuce Bigalow!

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@MateyYanakiev Again, this is the standard view of the Greek church. They didn’t practice infant baptism to save infants because they didn’t believe in original sin.

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@GraftedTheology Also a good reference point

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@Marshall_Phil How long will you be in England?

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@TheFIREorg Weren’t they just arguing a few years ago that the noose was a racist symbol? So @UofIllinois supports racist symbology now?

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@visegrad24 A bunch of Americans need to smuggle themselves into the country and get elected.

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@MateyYanakiev This is the standard view of the Orthodox Church. It was almost universally held by the Greek Fathers.

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@BillArnoldTeach Define "early church" and define "catholic"

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@SJMelniszynIII @WesleyLHuff If there is a mention of giants it’s likely nothing more than a reference to a common mythology, like a cyclops or sea monster. I would be very hesitant to see it as “proof” or “confirmation” of anything in Genesis.

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@SJMelniszynIII @WesleyLHuff I’m not Wes, but I can tell you that the article appears to omit the fact that this manuscript is a piece of satire. It has been discussed at length by Egyptologists in the past. And the ABR is not a very reputable group. 1/2

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@theistinthought I preferred Crime and Punishment if I’m being honest

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Quite a few people have tried to say that WLC is just following Aquinas in saying that philosophy is the handmaiden of theology but he’s actually saying the opposite. To Craig, biblical theology is the handmaiden to philosophy and science. He’s always believed and taught this.

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William Lane Craig says that Adam and Eve were non-homosapien cavemen that lived 750,000 years ago, and the reasons that theologians and pastors don't know this is they are ignorant of science & philosophy, making them "impaired when it comes to doing systematic theology."

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@IFFFMEISTER Is it?

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@IFFFMEISTER Things the Bible never said or inferred for $200 Alex.

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@HansFiene And Lutherans say ignorant things about Baptists and invite you over for beer they brew in their basement to tell you more about it.

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@InterestingSTEM 1 person.