@saturn88z@raycomfort Margaret Barker's talks on the queen of heaven are very interesting. Early Judaism had a feminine aspect (which the menorah represents which Hezekiah ordered destroyed) and a masculine which followed the Mosaic law. They basically oscillated between divinities over time.
@TSchjei@GodDanC@Wmoslcb16Linda@AiG It means that early homo sapiens bred with homo neanderthalis and had babies. The common belief is that humans wiped the Neanderthals out however, since there are so few. What bananas show, I don't know, other than to say that Life uses very similar building blocks.
@TSchjei@GodDanC@Wmoslcb16Linda@AiG I wish I could say as much as you YECers, who seem to think that dinosaurs living alongside humans is a feasible possibility, or that Neandertal DNA, which has been isolated in the human genome, is a form of secular propaganda.
@TSchjei@GodDanC@Wmoslcb16Linda@AiG Believe me no one is happier than me regarding that. However calling evolution a religion doesn't make it any less scientific of a theory of human origins.
@TSchjei@GodDanC@Wmoslcb16Linda@AiG But were they broken in the first place? Or what was the extent of the fracture? It's also common for legally deaf people to say they hear better after prayer in public to avoid embarrassment, when in reality they could partially hear to begin with and "better" is a broad term.
@TSchjei@GodDanC@Wmoslcb16Linda@AiG It seems we are in agreement then, yet have come to two different conclusions. You say it's the power of the god; I say it's chicanery and occultism.
@TSchjei@GodDanC@Wmoslcb16Linda@AiG Ever seen legs grow? Bethel Redding and Todd White do it, who are popular in the charismatic movement. My siblings were "baptized in the holy spirit" by a man who told me he could heal scoliosis and broken wrists. My sister saw a vision of Jesus and was "born again".
@TSchjei@GodDanC@Wmoslcb16Linda@AiG There's definitely a power to it, if you're gullible and suggestible. All I saw were parlor tricks and a lot of emotionally unstable people.
@GodDanC@Wmoslcb16Linda@AiG It's a learned behavior, and is found in many other ancient religions, not just Xianity. Apollo and Dionysus to name a couple, which preexisted Xianity by hundreds of years.
@GodDanC@Wmoslcb16Linda@AiG Linda, yes you heard me. I grew up in it so I know what I'm talking about. They believe they talk to Jesus, have visions of angels, etc and it's seen as normal; yet if someone talks with aliens or Zeus, it's seen as crazy talk. I prefer to call a spade a spade.