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| crowmagnumman | Mar 19 2009, 04:04 PM |
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This is G2k's thread, so it's probably not my place. But I thought I'd try answering just for the hell of it. Some of those questions seemed more directed at Christianity in general than just at the Catholic church. I'm taking off my agnostic hat and putting on my Christian hat here so I won't just dismiss religion as hogwash, as I'm accustomed to doing these days. I'll skip the first one and let G2k try answering it.
Because your friends are not Biblical archaeologists. They have faith in the Bible. As stupid as it sounds, lacking evidence for something you believe in is the whole point of faith. Still, there is a whole field of archaeology dedicated to Biblical stuff. I may not necessarily believe in a God, but I think there's reason to wonder if many events in the Bible are based in reality. They've found a lot of interesting stuff. I haven't been into that for a long time, though. So I don't know where one would learn anything about it. Maybe the Biblical Archaeology magazine?
Dreams were given a lot of importance and meaning in the Bible. Many characters had prophetic dreams or communicated with God through their dreams. But the agnostic side of me is completely baffled by this. My dreams never mean anything. They seem weird and completely random, often having no bearing on anything in my life. It's like my mind is just a jumbled mess when I dream. So it's been pretty hard for me to accept that dreams mean anything. I guess if one was to try to extract some meaning from your dream, we could say that the fact that Jesus was wearing a business suit and sitting on a park bench next to you was significant. He does not appear as Jesus, in the sense that we'd normally imagine him. But as one who looks just like everybody else. And then there's this thought. Matthew 25:33-40. The Son of Man will put the sheep (good people) on his right and the goats (bad people) on his left. "Then the king will say to those good people on his right, 'Come. My Father has given you great blessings. Come and get the kingdom God promised you. That kingdom has been prepared for you since the world was made. You can have this kingdom, because I was hungry and you gave me food to eat. I was thirsty, and you gave me something to drink. I was alone and away from home, and you invited me into your home. I was without clothes, and you gave me something to wear. I was sick, and you cared for me. I was in prison, and you came to visit me.' "Then the good people will answer, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry and give you food? When did we see you thirsty and give you something to drink? When did we see you alone and away from home and invite you into our home? When did we see you without clothes and give you something to wear? When did we see you sick or in prison and care for you?' "Then the king will answer, 'I tell you the truth. Anything you did for any of my people here, you also did for me.' And then there's this verse. Acts 2:17 And it shall come to pass in the last days, says God, That I will pour out of My Spirit on all flesh; Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, Your young men shall see visions, Your old men shall dream dreams. So according to Paul, God says that in the last days before the second coming, people are going to start prophesying, seeing visions, and dreaming dreams. I'm assuming these dreams would have meaning and significance, having been sent from God. No way of knowing whether these would be the last days or not, but I'm hoping that we get to this stage soon. Because I'm gonna have a hard time believing in anything like this until I get some kind of sign. |
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