Re: Apologetics Conference (to Dave)

David Court (hoover1@netcom.ca)
Wed, 4 Dec 1996 18:49:11 -0500 (EST)

>>(DAVE 12/1) Hello everyone:
>>I would like to make a strange request of any of the errantists on this list
>>to help me in my presentation: if you were presenting a query to this group
>>(assuming they are all apologists), what would it be (that is, what would
>>you like to see us discuss and answer)?
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>NIELSEN 12/3
> I would like a reply to these questions (John Williston and Matthew
>Burdette were both afraid to touch them).
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>1) How many books are there supposed to be in what is called The Bible?
>Five, 39, 45, 66, 72, or more than 72?
>2) Whatever number you decide on, did you get your answer from the Bible?
>3) Where in your Bible does it say that all of it is The Word of God?
>4) The Sabbath, which runs from sundown Friday through sundown Saturday,
>was instituted by God Himself. Keeping the Sabbath is one of God's Ten
>Commandments; the penalty for breaking it is death by stoning. Yet nearly
>all Christians do not keep the Sabbath. Can you show us anywhere in the
>Bible where God Himself changed His mind about the day of the Sabbath.
>(Don't forget that Jesus kept the Sabbath, too.)
>5) Paul wrote, "... that Christ died for our sins according to the
>Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day
>according to the Scriptures" (1 Cor. 15:3-4). Where in the Hebrew
>Scriptures does it say this?
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> Dave, I hope you get a chance to ask these questions about the Bible
>at your conference. Thanks, Ralph.
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(DAVE 12/4) Ralph: Thank you, Ralph - I've printed this off and will take
with me - if I can't discuss these during the forum, I will try to privately
with some individuals - if not this, then I will begin personally exploring
each one and consult contacts I make at the conference about them.

I'll let you know what happens (chances are I will get to present these
though as they have given me about 45 minutes to do or say whatever - do you
care if I use your name or not?)

Thanks again, Ralph. Dave.>
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