More Pudding Proof

The Codex Sinaiticus Project has finally started publishing the oldest known Bible manuscript to the web. This document is dated to about the year 350, and contains several books of the Bible, such as 1 Chronicles, Psalms, and the gospel of Mark. 

The Codex is significant because of its age, its condition, and its contents. It is a true book of antiquity, something most of us have never seen, so having it at our fingertips is remarkable.

I'm sure this document in and of itself won't make a convert of anyone, but it goes a long way to shutting the mouths of detractors and skeptics of Biblical antiquity.  

What's God got to do with it?

To all my sincere Christian Arminian friends out there, who believe that man freely chooses to be saved, here are 2 serious question for you:

1. If man chooses to be saved, freely and of his own will without the help of outside influence from God the Holy Spirit moving on him, then why do you pray to God for someone's salvation? 

Let me put it another way. You believe God does not/won't violate man's will in the process of salvation, right? Then on what basis do you pray to God for someone to be saved? Borrowing from Tina Turner, "What's God got to do with it?", then? Isn't your position just wishful thinking?

2. Where is it written that man's free will is inviolable by God? Can you show me even 1 verse, or give me 1 example from scripture, that demonstrates that our wills/natures are taboo to God? Isn't your theological view actually putting man's will above God's in this one instance, thus making an idol out of our free choice/will? Doesn't this view point then make God subject to our wills?

Opening Address

Theology gone bad.

I'm sure these 5 guys, whoever & wherever they are, mean well, but are they for real? The sad thing is in today's Christian culture--especially in the U.S.--they'll make a fortune. 

Not as good as my idea for a financial holdings/investment service for those who believe in reincarnation, though. Now there's an idea! I just couldn't in clear conscience do that to people, even pagans. Oh well, watchya gonna do?