he thinks, 'no one else but post says this' and 'post just makes it up as he goes along'
But maybe what post, Jackson, Marc, Dan, Magenta, mailman, gb9, grandpa, Laish and a dozen others have tried to tell him is true instead: he doesn't understand the scripture as well as he thinks he does, after all.
It is true that "Many, who come in Christ's Name agree with your religious doctrines. This can not be denied. But that in itself means little. Paul says the OT was written for our admonition. I am reminded of this story.
Num. 13:
27 And they told him, and said, We came unto the land whither
thou sentest us, and surely it floweth with milk and honey; and this
is the fruit of it.
28 Nevertheless the people be strong that dwell in the land, and the cities
are walled,
and very great: and moreover we saw the children of Anak there.
30 And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once, and possess it;
for we are well able to overcome it.
31 But
the men that went up with him said,
We be not able to go up against the people;
for they are stronger than we.
Num. 14:
6 And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh,
which were of them that searched the land, rent their clothes:
7 And they spake unto all the company of the children of Israel, saying, The land, which we passed through to search it,
is an exceeding good land.
8 If the LORD delight in us, then he will bring us into this land,
and give it us; a land which floweth with milk and honey.
9 Only rebel not ye against the LORD, neither fear ye the people of the land; for they
are bread for us: their defence is departed from them,
and the LORD is with us: fear them not.
God gave them instructions and Caleb believed God. But all the people that were with him, who claimed to be the children of this same God, didn't believe Him.
10 But all the congregation bade stone them with stones. And the glory of the LORD appeared in the tabernacle of the congregation before all the children of Israel.
11 And the LORD said unto Moses, How long will this people provoke me?
and how long will it be ere they believe me, for all the signs which I have shewed among them?
To me, it's about what the Word of God says, all of them. Not just a few that can be used to support some ancient religious traditions.
Even if the whole world of religious people didn't really believe in the God of Abraham and His Words, that in itself would not be an excuse given the story above.
Num. 14:
21 But
as truly
as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the LORD.
22 Because all those men which have seen my glory, and my miracles, which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me now these ten times,
and have not hearkened to my voice;
23 Surely they shall not see the land which I sware unto their fathers, neither shall any of them that provoked me see it:
24 But my servant Caleb,
because he had another spirit with him,
and hath followed me fully, him will I bring into the land whereinto he went; and his seed shall possess it.
This is the God that became a Man to save me. This is the God I believe.