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From the late Dr. Michael S. Heiser.

John was inspired to write “monogenes”, not “only-begotten”.

I doubt it, but I would be pleased to be wrong. In a word, wrong! It means species-unique, one-of-a-kind. By itself it neither says nor implies anything about Jesus’ relationship to His Father. Those ideas come from other words and verses. Though “only begotten” is the chosen translation...

Polaris is very near to the North polar axis and also quite distant. Its position in the sky is essentially unchanging to all but modern measurements. This makes it very useful for navigation. Further, because it is so far away, its elevation angle is the same as the latitude of the observer...

And what does "begotten" mean in this context?

You said yourself that you have examined the evidence, yet you ask a basic question. That tells me that either you have not, in fact, examined the evidence as you claim, or that you have rejected the evidence for some reason, and therefore I'm wasting my time explaining it to you. Asserting...

I guess you haven't been to Auschwitz, or even met a survivor. While some things may be, not everything is a hoax.

Your experience was unfortunate, but I like your suggestion. :)

I don't know that there is a single answer to your question. As far as I know, most churches decided either to stick with the older music ("hymns") or to adopt modern music to some degree. I can offer that the "wars" started long before 1980 (about 200 years before!) and are still going strong...

Since you claim to have examined the evidence, yours is a question of deliberate, chosen ignorance, not lack of information. The Bible give us exactly zero references to North America, yet here we are. Give that some thought. Does the sun "rise" in the perspective of an observer on Earth's...

I encourage you to do some more research on the subject. It is impossible to get all the nutrients you need from plants only— particularly vitamin B12–and many nutrients are much more difficult to obtain from plant sources than from animal products. :) Consider that after the fall and the...

Does one have to hear the "complete and perfect" word of God to come to saving faith? Huh? As I have advised you previously (probably several times!), you need to consider the implications of your statements before posting them.

Using fallacies to defend anything just makes your arguments worthless.

Then don't use the term "God's word" when you are talking specifically about the KJV translation of God's word.

Either you want people to take (your interpretation of) Scripture OR accept evidence from the created world/universe. Proper interpretation starts with Scripture and allows evidence from creation to inform the conclusions drawn from Scripture. It is reasonable to change one’s conclusions where...

Fallacy upon fallacy. You say “God’s word” but by that you mean the KJV. That’s the fallacy of equivocation. You say, if you do not have access to God’s word, how are you able to have faith” but you mean “the perfect and complete written word of God”. That’s a fallacy of misrepresentation...

Methinks you didn’t think through your words before clicking “Post reply”. Your statement has an internal contradiction.

Fail! That's not a double standard. Try again!

I will… right after you post the scripture stating that double standards are acceptable.