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Recent content by Bob Crowley

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    The Bible, Age of the Earth and Evolution

    I'd dearly like to know the whole truth myself. However the Old Testament is not a Christian document. It's part of the Jewish canon. So it would seem the people who should have the last word on the Creation / Evolution argument based on Biblical and Scientific data would be the Jews...
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    Wes Huff unpacks mark of the beast, claims number might not be 666

    This response is from an AI answer just to let you know. But my old pastor stated that "666" wasn't much more than a declaration that the anti-Christ would just be a man when it was all said and done, with all the imperfections of humanity. It may have had some numerological significance to...
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    27 girls missing at Texas Christian summer camp as rescuers search through debris

    We've had major flooding in the Brisbane and outlying areas three times in my lifetime. The first was 1974, again in 2011 and recently in 2022. The 2011 caught everyone off guard in some areas. A town called Grantham was hit badly and several people died in the area. I don't think anybody...
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    Why Was Moses Not Allowed to Enter the Promised Land?

    Frankly I sometimes wonder if Moses even cared much by that time whether he entered the promised land or not. He'd been leading a bunch of complaining Israelites for 40 years after being a shepherd looking after a bunch of dumb sheep for another 40. He was 120 years old, well past pension age...
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    Australian doctor receives Lithuanian award

    An Australian doctor received the "Life Saving Cross" for his work in saving the life of a Lithuanian adventurer when he amputated one leg underwater in the Franklin River in Tasmania. He accepted it on behalf of everybody else who was involved in the rescue...
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    Mushroom meal guilty verdict

    I think some of you had heard of the poisonous mushroom case in Victoria, Australia. The court case has been dragging on for the better part of two years, but a guilty verdict was handed down today...
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    What is your opinion? - The intended readership of Hebrews.

    There are two intended readerships of Hebrews. The human writer mainly intended it to be read by a Jewish audience. It even has that title, and is loaded with Jewish tradition. God meant it to be read by anybody, and for that reason it was included in Scripture. When Christ chose Peter, He...
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    God's Discipline

    Without going into too much detail, I've had a lot of frustration in various ways. I suppose it's meant to teach me patience and perseverance, but sometimes I'd like to know the point of it all. Compared to the lot of some other Christians though, I've probably had it easy. For what it's...
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    Former medium warns Christians against the occult: ‘No such thing as a good witch’

    Like HBP I've had a number of "anomalous phenomena that come your way". Some examples were my father turning up in my room the night he died; "double whammies" like a breath going through you in waves from head to foot always in response to statements by either a Bible study leader or my...
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    What Should a Good Homily Look Like?

    My old pastor told us a bit of a humorous story about an African American preacher who had a reputation for great sermons. A journalist asked him what his secret was. He thought for a minute and then replied "First, I tell 'em what I'm going to tell 'em!" "Then I tell 'em!" "And then I tell...
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    Demonic AI

    AI is being increasingly used by scammers. I picked up a Linux magazine today ("Linux Format" April 2025) and there was an article on that topic. Deepfake technology is a major threat. One paragraph read as follows - What price deepfakes are going to solicit church and charity donations?
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    But What If My Loved Ones Are in Hell?

    In defence of my last point above, I defer to John Newton, Anglican priest and writer of the hymn "Amazing Grace". Some of Newton's pre-Christians sins are listed below, which is why he used the word "wretch" to describe himself in the song...
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    But What If My Loved Ones Are in Hell?

    At the risk of repeating myself ad infitum, I've often stated my father appeared in my bedroom the night he died. He materialised near the door, spent most of the time near the foot of the bed, and at the end gave one almighty scream. Then he just disappeared. But at one point in the...
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    Spanish Inquisiton

    This will be superfluous in a long debate already, but I'll make two comments - 1. We haven't had Guy Fawkes night in Australia for decades for practical reasons. The firecrackers used to sometimes start fires, they scared the hell out of pets, they could be used dangerously eg. firiing...
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    Question for Roman Catholics concerning your familiarity with Catholic liturgical texts

    I'll think about it and get back to you.
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