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Expert: - 5/12/2008


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Are the prophecies in the bible clearly related to the history of the world?  Or are the Chrisitan apologists try to put the pieces together where they don’t fit?  Can the bible be presented as an authentic book based on it’s prohecies?

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Dear Lenin,

I do not think biblical prophecies can be clearly related to the specific historic events because the profecies were written to teach that some kind of event would have happened, but they never specifies the dates when they should have happened. So the interpretation of prophecies is always a matter of faith. This is because prophecies were written to confort and teach believers (i.e. those who already believed) and not to convince unbelievers.

Your brother in Christ,

Marco  

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I am a catholic physicist and I am married with four children. I can give a scientific proof of the existence of the soul. I am very interested in the following issues: faith and science, rational proof of the existence of God, christianity versus other religions, the Bible, protestantism versus catholicism, miracles. Probably you will find interesting my answers to questions such as: "How can I know that God exist?", "How can I know that catholicism is the true religion?", "Why does evil exist?", "Who created evil?", "Why does Hell exist?", "Why did Jesus have to suffer on the Cross?" , "If God knows everything, why did He create those souls who go to Hell?"

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Theology, physics, biblical studies, catholic apologetics.

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I am author of several articles on the most important scientific journals, such as Physical Review B and Physical Review Letters.

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A degree in Physics and a Ph.D. in Solid State Physics.

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