Do you believe in angels/demons?

[bimmylee]

ManusJustus said:

bimmylee said:

Did it ever occur to you that they may have gone to the top of a high mountain because of its remoteness, far away from other people? If a bunch of other random people had seen the vision that the devil was showing to Jesus, then it would have caused a lot of complications; the devil was only focused on tempting Jesus at the time, and no one else. Seems you have only assumed that they went to the top of the high mountain in order to physically see further. Don't ignore the context.

Also, "the kingdoms of the world" ≠ "the entire world"; this is another unfounded assumption you have made. 

ManusJustus, you are repeatedly twisting the words of the Bible to fit around your own truth instead of seeking the truth that is already in it. There's only one way that the Bible's own verses can be used against itself, and it's called cherrypicking.

Your reading of that verse defies logical thought.  Using your logic, If I said that "I went to the Super Bowl to watch the game", you wouldn't think I watched Super Bowl (perhaps I watched curling on my cellphone) even though thats what I would mean, or what any logical person properly using language would mean.  Using your logic, we would have to eliminate pronouns from language, since a statement like "I saw Bill at the store.  He brought a loaf of bread." would be too vague because 'he' could be mean anything.

The reason the Devil took Jesus to the high mountain was to show him ALL the kingdoms of the world.  I'm not twisting words here, I'm directly quoting the Bible, which I will admit is damning to your argument.

If cherrypicking was a profession, you'd be making a killing.

See if you can name five reputable scholars who actually hold to the belief that the Bible teaches the Earth is flat. Considering that I made a similar request of you two posts ago and never heard back, I'm assuming you can't do it; nobody with an ounce of credibility in the academic world would try to argue your point, because it just doesn't hold water. Every time you've been proven wrong on a particular verse, you just move on to the next one that seems to vaguely support your view.

If you want to prove that "the Bible is false," you will never get anywhere with this argument. It's been debunked way too many times.