ZacharyTC

Just a Christian writer who loves to think and try to solve things, which is a pain in the neck. Working on a personal library to understand the culture and other related fields to the Bible.

Paid Commissions: Considering it. If I do them, accepted payments will definitely be in Litecoin (LTC), Ethereum (ETH), and Bitcoin (BTC). Paypal (USD) payments are still being debated in my mind as to whether I want to accept those.

Point Commissions: Probably not.

Requests: Still working on a couple. Once they're complete, I'll open it up!

Art Trades: Maybe? Come back to me on that!

Collaborations: If you need a writer (and I have the time), hit me up!

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And now, for the "fun" part of the profile called... Frequently Asked Questions! This will be updated as I put in more, as there are many that are frequently asked! Anyway...

Frequently Asked Questions

#1. "Isn't God eternal and omnipotent?"

This ones gets flogged at me the most, whenever I talk about the cultural or linguistic context of a verse or passage. The question, "is God not omnipotent," is nothing more than a cop out by people -including folks on both the Christian and Atheistic sides of a debate, even!- who would rather lounge around all day and watch their favorite TV shows than actually do their homework. Because of their laziness in research, these people inevitably get backed into a corner and use this frequently-asked question as a means of making themselves feel good about their chronological snobbery at the cost of their IQ.

In other words, it is nothing but damage control in order to hide the fact they cannot think of anything better that God could have done in a given situation. They know they cannot win if they tried to give a suitable alternative, so they hide that fact by asking whether God is omnipotent instead, as if reminding people of that trait from humanity's perspective would make whatever they do not like change. Were they to employ this attitude of an ability making an obligation to matters of marriage, they would eventually be divorced when their angry spouses have finally had enough.

#2. "Who created God?"

Nobody. Even the Bible tells you that, by implication, whenever it speaks of him being eternal. Not to mention, we are about as close to an alternate source for the beginning of everything as we are to pigs having jet engines to fly without killing themselves. Look up the Laws of Thermodynamics. As near as can be told, the universe is an isolated system, by your reckoning. As such, due to the aforementioned scientific laws, the universe has a beginning, thus a first cause. In short, God does not need a creator, because he never had a beginning.

I know, I hurt your brain on this one!

#3. "How can you stand for how God impregnated Mary while calling what happened a Virgin Birth!?"

Because, there was no sex involved. Only a person with a completely dirty mind would say otherwise. Basically, what is going on is an act of divine fiat, seeing as this same Holy Spirit is involved in anything from creation to giving blessings. I mean, sheesh! If creating the Universe was no problem for the Lord, why should impregnating a teenage girl without having sex be any different?

#4. "So, God impregnated Mary to give birth to himself, to kill himself, to appease himself!? How does that work!?"

Yeah, there is a reason the doctrine found in the Nicene Creed, which affirms the three-in-one godhead espoused in the Bible, is so important. You are looking at it in this question that was just asked.

#5. "Was Jesus promoting cannibalism?"

Not in the slightest. What he was referring to was the Passover Meal, which is implied by his employment of the wine and matzo (unleavened bread) to establish a sacrament dubbed, "Communion". It is a symbolic way of saying he fulfills what Pesach pointed towards. Not to mention, it made a nice allusion to when lambs were slaughtered and had their blood used on the poles to the entryways of Hebrew homes so that the Lord would pass over them while the Egyptian firstborn died and thus convinced the Pharaoh at the time to let the Israelite nation pack up and travel out of captivity.

#6. "Was Jesus a human sacrifice?"

Nope! As stated in #5, there was more symbolism involved than anything else. In this case, Yeshua HaMashiach was a sinless stand-in for mankind, thus representing us judicially at the cross. There is a reason we are said to have been "crucified with Christ". Refer to James Patrick Holding's The Atonement Contextualized for more details.

#7. "How do you tell what passage is literal and which one is more symbolic?"

The same as with any other literature: figure out the genre and the author's intent by the context. You know, that thing you hate so much? There is genre, culture, history, geography, anthropology, sociology, linguistics, and literary context, among other things, to consider. Yeah, I know! You would really hate to miss the latest episode of Family Guy, the Simpsons, or whatever other show you watch! What a crying shame!

#8. "What makes your God so special when others have done the same thing?"

Name the ones before Christ you think have done it and which credentialed scholars support the claims. This effectively means you cannot refer to anything from Dorothy Murdock, Zeitgeist, AronRa, Nicholas Humphreys, Richard Dawkins, Lawrence Kraus, Christopher Hitchens, Sam Harris, Steve Shives, TJ Kirk, Andrew Oliver, Jaclyn Glenn, or anybody like these guys/gals in terms of their fields and education. An example of somebody who qualifies is David Ulansey, the Mithraic scholar. Look him up.

Any moments of them performing miracles is no big deal, since that is part of a deity's job description. Same as the whole birthday thing, since we do not actually have a date for Yeshua's birth. As for a virgin birth, you'll be hard-pressed to find anything that matches!

#9. "Why do Genesis and the Epic of Gilgamesh match the way they do in terms of story content?"

That is rather easy to do when they come from the same region and source. Next.

#10. "How can you stand for a God that would resort to entrapment like in the Garden of Eden!?"

Because, the legal definition of entrapment is that law enforcement entices someone whom would otherwise not be inclined to break the law. In short, what happened does not fit the bill.

#11. "What makes your religion true when there are so many others that claim to be?"

This one, unlike others, is actually a great question to ask! (Hence, why you do not see the FAQ icon next to it.) It basically boils down to whether Jesus was truly resurrected from the dead. This is where you will have to work extra hard to figure out whether Jesus' body was found. If not, and no suitable alternative to a resurrection is found, deductive reasoning dictates the Resurrection the clear option as to what happened.