Comments on: Christmas for Overactive Minds http://www.frantonios.org.au/2009/12/31/christmas-for-overactive-minds/ Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:05:50 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Antony http://www.frantonios.org.au/2009/12/31/christmas-for-overactive-minds/comment-page-1/#comment-451 Antony Sun, 24 Jan 2010 07:26:05 +0000 http://www.frantonios.org.au/?p=143#comment-451 When I said "many of them", I am referring to ancient myths of supposed "virgin birth" Thanks Abouna! When I said “many of them”, I am referring to ancient myths of supposed “virgin birth”

Thanks Abouna!

]]> By: Antony http://www.frantonios.org.au/2009/12/31/christmas-for-overactive-minds/comment-page-1/#comment-450 Antony Sun, 24 Jan 2010 07:24:36 +0000 http://www.frantonios.org.au/?p=143#comment-450 Hi Abouna, there is a great section about the virgin birth in Lee Strobel's "The Case for the Real Jesus: A Journalist Investigates Current Attacks on the Identity of Christ". I bring this up for people who want easy to read understandings of the current attacks of orthodox (but not Orthodox) doctrine of Christ. A historian goes through many of them and show how they are not really comparable to the virgin birth of Christ, and other more genuine ones date much after Christianity. The rest of the book has heaps of gems, and though I criticise Lee Strobel for playing the skeptic, rather than having a real skeptic in the discussion (though he is reasonably, I think, versed in the arguments against Christianity, being well read in their literature), it gives you confidence in our doctrine without suspicion. I highly recommend the book! 10/10! Hi Abouna, there is a great section about the virgin birth in Lee Strobel’s “The Case for the Real Jesus: A Journalist Investigates Current Attacks on the Identity of Christ”.

I bring this up for people who want easy to read understandings of the current attacks of orthodox (but not Orthodox) doctrine of Christ.

A historian goes through many of them and show how they are not really comparable to the virgin birth of Christ, and other more genuine ones date much after Christianity.

The rest of the book has heaps of gems, and though I criticise Lee Strobel for playing the skeptic, rather than having a real skeptic in the discussion (though he is reasonably, I think, versed in the arguments against Christianity, being well read in their literature), it gives you confidence in our doctrine without suspicion.

I highly recommend the book! 10/10!

]]> By: Angela http://www.frantonios.org.au/2009/12/31/christmas-for-overactive-minds/comment-page-1/#comment-440 Angela Sun, 03 Jan 2010 17:10:46 +0000 http://www.frantonios.org.au/?p=143#comment-440 Hi Abouna, any tips on the best way to explain why we are celebrating Christmas "again" to a 3 year old with an overactive mind? Ps a very blessed Christmas to you and your family abouna. Thank you for your blogs. I wish your day job afforded you time to post every day :) Hi Abouna, any tips on the best way to explain why we are celebrating Christmas “again” to a 3 year old with an overactive mind? Ps a very blessed Christmas to you and your family abouna. Thank you for your blogs. I wish your day job afforded you time to post every day :)

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