In a photograph, if you can zoom in the every individual, each have their parents and line of ancestry, and may have families and descendants. The grass on the field is of a certain species. But in a painting, especially a fictional type, there are no such details. This is the difference between truth and fiction.
A truth account may not contain details, but it may be possible to zoom into it via other sources. A fictional account is the source itself. It has no other verification.
In Cinderella, the fairy godmother turned a pumpkin into a carriage. There is no ground to debate whether she could have used a watermelon, or a grape instead.
In the Bible, you can actually try to verify whether the miracles described were possible. For example, in the parting of the Red Sea, God drove the sea back by a strong east wind. There are grounds to debate whether is this possible.
Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the LORD drove the sea back by a strong east wind all night and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided. (Exodus 14:21 NIV)
A careful reading of the Bible showed that God of the Bible performed miracles differently from other gods. In fact, there is a website that asked why God does not heal amputees. In fact, Jesus did heal an amputee. When Peter cut off Malchus' right ear, Jesus touched his ear and healed him.
And one of them struck the servant of the high priest and cut off his right ear. But Jesus answered, "No more of this!" And He touched the man's ear and healed him. (Luke 22:50-51 ESV)
The miracles in the Bible are reasonable. It seemed to take care of the implementation process. Whereas miracles by other gods seemed fictional, like the fairy tale Cinderella. There is no requirement for implementation in reality.
For we did not follow cleverly devised myths when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty. (2 Peter 1:16 ESV)
A careful reading of the Bible showed that God of the Bible performed miracles differently from other gods. In fact, there is a website that asked why God does not heal amputees. In fact, Jesus did heal an amputee. When Peter cut off Malchus' right ear, Jesus touched his ear and healed him.
And one of them struck the servant of the high priest and cut off his right ear. But Jesus answered, "No more of this!" And He touched the man's ear and healed him. (Luke 22:50-51 ESV)
The miracles in the Bible are reasonable. It seemed to take care of the implementation process. Whereas miracles by other gods seemed fictional, like the fairy tale Cinderella. There is no requirement for implementation in reality.
For we did not follow cleverly devised myths when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty. (2 Peter 1:16 ESV)
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