PircAlert, this is what is known as the pot calling the kettle black! Ed indeed holds certain things to be true because of his philosophy training but you (and I) hold other things to be true because of your (our) Christian faith! We just can't expect people to accept that what we believe to be true really is true simply because the Bible says so.

You are still incoherent, PA. The Old Testament demands animal sacrfice; the New Testament denies it. Your sophistry to the contrary does not alter that fact. Furthermore, the Old Testament demands obedience to the law; the New Testament proclaims freedom from the law. The Old Testament defines God as a unity with one person; the New Testament defines God as a unity of three persons (please, no claims to the contrary. I know what is fact here). There are a lot of differences between the two Testaments; your claim that "Biblical truth is unchanging" is transparently false.

As for your claim that "without bloodshed there is no remission of sin" I suggest you read the story of David and Bathesheba in Samuel. There God forgives the sin of David (adultery) even though there are no sacrifices made. There are other examples as well, e.g. Cain and Abel.

Not the same thing. Just about everyone accepts that gravity will cause us to fall if we climb out of a window, and we can check by throwing something out of the window. It's much harder to check most of the claims in the Bible.

The Bible does not say so, Kevin. Mark 16:17, "And these signs shall follow them that believe. In my name...".

These miraculous signs will accompany those who believe: They will cast out demons in my name, and they will speak in new languages. They will be able to handle snakes with safety, and if they drink anything poisonous, it won’t hurt them. They will be able to place their hands on the sick, and they will be healed.

So now I am giving you a new commandment: Love each other. Just as I have loved you, you should love each other. Your love for one another will prove to the world that you are my disciples.

If I could speak all the languages of earth and of angels, but didn’t love others, I would only be a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. If I had the gift of prophecy, and if I understood all of God’s secret plans and possessed all knowledge, and if I had such faith that I could move mountains, but didn’t love others, I would be nothing. If I gave everything I have to the poor and even sacrificed my body, I could boast about it; but if I didn’t love others, I would have gained nothing.

Postmodernism tends to be a blanket denial of the existence of authority.