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    Making a Believer of a Doubter
    Making a Believer of a Doubter
    Making a Believer of a Doubter
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    Making a Believer of a Doubter

    By Dan Caliendo

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    A quick one hour read for those who still have doubts or wonder how anyone can believe the unbelievable stories in the bible (a virgin birth, walking on water, arising from the dead, feeding 1000’s with a loaf of bread.) but don’t want to spend hours figuring it out.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLifeRich Publishing
    Release dateOct 29, 2020
    ISBN9781489731746
    Making a Believer of a Doubter
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    Dan Caliendo

    The author practiced Emergency Medicine for over 30 years and always wondered how his otherwise intelligent friends could buy into the unbelievable stories in the bible (virgin birth, swallowed by a whale, feed thousand with a loaf of bread, etc.) after being paralyzed.

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      Making a Believer of a Doubter - Dan Caliendo

      Copyright © 2020 Dan Caliendo.

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      ISBN: 978-1-4897-3175-3 (sc)

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      LifeRich Publishing rev. date: 10/29/2020

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      CONTENTS

      Preface

      Chapter 1 How Do We Prove the Bible

      Chapter 2 Our Universe and Our Home Here on Earth

      Chapter 3 The History of the Bible

      Chapter 4 Evolution

      Chapter 5 Mathematics

      Chapter 6 The Dead Sea Scrolls

      Chapter 7 Near Death Experiences

      Chapter 8 Prophecies and Archaeology

      Chapter 9 Other Arguments that I considered

      Chapter 10 Final Thoughts

      Footnotes & Bibliography

      PREFACE

      I spent most of my life wondering how my otherwise intelligent friends could believe some of the unbelievable things about the bible (e.g. a virgin birth, walking on water, feeding the thousands with a loaf of bread, swallowed by a whale, arising from the dead, etc.).

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