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The ultimate authority's living out his claims i.e providing proof i.e showing evidence is an INTERNAL source of evidence. It is highly necessary and valuble and is the basis for his self-authentication. He cannot claim anything without demonstrating his rights and reasons to claim it by actually, really living out his claims.
As an onlooker, I'm very disappointed. I have been waiting for you to show me the difference between what you were originally claiming and what crashfrog is claiming. I don't see a difference.
You expect real time evidence from crashfrog, and claim God is providing real time evidence. What you haven't shown is the real time evidence that you feel God is providing. All you offer for evidence is a book where the newest additions are over 1500 years old. The evidence may have been real time for the people back then, but what is available today?
To remain the ultimate authority throughout time, real time evidence would need to be available for authentication in every generation.
Where in the Bible does God actually claim to be the ultimate authority over everything?
Give a few examples from the Bible of the evidence that backs up that claim.
Provide current evidence that you feel still backs up that original claim today.
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Let's have a vote. Who get's this round?
They countered your argument with their own and you whined about their argument instead of addressing it. You went and hid behind belief instead of really discussing circular reasoning.
If this was ping pong, your opposition would get a point because you didn't return the ball to the playing area.
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Remember: BOTH of us agree that evidence (living out/demonstrating claims) is absolutely necessary. We disagree on whether the evidence is external or internal.
That wasn't your original argument. IMO, you're just changing the evidence requirements to gut feelings to claim faith/belief as your evidence, which isn't something that anyone else can check. IOW, God is the ultimate authority for you personally because you believe he is the ultimate authority supposedly because of what you've read in the Bible.
Please give examples of external and internal evidence as it pertains to authenticating an ultimate authority.
What internal evidence has God provided?
Scripture is like Newton’s third law of motionfor every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.
In other words, for every biblical directive that exists, there is another scriptural mandate challenging it.
-- Carlene Cross in The Bible and Newton’s Third Law of Motion
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