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Malachi-II Member (Idle past 6271 days) Posts: 139 From: Sussex, England Joined: |
Ringo writes: Actually, you failed to understand it. If you can temporarily poof yourself legs once, then you can temporarily do it again. You seem to insist on misinterpreting my words. It might help if you allow your brain to be still and open your mind to my words, which transcend the physical forms you are attached to. Repeat, ”I do not exist in your definition of the word.’ Question: Inasmuch as I Am the primary cause of all and everything, will you free your mind to explore the meaning of Who Am I?
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ringo Member (Idle past 439 days) Posts: 20940 From: frozen wasteland Joined: |
Malachi-II writes: You seem to insist on misinterpreting my words. Well, I insist on using the English meaning of your words.
It might help if you allow your brain to be still and open your mind to my words, which transcend the physical forms you are attached to. That's yer problem right there. Ain't none of us "transcendent" here, so yer "transcendent" words ain't got no more meanin' than the whistlin' o' the wind.
Inasmuch as I Am the primary cause of all and everything, will you free your mind to explore the meaning of Who Am I? This proceeding exists to find out Who Is. Who You Are is not a given. If you care to prove Who You Are, then stand up, as you have been asked, and give your evidence. Otherwise, go whistle. Help scientific research in your spare time. No cost. No obligation. Join the World Community Grid with Team EvC
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Phat Member Posts: 18343 From: Denver,Colorado USA Joined: Member Rating: 1.0 |
I am asking the committee to decide where this meeting is supposed to go. We have people here who are claiming to be mouthpieces for God...we have people who claim to speak for God....we have people who presuppose god...and we have people who do not even consider God.
Perhaps God has already stood up and left the meeting! I don't imagine He (or She) would leave us in a lurch like that, but I have received no impartation's or prophetic utterances to indicate otherwise. Have you?
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ringo Member (Idle past 439 days) Posts: 20940 From: frozen wasteland Joined: |
Phat writes: Perhaps God has already stood up and left the meeting! That's part of the problem with your approach - you presuppose that God was ever at the meeting. If you submit four candidates and the premise that only one of them can be God, you imply that three of them must not be God. Unless you deliberately stacked the strawman so that your favourite would win, we have to conclude that any of them might not be God. And if any of them might not be God, then all of them might not be God. Bottom line: we have to demand the same standards from all of them (and from any other candidates who step up). Since the OP refers to "the nature of God", we have to determine what the nature of God is before we can decide Who has that nature and who doesn't. Help scientific research in your spare time. No cost. No obligation. Join the World Community Grid with Team EvC
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Malachi-II Member (Idle past 6271 days) Posts: 139 From: Sussex, England Joined: |
Ringo: writes: Well, I insist on using the English meaning of your words. . . .That's yer problem right there. Ain't none of us "transcendent" here, so yer "transcendent" words ain't got no more meanin' than the whistlin' o' the wind. You are totally convinced that you know myself better than I. Therefore how could you possibly be wrong about anything! Your use of semantics is as risible as your insistence for proof. If and when you finally realize that nothing can ever satisfy a need for proof at your level of demand, then and only then, will you begin to discover answers for yourself. As it is whistling in the wind is far more enlightening that living in a closed and firmly locked brain.
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Malachi-II Member (Idle past 6271 days) Posts: 139 From: Sussex, England Joined: |
There you go again:
Ringo writes: Since the OP refers to "the nature of God", we have to determine what the nature of God is before we can decide Who has that nature and who doesn't. You HAVE to determine what the nature of God is. When you and others finally acknowledge that your self limiting thoughts are solely responsible for not knowing the nature of God (which has always been the root of everything) you will be amazed at how much you have always known. Don't sweat it. Evolution is a very slow process.
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Nighttrain Member (Idle past 4021 days) Posts: 1512 From: brisbane,australia Joined: |
Evolution is a very slow process. A lot slower for some than others. :-p
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Malachi-II Member (Idle past 6271 days) Posts: 139 From: Sussex, England Joined: |
Phat writes: Perhaps God has already stood up and left the meeting! I don't imagine He (or She) would leave us in a lurch like that, but I have received no impartation's or prophetic utterances to indicate otherwise. Have you? Greetings Phat, On the other hand, perhaps God would never bother to attend a meeting where mortals demand unrefutable proof of His reality. It might just be possible He has more important things to do. It might also be possible that He knows we'll finally catch up (in the next billion earth years or so) without further help from Him/Her/It/Spirit/Thought/Nothing. PS Can't wait for the next heated exchange of enlightened minds. With 6 billion plus people on this rock who would expect any two minds to be identical in every respect? What?
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Phat Member Posts: 18343 From: Denver,Colorado USA Joined: Member Rating: 1.0 |
Ringo writes: Often in Christian circles, the Bible is used to explain the concept of sin as it applies to humans and their relationship with God. (A presupposition duly noted on the record)
Since the OP refers to "the nature of God", we have to determine what the nature of God is before we can decide Who has that nature and who doesn't. GTU.org writes:
I submit this hypothesis to the record and note that the issue brought up by many evangelicals is the issue of Jesus Christ versus humanity. (Odd then that they fail as much or more than many non-believers) Essentially, sin is any transgression or violation of God's law. This is seen in 1 John 3:4 where John wrote, "Whoever commits sin also commits lawlessness, and sin is lawlessness." The New American Standard says, "Everyone who practices sin also practices lawlessness; and sin is lawlessness." In other words, any lack of conformity to the perfect moral standard of God is sin. But our problem with sin goes much deeper than simple acts of disobedience, which are merely outward manifestations of inner fleshly compulsions. The basic inclination and orientation of man toward self-gratification-however religious or moral we may appear on the outside-is directly hostile to God. Even the good deeds of an unbeliever fail to fulfill God's law. Why? Because they are produced by the flesh, for selfish reasons, and from a heart that is in rebellion toward God. Romans 8:7 tells us that the natural man is at enmity with God-meaning that he has a positive hatred toward God and stands in opposition to Him. Sin seeks to dethrone and depose God, usurp His authority, and put self in His place. At its core all sin is an act of pride. Pride says, "Move over, God, I'm in charge, I'll do what I want." Therefore all sin at its core is blasphemy because it attacks God. When we come into this world we love sin, and so we love our rebellion and we love our pride and we love our blasphemy. We delight in it and we seek every opportunity we can to manifest it. Jesus taught that the central demand of God's law is to "love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.' This is the first commandment. And the second, like it, is this: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no other commandment greater than these" (Mark 12:30-31). Thus, the essence of all sin is the failure to love God. That is the primary violation. And the essence of sin is most clearly seen in unbelief. This shows up in John 16 where Jesus said He would send the Holy Spirit who would "convict the world of sin . because they do not believe in Me" (John 16:8). In other words, any failure to love and believe in the Lord Jesus Christ is a failure to love God. Thus, the apostle Paul wrote, "If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be damned" (1 Corinthians 16:22). So, the ultimate sin, the epitome of sin and the summation of sin, is any lack of love for God and His Son Jesus Christ. "And this is His commandment: that we should believe on the name of His Son Jesus Christ and love one another, as He gave us commandment" (1 John 3:23). I admit bias in favor of Jesus Christ based on what I have been taught, but I submit the evangelical position as a possible explanation of why Jesus Christ is usually the object of either worship or derision from humanity. It seems evident to me that Jesus never evokes a neutral reaction...in any lineup.
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ringo Member (Idle past 439 days) Posts: 20940 From: frozen wasteland Joined: |
Malachi-II writes: You are totally convinced that you know myself better than I. Therefore how could you possibly be wrong about anything! At last, some progress. A "Supreme Being" would not produce such a non sequitur, so we can firmly rule out Malachi-II as God.
If and when you finally realize that nothing can ever satisfy a need for proof at your level of demand.... An embarassment of riches - he gives us two proofs that he is not God. He fails to understand a simple OP. Help scientific research in your spare time. No cost. No obligation. Join the World Community Grid with Team EvC
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jar Member (Idle past 421 days) Posts: 34026 From: Texas!! Joined: |
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ringo Member (Idle past 439 days) Posts: 20940 From: frozen wasteland Joined: |
Pat writes: Often in Christian circles, the Bible is used to explain the concept of sin as it applies to humans and their relationship with God. (A presupposition duly noted on the record) Deftly "noting the presupposition" doesn't make it any less prejudicial. Isn't this proceeding complicated enough without adding extraneous issues, such as "sin", that some of the candidates don't even recognize?
... the issue brought up by many evangelicals is the issue of Jesus Christ versus humanity. (Odd then that they fail as much or more than many non-believers) The admitted fact that His "followers" fail to follow Him in any meaningful way should count against Him.
It seems evident to me that Jesus never evokes a neutral reaction...in any lineup. Billions of people **yawning** ask, "Who?" Help scientific research in your spare time. No cost. No obligation. Join the World Community Grid with Team EvC
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Archer Opteryx Member (Idle past 3625 days) Posts: 1811 From: East Asia Joined: |
What if the real gods are An, Enlil, Inanna, Enki, Nanna and Utu after all?
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jar Member (Idle past 421 days) Posts: 34026 From: Texas!! Joined: |
Lots of Christians exiting left.
Aslan is not a Tame Lion
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Phat Member Posts: 18343 From: Denver,Colorado USA Joined: Member Rating: 1.0 |
Since we are apparently going with the hypothesis that God (the real One, anyway) does not care what people do, what are we to conclude? Are we all voting for Deism? Are we unwilling to embrace an embraceable God? Are we content to build little temples and statues and feed these dumb objects on a daily basis?
Or at the other end of the extreme, are we crafting a God of our own imagination that could be our own collective Ego? Perhaps I need a cup of water..I need to sit down, I am growing quite faint. (Evidently, I have no desire to attempt to stand up for the real God..whomever that God may eventually end up being.)
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