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jar Member (Idle past 422 days) Posts: 34026 From: Texas!! Joined: |
Phat writes: Your whole argument seems to be that even if God is real and loving, you will likely freely reject a relationship/communion with Him. And you have never explained how someone can have a relationship/communion with God. How do you know that your relationship is not with Satan or Allah or Ganesha or just a bad burrito?
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Phat Member Posts: 18348 From: Denver,Colorado USA Joined: Member Rating: 1.0 |
jar writes: It has been explained many ways by many people, but would likely never satisfy your intellectual curiosity since you already have preconceived notions over who God is, what makes sense for you to accept, and of course your bias over the apologists and those marketing the current product. (You don't trust any of them) and yet you market a Christianity where the emphasis is on us and what we do for others, leaving God as potentially irrelevant to that charge. I have no problem with your beliefs except that you are forever questioning how God can even be known. How do I know its not satan or my stomach growling at me? I suppose in a strictly empirical sense I don't, though I trust my beliefs and intuitions. How do you know that God is unknowable? Is it because you have a pre-existing bias that the apologists and snake oil salesmen are after your wallet? Is it because your understanding of logic, reason, and reality can provide no satisfactory evidence? Do you never allow for unevidenced belief? Why must I continually answer this question? And you have never explained how someone can have a relationship/communion with God.Chance as a real force is a myth. It has no basis in reality and no place in scientific inquiry. For science and philosophy to continue to advance in knowledge, chance must be demythologized once and for all. —RC Sproul "A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes." —Mark Twain " ~"If that's not sufficient for you go soak your head."~Faith Paul was probably SO soaked in prayer nobody else has ever equaled him.~Faith
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jar Member (Idle past 422 days) Posts: 34026 From: Texas!! Joined: |
Phat writes: Why must I continually answer this question? Because you assert people avoid such a communion! But unless you can explain how such a thing is possible it is silly to claim anyone avoids it.
Phat writes: How do you know that God is unknowable? I don't and have never claimed such a thing. I have asked how it is possible to know such a thing and no one has ever had an answer. The Muslim says Allah in knowable. The Hindu says Ganesha is knowable. Yet neither explains how.
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Phat Member Posts: 18348 From: Denver,Colorado USA Joined: Member Rating: 1.0 |
ringo writes: Why? It's that I can't count on your God to help me.Chance as a real force is a myth. It has no basis in reality and no place in scientific inquiry. For science and philosophy to continue to advance in knowledge, chance must be demythologized once and for all. —RC Sproul "A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes." —Mark Twain " ~"If that's not sufficient for you go soak your head."~Faith You can "get answers" by watching the ducks. That doesn't mean the answers are coming from them.~Ringo
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Phat Member Posts: 18348 From: Denver,Colorado USA Joined: Member Rating: 1.0 |
Peter Kreeft writes:
The source of evil is not God's power but mankind's freedom.ringo writes:
And the source of man's freedom is God's power. Therefore, the source of evil is God.And the kicker is that God said so Himself: quote: jar, referring to Peter Kreeft writes: It appears that jar at least has a bias against apologetics. I admit that I have a bias against unbelief...so in that sense we are both biased. The man is an Apologist.Nuff Said! As to ringos claim that the source of evil is God, I submit the following scripture:
Deuteronomy 30:15-20 (ESV) writes:
15 See, I have set before you today life and good, death and evil. 16 If you obey the commandments of the Lord your God[a] that I command you today, by loving the Lord your God, by walking in his ways, and by keeping his commandments and his statutes and his rules,\[b\] then you shall live and multiply, and the Lord your God will bless you in the land that you are entering to take possession of it. 17 But if your heart turns away, and you will not hear, but are drawn away to worship other gods and serve them, 18 I declare to you today, that you shall surely perish. You shall not live long in the land that you are going over the Jordan to enter and possess. 19 I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse. Therefore choose life, that you and your offspring may live, 20 loving the Lord your God, obeying his voice and holding fast to him, for he is your life and length of days, that you may dwell in the land that the Lord swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them. So if a man decides to just live his life on his own terms rather than listening to any "God" is he worshipping other gods by default? In other words, is listening to our own internal conscience akin to worshipping another god? Edited by Phat, : spellingChance as a real force is a myth. It has no basis in reality and no place in scientific inquiry. For science and philosophy to continue to advance in knowledge, chance must be demythologized once and for all. —RC Sproul "A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes." —Mark Twain " ~"If that's not sufficient for you go soak your head."~Faith You can "get answers" by watching the ducks. That doesn't mean the answers are coming from them.~Ringo
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ringo Member (Idle past 440 days) Posts: 20940 From: frozen wasteland Joined: |
Phat writes:
Huh? You tell me why He isn't helping. You tell me why that homeless guy asks me for help instead of waiting for your God to help him. You tell me why Noah had to build his own ark. ringo writes:
Why? It's that I can't count on your God to help me.And our geese will blot out the sun.
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ringo Member (Idle past 440 days) Posts: 20940 From: frozen wasteland Joined:
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Phat writes:
That isn't what Deuteronomy 30 says, is it? So if a man decides to just live his life on his own terms rather than listening to any "God" is he worshipping other gods by default?And our geese will blot out the sun.
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Phat Member Posts: 18348 From: Denver,Colorado USA Joined: Member Rating: 1.0 |
Well it does mention "turning to other gods." How would one hypothetically do that today?
Deut 30:11-14 writes: You claim that we obviously must build our own arks...but the instructions come from within. You used to always emphasize the message over the messenger...so what does this message say? That the Word is very near...in our heart. My question is then: Now what I am commanding you today is not too difficult for you or beyond your reach. 12 It is not up in heaven, so that you have to ask, "Who will ascend into heaven to get it and proclaim it to us so we may obey it?" 13 Nor is it beyond the sea, so that you have to ask, "Who will cross the sea to get it and proclaim it to us so we may obey it?" 14 No, the word is very near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart so you may obey it. If a man does not listen to his own heart is he running after other gods metaphorically? Also is an unbeliever capable of listening to this inner Word? Chance as a real force is a myth. It has no basis in reality and no place in scientific inquiry. For science and philosophy to continue to advance in knowledge, chance must be demythologized once and for all. —RC Sproul "A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes." —Mark Twain " ~"If that's not sufficient for you go soak your head."~Faith You can "get answers" by watching the ducks. That doesn't mean the answers are coming from them.~Ringo
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jar Member (Idle past 422 days) Posts: 34026 From: Texas!! Joined:
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Phat writes: Also is an unbeliever capable of listening to this inner Word? Remember that Deuteronomy is written by authors that from a Christian perspective are unbelievers; by Jews. It is a series of lectures, three major sermons attributed to Moses and set before the Conquest of Canaan. There are three main themes; the creation of a peoples called Israel, the God of that peoples and the covenant (contract) between that God and that Peoples.
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ringo Member (Idle past 440 days) Posts: 20940 From: frozen wasteland Joined: |
Phat writes:
By listening to commentators and apologists?
Well it does mention "turning to other gods." How would one hypothetically do that today? Phat writes:
Build an ark. Not pray for an ark or hope for an ark in the next life. Build one now. If that includes a sore back and bashed fingers, so be it.
You used to always emphasize the message over the messenger...so what does this message say? Phat writes:
The question is, are you capable? Also is an unbeliever capable of listening to this inner Word? If God was actually in communion with you, what would He be saying?And our geese will blot out the sun.
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Phat Member Posts: 18348 From: Denver,Colorado USA Joined: Member Rating: 1.0 |
A good word about Deuteronomy. What about whom Jesus was addressing in Matthew?
jar writes: "Do you have to acknowledge GOD or even believe in GOD to Love GOD?" IMHO and according to the Bible, the answer is "No. You can love GOD without acknowledging GOD or even if you deny GOD's very existence." Keep in mind, however, that Jesus was addressing men who acknowledged God and who did not deny His existence. It says metaphorically that He addresses all nations, but He is talking with and teaching people whom did believe in God.Chance as a real force is a myth. It has no basis in reality and no place in scientific inquiry. For science and philosophy to continue to advance in knowledge, chance must be demythologized once and for all. —RC Sproul "A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes." —Mark Twain " ~"If that's not sufficient for you go soak your head."~Faith You can "get answers" by watching the ducks. That doesn't mean the answers are coming from them.~Ringo
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jar Member (Idle past 422 days) Posts: 34026 From: Texas!! Joined: |
Jesus was addressing folk that did not believe Jesus was God.
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Phat Member Posts: 18348 From: Denver,Colorado USA Joined: Member Rating: 1.0 |
OK I think I get your point. You are essentially saying that Jesus emphasized to them what they should do for others and not worry so much about pleasing Him.
But lets assume your basic argument concening the later attempts to change the Great Commission. What motives would the author of John have had regarding teaching what he did? What motives would Paul have had? How do these motives stand up in the overall message which they espoused? In other words, why did the message have to be changed? And why did the early church approve of the additions? Edited by Phat, : No reason given.Chance as a real force is a myth. It has no basis in reality and no place in scientific inquiry. For science and philosophy to continue to advance in knowledge, chance must be demythologized once and for all. —RC Sproul "A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes." —Mark Twain " ~"If that's not sufficient for you go soak your head."~Faith You can "get answers" by watching the ducks. That doesn't mean the answers are coming from them.~Ringo
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jar Member (Idle past 422 days) Posts: 34026 From: Texas!! Joined: |
Phat writes: But lets assume your basic argument concening the later attempts to change the Great Commission. What motives would the author of John have had regarding teaching what he did? What motives would Paul have had? How do these motives stand up in the overall message which they espoused? In other words, why did the message have to be changed? And why did the early church approve of the additions? Let's get the basics straight; there were not attempts to change the Great Commission, according to what was written the Great Commission was changed. And how could anyone know what the motives of the authors of the stories were and why would their motives even matter?
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Phat Member Posts: 18348 From: Denver,Colorado USA Joined: Member Rating: 1.0 |
...how could anyone know what the motives of the authors of the stories were and why would their motives even matter? How would the motives of the Sheep and Goat sermon matter any more, then?Chance as a real force is a myth. It has no basis in reality and no place in scientific inquiry. For science and philosophy to continue to advance in knowledge, chance must be demythologized once and for all. —RC Sproul "A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes." —Mark Twain " ~"If that's not sufficient for you go soak your head."~Faith You can "get answers" by watching the ducks. That doesn't mean the answers are coming from them.~Ringo
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