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There was a lot less fighting than usual, bc this is meant to SOLICIT OPINIONS, so, every time Synergist types came in with guns blazing, defensively accusing me and arguing against arguments I never made, I tried to clarify I wasn't asserting anything, just asking what everyone thought...

I always wondered why Jesus told Nathanael that He'd seen him under the Fig tree before. I think there's more to it, probably, but, as I was reading this past week, I realized it's possible that it's there to, basically, serve as an instance of Christ knowing us before hand and choosing us (so...

See, only Monergist types answer this question easily lol Thank you.

Actually, that (ie, "What God was, the Word was") was a massive concession on his part--and that translation has even been lauded by Unitarians. In that verse, His identity does not rely on Him being a representative to humans, since He hadn't created humans at that point--His identity had to...

As I said, the statement "it is a divine mystery" doesn't suffice anywhere else (and, as you confirmed, you would not, and do not, use that as an answer on other Biblical topics), therefore it doesn't suffice here. You want to pretend there is some "imprecision" in that--that is called...

You mean that you want to find a way to excuse yourself from the discussion, because you know you can't defend your position? That's fine. You don't have to pretend someone is being "imprecise". LOL That's called "false witness", which is against God's Law.

@Aunty Jane Also, Moses, a foreshadow of Christ, the prophet "like Moses", was told, "You will be as God, and Aaron will be your prophet". (Christ even uses the same phrase about Himself that was used of Moses--"the people believed in God, and believed in Moses", and Christ said, "Believe in...

Most of us have heard of the benefits of fermented veggies, so I won't go into it, but I wanted to share what I've done, and possibly encourage others to so do. https://baumancollege.org/root-kimchi/ Root Kimchi Author: Sandor Katz Serves: 1 quart Ingredients 4 cups filtered water 3 Tbs sea...

I think the "fairest" interpretation of that verse, confirmed by the (trinitarian!) theologian Daniel B. Wallace, has been "What God was, the Word was". This does not add or remove from the "equality with God" doctrine, yet it does not go so far as to explicitly import or assert "the Word was...

I'm not sure how it could be any clearer: the statement "it is a divine mystery" doesn't suffice anywhere else (and, as you confirmed, you would not, and do not, use that as an answer on other Biblical topics), therefore it doesn't suffice here.

Right, so, as stated, it does not suffice here.

I'm aware there are arguments for both sides, and I don't think I've seen a complete and total resolution.

If any difficulty in Scripture can just be swept or waved away with the statement, "it is a divine mystery", then why have any discussion at all? Why not just be satisfied with "it is a divine mystery" in every case? If you cannot and do not do that with other issues, it is not to be done in...

If you are interested in addressing it, then it is upon you to do the work. It is improper to ask me to do your work.

They were described before, so I will just quote what I already wrote:

Popcorn has carbs. No! LOL

Obviously, eating Christ's flesh and drinking Christ's blood is defined as receiving His Word... John 6 56“He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood abides in Me, and I in him." John 15 7“If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you..." ...but doesn't Christ define "eating His flesh and...

I read the OP but didn't see anything that would resolve these issues. Yeah, it's "mysterious", and there are reasons (eg, the aforementioned--there are others) why people struggle with accepting that "Jesus is God". He well may be, because there are arguments for that, as well, but it's not so...

I'm not 100% decided on this. Paul says Jesus is the visible image of the invisible God. Therefore, to see Christ is to see God. John says Isaiah's vision of God wasn't God but was Jesus. "No one has seen God", but lots of people saw Jesus. If Jesus was seen, but no one saw God, Jesus can't be...

So, are there people who are predestined, making sure they reach their door, so that they have the opportunity to go through it, who DO NOT use that opportunity to go through the door?