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There is no assumption sir. I know your comments were not directed to me. Still, those comments reveal so much. Regarding not addressing the subject; just yesterday on Moody Radio, at noon, the preacher preached about the importance of knowing where your wisdom comes from. In this way, I am...

A rare glimpse of humility. Still, I challenge you to speak in non-mystical terms, jettisoning appeals to special knowledge.

Wrong. One of the best things about being saved is knowing there is no steps I can take to be loved by God. This is because I am already loved by God. The full armor of God is on me and your flaming arrows are to no effect. Only the threat of letting repetitious falsehoods go unchallenged...

That's because you are not practicing being all things to all people. But are putting undue burden on them: (1) jettison mysticism; (2) jettison reliance on ancient foreign languages. Then you will observe greater connections with God's children. "It" is mysticism, which I pray will always...

True and modesty explains why people wear clothes today - in addition to protecting one from the environment and looking better.

@RLT63, this is a particularly difficult question to field. (But I have confidence in you brother).

Give the option to respond as Christ would or not, you always seem to pick the unlike Christ way, the way lacking humility and engage in personal attack. I never said anything like what you claim, of reaching the pinnacle of all understanding. It's not that I understand everything but I...

Mysticism 101: Language is an obstacle to communication, like a vehicle is an obstacle to transportation. :jest:

I see. You judged yourself off the hook of humility. You got that special knowledge going for ya. Sad. Very sad, my friend.

<sigh> Still advocating mystical gnosticism. Given that no modern Christian understands, what is it that you are expounding? A double standard, where you alone know the secret of this fabled 'higher walk.' The elitism does not bring glory to God.

Yes. Not only is the speculation about what is unknowable asserted to be absolute knowledge, it is also asserted mysticism is the way one may know what is unknowable ... A riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma -- Churchill From A riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma -- Churchill...

No. I do not think God wants idolatry, us accepting the map rather than take the territory. I don't think God wants us to own parchment and hold it dear. I believe he wants a proper relationship with us. Some say this is through Jesus and through Jesus only. Yet, others claim it is also through...

IMO, it is pointless to talk about such things that are beyond our frame of reference because it necessarily allows only speculation upon speculation.

A very heartfelt song. The yearning is top notch. Few songs illicite such longing as this. I say it again. They don't make songs like they used to. I know. I know. I know. I know. I know. I know. I know. I know. ;)

Here is a contradiction that I have argued with people for years. It is incorrect to say opinions count for nothing even though that is what we hear all the time. And the only kind of opinion is personal. Therefore, what differentiates opinions is what they are based on, e.g., the set of...

Not at all. That is why, when Christ came into the world, he said to God, “You did not want animal sacrifices or sin offerings. But you have given me a body to offer.

I recall some months ago, you mentioned various myths in Christendom. I think this thread would be a great place for you to enumerate that. Regarding 2 God furthest apart, I think the notion of a God who allows or causes eternal suffering tops the list.

Ron, you are being indoctrinated, the unwitting victim of propaganda.

Understood. It's just that in this case, the OP is asking what is the Bible and Amadeus, notorious for throwing the curve balls, did with his <preposition> LH or RH of God. So, I was hoping he'd connect the dots. I think the best characteristic of the Bible is that Hebrews 4:12, the word of...

Really? The Black Death did not see global population declines? The Ice Age did not see a decline? Ever hear of the 7 Daughters of Eve? The most severe outbreak of plague, in the Chinese province of Hubei in 1334, claimed up to 80% of the population. massive population crash during ice age