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  1. Matthias

    God begets God?

    God has said no such thing to me, nor to anyone. The LORD (the standard English convention for rendering the tetragrammaton -the four Hebrew letters which are the personal name of God) has never been murdered by anyone. God cannot die / God cannot be murdered. The human Messiah was executed as...
  2. Matthias

    God begets God?

    Speaking to you as a Jewish monotheist who believes that Jesus of Nazareth is the promised Messiah, how it works with the miraculous, supernatural, begetting of the Son of God in the womb of the virgin is the same way it worked with God miraculously, supernaturally, bringing the heavens and the...
  3. Matthias

    God begets God?

    Moses was a Jewish monotheist. What allegory are you referring to in Genesis? I can agree with that. You don’t believe in Jewish monotheism. I do. Look at your comment from my perspective.
  4. Matthias

    God begets God?

    That’s a trinitarian understanding of what the verses - written by Jewish monotheists - mean. Mary was a Jewish monotheist. It wasn’t just a human body that she miraculously conceived in her womb; it was a human person, a male child, Jesus. Who prepared the body for Jesus? Please see the...
  5. Matthias

    God begets God?

    In regard to analogies, I offer the following, written by a trinitarian, for consideration by trinitarians and non-trinitarians. “Don’t use them. Any of them. Ever.” https://credohouse.org/blog/the-trinity-is-like-3-in-1-shampoo-and-other-stupid-statements When I was a college student my...
  6. Matthias

    The happy thread

    Thank you. I appreciate your kind words.
  7. Matthias

    God begets God?

    And dogs. Once we‘re able to agree on that then the analogy with God begetting God doesn’t hold. Thanks. In Jewish monotheism, the only begotten Son of God is how Jesus began to exist in the womb of his mother. Earlier this evening I posted the comment that what we see in Matthew’s Gospel...
  8. Matthias

    God begets God?

    Begetting is an act of creating. When a human begets a human, the human population increases by one human. A human which didn’t previously exist is brought into existence. Wouldn’t you agree with that? When a dog begets a dog, the canine population increases by one dog. A dog which didn’t...
  9. Matthias

    God begets God?

    I see this proposed from time to time: God begets God. In fact, I saw it proposed on the forum this evening in a forum I’m not able to post in. The analogy used was this: Human begets human. (Would anyone disagree with that? I don’t.) Dog begets dog. (Would anyone disagree with that? I don’t.)...
  10. Matthias

    We have it even before we do

    God himself is immortal and cannot die. Are you saying that Jesus, the Son of God, is the embodiment of the character of God?
  11. Matthias

    The “Return” of Christ: What Does it Mean?

    From my X / Twitter “For you” feed today: “‘The book of the genesis …’ Matt 1:1 The birth of Jesus is a new Genesis, a new creation …” https://x.com/mike_reeves/status/1867173554208543184?s=61 That much Professor Reeves and I can agree on.
  12. Matthias

    What books are you currently reading?

    * That’s fair. But the “Good Book” - which neither of my parents cared much about - my grandparents read to me and put in my hands is the event in my life. *
  13. Matthias

    The happy thread

    * I think she’s probably just messing with him but if she isn’t … *
  14. Matthias

    The happy thread

  15. Matthias

    The happy thread

  16. Matthias

    We have it even before we do

    What precisely do you mean by “personification”? I want to make sure I’m understanding you correctly. Elaborating on it will help me to do that. How would you relate it to a passage like Isaiah 42:8? “I am Yahweh; that is My name; I will not give My glory to another, Nor My praise to graven...
  17. Matthias

    We have it even before we do

    Concerning God’s glory: Do you think he shares it with human beings? Has he given his own glory to the Messiah’s disciples?
  18. Matthias

    Biblical Mary reply to behold

    “Some people might think that the oldest prayer to the Blessed Virgin Mary would be the hail Mary, but it’s not; the Sub Tuum Praesidium is an ancient Marian prayer of the early Church, the oldest known prayer to Our Lady. The oldest version of this prayer is in Greek on an Egyptian papyrus...
  19. Matthias

    Biblical Mary reply to behold

    ”The oldest KNOWN prayer to Mary is called the ‘Sub Tuum Prasidium’, found in Egypt on a papyrus fragment & dating to the mid-200’s.” https://x.com/mrcasey62/status/1866110006028108283?s=61 I haven’t verified whether what the Catholic said is true or not, but I’ll take it at face value for now...
  20. Matthias

    The happy thread

    * Historical footnote. It was also the last year for the team of reindeer who didn’t speak up and caution him. *