I'm not attacking your person, marks. I wasn't even upset when I wrote it. I was simply giving you my honest reply.
I'm not saying we're getting into a brawl, I'm saying that instead of attacking the assertion, you are attacking the person. You're making your argument that there is something wrong with me instead of something being wrong with my assertion.
You claim I'm too skeptical, that is, if only I weren't so skeptical I'd see the truth!
However.
My position is that the Bible tells us that if what the prophet prophesies
does not happen, then they are not a prophet from God.
What DW prophesied did not happen. You claim it still may, just the same, not his actual prophecy. You have to rework it to keep it viable.
You define every position you take as "holding to the standard or scripture," which is precisely why I pointed to the scriptural example set by the apostles themselves. I did this to show you that by your own ultra-strict standards which actually supersede the standards of scripture, you would have judged them critically yourself, and likely have proclaimed them false prophets.
Overgeneralization, yet another fallacy. And still saying I'd call the Apostles false prophets? Are you hearing yourself?
And, are you actually telling me that the Lord's Apostles would advocate ignoring that the prophecy didn't happen? And that we should still hold on to it? Find a way to make it still real?
This standard does not supercede the standard of Scripture, it IS the standard of Scripture.
He said it, and it didn't happen, so it wasn't true.
But if you still wish to talk about it,
Do you want to talk about it?
Or do you want to talk about me? Cause it really sounds like you want to talk about me.
do you believe that they were proclaiming that the Lord was returning in their time?
I don't see a timeline given in Scripture, no.
DW did.
It's like Thomas. He gets such a bad rap! Doubting Thomas, people call him, as if this was somehow wrong.
"If they tell you He's come in the inner rooms, don't believe them," Jesus taught. "Hey Thomas! We were inside our room and Jesus came!" Thomas questioned this,
following Jesus' instructions. And did Jesus chide Thomas for questioning them? No. He simply provided Thomas with the reason to believe.
Much love!