@sonship saidOh, I tend to mingle Lee and Nee together.
@Ghost-of-a-DukeThe 'mingling' thing is just one example where Nee has wandered away from Christ.
So you being an Atheist are informing us where Watchman Nee has "wandered away from Christ ?"
Or did you mean to write Lee as I think the usage of "mingling" is more prominent with his books ?
Let's assume that it doesn't matter WHO you mea ...[text shortened]... lease.
Can you do it without help from other cynical posters?
See if you can handle this alone.
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Oh, I tend to mingle Lee and Nee together.
That's not mingle. That's more like being confused.
Now there is mingling in incarnation of God as Christ and there is mingling as God's full and complete salvation for humanity.
Which one would you like to show is an idea " wandering away from Christ? "
I'll consider your objection for either.
@sonship saidIt's a great philosophy sir, if you're a Buddhist.
I am still patiently waiting to see how the concept of the word "mingling" of divinity and humanity is "wandering away from Christ" in ANY regard.
.......Are you a Buddhist? Are you slowly transitioning away from Christianity? Is that what's going on?
@sonship saidAs you move further from Christianity, do you think you will assimilate the idea of reincarnation as well? (Perhaps Nee has already paved the way with a comparative link between reincarnation and the resurrection of Christ? )
@Ghost-of-a-DukeIt's a great philosophy sir, if you're a Buddhist.
It is a great philosophy and is so because it does have its hands on some truth, IMO.
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As you move further from Christianity,
In which post did you demonstrate how the concept of the mingling of God and man was a wandering departure away from Christ ?
I'll take " I changed my mind " as a legitimate answer.
do you think you will assimilate the idea of reincarnation as well?
It is a cornering question with an assumption that I "assimilated" something.
Ecclesiastes is a book by Solomon which stresses the essential vanity of human life (especially apart from God's salvation).
Buddhism as well as some other beliefs system say something very similar. Ie. The world is an illusion and our desires for many things leads to futility.
I don't consider the similarity a great concession to Buddhism as if I am "assimilating" it.
And reincarnation I don't see in the revelation of Scripture. I don't believe in reincarnation.
(Perhaps Nee has already paved the way with a comparative link between reincarnation and the resurrection of Christ? )
I don't think so at all. But one thing is probably certain - Young Nee T'o-sheng (Watchman Nee) knew a lot about Eastern religions and philosophy from his native upbringing.
The impact of this young man's insight into the Christian Gospel, I think, is evidence that the Gospel is not something of human culture purely or a "Western" product. God knew that. I think He raised up someone that we in the West would realize it. We have something to learn from one of God's servants from a "virgin" land as far as Christianity was concerned.
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@sonship saidPart of the concept of reincarnation is in the bible eg the part where dead people returns as other people. Purgatory is also mentioned.
@Ghost-of-a-DukeAs you move further from Christianity,
In which post did you demonstrate how the concept of the mingling of God and man was a wandering departure away from Christ ?
I'll take " I changed my mind " as a legitimate answer.
do you think you will assimilate the idea of reincarnation as well?
It is a cornerin ...[text shortened]... thing to learn from one of God's servants from a "virgin" land as far as Christianity was concerned.
@rajk999 saidIndeed. Mark 6:14-15 for example:
Part of the concept of reincarnation is in the bible eg the part where dead people returns as other people. Purgatory is also mentioned.
'King Herod heard about this, for Jesus’ name had become well known. Some were saying, “John the Baptist has been raised from the dead, and that is why miraculous powers are at work in him.” Others said, “He is Elijah.” And still others claimed, “He is a prophet, like one of the prophets of long ago.”