11 Feb '18 23:24>
tell me why i'm wrong
Originally posted by @apathistIf you are seeing a god or gods then I think it is a perfectly understandable and commonplace upshot of your human nature and of the human condition generally.
tell me why i'm wrong
Originally posted by @moonbusDoes that apply to the one that doesn't want to see God?
"A man sees what he wants to see and disregards the rest." --Paul Simon
Originally posted by @dj2beckerOf course. See Thread 175914
Does that apply to the one that doesn't want to see God?
Originally posted by @sonship"Man - uniquely created in some way in the image of God and according to the likeness of God."
Okay, you don't see God. But you see man in the image of God.
No? You don't even see that??
Okay, you see man and NOTHING ELSE in existence on the planet like man. Closer?
I didn't say chimps, ants, whales, and dolphins are not unique. I did say there is nothing else in the universe or on earth like a human.
You might ask "Why is that?"
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Man - uniquely created in some way in the image of God and according to the likeness of God.
Originally posted by @js357Not really. God is a Spirit and does not share the character of man post man’s fall.
"Man - uniquely created in some way in the image of God and according to the likeness of God."
That works as well the other way around.
Originally posted by @romans1009Man did not fall. He was pushed.
Not really. God is a Spirit and does not share the character of man post man’s fall.
Originally posted by @moonbusIf you mean the line from the song, The Boxer then replace "sees" with "hears".
"A man sees what he wants to see and disregards the rest." --Paul Simon
Originally posted by @caissad4Yes, I was paraphrasing Paul Simon's words, transferred to the context of the OP-title about seeing gods.
If you mean the line from the song, The Boxer then replace "sees" with "hears".
Originally posted by @romans1009If God does not share the character of post-Fall man, there is an explanatory gap that obviously needs filling. Then it keeps getting more and more complicated and contentious and soon enough we have internet chats going at it, the theist/theist disagreements as deep as the theist/atheist disagreements. What’s a simple minded person to do?
Not really. God is a Spirit and does not share the character of man post man’s fall.
Originally posted by @apathistUm, just a word of caution: if you start to hear gods talking to you, not just seeing them, get yourself to a competent psychiatrist PDQ.
i see gods ... tell me why i'm wrong
Originally posted by @moonbusnot a real man 🙂
"A man sees what he wants to see and disregards the rest." --Paul Simon