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Originally posted by @thinkofoneAs a man, he was incomparably wise [or thereabouts] in terms of his moral teaching, then?
No supernatural or literally divine attributes.
Originally posted by @thinkofoneAs a man, he was incomparably wise [or thereabouts] in terms of his moral teaching, then?
No supernatural or literally divine attributes.
Originally posted by @thinkofoneIf Jesus wasn’t in any way divine or supernatural, what do you think he was referring to when he spoke of the “Gospel” and of the “kingdom of God”?
No supernatural or literally divine attributes.
Originally posted by @fmfNaturally the qualifiers "By and large...reasonably sound and reasonably coherent within themselves" apply there as well.
As a man, he was incomparably wise [or thereabouts] in terms of his moral teaching, then?
Originally posted by @divegeesterAre you going to answer my on topic questions ToO?
Yes I can see why you would think the words of Jesus are true.
Jesus claimed he was sent by God, do you believe those words of his to be literal and true?
Originally posted by @divegeesterYet you framed the topic as follows:
Are you going to answer my on topic questions ToO?
Here’s the question guys:
How do you personally decide what is, and what isn’t, literal in the bible?
Originally posted by @thinkofoneYou were refuted on Jeremiah 31 and Ezekiel 18.
[b]If you walk around with a mask all the time, it is no surprise that you won't be trusted. "Why are you hiding who you are?" eventually will be the question people will wonder about.
Only those people who are unable to logically refute what others have to say and so resort to ad hominem attack.
There is no crime in deriving benefit person ...[text shortened]... enefit" by using the Bible to create God in their own image and to support self-serving beliefs.
Originally posted by @sonshipIn that thread you created a straw man and attempted to refute that as you are wont to do.
You were refuted on Jeremiah 31 and Ezekiel 18.
I can't help it if you're in denial.
Originally posted by @thinkofoneCome back over to How To Be Washed in the Blood and show me the strawman.
In that thread you created a straw man and attempted to refute that as you are wont to do.
Even at that you hardly presented a cogent argument.
Originally posted by @thinkofoneNo of course not; and yet you answered this question:
Yet you framed the topic as follows:Here’s the question guys:
How do you personally decide what is, and what isn’t, literal in the bible?
Did you forget?
Originally posted by @thinkofoneSo again thinkofone...
Yet you framed the topic as follows:Here’s the question guys:
How do you personally decide what is, and what isn’t, literal in the bible?
Did you forget?
Originally posted by @divegeesterYou asked the following:
No of course not; and yet you answered this question:
“In terms of the nature of Jesus - the man himself who "walked the Earth" - do you ascribe any supernatural or divine attributes to him?”
Why is it you feel you want to ridgedly to the OP with one poster and yet you will diverge with another?
Your furtiveness is so funny. 😉
Are you going to answer my on topic questions ToO?
Originally posted by @thinkofoneThe question in my post above the one I am replying to is absolutely bang on topic. 🙂
Your questions are not "on topic" as you asserted.
Originally posted by @thinkofoneEmbrace this truth. You exhibit exegetical pschizophina.
If anyone is delusional it is you.
An example of your delusional thinking is your denial in another thread that in the following passage chattel slavery is clearly and unambiguously being condoned::
Leviticus 25
44‘As for your male and female slaves whom you may have—you may acquire male and female slaves from the pagan nations that are around you ...[text shortened]... an attempt to make yourself feel better.
Embrace the truth."The truth will make you free".
Originally posted by @divegeesterThe fact remains that "Your questions are not 'on topic' as you asserted." - despite your disingenuous claims to the contrary. Not that I expect you to have the integrity to admit it.
The question in my post above the one I am replying to is absolutely bang on topic. 🙂
Originally posted by @secondsonThen there's reality.
Embrace this truth. You exhibit exegetical pschizophina.
On the one hand you claim that "the Bible.., is widely open to interpretation and contains inconsistencies, discrepancies and outright contradictions."
Then on the other hand you vehemently defend an interpretation of Leviticus 25 as meaning God condones slavery.
Talk about cherry picking. ...[text shortened]... and Rajk are bosom buddies, so we won't see him calling you out for your duplicitous hypocrisy.