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Originally posted by wolfgang59i think a decent god would be really subtle as not to alarm people too much. he could say 'the end days are nigh!!!! when maureen in melton mowbray cooks a shepherds pie on a tuesday and behold frank from hemel hemsteads prize winning veggy garden will be struck down by a plague of snails!!!!'
Surely any decent god (ie omnipotent with a sense of humour) would have dogs falling out of the sky and birds losing their barks?
OMG
Birds [b]have lost their barks.
Truly we are in the last days.[/b]
the big question is - why would god bother having all these weird signs anyway, why not just get straight onto the main event.
Originally posted by Paul LeggettLol. We've all been trying to figure that one out. The Bible says God is "one god" but he decides to not take that one literal as it doesn't fit the trinity. So that scripture doesn't count in his eyes and he would probably like it to be removed.
How do you decide which parts are which?
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Originally posted by galveston75Where is this scripture you claim I do not take literally and would probably want removed? This sounds more like something that the Watchtower would probably like to do, especially those verses referring to the Holy Spirit as God and the Son as God in the flesh and the Father as God all together as One Lord in One Name. I do not wish any of the verses removed, because altogether they support the idea of a Triune God.
Lol. We've all been trying to figure that one out. The Bible says God is "one god" but he decides to not take that one literal as it doesn't fit the trinity. So that scripture doesn't count in his eyes and he would probably like it to be removed.
HalleluYah !!! Praise the Lord! Holy! Holy! Holy!
Originally posted by RJHindsYou are mocked because you are an ignoramus and a fool.
Why should I waste time providing you with spiritual knowledge when you just mock me?
Your spiritual knowledge is like a pissup in a trailer park, lacking instrinsic cultural value.
The best way you could serve any religion you profess to believe in is by shutting up and letting those who can actually use the english language post.
Originally posted by RJHindsI'm afraid you have brought the mocking upon yourself. You've made your bed and now you have to lie in it.
Why should I waste time providing you with spiritual knowledge when you just mock me?
Do you have an answer to the question? How do you decide which parts of the Bible are literal and which are not?
Originally posted by Proper KnobI was answering the following question:
Earlier in the thread you claimed 'divine interpretation' was needed.
How do you decide which parts of the Bible are literal and which are not?
One needs intelligence for interpretation of prophecies also, however, it is too difficult to come up with the accurate interpretations without help from the source, which is God.
Originally posted by RJHindsSo intelligence is needed to ascertain which scriptures are to be taken literally and which are not, but then 'divine interpretation' is needed to decipher the scriptures which are not to be taken literally.
I was answering the following question:
How do you decide which parts of the Bible are literal and which are not?
One needs intelligence for interpretation of prophecies also, however, it is too difficult to come up with the accurate interpretations without help from the source, which is God.
Is that correct?
Originally posted by Proper KnobI don't know if decipher is the correct word. But the apostle Peter wrote the following:
So intelligence is needed to ascertain which scriptures are to be taken literally and which are not, but then 'divine interpretation' is needed to decipher the scriptures which are not to be taken literally.
Is that correct?
...knowing this first, that no prophecy of Scripture is of any private interpretation, for prophecy never came by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit.
(2 Peter 1:20-21 NKJV)
Originally posted by RJHindsI'm not interested in what Peter said, i'm interested in what you have said on this thread.
I don't know if decipher is the correct word. But the apostle Peter wrote the following:
...knowing this first, that no prophecy of Scripture is of any private interpretation, for prophecy never came by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit.
(2 Peter 1:20-21 NKJV)