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Did I say "Trinitarian" was a denomination?
Never said it.
Divegeester:
Yes you are a trinitarian.
And he says I sound demented ?
I say, I No, never said Trinitarian is denomination.
He thinks he answers well by saying, Yes, you are a trinitarian.
No I do not divide the unversal church into divisions of
A trinitarian church verses a non-trinitarian church.
I divide the universal church into divisions that the New Testament divides her - local churches - churches standing on the practical oneness in a locality.
"What you see write in a scroll and send it to the seven churches:
to Ephesus
and to Smyrna
and to Pergamos
and to Thyatira
and to Sardis
and to Philadelphia
and to Laodicea. " (Rev. 1:11)
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You admitting that Revelation is “signs” is one of those “curtain flapping open” moments that make coming here and putting up with all the other crap worth while.
Thank you.
The revelation of Jesus Christ was made known by signs.
I have written that YEARS ago.
It doesn't mean that there is nothing to be taken literally in Revelation.
This was an extensive debate between RJHinds and myself on interpreting Revelation 12. We discussed a good mix of both allegorical and literal aspects of the book of Revelation. The year was 2014.
The Universal Bright Woman
https://www.chessatwork.com/forum/spirituality/the-universal-bright-woman.160675
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This doesn’t stop it from being morally incoherent, contextually incoherent and threadbare in terms of cohesive theology.
Would I be correct to assume the following as your positions?
1.) Revelation 20:15 is to you "morally incoherent".
2.) Revelation 22:2 taken mainly as allegorical of Christ and the sons of God being a blessing to the New Jerusalem and the surrounding nations is "contextually incoherent".
3.) Believing that there was a physical tree of life in early human history, which phrase has latter been used as an expression for Divine Life in the Person of Jesus Christ, is not "cohesive theology".
Would these assumptions be fair representations of your criticism?
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And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
Out of the ground God made to grow every tree, the tree of life and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
Nothing in the narrative of Genesis indicates metaphor. Not one word.
That's just you putting your own spin on it. Satan does the same sort of thing wherever in the scriptures we find him misquoting the Word of God.
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While your digging that out, why don't you ask yourself how Adam and Eve acquired the knowledge of good and evil from eating the fruit of a metaphorical tree.
In fact, please explain how you think the scriptures tell how Adam and Eve got ahold of the knowledge. Did it seep into their brains through some kind of metaphorical osmosis?
Why don't you just go all the way and say that God created a metaphorical universe. That nothing is real.
Originally posted by @secondsonHow does one even begin to count how many logical fallacies you have tried to use here in the space of just 20 words?
Why don't you just go all the way and say that God created a metaphorical universe. That nothing is real.
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Originally posted by @romans1009He has at least 3 in his garden.
You really think all of the other planted trees are still here? Seriously?