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There is no question to be evaded, Jan, if, as my post made clear, the assumption is that God is wholly other than human, an assumption which produces the result I cited: Jesus can't be human AND someone wholly other than human.
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Thanks for a substantive post, CM, one that is both thoughtful and provocative.
One of our Sunday groups did a study of Islam, which included two sessions with the imam of a local Islamic center. One important outcome of those …
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I propose that there IS a potential contradiction in the God-Jesus relationship, Jan, but it's not "Jesus is God; Jesus is not God." The contradiction, most clearly embedded in the statement "Jesus is God and Jesus is human," exists if…
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Who's openly questioning the evolution model more frequently? Do you contend that the professional science community is doing so? If so, can you provide support for your contention?
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As a Christian who believes deeply and without reservation in the scientific foundation of theory of evolution, CM, I tell you there is no "shame" or bankruptcy in the convictions I and many others own. Nor is the science of evolution …
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A couple of responses, Jan:
1) If rejection of Christ's divinity is a factor in "most terrorism," then why do so few Muslims worldwide - a microscopic percentage - engage in terrorist acts? And why aren't terrorist acts regular…
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So in your view, "most of today's terrorism" can be linked to the "rejection of Christ's divinity," a rejection espoused by Jews/Pharisees AND Wolfgang and me.
Please recall that I never claimed you believed Wolfgang and I plan…
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Here you confirm that the connection you drew between terrorism and Wolfgang's and my Christological views was intentional. It was an offensive and indecent suggestion for you to make, Dave, but I respect your candor about it.
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It's God's message, not his message (remember Gethsemane: "not my will, God, but your will be done") Again and again, even from Jesus, the distinction between between God and Jesus is obvious. Do you argue that Jesus himself doesn't kn…
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In other words, the texts I cited indeed make no reference to - actually, give no hint of - "the duality of Christ," making it a theme discerned in those texts only by reading it into them from select other texts. Yes?
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No, Dave. You're associating, however indirectly, our view of Christ with what you called "most of the world's terrorism." In case you've forgotten your earlier post, you argued...
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I assume this is your response to both Wolfgang and me, for it shows many of the characteristics common among your other posts to either or both of us: You fail to mention, let alone engage, questions put to you, and you engage in thin…
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And I still come back to the fact that your response fails, yet again, to engage the question I asked.
I'm not fond of generalizations such as this, but it sure seems to be a common tactic in these forums for people simply to a…
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Your response, Dave, fails to engage any of the substance of my previous post - not the verses about Jesus being a man; not the verses from John 7. So, I'll ask my question about the John 7 text again: Where in the verses I cited do yo…
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I claim that in Jesus' response there is NO indication that he believes himself to be God, and EVERY indication that he believes he is not God. Further, I claim (and have in the past cited) several other verses/passages in which Jesus …
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In the texts I cited, I find no reference to the duality to which reformed refers, which is why I've asked him to point it out in his next reply.
I think the texts are clear - as is John 20.17, by the way, which you cited in an…
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Where in the texts to which I referred do you find reference to "the duality of Christ"? (And given your response to me, I assume that the references you point out will not be the result of your "read(ing) into the text(s).")
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I encourage you to review the OP in the "What is Chr…
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In my view, when presented without accompanying evidence, "stupid" is an insubstantial critique that is most articulately given voice on junior and senior high schoolyards.
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From a constitutional perspective, a Supreme Court ruling BY DEFINITION cannot be unconstitutional. They can be correctly or incorrectly decided, depending on the observer's point of view, but they can't be unconstitutional.
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Surely there is a distinction between the person who is the "Christ" and the one who makes that person the Christ.
2) Because the vast majority of NT references to the Messiah address the term as an office or role, not as a per…
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I had heard on-air analysis of the Court's ruling before I saw your thread, reformed, so I had a sense of the dimensions of the Court's holding. Before I read the townhall.com article to which you linked, I decided first to read the Co…
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I think you meant to write "scientific method." And yes, in fact scientists must use the scientific method as they design and implement their tests of the theory of evolution. Said method is at the heart of scientific inquiry.
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The scientific method, which among many other things, has discovered cures for diseases and the core structure of matter, doesn't care about God's role in the story, reformed.
In my view, your response here is rooted in a misap…
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My view is that the Genesis creation accounts are worshipful testimonies of faith, not literal histories of creation. Hence, I believe Adam and Eve are literary, not historical, figures, and the purpose of the accounts is theological, …
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Perhaps because the Bible doesn't address the topic of extra-terrestrial life? And since the Bible doesn't address it, what Scripture does NOT say properly contributes to our understanding of the "biblical perspective" on the issue?
(Quote)I'm not sure what you mean, reformed. Whether light was created to travel at a finite speed does not change the facts that light travels at a finite speed and that because light travels at a finite speed, we see celestial objects as t…
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(Quote)If the speed of light were infinite, then yes, we wouldn't be able to observe the past. Light from distant celestia…
(Quote)In my view, it's significant that the Genesis 1 account proclaims God's creation of the heavens and the earth, testifies to the variety and sequence of life's beginning on earth, but does NOT constrict life to the earth's surface. Beca…
(Quote)In my review of the matter and study of astronomy, there is "evidence" of a young earth only in the minds and theologies of those who want it to exist. There is no hypothesis of a young earth that withstands rigorous scientific review,…
