RE: Literal and Not Literal
August 28, 2019 at 1:53 pm
(This post was last modified: August 28, 2019 at 1:53 pm by BrianSoddingBoru4.)
(August 28, 2019 at 1:45 pm)Acrobat Wrote:(August 28, 2019 at 12:15 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: But the unsaved are in precisely the position of your blind man. I asked you again: If God wants everyone to be saved (and he does, it says so right there in the manual), why is the Bible intentionally ambiguous? Surely it would be within God's power to make it clear and unambiguous to everyone. Moreover, the message in the Bible could be couched in such a manner as to make it irresistible to everyone.
I don't think God has wants. I don't see God as some being with some deficiency resolved by yours or my salvation. Any salvation is for myself, not for God.
Quote:And if the ancient Hebrews saw something that defies any attempt at definition, why did they take so much trouble to define it?
They didn't. It's written for those who do see it. For those that don't, they can't see anything but a series of wannabe/pseudo scientific and historical facts when reading it.
Well, the Bible says God has wants, and one of these is that everyone be saved. Is this another reason not to read the Bible, that it can't be trusted?
The Hebrews didn't try to define that undefinable something? Then what's the OT all about? And if it's written for those who already see it, what's the point of writing about it?
Boru
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