(September 5, 2012 at 12:02 am)FallentoReason Wrote:Godschild Wrote:The knowing Christ lived as a physical man comes only after faith, you are trying to put the horse before the cart. Scripture tells us that Christ had to die for the atonement of our sin, a spirit could not die a physical death nor shed blood to cover our sin. A spiritual Christ could not have lived and been tempted to become the perfect Lamb for mankind. It seems to me you are the one who wants absolute evidence, I did not require it, it was given to me after I believed.
What I'm wondering is if this miracle of knowledge works in every field. I'm studying to be an engineer, but from what I've gathered here, if I have the faith that I am an engineer then all I need to know will come to me.
Engineering, nor history, works like this of course. That's great that 'through faith' you claim to have uncovered mysterious knowledge not known to you before, but I'm concerned with evidence i.e. the tangible. Aside from this, there's nothing that you've said which debunks the mentality of the time. People believed in spiritual occurences all the time just like in Mithraism. What you don't seem to understand is that these spiritual beings were believed to obtain human qualities. These saviour gods suffered like humans would, but somewhere in the heavely realms.
What a terrible example you have given, the truth comes through the studying of scriptures so that God can reveal many truths, is not that mysterious knowledge exactly what Paul spoke about.
God loves those who believe and those who do not and the same goes for me, you have no choice in this matter. That puts the matter of total free will to rest.
