(October 8, 2012 at 12:54 pm)Darkstar Wrote: Everyone claims to know what their god wants while simultaneously calling it unknowable.
Ding, ding, ding .. we have a rep winner! Excellent point.
In the same vein, Christians lay claim to the descriptor "humble" and they confess to having a far inferior capacity for understanding than God. But don't think for a minute that they therefore hold their beliefs lightly and open to revision. Nothing could be further than the truth. They have no trouble holding their beliefs over those resulting from your own research since theirs come from God. How do they know they come from God? How did little ole, unworthy them come by true knowledge of God's very word?
They invited it in. They study the word of God of course, but then they might go as terribly wrong as any other bible scholar if they didn't submit to the holy spirit. That's right. In prayer, they essentially assume the position so that the holy spirit may impregnate their minds with the understanding of God. Evidence? Sorry, it doesn't work that way. If you want the word of God to illuminate you, you've got to lie with the holy spirit until you conceive His word.
