(January 6, 2013 at 5:40 am)Tiberius Wrote:(January 5, 2013 at 11:25 pm)Minimalist Wrote: http://www.keepbelieving.com/sermon/2002...-Were-Not/Do they mean that literally, or do they mean within the limits of what he can already do. This appears to be a problem in this thread; everyone takes things too literally.
I mean, you can apply the phrase "he does what he wants" to humans too, but we never mean it literally. We mean, "he does what he wants...when he can".
So the question is, when a theist says that their God can do what he wants, do they mean it literally, or are they talking figuratively in order to express the power their God supposedly has.
I submit that the guy who wrote that piece means "literally." You are a great guy, boss, but you live in a civilized country that doesn't have a whole lot of crazy jesus freaks handling snakes and rolling around on the floor.
