RE: Divine Revelation
January 17, 2013 at 11:34 am
(This post was last modified: January 17, 2013 at 11:36 am by FallentoReason.)
Quote:We are to A/S/K for the Measure of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit being God, will come to be apart of you. The bible describes His inital indwelling to be accompanied by "Spiritual fruit" or the Fruit of the Spirit. If one is Faithful, Spiritual fruit will grow into Spiritual gifts. I can provide a biblical list of 'fruit and gifts" if you like.
I simply want to know in what way is God giving you revelations.
Let's think of your brain as a closed system where thoughts about what to eat, what to do, how you're feeling, memories etc basically anything you could do with your brain is happening because of the internal chemicals and what not. Now, a revelation by definition is an external being passing down to you some sort of message. I want to know how it penetrates your closed system thus making it possible for you to obtain the knowledge and retain it in your brain.
If no explanation can be given, then I have no choice but to conclude that e.g. voices in your head are due to your closed system i.e. they're coming from your own brain i.e. you're hallucinating/delusional.
EDIT: now, you might see what the problem is; your faith-based claim should be producing empirical evidence that would show your closed system is gaining information from somewhere else. Paradox my friend.
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it" ~ Aristotle