Unbelievable

[Drich]

Since he had misunderstood the verse until god spoke to him, I presumed that the new understanding was part of the message.

He did not misunderstand the verse only the meaning of one word.
It doesnt take a divine revelation to correct someone's understanding of said word.

I do to a degree with his defination of Meek. For me 'Meek and Humble before God are the same. In that a Humble man can be molded into whatever role God would have Him play. The same too is true for the Meek man. and the two also share in humility toward God, which they will no doubt reap a reward from.

Where we differ is the humility toward our fellow man.

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I take the stance to humble myself before God because This is our single most greatest command. However our Greatest commands do not stop there. we also Have 'Love your neighbor as your self.' Which also speaks to Humbling yourself to your neighbor is a way that you yourself would approve of.

That said when we then look at the verse "The meek shall inherit the earth, we must also look at everything else Jesus actually said in the bible concerning the topic, and make sure it all jives together.

Therefore in light of our greatest command (Love God with all you being and your neighbor as your self) then weigh that in with the statment 'The meek shall inherit the earth.' a very clear picture of whom Jesus is identifying as 'meek' appears. It is as the OP suggests, but it also includes a servant of his fellow man. Much like Christ was.

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And there it is. You both have spent much time on the issue and yet you have a striking difference in opinion about what should be fairly clear.

That's just it we havent disagreed on anything. I simply pointed out the other side of the same coin. matter of fact I went out of my way to underscore his points in the OP, but again pointed out it goes further and why it does.

I'm sure it's not the only difference between you. But frankly, I'm not concerned about differences reached through scripture. It's differences reached through personal experience with god that interest me here.

Which is good, because in the parable of the talents Jesus explains we are only responsiable to what we have been given. If Jesus truly only gave the op one side of the coin then that is all he is responsiable for.

People have thought that they received divine revelations from Jesus, Mary, Yahweh, Allah, Zeus, Athena, Ra, and who knows who else. The fact remains that the messages received are vastly different.

so? The gears in a swiss made watch are vastly different yet they all work together to serve one purpose. So too have we been made. Paul says we are all different members/parts of the same body. We each have a different function yet serve the same body.

That suggests to me that the revelations are not from one god if they are from any god at all. It also suggests divine revelation is a very unreliable way to learn anything.

It's an excellent way to identify your particular role and job as a member of the body. If one remains faithful to his lot, then he will be given more.

Like those who see UFOs and fairies for that matter, what people see when they encounter god is generally what would be expected in their culture. When a man who has never heard of Jesus or read the Bible sees Jesus in a vision, and his message appears to be what he told the disciples, then we might be getting somewhere.

Kinda like how I pointed out the OP's story/Defination did indeed coinside with Scripture?

And who's to say you have it right? You all disagree. And you all claim the same source: divine revelation yours or someone elses.

What makes you think we all have to be right? All God wants is our absolute 110% best. Or so say Christ.

[BTW there are two d's in Sadducee. Spelling it your way makes me think of sadists. They might be called mainstream I suppose. They were in charge of the temple anyway. The Pharisees were directly at odds with the Sadducees. They believed that there were holy things outside the temple. Their emphasis was on keeping the law of god and separation from gentiles. In the long run, it is the Pharisees who had the most influence on modern Judiaism. ]
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Because the SadDucee's were all slaughtered by the romans in 70AD when they burned the temple.

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There's always something worse.

No matter how bad it is, I can always stick a spider on you or something, or poke you, or put an annoying sound in the background.

You may see these words again from time to time...