RE: How far reaching are God's powers?
November 14, 2020 at 11:37 am
(This post was last modified: November 14, 2020 at 11:41 am by MilesAbbott81.)
(November 13, 2020 at 11:06 pm)The Grand Nudger Wrote: Then...it sounds...like you already had an answer to the question you asked another, incredulously.
You really need to be more specific when you respond, because I don't even know what you're referring to.
If you mean to say that I interpreted something different from the original poster (whose quote said God demanded worship every 7 days), well I will say that I was wrong to even use the word "interpretation" at all. But I also clarified that in a later post when I said that the word "interpretation" shouldn't even be used, "now that I think about it" were my words (did you not read this?). It was a simple semantic mistake on my part, my actual argument needs no alteration. So how about responding to the actual substance of my argument instead of vague responses that really don't say anything at all? We can nitpick over semantics endlessly, it accomplishes nothing.
(November 13, 2020 at 11:06 pm)The Grand Nudger Wrote: I honestly have no idea what you're saying here. Perhaps it's just me, but your writing seems, once again, incoherent.
If you're too lazy to look up a word you don't know, again, you can just ask - and I'll explain..... again. It seems to me that if you wanted to speak about these things authoritatively and from the point of view of your faith, you ought to have at least some understanding of it. That you ought to be able to communicate these ideas to others, and to recognize those ideas being communicated to you.
Can I hold you morally responsible for your ignorance? If so..how so?
This is not a problem with my vocabulary, but with your ability to string words together into coherent sentences. I have Google for any words I don't understand, and I always look up words I don't understand, so what are you even saying? What words do you think I'm not understanding here?
And again, you need to be more specific with your responses. My ignorance of what, exactly? If you believe I'm ignorant concerning my own faith, then please point out what it is that I don't know, and we can discuss it. You simply making vague declarations about what I do and don't know isn't helping the conversation move along.
If you're saying that you're incapable of understanding my argument about evil people being held responsible for their actions despite their nature, and that your failing to understand is the result of my own ignorance, I suppose I can at least acknowledge the possibility that I'm unable to clearly articulate it to you, perhaps even due to some lack of understanding on my part, but I don't believe this to be the case. I've explained myself over and over, many times and in many ways, and you always repeat that you don't understand.
My response to your lack of understanding is that God has taken away your ability to understand, because of your sins. Same goes for anyone else who can't hear me. Who are you to say that you can see, if you're blind? Can you acknowledge the possibility that God has blinded you, and that there is no way you could understand me if He has done so?
My guess is no, since you will say you don't even believe in God, but on what planet does that preclude the possibility of my being correct? Where is your humility? The proud insist that they couldn't possibly be wrong, and the humble admit they could be.
That is why you can't see. It's a matter of pride. Of course, you might come back with some feigned humility, but the Lord knows your heart.
And perhaps I'm even wrong about you having a pride problem, though it seems quite obvious to me. Could be. I'm not always right; don't need to be, because my faith isn't in myself but in God. I may very well need correction here, and if so, then I pray that it be done, even before all of you, for the benefit of all. I'm not interested in proving anyone wrong, I'm only interested in the truth.