+1Jac3510 wrote:btw
Now where's my padded post pic?
alliteration ftw
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TOTP!!!!!!
+1Jac3510 wrote:btw
And that, brothers and sisters, is the kind of foolishness you get people who insist on denying biblical theism. A good illustration of any as the length people will go to avoid acknowledging basic truths.Proinsias wrote:I don't think you are hearing me. Preference for ice cream is a moral issue
We can find ample evidence of folks dressing in white suits, setting up big healing meetings, and prancing around as though they are BIG SHOTS of God. Thus, they gain all the glory for themselves their ministries, it is all about them.crochet1949 wrote:Philip wrote:This is a false statement! I don't believe any Christian here denies that God doesn't still heal. The debate is about but ONE issue: Are there Christians walking earth today that have been giving the gift of instant/miraculously obvious healing - AND that have prolifically demonstrated such a gifting so that it is documented.After all of this and even move on healing in the bible. People still do not believe God heals today.
ALL I have seen in this thread are speculation and assertions, but no evidence put forward of such a gifting or people prolifically able to do what the Apostles and Jesus did. And if they cannot show that clearly to be the case, then more and more posts on this are just more piles of fairly worthless OPINIONS - THAT IS - at least to the key issue of contention: Healers walking around doing miraculous/instant healings of the kind Jesus and the Apostles did.
I agree -- "of the kind Jesus and the Apostles did" -- No we do Not find That happening in this day / age.
People ARE healed these days by God's power during their lifetime on this earth. But it's a different Kind Of healing.
SOME people can well understand detailed information that aren't also good communicators or that haven't been properly schooled in the nuances of grammar, proper English, and spelling, etc. It's not TYPICAL, but there are such wise people. Such people aren't stupid, just untrained. But if they are also totally Scripturally/theologically unschooled in using good hermeneutics, etc. - well, yeah, I'd be very hesitant. But much of Scripture doesn't take a great theologian to understand correctly. And yet a goodly portion of it does. If Scripture was only written so that trained theologians understood it, then I'd say much of it wasn't aimed at the common fellow, but at theologians, etc. The crucial, important basics are understandable by virtually anyone who can read.And if they can't pay attention to detail, why would I trust their judgment on theological matters in which the details matter greatly? My wife might consider such a person a liar . . . and since I'd never call her a liar, I'd be obligated to agree with her.
jpbg33 wrote:Jac3510 so you and your wife must think Albert Einstein was a liar. He had the same spelling problem I have. every ones brains do not work the same if they did it would be a boring world.
And that, brothers and sisters, is the kind of foolishness you get people who insist on denying biblical theism. A good illustration of any as the length people will go to avoid acknowledging basic truths.Proinsias wrote:I don't think you are hearing me. Preference for ice cream is a moral issue
Hey wait...philip wrote:
I don't believe any Christian here denies that God doesn't still heal.
jpbg33 wrote:Jac3510 so you and your wife must think Albert Einstein was a liar. He had the same spelling problem I have. every ones brains do not work the same if they did it would be a boring world.
crochet1949 I do not take the time to Learn proper spelling and use of grammar because I am not a reader.
RickD good thing we don't Albert Einstein would have been know as a dummy I do not know about his grammar but I do know he could not spell.
I know there are a lot of people who can not match clothing or any thing else. I guess they are liars and dumb as well.
Before you say that it is not the same thing it is. Why do you think we have silent letters because just like matching spelling is about how it looks, and before you say it all silent letters do not have big reasons for being there "knife" what is the "k" there for?
We are saved because of his death and resurrection we are healed by his strips. The bible say by one man sin death entered into the world and by one mans (death or righteousness I am not sure how it worded it I'm fixing to go to lunch so I do not have time to look it up) we are made right. that is not word for word but it is what is says. The strips had nothing to do with us becoming Christians but it was about our healings we receive on earth.
Think you Philip
Philip wrote:OK, so we have a new resident English teacher? I ain't never seen one quite like him round dese here parts.
Next thing you know Mr. Smartypants will want to run high office!
Oops! Too late!
Of course God knows. And he told the results to Ted Cruz's father.crochet wrote:
Quite literally --God IS the Only One who already knows the results.
RickD wrote:Of course God knows. And he told the results to Ted Cruz's father.crochet wrote:
Quite literally --God IS the Only One who already knows the results.
Just posting to say I agree with this. It is, in fact, one of the reasons I hold to the perspicuity of Scripture. At the same time, it is very much true that it is not typical for someone who cannot communicate clearly to be able to understand clearly. The simple fact is that we think in words and propositions, and we write and speak what we think. So it follows that if your written words and speech are jumbled, it is very likely true that your thought patterns are jumbled as well. That is why we say of teachers that if you can't explain something clearly in concisely, it is probably because you don't understand it yourself. Now, it is certainly true that both speech and writing are themselves skills that require their own mastery. As such, it is possible for a person to be able to understand and think clearly and yet fail to be able to write and speak clearly. But the degrees of separation are typically less than those who use this as an excuse would like to believe. And it is the same on the other side of the discussion, too. You can master the written and spoken word and not know what you are talking about. But, again, when it comes to expressing thought clearly (and so clearly understanding the thought of others), the gulf there isn't as big as some might claim, too. That's why if you are at all educated in a subject matter you can tell in just a few statements whether or not someone else knows the material or if they are just strining words and phrases together. You can see that the underlying thoughts are just not very clear.Philip wrote:SOME people can well understand detailed information that aren't also good communicators or that haven't been properly schooled in the nuances of grammar, proper English, and spelling, etc. It's not TYPICAL, but there are such wise people. Such people aren't stupid, just untrained. But if they are also totally Scripturally/theologically unschooled in using good hermeneutics, etc. - well, yeah, I'd be very hesitant. But much of Scripture doesn't take a great theologian to understand correctly. And yet a goodly portion of it does. If Scripture was only written so that trained theologians understood it, then I'd say much of it wasn't aimed at the common fellow, but at theologians, etc. The crucial, important basics are understandable by virtually anyone who can read.And if they can't pay attention to detail, why would I trust their judgment on theological matters in which the details matter greatly? My wife might consider such a person a liar . . . and since I'd never call her a liar, I'd be obligated to agree with her.
And that, brothers and sisters, is the kind of foolishness you get people who insist on denying biblical theism. A good illustration of any as the length people will go to avoid acknowledging basic truths.Proinsias wrote:I don't think you are hearing me. Preference for ice cream is a moral issue