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RE: Does God Have A Name For God?
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Thu, 19 Jan 2006 19:34:53 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler
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For that matter, doesn’t one of the Gospels (or several of them) indicate
that Christ departed for other lands to spread the Word? Why must
these “lands” mean nations?
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Hi Dave! Glad to see that your prose is as eloquent now as it was five long
years ago. You should get paid by the word, if you ask me. And how did you get
to be such exquisite fashion sense?
Anyway, I think I’ve found that passage you were talking about. Feast your eyes
on John, Chapter 10:
I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me— just as the
Father knows me and I know the Father—and I lay down my life for the sheep. I
have other sheep that are not of this sheep pen. I must bring them also. They
too will listen to my voice, and there shall be one flock and one shepherd.
Granted, it doesn’t explicity say “aliens,” but it clearly talks about sheep
“not of this sheep pen.” Sort of resonates with “not of this Earth,” don’t you
think?
Dave!
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Message has 4 Replies:
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| (...) First let me say that you are not crazy if you talk to yourself, Dave! (But you are if you listen;-) I think Jesus is clearly referring to Jews and Gentiles here. The sheep in the pen are God's chosen people, the Jews. But Jesus is obviously (...) (19 years ago, 19-Jan-06, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| (...) Very astute. Indeed, I think the 'pen' thingie is very telling. What is a planet, if not a pen for the lifeforms on it. We might imagine other pens. And nothing of which I am aware suggest that ours is the first pen to which the shepherd has (...) (19 years ago, 20-Jan-06, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| (...) Well, I am a newcomer apparently to this conversation, not knowing what was before and being too lazy to look it up, I was intrigued by the John 10 verse and I did look that up. First of all, I am not sure what version of the Bible you got (...) (19 years ago, 20-Jan-06, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| (...) The idea of other flocks is a major component of Mormonism. The Mormons hold that the Book of Mormon describes events surrounding another flock before and after a visit from Jesus (after he was crusified). I am not completely certain but I (...) (19 years ago, 22-Jan-06, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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