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Re: Does God have a name for God?
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Tue, 30 Jan 2001 15:17:00 GMT
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On Fri, 30 Mar 2001 14:51:41 GMT, "Ryan Farrington"
<ryanjf@ifriendly.com> wrote:
> > Robert: "If that were true why don't we all look alike?" [talking about man
> in God's image]
> > Aaron: "God uses 100%+ brain capacity to create and man is created in that
> image."
> > Robert: "God has a physical brain? Now there's an interesting new look on
> the situation."
> We don't all look alike because God did not create us to look like Him,
> because He has no body;
Well that's not what what's his name said, why is he wrong and why is
it that you're right? Did he and I just miss some meeting or
something? BTW this is your cue to say something about how the
meeting was church and the head speaker was God, and a bunch of other
calculatedly expected, religiously oriented, verbose responses.
> He is not a *physical* being, but a *spiritual*
> being.
So why is there a difference between the two?
> John 4:24 says, "God is spirit, and those who worship Him must
> worship in spirit and truth."
The possible ways I could interpret that are absolutely mind
boggling...
> The immaterial part of man (mind, soul,
> spirit, or whatever name you want to assign it) was made similar to how God
> Himself is. And similar to what (I think) Aaron said, because God is
> creative, so we are creative. The same goes for love, and righteousness
> (why do you think we have a conscience?).
Well that certainly is one way of interpreting it. Is that your own
work or did you get that interpretation from someone else? I dunno,
maybe I need to invest in some kind of "The Bible For Dummy's" or
something.
> > Robert: "Grow in harmony? Last I checked mankind (on average) was still
> killing, murdering, and destroying just as many things as it always has."
> Robert does have a good point here.
You don't have to have a point to have a point.
> Man is sinful and will always kill and
> destroy until he is no longer sinful. But man cannot become non-sinful by
> himself.
Is it a sin to think about killing and destruction? If so what are
the guidelines? I mean if you watch a war happening on TV and just
ignore it, is that a sin? With so many different ways of classifying
what is and is not a sin I guess it's a pretty convenient argument to
say we are all siners in one way or another.
> Genesis 6:5--"Then the Lord saw that the wickedness of man was
> great on the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was
> only evil continually."
If God wrote the bible why does he refer to himself in the third
person so much? o_O
> > Robert: "Isn't it amazing that in this day and age the absolute "truth"
> about existence can be found on a poorly engineered web site on the Inet
> that also includes fascinating reading material on HAM radio, paper
> airplanes, music, and Lego's of all things. Why if only I had known about
> this site earlier in my life. One can only wonder why the
> "truth" isn't being advertised all over mainstream media this very second."
> The truth can also be found in the Bible, not merely on my website.
Probably, but then we wouldn't get to read your insightful
interpretations of it, now would we?
> The
> reason the truth isn't being broadcast all across the media is because man
> is sinful, he can't face a just and holy God who can't tolerate sin.
Oh I bet if there was absolute proof they sure could. I mean I would
certainly believe in God, if I knew for certain that he existed...but
then I don't presume to know that when I don't even know if I actually
exist.
> Therefore, mankind, in pride, also exalts himself, ignoring God and the
> truth.
And so you're like what, the only non-sinner, righteous, d00d on the
planet?
> > Robert: "Um, I'm just wondering, do you have some sort of direct hot line
> with God, or is this what Cleo and the magic seeing crystal you bought in
> the mall are telling you? I'm just sorta curios as to why YOU in particular
> seem to have ALL the answers and have it ALL figured out as well. Of course
> then the last guy that I responded to seemed to believe he as speaking the
> almighty "truth" of the universe as well...hmmm...is anyone besides me
> seeing a trend here?
> I do have a "hot-line" to God through prayer (me --> God) and the Bible
> (God --> me). I believe that the Bible, the Word of God, is the truth, and
> that what God says is Absolute Truth. (The existence of absolute truth is
> vehemently ignored in the world today.)
So how does that work? I mean do you just look up at the sky, ask God
a question, then randomly flip to a page in the bible and start your
interpretation, or do you have some other method?
> Best Regards,
> --Ryan
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> P.S. I consider myself a born-again Christian.
Hmmm...okay. I consider myself to be an eater of pizza, and other
various things which taste good... : )
Robert
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| (...) Actually, that isn't a bad idea! :-) (I mean, that there should be such a "Dummies" book) (...) If you are Catholic. (...) Divinely inspired by God. When quoting the Bible in term papers (biblical scenes being popular in many periods of art), (...) (23 years ago, 30-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) in God's image] (...) image." (...) the situation." We don't all look alike because God did not create us to look like Him, because He has no body; He is not a *physical* being, but a *spiritual* being. John 4:24 says, "God is spirit, and (...) (23 years ago, 30-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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