the flood

[FrenchyBearpaw]

1. Jesus interpreted the Scriptures literally.

2. An allegorical interpretation allows for as many interpretations as there are people in the world.

3. A literal interpretation forces even those hostile to a passage to admit what it is saying.

4. A literal interpretation allows a third party to settle a dispute between interpretations.

5. A literal interpretation allows for Occam's Razor to take effect.

5/5 = A

But then again, you may want to ask someone who understands.

I would also add a sixth one; it removes the need for one to critically evaluate a claim.

 

[TheBear]

Just before the Flood, the earth was:

1. one tropical climate
2. one unified continent
3. inhabited by angels and their hybrid offspring
4. extremely corrupt; both morally and physically
5. watered by ground mist -- (it didn't rain)
6. people lived much longer than they do now

OP - 5th November 2003



The OP and many of the participants haven't been here for years! (circa 2003)

You mean to tell us that you're so mentally deficient that you are unable to glean from these old discussions and start new discussions of your own???

Enough said.....

 

[AV1611VET]

OP - 5th November 2003



The OP and many of the participants haven't been here for years! (circa 2003)

You mean to tell us that you're so mentally deficient that you are unable to glean from these old discussions and start new discussions of your own???

Enough said.....

You interrupted a live conversation here to tell me to make another thread? or was it just to issue an insult?

We're doing just fine, thank you.

 

[TheBear]

No insult. Just wanted to wake you up to the reality of things.

If you see an old topic that you're interested in discussing today, there's no problem in referencing an old OP post in your new thread. But, to dig up old threads, and reply to people who haven't been here for years, is just ... retarded.

 

[AV1611VET]

No insult. Just wanted to wake you up to the reality of things.

If you see an old topic that you're interested in discussing today, there's no problem in referencing an old OP post in your new thread. But, to dig up old threads, and reply to people who haven't been here for years, is just ... retarded.

-- thank you.

 

[Split Rock]

Just before the Flood, the earth was:

one tropical climate

Where does it say this in scripture?

[*]one unified continent

Where does it say this in scripture?

[*]inhabited by angels and their hybrid offspring

Where are these angels and hybrids now?

[*]extremely corrupt; both morally and physically

I guess nothing has changed then... one wonders at the efficacy of the Flood.

[*]watered by ground mist -- (it didn't rain)

Nonsense. Isn't this only from the very early part of Genesis, anyway?

[*]people lived much longer than they do now
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Again you are misunderstanding a common method of elevating the stature of prominent ancestors, used through out the Middle East at the time Genesis was written. When you ignore context, you always wind up with faulty conclusions like this.

 

[Split Rock]

1. Jesus interpreted the Scriptures literally.

That is only your interpretation.

2. An allegorical interpretation allows for as many interpretations as there are people in the world.

You mean like the thousands of interpretations and Christian sects we have today? Also, just because it makes it harder for you guys, doesn't mean the easy way is correct.. does it?

3. A literal interpretation forces even those hostile to a passage to admit what it is saying.

Irrelevant to the accuracy of using a literal translation. But then, you guys don't really seem to care about accuracy..

4. A literal interpretation allows a third party to settle a dispute between interpretations.

Also irrelevant to its accuracy. It really is all about making it easier for you guys to understand scripture.. isn't it?

5. A literal interpretation allows for Occam's Razor to take effect.

Sorry, Occum's razor is not a license to ignore context.

 

[AV1611VET]

1. Jesus interpreted the Scriptures literally.

That is only your interpretation.

Would you please clarify this? are you saying I am the only one in existence who thinks this?

And for the record, what is your interpretation?

 

[LittleLambofJesus]

You interrupted a live conversation here to tell me to make another thread? or was it just to issue an insult?

We're doing just fine, thank you.

No insult. Just wanted to wake you up to the reality of things.

If you see an old topic that you're interested in discussing today, there's no problem in referencing an old OP post in your new thread. But, to dig up old threads, and reply to people who haven't been here for years, is just ... retarded.

This was a pm I got a few days ago concerning resurrecting old threads, especially ones with a lot of flaming in 'em.
But the mod who sent it, sent me another pm admitting he sent it to the wrong member by mistake, me

LLOJ, if you start resurrecting old flaming threads you will be banned.
Same goes for posts taunting others.

Please do not push the envelope.

Thank you.

I had already started packing my bags once again

Christian Forums - View Single Post - The LLOJ prayer thread
28th November 2008, 04:53 PM

Our dear brother in the Lord, LLOJ is, as some of us know, under suspension for breaching the rules of this forum;

 

[Split Rock]

Would you please clarify this? are you saying I am the only one in existence who thinks this?

No, I never said that no one else shared your interpretation, just that it was your interpretation.

And for the record, what is your interpretation?

I don't think we can say for certain whether or not Jesus was a creationist. Nothing he wrote, if he did write anything, has survived. All the gospels were written by others and written after the fact. It would be easy to see a writer adding his own angle to what Jesus was supposed to have said or done. Even if we take the gospels at face value, it is not clear if he was a creationist or not, though it can be interpreted that way. For me, it really doesn't matter. Jesus was human and he was certainly capable of error.

 

[LittleLambofJesus]

1. Jesus interpreted the Scriptures literally.

2. An allegorical interpretation allows for as many interpretations as there are people in the world.

3. A literal interpretation forces even those hostile to a passage to admit what it is saying.

4. A literal interpretation allows a third party to settle a dispute between interpretations.

5. A literal interpretation allows for Occam's Razor to take effect.

Yeah
Take the RCC's view of the "eucharist" literally turning into the body and blood of Jesus.
This passage being labeled by some as the "cannibal" discourse ehehe

John 6:52 Striving then the Judeans toward one another saying, "how is able He to us to give the flesh to be eating?
54 he who is eating My flesh, and is drinking My blood, hath life age-during, and I will raise him up in the last day;
55 for My flesh truly is food, and <y blood truly is drink;
60 Many then hearing out of the disciples of Him say, "Hard is this the word, who-any is able of it to be hearing?"

http://www.christianforums.com/t7391381/
Believing in a literal presence in the eucharist would make Jesus a sinner