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Oh, ok. The only thing i know about Panentheism is that definition from wikipedia !! But i like the way you answered my questions !! Nice Angle. Anyway. After reading your post on your cosmology. I think i have been missing the point of the spirit being an actual physical breath only. Perhaps my...

JAL, Could you explain to me how some of the ideas of Panentheism differ from your philosophy of materialism. I think it is a Hindu belief that states "Anytime you try to define 'God', it is something greater than your definition." In other words our natural , finite minds cannot comprehend the...

@JAL , @ Bible Highlighter, Does God (Creator) communicate with each one of us /all of the ~156 billion souls directly? Yes or No ?!?

ok, thank you. I have been a believer most of my life, but i feel as if i don't have a clue what the Holy Spirit is. How would i know?

@JAL Jal, id like to ask you something, Can you give me a clear answer as to what exactly is Blasphemy of the Holy Spirit?! Thanks.

I have been where you are! To where the bible and God become a torture device! To be 100% honest, there is no way to tell if following Jesus gets us a beautiful wife, and house with white picket fence, and hosting cookouts for the youth ministry, and even an office job in a church, sitting in...

Sound advice! This seems to be what i have learned most about myself since i started this thread! Thank You.

What i'm saying is more along the lines of . If we are to depend on history to know anything at all about God, then there must be a way of accurately verifying this history. Which could be carried over into other historical events. Laplaces demon comes into play here . here is an article citing...

Yes, My question was more along the lines of , How are we to interpret scripture correctly, and avoid misinterpretations and false beliefs in general or about God from reading the text? Seems to me this happens more often than not.

Can you be more clear. I am completely lost on what you said! Abstract what away? Edit: Ok, i kinda get what you're saying. So , you're saying, No, we can't know reality through abstract thinking and imagination. Maybe not as a whole, but what about certain facts?! I'm also wondering if those...

Yeah, You're right JAL, I just have to not get frustrated. In a sense i'm relieved you admitted we need prophecy level direct revelation to understand the scriptures. Because that logically makes sense! Something that is very rare these days! A good example of this would be Genesis 1:27 " God...

Just some further thoughts on the documentary. When they start talking about Jesus. They make some very good points. Some of the strongest i've ever seen. And , when they start presenting their case for new testament writings, It actually brings me down to reality a little bit in my thinking. I...

Around the ten minute mark, they make a big deal about how god introduces the ten commandments, what about the code of hammurabi? this even ties in with mike krugers talk on the canon, when he says irenaeus got his info from somewhere else! they don't point that out here! we would have to come...

He tries so hard to make that one little point he's making , that is essentially irrelevant to anything practical at all, Ignoring relevant information along the way. He's so one sided in his presentation Ok, im watching now, thanks.

Thank You. I'll check these out. I have not watched the documentary yet. I will have to purchase it. But that's ok, the preview really looked like there was some knowledge in there.

To your second question. Ok, this is tough. I'm fascinated by how we know things, I'm coming at this from a philosophical perspective. To start at the beginning, I believe there is a Creator. Then things get complicated. Many philosophers and religions say, that anything our finite mind and...

This may sound dumb, but my point is. If the bible is objective absolute truth, then the characters/bible stories must be able to relay this to us in some way! I would think we could use this same method to understand other things from history/obtain other objective facts as well. This makes a...

On your first point. I'm talking about knowing/interpreting the absolute truth/language of the creator, not necessarily man made objective truth. Maybe i mean objective truth in it's most pure sense. It would be like an absolute objective way for us to know the objective truths from the...

Maybe one man who believes the bible is objective truth, and another man who doesn't are both still have pure motives and are seeking the creator with all their heart, and both even going to heaven. While i agree the objectivity of scripture is a good medium size fish. Maybe we have even bigger...

Maybe the reason i posted here, is because i consider some claims made by others to be incorrect. But if i could just let that go, and go my own direction, then maybe i wouldn't have had to post here to begin with! They will figure it out, just like i will. Maybe it's not my place to try and...