came across something this morning

[seebs]

Today at 09:25 PM Gerry said this in Post #36 (http://www.christianforums.com/showthread.php?postid=649939#post649939)

Well as usual Seebs in your zeal for argument and debate you have once again confused two issues and are sorely misguided.

Was the "as usual" part entirely necessary? It came across to me as a personal attack. It seems to me that you have a very big problem with me. Could you at least just come out and say what you mean? If you can't, because you feel it would violate the board policies, then perhaps you shouldn't say it at all - veiled insults are insults nonetheless.

 

[Gerry]

Seebs,

I make direct quotes from the Bible. If you don't understand it the way God wrote it, then it is your choice to seek to understand it or persist in your own self righteousness and wisdom. If you don't agree with it, it is not me you disagree with. It is God.

Now already today a young person has been mislead into think human opinion superceeds God's written Word.

Why do you feel the need to come here again just to disrupt. Are things slow in apologetics, or are you on a mission from God?

 

[seebs]

Today at 09:35 PM Gerry said this in Post #42 (http://www.christianforums.com/showthread.php?postid=649961#post649961)
I make direct quotes from the Bible. If you don't understand it the way God wrote it, then it is your choice to seek to understand it or persist in your own self righteousness and wisdom. If you don't agree with it, it is not me you disagree with. It is God.

Gerry, you make quotes, and then you assert that they mean precisely what you personally believe, no more, no less. Unless you are blessed above all men, and have flawless insight, it is you, not God, with whom I disagree.

I see you as the self-righteous one, who clings to his own understanding. I recognize that this judgement is not rightfully mine, and as such, I admit that it's just my personal opinion; God will get His say on the matter in due time.

However, it seems to me that it is very, very, arrogant of you to say, without qualifications, without admitting that it's your opinion, that your interpretation is precisely what God intended. It seems to me questionable. At least the Catholics have a long tradition backing them, when they say they are confident they understand passages. You haven't got that tradition, and if you have the holy spirit, well, it saddens me to say that I can't tell. But then, I generally can't; I'm only human.

 

[Gerry]

Today at 09:38 PM seebs said this in Post #43 (http://www.christianforums.com/showthread.php?postid=649965#post649965)

Gerry, you make quotes, and then you assert that they mean precisely what you personally believe, no more, no less. Unless you are blessed above all men, and have flawless insight, it is you, not God, with whom I disagree.

I see you as the self-righteous one, who clings to his own understanding. I recognize that this judgement is not rightfully mine, and as such, I admit that it's just my personal opinion; God will get His say on the matter in due time.

However, it seems to me that it is very, very, arrogant of you to say, without qualifications, without admitting that it's your opinion, that your interpretation is precisely what God intended. It seems to me questionable. At least the Catholics have a long tradition backing them, when they say they are confident they understand passages. You haven't got that tradition, and if you have the holy spirit, well, it saddens me to say that I can't tell. But then, I generally can't; I'm only human.

Your post is incorrect and absurd, and devoid of all understanding? And when did God die and make you my judge? You who are ALWAYS attacking others for judging YOU in your 30 years of almighty wisdom sit there and judge me?

I am through with you Seebs. Your intent is clear and you have demonstrated what you are.

 

[seebs]

Today at 09:45 PM Gerry said this in Post #44 (http://www.christianforums.com/showthread.php?postid=649984#post649984)

Your post is incorrect and absurd, and devoid of all understanding?

Could well be. I have only a little understanding, but it still often seems to me that your interpretations are not the ones God meant, and that you often come across as very hostile to people who don't share your views and interpretations.

We're only very little, and we didn't mean to do any harm. Please allow us to struggle towards God in the only way we can, and understand when we can't accept your interpretation as authoritative.

 

[Evening Mist]

graftmein -- Well, the holy spirit was promised to us, right? So, yes, I believe she is my guide as I read. But that is a matter of faith on my part, and not a result of some particular effort to conjur her presence.

 

[Gerry]

Today at 10:24 PM Evening Mist said this in Post #46 (http://www.christianforums.com/showthread.php?postid=650065#post650065)

graftmein -- Well, the holy spirit was promised to us, right? So, yes, I believe she is my guide as I read. But that is a matter of faith on my part, and not a result of some particular effort to conjur her presence.

Thank You for showing us! Now it is all quite clear!

 

[Evening Mist]

????

 

[GraftMeIn]

Today at 08:24 PM Evening Mist said this in Post #46

graftmein -- Well, the holy spirit was promised to us, right? So, yes, I believe she is my guide as I read. But that is a matter of faith on my part, and not a result of some particular effort to conjur her presence.

We must ask God for the guidance of the Holy Spirit.

Luke 11:10-13
For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent? Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion? If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?


 

 

[Caedmon]

I do not believe in Eostre.

Ut oh...

 

[Evening Mist]

What is Eostre?

 

[Caedmon]

Today at 11:11 PM Evening Mist said this in Post #51 (http://www.christianforums.com/showthread.php?postid=650155#post650155)

What is Eostre?

Eostre is the Teutonic goddess of the dawn, from which our word "Easter" is derived.

Wait a minute... did I just assent to her existence? Hmmm...

 

[Evening Mist]

LOL. I get it. I said "Her." Whoops.

 

[seebs]

The idea of the Holy Spirit as female, while perhaps incorrect, is certainly not a particularly new one. I knew a guy who believed that God was neuter, Jesus was male, and the Holy Spirit was female, and that the "male" and "female" parts were mostly just a sop to help us relate to the Indivisible.

 

[Caedmon]

Today at 11:37 PM Evening Mist said this in Post #53 (http://www.christianforums.com/showthread.php?postid=650206#post650206)

LOL. I get it. I said "Her." Whoops.

Nah... my choice of deity was arbitrary. I could have just as easily said Siva or Loki.

 

[seebs]

Yesterday at 11:59 PM humblejoe said this in Post #55 (http://www.christianforums.com/showthread.php?postid=650255#post650255)

Nah... my choice of deity was arbitrary. I could have just as easily said Siva or Loki.

I believe in Loki. How could I not? She posted in Reilly's Pub a while back.

Or were you talking about another of the Norse gods, not our fellow poster?

 

[Caedmon]

Today at 12:04 AM seebs said this in Post #56 (http://www.christianforums.com/showthread.php?postid=650260#post650260)

I believe in Loki. How could I not? She posted in Reilly's Pub a while back.

Or were you talking about another of the Norse gods, not our fellow poster?

I'm sorry seebs, but I don't accept any text as authoritative other than the Holy Bible.

Mwahaha! I was speaking of the androgynous Norse trickster god, of course.

 

[Evening Mist]

Loki -- god of mischeif. And my 1 year old nephew's nickname.

 

[seebs]

Today at 12:12 AM humblejoe said this in Post #57 (http://www.christianforums.com/showthread.php?postid=650265#post650265)
I'm sorry seebs, but I don't accept any text as authoritative other than the Holy Bible.

I don't believe this, since the Bible doesn't tell me that Joe doesn't accept any text as authoritative other than the Holy Bible.

Hmm. I was about to say:

"I'm having a go at believing only things that are found in the Bible".

However, it turns out the Bible doesn't mention my decision to do this, so I guess I can't.

 

[repentandbelieve]

Today at 03:12 AM seebs said this in Post #32

Samaritans weren't of the same spiritual brotherhood as Jews, but what did Christ say about them as possible neighbors, compared to people of the same spiritual brotherhood?

In Matt 10:5 When Jesus sent out the first 12 disciples to preach and heal he commanded them not to "go the way of the Gentiles or enter into the city of the Samaritans". IMO this was because the time had not yet come for the disciples to go deliver the gospel message to those people. 

In Matt. 12:49 Jesus identified his disciples as "My mother and My brothers". And then in verse 50 he said "whoever does the will of My Father in heaven is My brother and sister and mother". 

A persons nationality has no bearing on whether or not they can be brothers or sisters in Christ.