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Does This Change Your Philosophy?

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I think you'll find that, not only do dogs bark whether they get hit or not (there are many reasons dogs bark), RecoveringPhilosopher does the same. He's just like that. Maybe it's a Nietzschean thing.


eudaimonia,

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"At times one remains faithful to a cause only because its opponents do not cease to be insipid."
 
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Read this very carefully:

[FONT=Arial, Geneva, Helvetica] 17 Jesus said to them, "My Father is always at his work to this very day, and I, too, am working." 18 For this reason the Jews tried all the harder to kill him; not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God his own Father, making himself equal with God. 19 Jesus gave them this answer: "I tell you the truth, the Son can do nothing by himself; he can do only what he sees his Father doing, because whatever the Father does the Son also does. 20 For the Father loves the Son and shows him all he does. Yes, to your amazement he will show him even greater things than these. 21 For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, even so the Son gives life to whom he is pleased to give it. 22 Moreover, the Father judges no one, but has entrusted all judgment to the Son, 23 that all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father, who sent him. 24 "I tell you the truth, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be condemned; he has crossed over from death to life. 25 I tell you the truth, a time is coming and has now come when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God and those who hear will live. 26 For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son to have life in himself. 27 And he has given him authority to judge because he is the Son of Man. 28 "Do not be amazed at this, for a time is coming when all who are in their graves will hear his voice 29 and come out--those who have done good will rise to live, and those who have done evil will rise to be condemned. 30 By myself I can do nothing; I judge only as I hear, and my judgment is just, for I seek not to please myself but him who sent me. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva, Helvetica] 31 "If I testify about myself, my testimony is not valid. 32 There is another who testifies in my favor, and I know that his testimony about me is valid. 33 "You have sent to John and he has testified to the truth. 34 Not that I accept human testimony; but I mention it that you may be saved. 35 John was a lamp that burned and gave light, and you chose for a time to enjoy his light. 36 "I have testimony weightier than that of John. For the very work that the Father has given me to finish, and which I am doing, testifies that the Father has sent me. 37 And the Father who sent me has himself testified concerning me. You have never heard his voice nor seen his form, 38 nor does his word dwell in you, for you do not believe the one he sent. 39 You diligently study the Scriptures because you think that by them you possess eternal life. These are the Scriptures that testify about me, 40 yet you refuse to come to me to have life. 41 "I do not accept praise from men, 42 but I know you. I know that you do not have the love of God in your hearts. 43 I have come in my Father's name, and you do not accept me; but if someone else comes in his own name, you will accept him. 44 How can you believe if you accept praise from one another, yet make no effort to obtain the praise that comes from the only God? 45 "But do not think I will accuse you before the Father. Your accuser is Moses, on whom your hopes are set. 46 If you believed Moses, you would believe me, for he wrote about me. 47 But since you do not believe what he wrote, how are you going to believe what I say?" --John 5[/FONT]


[FONT=Arial, Geneva, Helvetica]Did you understand that? Do you understand any of this? Do you understand that this is not a game that you can reset if you lose? Do you understand the depth and seriousness of this?[/FONT]


[FONT=Arial, Geneva, Helvetica]Do you?
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Read verse 39 and 40 very carefully. I think that people who press for the inerrancy of scripture can be guilty of relying only on the interpretation of scriptures for truth and miss the focus that Jesus placed on loving others. Another way of saying this perhaps is I don't believe we connect to God based on our correct understanding of scripture, but upon our correct focus on what Jesus said to focus---loving others.
 
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Recovering, there is an old saying we have out here. It goes like this; 'If you throw a rock into a pack of dogs, the one who barks, is the one who got hit'.

So a nerve got touched, huh? Guess who is the One doing the touching? Do you think you are reading these words by accident? Do you honestly believe that this universe has no order? This earth and all that is within it just sprang into existence by itself?

Don't flatter yourself, it's unbecoming. It is the arrogant presumption of one I hold in such low regard that enrages me.
 
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