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You're asking for my opinion about what someone said? I don't have an opinion. I have what He actually said. He is creator of the universe. But if you need more detail:
FATHER SON HOLY SPIRIT Called God Phil. 1:2 John 1:1,14; Acts 5:3-4 Creator Isaiah 64:8 John 1:3; Job 33:4, 26:13 Everywhere 1 Kings 8:27 Matt. 28:20 Psalm 139:7-10 All knowing 1 John 3:20 John 16:30; 21:17 1 Cor. 2:10-11 A Will Luke 22:42 Luke 22:42 1 Cor. 12:11 Speaks Matt. 3:17; Luke 5:20; 7:48 Acts 13:2
I meant in your own words, your own interpretation of what God says he is. Describe God based on your own interpretation, beyond just being the creator.
My information comes from the bible about who God is. I don't read what it says and then make up my own idea about who He is. That would mean disregarding the facts and then making up my own "facts". If I do that, then I'd be making God out to be something other than who He says He is.
I understand that. From what you have read in the bible, how would you describe the traits of the God you believe in, beyond just being the creator?
People will win lotto, recover from near death and get killed by falling coconuts, whether deities exist or not.
Well if you expressly limit metaphysics to naturalistic ones, you'll only ever "observe" natural things, whether they are in fact simply natural or nor. Its like the eskimos who have 100 names for snow, or whatever. Someone else will just have one name, and their perceptions and inferences will be limited thereby.Weird that nothing else we know is real seems to have this issue.
Point. People bring with them their own conceptions to every situation. Manyobservers means many experiences, every forensic scientist knows that, maybe its true of theology too?I know plenty of people (you and thous) through empirically minded methodological means, the problem with this "God" of yours is that you never happen to bump into evidence of the concept but theists generally have a big fat complicated opinion on what it's like.
Well if you expressly limit metaphysics to naturalistic ones, you'll only ever "observe" natural things, whether they are in fact simply natural or nor. Its like the eskimos who have 100 names for snow, or whatever. Someone else will just have one name, and their perceptions and inferences will be limited thereby.
Look you "define" things as natural, and then your "observing nature, as defined" proves the point they are natural, in the sense of you conclude "well, nature is all there is, because thats what we observe". Seems circular to me. Like naming someone Billy, and then saying "the birth cirtificate shows that that was his only possible name".
maybe?
Still doesn't explain why gods need special rules just for them to keep them from falling into the "imaginary" category.
Maybe because what you call imaginary is actually real but beyond your physical perceptions. That falls into the realm of supernatural.
Let me ask you this.....
Maybe because what you call imaginary is actually real but beyond your physical perceptions. That falls into the realm of supernatural.
If it is beyond physical perceptions how do you know it is real?
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[FONT="]McCOY: What more is there than the universe, Spock?[/FONT]
[FONT="]DECKER: Other, dimensions, higher levels of beings.[/FONT]
[FONT="]SPOCK: The existence of which cannot be proved logically, therefore V'Ger is incapable of believing in them.[/FONT]
[FONT="]KIRK: What V'Ger needs in order to evolve is a human quality. Our capacity to leap beyond logic.[/FONT]
[FONT="]DECKER: And joining with its Creator might accomplish that.[/FONT]
Such as?Still doesn't explain why gods need special rules just for them to keep them from falling into the "imaginary" category.
Only if you presume that the world can exist without them.
Maybe because what you call imaginary is actually real but beyond your physical perceptions.
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