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By your own logic then that Roman God is real. Right?
Absolutely.

We call them "fallen angels" though, not "Roman Gods."

As Satan put it:

Isaiah 14:14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.

As God puts it:

Isaiah 44:6 Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God.
 
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Absolutely.

We call them "fallen angels" though, not "Roman Gods."

As Satan put it:

Isaiah 14:14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.

As God puts it:

Isaiah 44:6 Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God.
Of course you do.
 
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Of course you do.
You bet I do.

I'm not obligated to make the dean's list because I'm being taught people believed they were gods.

The Bible exposes them as fallen angels.
 
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No. I said exactly what I meant to say.
So did you learn anything? or do you still think Saturday is named after a belief in a god, that's really a fallen angel in disguise?
 
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The part in red is where a Panentheist would stand.
 
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Absolutely.

We call them "fallen angels" though, not "Roman Gods."

As Satan put it:

Isaiah 14:14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.

As God puts it:

Isaiah 44:6 Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God.
Of course. The special pleading defence - it beats allcomers with a simple handwave.
 
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Of course. The special pleading defence - it beats allcomers with a simple handwave.
It's the 'just my beliefs under another name' ploy. It typically implies that the original believers were mistaken about their own beliefs... which is hubris a level beyond the appropriation and revision of pagan festivals to Christian ones.
 
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It's the 'just my beliefs under another name' ploy. It typically implies that the original believers were mistaken about their own beliefs... which is hubris a level beyond the appropriation and revision of pagan festivals to Christian ones.

Ironically though the same could be applied in reverse. This is where I don't evangelicals realize the implications of this. By implying or stating that everyone else is wrong about their respective beliefs, the evangelical is just opening the door to that their own beliefs are perceived as wrong.
 
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Ironically though the same could be applied in reverse. This is where I don't evangelicals realize the implications of this. By implying or stating that everyone else is wrong about their respective beliefs, the evangelical is just opening the door to that their own beliefs are perceived as wrong.
To paraphrase George Orwell, All interpretations of the bible are equal but MY interpretation is more equal than yours.
 
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You keep trying to play the Master Card, but I only want to Discover what is detectable.

I remain unimpressed with the idea that these "magesteria" are separate, and frankly whether one of the concepts is "majestic" at all.
 
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