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I've always thought the demons destroyed the pigs just as they seek to kill and destroy the sheep (Jn 10:10), maybe even a metaphor for such.Anything to get away from the Lord, is my guess. Plus the need to be disguised, hidden. I don't think it was the demons' plan for the pigs to drown. But even that was at some distance from him.
The pigs wasn't having any of that, their natural instinct kicked in lol... their known to fight to the death fearless, they can be vicious.I've always thought the demons destroyed the pigs just as they seek to kill and destroy the sheep (Jn 10:10), maybe even a metaphor for such.
I also wonder if God created himself with clothes on or off.God created Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, and he created them nude... He declared his work good.
After eating from the tree of knowledge Adam and Eve felt shame at their nudity.... Why? What was wrong with nudity? Clothes were contrary to God's plan for humanity...
I don't understand why Adam and Eve decided nudity was shameful when it was God's wish for us to be nude... how can it be sin?
Simply because A&E became aware of themselves and were no longer indifferent like your dog or cat appear to be. Couple that with their new knowledge of good and evil and right aware they judged themselves and were ashamed. Man of course took this a step further judging each other while trying to shame.
God did not create himself. He was not created. He is self-existent.I also wonder if God created himself with clothes on or off.
Existence itself comes FROM HIM. There is no brute fact, but God. Reality and fact itself is based on God. He doesn't answer to them but they to him.Who initiated his self existence?
If it already existed it did not need to create itself.But look at the simple fact that for anything to create itself, it must first exist to be able to create at all.
Exactly. Self-existent first cause. Even existence itself derives from him.If it already existed it did not need to create itself.
Yes, very much so, and I am thoroughly pleased to hear someone besides myself say it for once, though I have to say, it can be misleading to say that God is "part of existence". The fact that he exists is obvious; but to then assume he is exists by the principle of existence in the same way we do, is false. Existence is what it is, because it proceeds FROM him. He is not defined by it. He is not like us!God, although part of, lives outside what we perceive as existence.
Agreed. When we say it proceeds from Him does that not make it a part of Him?The fact that he exists is obvious; but to then assume he is exists by the principle of existence in the same way we do, is false. Existence is what it is, because it proceeds FROM him. He is not defined by it. He is not like us!
I tend to think that way, yes. But even saying that causes us to think we know what THAT means! There are several good theological philosophical results of thinking about the Nature of God. My favorite, of course, is the Aseity of God. But probably my next favorite is Divine Simplicity, which says (among other things) that all the things we consider God's attributes are not separate in God, not parts of God. Yet, we don't know how to deal with them all together at once —we are bound to consider each separately due to our small minds— yet we must recognize that none of them is without all the others. For eg. when "his anger carries him along" it does not mean he is not also merciful; it doesn't mean he has lost his temper, even if it does mean that there is more imminent danger than we can even conceive of.Agreed. When we say it proceeds from Him does that not make it a part of Him?
Yep. We have reason to think that God's mere thought has more substance than the things we consider real. Tough one to get your mind around. Abstract upon abstract.Most people would find it difficult to accept that we may be a mere thought
Like a digital virtual reality these day trying to understand analogue, let alone the human creator behind itself.We have reason to think that God's mere thought has more substance than the things we consider real
But that contradicts what you just said.Exactly. Self-existent first cause. Even existence itself derives from him.
Who initiated his self existence?
God created Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, and he created them nude... He declared his work good.
After eating from the tree of knowledge Adam and Eve felt shame at their nudity.... Why? What was wrong with nudity? Clothes were contrary to God's plan for humanity...
I don't understand why Adam and Eve decided nudity was shameful when it was God's wish for us to be nude... how can it be sin?
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