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Hi neogaia,
I'm going to assume that you live your life in some vein of fantasy to even ask such a question. Data doesn't exist. The real live person who portrays him is a real live person. Data is merely a fantasy android dreamed up to make a fictional story, but...
If there were such a possibility and he always sought for truth, then he would conclude from reading the Scriptures that this realm in which we live was created by a loving and all powerful being who refers to Himself as God to us. He would conclude that all humans sin, but the gift that this loving and all powerful God offers to each and every person is eternal life with Him. He would also conclude that all those who refused this offer of eternal life would live eternally separated from the creator, known as God.
God bless you as you wander the fantasies of your mind.
In Christ, Ted
I'm going to assume that you live your life in some vein of fantasy to even ask such a question. Data doesn't exist. The real live person who portrays him is a real live person. Data is merely a fantasy android dreamed up to make a fictional story, but...
If there were such a possibility and he always sought for truth, then he would conclude from reading the Scriptures that this realm in which we live was created by a loving and all powerful being who refers to Himself as God to us. He would conclude that all humans sin, but the gift that this loving and all powerful God offers to each and every person is eternal life with Him. He would also conclude that all those who refused this offer of eternal life would live eternally separated from the creator, known as God.
God bless you as you wander the fantasies of your mind.
In Christ, Ted
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1 Corinthians 2:14-16 says:
We see that the apostles and those in the apostolic church who followed their lead, had correct understanding because they permitted the Spirit of God to guide their analytical minds and sweep aside the biases and emotional loyalties associated with the sinful mind.
By way of contrast, protestant churches claim that their doctrines and practices are based on the Bible and the Spirit of God's guidance. Yet they cling to and promote mutually conflicting teachings and practices. So in fact their declarations are found to be without foundation. (The Roman Catholic church does not indulge in such pretences about the Bible, etc.)
In the light of the above, might it not make sense that:
- If a person were able and willing to put aside everything they had ever been taught (directly and indirectly) about what is termed “the Gospel”,
- (Which in reality is God's unfolding blueprint for the restoration of all things (Acts 3:21)),
- (And which includes the rescue of Mankind from the condemnation it has been under),
- And read the Bible as it was actually written, with fresh eyes,
- Including the Old Testament, which, as it was written (without the interpretations laid on it by some forms of modern Christianity), was able to lead people to salvation – 2 Timothy 3:15,
- That person would end up with a closer understanding of Apostolic teaching than that person now has,
- And that person might be left with a significantly different perspective of the divinely revealed Gospel – different from what they have been taught.
Of course, the person would have to count and face the cost of possessing and expressing such enlightened understanding, were it indeed to be different – rejection, vilification, ostracism, etc.
Were Data of Star Trek to be real, he would have no problem with the pre-conditioning that normal people are bound by.
He would be able to discern the logical unfolding of God's rescue plan, and see how the Scriptures all tie together in a logical, single-authored whole – an integrated whole, devoid of the distortions that churches are forced to impose in support of their doctrines.
Were he able to marvel, he would marvel at the gullible loyalties that humans indulge in towards their religious organisations, and towards concepts that are not based on the Book that he had analysed.
I suspect that Mr. Spock would reach the same conclusions.
The Bible as it was written is wonderful and clear. It bears reading afresh in that light, without the doctrinal filters that cloud its true message.
The full passage encompasses 1 Corinthians 2:8-16.
We see that the apostles and those in the apostolic church who followed their lead, had correct understanding because they permitted the Spirit of God to guide their analytical minds and sweep aside the biases and emotional loyalties associated with the sinful mind.
By way of contrast, protestant churches claim that their doctrines and practices are based on the Bible and the Spirit of God's guidance. Yet they cling to and promote mutually conflicting teachings and practices. So in fact their declarations are found to be without foundation. (The Roman Catholic church does not indulge in such pretences about the Bible, etc.)
In the light of the above, might it not make sense that:
- If a person were able and willing to put aside everything they had ever been taught (directly and indirectly) about what is termed “the Gospel”,
- (Which in reality is God's unfolding blueprint for the restoration of all things (Acts 3:21)),
- (And which includes the rescue of Mankind from the condemnation it has been under),
- And read the Bible as it was actually written, with fresh eyes,
- Including the Old Testament, which, as it was written (without the interpretations laid on it by some forms of modern Christianity), was able to lead people to salvation – 2 Timothy 3:15,
- That person would end up with a closer understanding of Apostolic teaching than that person now has,
- And that person might be left with a significantly different perspective of the divinely revealed Gospel – different from what they have been taught.
Of course, the person would have to count and face the cost of possessing and expressing such enlightened understanding, were it indeed to be different – rejection, vilification, ostracism, etc.
Were Data of Star Trek to be real, he would have no problem with the pre-conditioning that normal people are bound by.
He would be able to discern the logical unfolding of God's rescue plan, and see how the Scriptures all tie together in a logical, single-authored whole – an integrated whole, devoid of the distortions that churches are forced to impose in support of their doctrines.
Were he able to marvel, he would marvel at the gullible loyalties that humans indulge in towards their religious organisations, and towards concepts that are not based on the Book that he had analysed.
I suspect that Mr. Spock would reach the same conclusions.
The Bible as it was written is wonderful and clear. It bears reading afresh in that light, without the doctrinal filters that cloud its true message.
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