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And that is not hard to understand when their God is an absentee God created by man and He does not come around to end the slander.
I guess He has no need for man to have the real facts.
Is that what a good God does?
Not if it was a good God.
As WIP "cells" of God consciousness . . . we have to become independently self-determined . . . not obedient dependent wusses. That's the whole point of "free will and Dominion."
As WIP "cells" of God consciousness . . . we have to become independently self-determined . . . not obedient dependent wusses. That's the whole point of "free will and Dominion."
That being the case, we are free to ignore scripture and recognize that they are generated by the thoughts of man and not God.
If inspired by God then they cannot be independently self-determined by man.
I see them as the letter of the law "training wheels" stage of developing the spirit of the law understanding about "love of God and each other."
Hmm.
You just killed your own "we have to become independently self-determined".
I cannot say that I am letting my child be independently self-determined if I put training wheels on his/her bike.
That being the case, we are free to ignore scripture and recognize that they are generated by the thoughts of man and not God.
If inspired by God then they cannot be independently self-determined by man.
Non sequitur. The focus of ALL life is maturation . . . NOT "popping into being in full flower." The sprout may need more help along the way than the sapling or the mighty oak . . . but they are ultimately on their own to develop their essential "oakness."
You just killed your own "we have to become independently self-determined".
I cannot say that I am letting my child be independently self-determined if I put training wheels on his/her bike.
This is why I resigned before and I do so again.
I do not have the time for one who does not understand a logic trail or ignores it.
I guess you missed this part . . . or ignored it because it refutes the premise on which your "logic trail" is based.If the premises are flawed the logic is pointless.
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Originally Posted by MysticPhD
Non sequitur. The focus of ALL life is maturation . . . NOT "popping into being in full flower." The sprout may need more help along the way than the sapling or the mighty oak . . . but they are ultimately on their own to develop their essential "oakness."
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