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Originally posted by jmdewey60
Look at Rex's avatar, with the detail of Da Vinci's painting of the Sistine Chapel ceiling. He believes his own imaginings are the direct gift from Go's mind, given directly to him without a mediator.
Did you get your knowledge of Rex as a "direct gift from Go's [sic] mind"?
Originally posted by Deetermined
It's about understanding.It will help me and anyone else who's reading this thread to understand how and why our views/beliefs could possibly be so different as they both relate to God/Jesus.edit on 29-7-2013 by Deetermined because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by Lazarus Short
reply to post by jmdewey60
OK, you have a basis for what you say, but I should not have had to call you out to get the context. It looks on the face of it that you're bashing Rex (and others) for no reason. Further, if you are really keeping tabs on this sort of thing, there is even less reason to interact with you. Sorry, but that's the way it looks from here.
Originally posted by Deetermined
reply to post by Rex282
Thanks for your reply.
I do have a better understanding of what you believe, although I may not agree with all of it (just some of it).
Originally posted by Deetermined
In the meanwhile, I thought of you when this thread popped up and I think you may be the best person to answer this individual's question...
www.abovetopsecret.com...
I saw this thread before and was going to stay out of it.Belief is a very strenuous subject and when it gets mixed with math even more so.I do have some non math thoughts on it .
False accusations are par for the course.
Originally posted by Deetermined
reply to post by Rex282
I saw this thread before and was going to stay out of it.Belief is a very strenuous subject and when it gets mixed with math even more so.I do have some non math thoughts on it .
Do you mind sharing both? If it makes it a little easier, just let it be known what parts you're willing to debate and comment on and which ones you won't, in case you fear it getting out of hand. You know, kind of like you did here.
Originally posted by jmdewey60
reply to post by Rex282
False accusations are par for the course.
I'm guessing you mean me.
All I am doing is stating some things that I know.
If you think I am wrong in some detail, you could correct that bit if you want.
Your silence seems to confirm that I got it right.edit on 30-7-2013 by jmdewey60 because: (no reason given)
. . . your personal false accusations are out of bounds.
Originally posted by Lazarus Short
This thread needs some new life too. It is fairly well played out, having degenerated into bickering, as all threads which are important seem to do. At some point we all must ask ourselves what is more important, the subject at hand, or ourselves and our egos.
Originally posted by Deetermined
reply to post by Rex282
That's because the thread needs some new life, ideas, and something truly to ponder.
Originally posted by Rex282
I think it's serving it's purpose...denying ignorance.I think that is an apt summation of all that we can do.No one can be convinced about the Truth.A man convinced against his "false free will" is unconvinced still....sorry I had to do that!!.
The fact is ...the good news won't be accepted.That's how it works.It has to be rejected as proof that man does not have free will to chose it.It is the modern day hardening of Pharaohs heart.Mankind can't comprehend God in any way by their mind.The salvation of all goes against their nature of selfishness and delusion.
Think of how many folks have read and studied the scriptures and can't see the Truth blaring in their face.There are pastors that studied scripture in cemeterys but don't understand any of it.It is truly a treasure hidden in a field.A pearl of great price.Hidden from the wise of this age that they may be fools.It's the way it works.We have to go down the wide path that leads to the gate of destruction....religion...until it is ground to powder.
It is impossible to judge anyone for that.God is doing it all...and everyone will do it.There are days I grow tired of getting rocks thrown at my head but better that than walking back down that wide path.The small payoff comes when someone else hears also.The servant is not above his master.I didn't sign up for this but I'm glad I got signed up.I didn't know what Yahoshua meant by your own house will be against you.I now know it well.It's on the job training learning to deflect the darts and when to pull out the sword.It's all part of the trip and it only intensifies.
just keep denying ignorance...it all works out.
Originally posted by Lazarus Short
I liked your wording: "...studied scripture in cemeterys...". Was the spelling intentional? Did you mean to say that cemetery = seminary? Whatever, I got a good chuckle out of it.
Originally posted by Lazarus Short
It occurs to me that the Man who finds the treasure hidden in a field or the pearl of great price, is none other than Jesus/Yahoshua. Most parables have Him as the main Subject. As the Bible states elsewhere, it is the glory of God to conceal a matter, just as Jesus hid the treasure He found in a field (the world), so that no one else would find it. In the same way, Jesus told His disciples the plain truth, but hid it in parables so that most would not understand. The Bible also states that it is the glory of Kings to uncover these things, and to me, it implies that anyone who can do this is (or will be?) a King.
Originally posted by Rex282
Yes ..and that is the dichotomy wrapped in a conundrum.It looks like teaching but it isn't.If Yahoshua was such a great teacher why didn't anyone understand what he said and why didn't he want them to.The general consensus on parables is they were so easy to understand..NOT!..they are impossible to understand!Yet sermons are full of the "deciphering".
I've said this so many times yet it is worth repeating.The parable of the soils and seed is the key parable to understanding all parables.The living word is the seed that must be sown in "fertile" soil for it to grow a good tree(not ethics or moral) that produces good fruit.The core of the parable is unless the seed(The LIVING word of God) is sown in fertile soil(dirt..adamah....man...ADAM!) it produces nothing but death.There is no "teaching" involved.It is all Gods doing..by revelation...apocalypse..which means unveiled or uncovering...covering means HELL!!...unhelled...and of course hades means the grave..the realm of death and imperception.
The culminating clincher is the closing statement.30,60,100 fold increase which is... a Fibonacci sequence.... absolutely BRILLIANT!!Yahoshua perfectly tied in the growing (salvation) of the living word/seed in man into the process which everything GROWS!!...and the cemetery preachers have not a clue.All of it is hidden only to be revealed.
Originally posted by Lazarus Short
Well said, no, more than well said.
I didn't know 30 - 60 - 100 was a Fibonacci sequence, but that blows me away!