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1 | how can suicide be the same | Eph 5:29 | jlhetrick | 155840 | ||
Hi Doc, I am either very misunderstood (poor poor me) or there continues to be a play on words (which is common on the forum so responses to my posts should be no exception). So, here we go: If you wear the "all or nothing" epithet as it might be defined by my presented rational, then I'm sorry. Your are one of the most knowledgeable members on the forum regarding the scriptures and the exegesis therof. Therefore, I find your statement concerning (unless of course it is in fact a play on words). Gen 6:17 And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy ALL flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and EVERY THING that is in the earth shall die. (KJV) (I added capital lettering for emphasis). God said ALL, He said EVERY THING. Did He mean "all", absolutely EVERY THING? Did He mean it in the "all or nothing" kind of reasoning? If He did, Noah and his family and all those animals sure got away with a big one. Case rested: Jeff |
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2 | how can suicide be the same | Eph 5:29 | DocTrinsograce | 155846 | ||
Hi, Jeff... That is what we call a specious argument. No one arrives at such conclusions because aspects of common language are understood. For example, Genesis 32:31 says, "the sun rose." We understand this to be a phenomenological statement. No one would say that the Bible is promoting the geocentric theory of the universe. I have an astronomy and physics background. I have friends now actively doing research in the field. In common parlance they say things like, "I'll be working until sun rise." They are not making statements of a cosmological nature! :-) As I've affirmed before, the best explainer of Scripture is Scripture. Your example of "all flesh" further fails in that it attempts to pin God down out of the context of the passage as a whole. In this case, one must look at all of the statements of God in Genesis 6 and 7 to gain the sense of what He is saying. You keep mentioning people twisting your words. One must be cautious to set a proper example, let one looses all credibility. In Him, Doc |
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3 | how can suicide be the same | Eph 5:29 | jlhetrick | 155851 | ||
Doc, specious argument. Thanks for putting a name that represents my entire argument. But I can see that you still are not following. Using big words to explain what I have spent several posts explaining and then following up with a paragraph that attempts to unsubstantiate my argument that you articulately agree with doesn't follow. My example of "all flesh" did exactly the opposite of what you state here. What it did was invalidate the attempt of another to "pin God down" by using the literal definition of a single word to give meaning to a verse and passage that doesn't exist. Please consider and take your offered advise at the end of your last post to me. It most obviously applies in your response here. Jeff |
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