Subject: "sons of God saw daughters of men?" |
Bible Note: Thank you for the response Quvmoh- I wasn't overly concerned about your coming across as offensive to Tim just wanted to add some thought on the discussion. Also, I don't want to come across as offensive to you, nor do I want to "play" on your words but I'm a bit concerned about how I am interpreting your position and would like to call attention to it. In one post you stated you were: "merely using the passages you quoted to better strengthen my own claims." Again, please don't feel that I am nit-picking and/or playing on your words because that is not at all my intent. My intent is to call attention to what might be some degree of wrong approach to doctrine, more specifically, how one's doctrine should be established. My biggest concern is with your statement that you were "merely using the passages you quoted to better strengthen my own claims." If I am understanding you I should advise that this does not seem an appropriate approach to establishing bible doctrine. Scripture should never be USED to support OUR CLAIMS (caps not used for yelling but emphasis). Rather, we should only claim what Scripture undeniably declares. So herin may lie the problem with these recent exchanges. If we "claim" a position on any issue and then set out to support that position with Scripture we are most likely to ignor or denie other positions that might have just as much or more support from Scripture. In the end, we end up believing something that may in fact not be true. That is why it is important, as Tim Moran pointed out, that we don't make any claims at all that we can not absolutely find declared by God Himself in His Word. In your recent post (the one I am responding to) you wrote that you are "convicted to ensure that Context is not taken lightly and that my own claims are within context and well founded". That statement might suggest that my interpretation of your approach to doctrine may be wrong but I did want to clarify. So with the issue at hand, considering the opposing views, I believe that we are left with the fact that either side can be argued with Scripture but neither is necessarily "well founded". In other words, we just don't know. Thanks for your time and God bless, Jeff |