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    Quote Originally Posted by Philipvs Vallindervs Calicvla View Post
    To be honest, I don't think even Rhy actually likes his God, Adrian.

    What about my infinitely merciful, benevolant, loving and compassionate God. Are your children better off without His as well?
    Nah he's a great guy. All I am saying is that temporal sufferings should not be used as an argument for God being nasty, when in fact all the harsh things throughout the OT are in some respect done for the good of the church. I'm not just talking about the slaying of the reprobate either. Even for those in covenant with God, look at their lives. Abraham, David, Moses, and most obviously Job; none of these guys had it easy, and yet their wordly sufferings were all in some way for their spiritual good.

    As for your God being merficul, you don't even believe he died on the cross for our sins! You believe he only let Christ's human nature suffer in that respect.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Adrian II View Post
    As long as he keeps his hands to himself.

    But it is not the god of the bible you are talking about here. It is a god of your own choice and your own making. You make him up as you go really. In one post you state that a person can not know another person's substance, let alone god's substance. Yet in another post you discuss god's 'threefold substance' as if he had been your bowling partner for the last 25 years.

    Arghh, millions of Napoleons
    You still haven't asked why I support Trinitarian doctrine.

    The "God of the Bible" is a complete non-entity, you have to sift the books to see the shape God leaves begind. I sift the Gospels, Rhy sifts the Prophets etc.

    Quote Originally Posted by Rhyfelwyr View Post
    As for your God being merficul, you don't even believe he died on the cross for our sins! You believe he only let Christ's human nature suffer in that respect.
    What I believe is that we are saved through His infinite mercy, as exemplified by His sacrifice, and that the message of forgiveness and repentance can only be conveyed through the suffering of a God and King for His people.

    As I said, I don't seperate Christ's natures, but I make the distinction between how the should be percieved, and how He can be percieved in different contexts. Such as whether he speaks primarily as a Man or a God. This is exactly the same distinction as I make about myself, depending on whether I am speaking as a Clerk or a Christian.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Adrian II View Post
    In one post you state that a person can not know another person's substance, let alone god's substance. Yet in another post you discuss god's 'threefold substance' as if he had been your bowling partner for the last 25 years.
    Knowledge of the particular manifestations of God are a different matter entirely from knowledge of what God actually is. For example, we can claim that the Godhead is present in Christ, without comprehending the substance of the Godhead any more than if it was not.

    Quote Originally Posted by Philipvs Vallindervs Calicvla View Post
    What I believe is that we are saved through His infinite mercy, as exemplified by His sacrifice, and that the message of forgiveness and repentance can only be conveyed through the suffering of a God and King for His people.
    Ah, the substitutionary atonement debate. Well, most of Christendom is with me on this one at least.
    At the end of the day politics is just trash compared to the Gospel.

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    I've seen the concept of suffering come up several times in this thread. If you suffer, why not try to end it?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Hax View Post
    I've seen the concept of suffering come up several times in this thread. If you suffer, why not try to end it?
    Hehe, Buddhism and you... This is not the time to recite the Four Noble Truths about Duhka, Hax. We are on the topic of Judeo-Christianity and Islam.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Hax View Post
    I've seen the concept of suffering come up several times in this thread. If you suffer, why not try to end it?
    Someone has to suffer, I'd rather it was me than anyone else. I am ashamed to say there are some people I am much more willing to suffer for than others.

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    Hehe, Buddhism and you... This is not the time to recite the Four Noble Truths about Duhka, Hax. We are on the topic of Judeo-Christianity and Islam.
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    In any case, I thought about it. I think the big issue with Christianity that most people have is the fact that there is no room for anything else. People dislikes absolutism. Most need it, but they dislike it still.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rhyfelwyr View Post
    For example, we can claim that the Godhead is present in Christ, without comprehending the substance of the Godhead any more than if it was not.
    I refer the honourable member to the ghost in my backyard.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Adrian II View Post
    I refer the honourable member to the ghost in my backyard.
    Is this Ghost only in your backyard? If he is, how are we supposed to check if he exists or not.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Philipvs Vallindervs Calicvla View Post
    Is this Ghost only in your backyard? If he is, how are we supposed to check if he exists or not.
    I infract, therefore I am.

    "If there is a sin against life, it consists not so much in despairing as in hoping for another life and in eluding the implacable grandeur of this one."
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