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Recent Content by John of Japan

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    Is it relevant what someone did as a teenager 35 years ago?

    Thank you. That makes sense.
    Post by: John of Japan, Sep 18, 2018 at 8:44 AM in forum: General Baptist Discussions
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    Is it relevant what someone did as a teenager 35 years ago?

    Seems like that would be the very first bit of corroborating evidence: someone not involved who remembered that he was there. But all we have...
    Post by: John of Japan, Sep 18, 2018 at 8:29 AM in forum: General Baptist Discussions
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    Dispensationalism - yea or nay.

    I just read your Post #82 and saw no question mark, no interrogative sentence. In fact, you said that you prefer not to debate me. So please...
    Post by: John of Japan, Sep 18, 2018 at 7:48 AM in forum: Other Discussions
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    Dispensationalism - yea or nay.

    I was under the impression that, like others in covenant theology and other theologies (amil, postmil, etc.), you believe that the church is the...
    Post by: John of Japan, Sep 18, 2018 at 7:45 AM in forum: Other Discussions
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    Dispensationalism - yea or nay.

    Ryrie has this difference between the church and Israel as a sine qua non of dispensational theology. You can't be a dispensationalist without...
    Post by: John of Japan, Sep 17, 2018 at 1:55 PM in forum: Other Discussions
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    Dispensationalism - yea or nay.

    Well, glad we got that all sorted out. :) But I didn't "seem to say," I thought I was very plain that dispensationalism does not require a belief...
    Post by: John of Japan, Sep 17, 2018 at 12:54 PM in forum: Other Discussions
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    Dispensationalism - yea or nay.

    Precisely. That means what you said was harsh, not that you are a harsh person. That's English 101. If I had meant you are a harsh person, I would...
    Post by: John of Japan, Sep 17, 2018 at 12:18 PM in forum: Other Discussions
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    Dispensationalism - yea or nay.

    No, I didn't. That's a false accusation. I only pointed out that you said some harsh things (criticizing what you said). That does not mean I...
    Post by: John of Japan, Sep 17, 2018 at 11:35 AM in forum: Other Discussions
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    Dispensationalism - yea or nay.

    You want me to condense a scholarly monograph into a BB post??? There's no secret, just a dissertation on the meanings of some key Greek words....
    Post by: John of Japan, Sep 17, 2018 at 11:17 AM in forum: Other Discussions
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    Dispensationalism - yea or nay.

    Well...if you say so. :Biggrin
    Post by: John of Japan, Sep 17, 2018 at 11:13 AM in forum: Other Discussions
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    Dispensationalism - yea or nay.

    By no means. Even Ernest Sandeen does not say this in his history of Fundamentalism, which postulates that the movement came from the 19th century...
    Post by: John of Japan, Sep 17, 2018 at 11:01 AM in forum: Other Discussions
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    Dispensationalism - yea or nay.

    How in the world would I know??:rolleyes: What I gain by refuting Smith: 00.0 Well, you've already been quite harsh, so what do I gain by...
    Post by: John of Japan, Sep 17, 2018 at 10:56 AM in forum: Other Discussions
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    Dispensationalism - yea or nay.

    This is not a valid description of Fundamentalism in any way, shape or form. All the fundamentalists I know are willing to compromise in various...
    Post by: John of Japan, Sep 17, 2018 at 9:53 AM in forum: Other Discussions
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    Dispensationalism - yea or nay.

    I have no desire to refute Smith or anyone else. That's not how I spend my time. Smith has no rep as a theologian, especially in eschatology. (In...
    Post by: John of Japan, Sep 17, 2018 at 9:45 AM in forum: Other Discussions
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    Dispensationalism - yea or nay.

    I have no idea what you are talking about. Neither my father or grandfather (preachers) were dispensationalists, though I am, and no shunning ever...
    Post by: John of Japan, Sep 17, 2018 at 8:51 AM in forum: Other Discussions