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Discussion in 'Baptist Theology & Bible Study' started by humblethinker, May 23, 2012.

  1. HankD

    HankD Well-Known Member
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    If backed into a corner I would still choose the inability to understand the eternal state, although it's not exactly a white-knuckle choice - maybe a little pink with a firm grip.

    HT your view of passage and sequence is reasonable though I disagree.


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  2. OldRegular

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    Actually there is sometimes a problem with the prefix a.

    For example when used relative to the millennium as in amillennial. Now those who hold amillennial beliefs do believe in a millennium; yet the prefix a implies no millennium.
     
  3. Cypress

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    I am in agreement with you on this one.
     
  4. humblethinker

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    Hank, you're alright... If I were a drinkin' man I'd buy you a beer! ;-)
    Pink knuckles are alright... just so long as they weren't brass knuckles!
     
  5. humblethinker

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    Typo.... the first question should read "What does our idea of God gain by Him being atemporal?" (removed the 'not')
     
  6. OldRegular

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    Given the meaning of temporal that is a strange, even ridiculous, question.

    Definition of TEMPORAL
    http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/temporal

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    a : of or relating to time as opposed to eternity
    b : of or relating to earthly life
    c : lay or secular rather than clerical or sacred : civil <lords temporal>
    2
    : of or relating to grammatical tense or a distinction of time
    3
    a : of or relating to time as distinguished from space
    b : of or relating to the sequence of time or to a particular time : chronological
     
  7. saturneptune

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    We have finite minds in relation to eternity. We exist in time and space. Eternity may or may not have elements of each, one or neither. For that matter, is our state in eternity the same as before the Lord created anything? Unless we stumble across some kind of mechanism to bridge the way we are now with eternity, only dying will answer these questions. My guess is that Stargate will remain on the SyFy channel.
     
  8. HankD

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    Thanks HT, if I were still a drinking man, I would accept.
    No brass knuckles for/from me.

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  9. humblethinker

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    yes, i can agree but that is specifically why in earlier posts I made these comments to better clarify the use of words:

     
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