The meaning and purpose of the names of YHWH

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Re: The meaning and purpose of the names of YHWH

Post by sgttomas » Sun Jul 17, 2011 7:04 pm

Fair enough.

I hope you change your mind some day.

The likeness of Jesus is that of Adam. God said "be" and he was.

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Prophet Muhammad (God send peace and blessings upon him) is reported to have said, "God says 'I am as My servant thinks I am' " ~ Sahih Al-Bukhari, Vol 9 #502 (Chapter 93, "Oneness of God")

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Re: The meaning and purpose of the names of YHWH

Post by Kane Augustus » Sun Jul 31, 2011 3:15 pm

sgttomas wrote:
Metacrock wrote:Jesus is the incarnation of the second person of the Trinity.
I was a good Lutheran for a time, so I'll chime in with the phrase we repeated time and again in our study of Luther's catechism.

"What does this mean?"

Also, my argument is that the Trinity belief augments the God-notion with accidental properties. This is impossible for God. God is Necessary Being. There is real structure to my argument here. Find something that undermines it.

-sgtt
Find something that undermines the Trinitarian God of Christianity? Simple enough: the fact that there isn't a whit of evidence to verify his existence.

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Re: The meaning and purpose of the names of YHWH

Post by Kane Augustus » Sun Jul 31, 2011 3:23 pm

sgttomas wrote:Fair enough.

I hope you change your mind some day.

The likeness of Jesus is that of Adam. God said "be" and he was.

Peace,
-sgttomas
This doesn't really cut against the grain of Christian testimony. 1 Cor. 15:45 and Romans 5:12 refers to Jesus as the second Adam. Irenaeus, one of the most famous of the early church fathers coined the doctrine of recapitulation, which should give you some insight into the the Adam ---> Jesus relationship. It's quite interesting, I think.

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Re: The meaning and purpose of the names of YHWH

Post by mdsimpson92 » Tue Aug 02, 2011 10:29 pm

Sorry, sggtomas told me a few weeks ago that he is taking another extended break from the forums in order to continue studies.
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Re: The meaning and purpose of the names of YHWH

Post by Kane Augustus » Wed Aug 03, 2011 3:44 pm

mdsimpson92 wrote:Sorry, sggtomas told me a few weeks ago that he is taking another extended break from the forums in order to continue studies.
That's fine. Anyone is free to respond to my criticism.

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