tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363362.post3378839063687812008..comments2024-03-14T08:15:15.207-07:00Comments on CADRE Comments: How Should I Be A Sceptic -- an unwanted level of religious complexity?BKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01967809861892681780noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363362.post-20140973302378553672010-02-04T06:52:52.734-08:002010-02-04T06:52:52.734-08:00{{But what in your opinion can damn a soul eternal...{{But what in your opinion can damn a soul eternally?}}<br /><br />Not that this has anything specifically to do with the chapter I was posting up there (I don't really address that sort of thing for another several hundred pages): but since I'm a universalist, I'd go with something more like option b.<br /><br />And since this is an ecumenical apologetics site, I don't usually Jason Pratthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01602238179676591394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363362.post-55553711228201361092010-02-04T06:33:58.885-08:002010-02-04T06:33:58.885-08:00A facetiously simple sceptic, ladies and gentlemen...A facetiously simple sceptic, ladies and gentlemen! Thanks for extending my example, Ed.<br /><br />(I'm almost certain I borrowed the "1st-century Palestinian sandal in geosynchronous orbit over Israel" example from Ed in the first place. Gosh, 25% of my life ago now. I feel old. {s!})<br /><br />{{The story of Moses' "ascension into heaven" was also well known}}<br /Jason Pratthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01602238179676591394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363362.post-12168285533419895282010-02-03T15:46:22.718-08:002010-02-03T15:46:22.718-08:00The story of Moses' "ascension into heave...The story of Moses' "ascension into heaven" was also well known as Josephus demonstrates. As was the story of a voice from heaven calling the Roman emperor Augustus, saying he has gone up. Such stories preceded the creation of the Gospels.<br /><br />Concerning the case of Jesus' "ascension in the sky past the clouds" in Acts, and the promise to come again one day, Edwardtbabinskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13036816926421936940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363362.post-65077148197396566642010-02-03T15:36:47.053-08:002010-02-03T15:36:47.053-08:00So Lewis is using the horrid red things of a child...So Lewis is using the horrid red things of a child's imagination as an analogy for why Bible believers should be open to jettisoning the most embarassing questionable statements in the Bible and instead interpret such matters less literally. He (and/or you) are saying that Bible beleivers ought to concentrate on the bigger broader question of what can poison or damn the soul eternally? <br />Edwardtbabinskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13036816926421936940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363362.post-89340195018818491612008-05-24T09:03:00.000-07:002008-05-24T09:03:00.000-07:00I should also point out, however, that there were ...I should also point out, however, that there were apparently some times when He was disappointed that they weren't picking up on something fast enough. {s} "How is it that ye do not understand!?"<BR/><BR/>So the story, and the history, isn't about some mere mystery-mongering (even in the most positive sense that description would apply.) But learning is a process, which to some extent has to Jason Pratthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01602238179676591394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363362.post-25315748298056400502008-05-23T19:14:00.000-07:002008-05-23T19:14:00.000-07:00Evidently, He did not even intend that His listene...<I>Evidently, He did not even intend that His listeners would understand Him instantly! He expected them to work it out themselves; and sometimes the greater impact of what He said had to wait until His followers had other data at hand.</I><BR/><BR/>I never thought about that before. Great observation.Lesliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05454747871999481708noreply@blogger.com