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By: Dave C

Dave C — Wed, 23 Nov 2005 18:20:15 +0000

And I’ve never thought about Jesus dying Body and SPIRIT. – but that makes sense too.

Life in blood – is the reason why even in the New Testament, we are not supposed to eat blood – you’ll find the original reference somewhere in Moses’ dietary laws.

And yes – I did laugh!

Dave C.

By: Henri

Henri — Wed, 23 Nov 2005 16:43:29 +0000

>> I have an illustration that makes sense (at least to me):

Very interesting illustration, Dave! I’ve often thought about that God isn’t bound by our time-frame, and how one moment on the cross can thus literally be like “all” moments on the cross… so in fact Jesus is “always” dying for us.

But I’ve never thought about his literal blood actually being the life, etc. That’s an interesting concept.

Also, I like the divide by 0 comment.

Reminds me of a joke I heard once. Geek joke, but finally I found someone who will “get it”.

Q. What happens when God divides by zero?

A. A big bang.

heh. Nobody else I know will laugh at this, but I think you might.

By: Henri

Henri — Wed, 23 Nov 2005 13:45:41 +0000

>> If this is where you are, can-I-getta â€œhell yeah!â€?

Hell yeah! Exactly what I am thinking. One day I’ll learn to write as well as you, my master.

By: cara

cara — Wed, 23 Nov 2005 13:35:14 +0000

my head hurts.

By: Corrie

Corrie — Wed, 23 Nov 2005 06:22:16 +0000

You wrote:
“In a nutshell, I do not believe the bible to be â€œinfallibleâ€, in the sense we are talking about. I believe it is â€œsubjectâ€ to the interpretation and understanding given to us by the holy spirit.”
and then you write, “I have never seen an example of what I feel is true HS given revolution or conviction that directly contradicted the bible.”

Actually, Henri, I think we’re on the same page. I think the word your looking for is “literal”, not “infallible”. As you’ve said, and I agree, there’s never been a case where the true HS has contradicted scripture, so the infallibility of the Bible is still in tact. However, and I agree with you here as well, the “literal” interpretation of the Bible is subject to serious contradictions. For instance, When Jesus said that it is better to gouge out your eye and enter heaven sans eye than have your whole body burn in the pit of flames, I don’t think literally we are to gouge our eyes out at the fist sign of topless Corsicans running about. Yet we do take the “pit of flames” thing oddly literally in our dogma of hell. Same sentence. The HS can help us to sort out what is literal, what is alegorical, and what is cultural.
If this is where you are, can-I-getta “hell yeah!”?