which god is true and how do we establish this? It's the salient question for any theist. — Tom Storm
That seems to be some pretty mediocre apologetics... — Tom Storm
It's simple, if God is Truth, then anything of God is true. — Isaiasb
I realize this, but the question beyond his particularism remains; which god is true and how do we establish this? It's the salient question for any theist. — Tom Storm
The implication that the main, or perhaps even the only, alternative to a theistic morality is relativism ignores the history of Ethics back to Aristotle. It's just ignorant. — Banno
Absolute Truth comes from Plato, in short there is a Truth out there that isn’t relative. He explains this in his dialogues. — Isaiasb
Mormons are derived from Christianity so they would say that. — Isaiasb
And Mohammad claimed to deliver truth but he didn’t claim to be Truth. That’s the difference between Mohammad and Jesus. — Isaiasb
If Jesus is both God and Man he can’t “come by” his divinity. He is God, from beginning to end. — Isaiasb
has already changed his Absolute Truth several times in the past 4000 or so years. And, as you allow him to do anything he wants, and as he seems to have done quite a few things (slaughtering Egyptian babies and stealing their parents dishes comes to mind) that modern law doesn't allow, the absolute is wearing off his truth pretty fast.And the Old Testament wasn’t written for today it’s like saying Ancient Greece laws wouldn’t work today.
Jesus was fully human — Isaiasb
He is God, from beginning to end. — Isaiasb
Then I guess either God or John was lying. So... which?it's different then Greek Mythology where Zeus impregnates people. — Isaiasb
John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”
God was not really God back then and his truth wasn't really True? Then it must have gotten truer over time, and now its Absolute? Or it sudden became Absolute when God begat Plato or Jesus or Muhammad or Billy Graham. So... which?The old testament law wasn't Absolute, it never claimed to be so. — Isaiasb
Why are people engaging with this person? — Ciceronianus
Something to pass the time. Do tell about the lion! Does he eat Daniel this time? — Vera Mont
So... which? — Vera Mont
Then I guess either God or John was lying. So... which? — Vera Mont
John 3:16 doesn't say, God impregnated Mary and she gave birth to a son. Jesus was Begotten not Made. — Isaiasb
How did Adam beget all those kids without impregnating a woman? Probably Eve, there having been a scarcity of women at the time.Genesis 5:4 And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters:”
Right. So God is a Truth who lies to some people some of the time.God is Truth — Isaiasb
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