2009/9/7 Pat <[email protected]>: > On 7 Sep, 15:42, Simon Ewins <[email protected]> wrote: >> 2009/9/7 Pat <[email protected]>: >> If it serves God's greater purpose for Pat to be confused about what >> God wants how can you possibly claim to know what that is? How can you >> know whether or not it serves God's greater purpose for you to be >> confused? > > I know my purpose. It's really that simple.
That cannot be correct. From what you have said about God's will, the best you can say is that you know what God has allowed you to know about your purpose. Would you not say that there is vastly more that God knows that he has not made you aware of than that he has? So, again, how can you know at all whether God's purpose involves confusing you about his purpose or not? > Again, while it might > 'sound' arrogant, it's come after years of self-probing and self- > assessment and, as you say, a few experiences that are rather > revelatory. Revelatory experiences are self-validating. If you believe that God revealed his purpose to you then God must exist else it could not have been God who so revealed. Revelatory experiences are real to the one experiencing them but are too tautological to be used as an argument with anyone other than yourself. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
