[TruthTalk] The value of history

2004-03-13 Thread Judy Taylor
From: "David Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Judy wrote:Bill we need to give credit where credit is due. I am using spiritual words to communicate spiritual truths and both of these come to me by way of the Holy Spirit. Not the Nicene Fathers.   I think the principle that you have lost sight of i

Re: [TruthTalk] The value of history

2004-03-12 Thread Wm. Taylor
Message - From: "David Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, March 12, 2004 2:20 PM Subject: RE: [TruthTalk] The value of history > Judy wrote: > > Bill we need to give credit where credit is due. > > I am using spiritual words to

Re: [TruthTalk] The value of history

2004-03-12 Thread Knpraise
In a message dated 3/12/2004 3:28:17 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: If Jesus Christ speaks through an ass or Athanasius, why should it matter? It's his prerogative. Drink deeply. Bill Ok, Ok   --- its just that if original thought is still possible, the judyt could have co

Re: [TruthTalk] The value of history

2004-03-12 Thread Wm. Taylor
ius, why should it matter? It's his prerogative. Drink deeply. Bill    - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 12, 2004 3:40 PM Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] The value of history In a message dated 3/12/2004 1:23:51 PM

Re: [TruthTalk] The value of history

2004-03-12 Thread Knpraise
In a message dated 3/12/2004 1:23:51 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Everybody has been impacted by those who have gone before us. True but      this does not mean that we are, therefore, incapable of arriving at conclusions that "given"  to us apart from this history. if

RE: [TruthTalk] The value of history

2004-03-12 Thread Kevin Deegan
DaveM says Does your knowledge of the words you use come ONLY by way ofthe Holy Spirit?  If so, then why did he teach you English and notHebrew?  Why not other languages?   because we have a english bible. If He taught us Hebrew we could not read our bibles.David Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

RE: [TruthTalk] The value of history

2004-03-12 Thread David Miller
Judy wrote: > Bill we need to give credit where credit is due. > I am using spiritual words to communicate spiritual > truths and both of these come to me by way of the > Holy Spirit. Not the Nicene Fathers. I think the principle that you have lost sight of is that none of us have lived in a va

[TruthTalk] The value of history

2004-03-12 Thread Judy Taylor
From: "Wm. Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> NKJ Colossians 2:3 -- "in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge."   jt: "and of Christ in whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge" Same as "I (Christ) am the Way, the Truth, and the Life" noone comes to the Father but

Re: [TruthTalk] The value of history

2004-03-12 Thread Wm. Taylor
treating me like I am? Bill - Original Message - From: Judy Taylor To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 12, 2004 6:57 AM Subject: [TruthTalk] The value of history From: "Wm. Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Judy, you wouldn't even know the w

[TruthTalk] The value of history

2004-03-12 Thread Judy Taylor
From: "Wm. Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Judy, you wouldn't even know the word "person" were it not for the early fathers. It didn't exist before them. They are the ones who invented it.   jt: Oh? And did the Nicene Fathers also come up with Colossians 2:3 also?   Why can't you be glad they cr

Re: [TruthTalk] The value of history

2004-03-12 Thread Wm. Taylor
riday, March 12, 2004 5:02 AM Subject: [TruthTalk] The value of history From: "David Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Dear Kevin and Judy, We are having problems communicating because of two faulty assumptions.Following are two assumptions that need to be examined:   1

[TruthTalk] The value of history

2004-03-12 Thread Judy Taylor
From: "David Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Dear Kevin and Judy, We are having problems communicating because of two faulty assumptions.Following are two assumptions that need to be examined:   1.  Does God's Word equal The Bible?  My answer:  No.    jt: My question then is, where are you going

Re: [TruthTalk] The value of history

2004-03-11 Thread Terry Clifton
David Miller wrote: Terry wrote: You might want to rethink this David. A pillar is used to hold something up. It "upholds". In my opinion, this verse means that the church upholds the truth contained in the Word. It does not establish the Word. It simply lives and teaches

RE: [TruthTalk] The value of history

2004-03-11 Thread David Miller
Terry wrote: > You might want to rethink this David. > A pillar is used to hold something up. > It "upholds". In my opinion, this verse > means that the church upholds the truth > contained in the Word. It does not establish > the Word. It simply lives and teaches what > the scriptures r

Re: [TruthTalk] The value of history

2004-03-11 Thread Kevin Deegan
Sort of like the verse that says the Apostles are the foundation.Terry Clifton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: You might want to rethink this David.  A pillar is used to hold something up.  It "upholds".  In my opinion, this verse means that the church upholds the truth contained in the Word.  It does

RE: [TruthTalk] The value of history

2004-03-11 Thread Kevin Deegan
Do you have "LIGHT" based experiences? David Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: DavidM says He is the light that lighteth every man who comes into the world, even those who have never read the Bible. Jesus Christ is found in history as well as in the Bible.Kevin wrote:> The thought of Christ being h

Re: [TruthTalk] The value of history

2004-03-11 Thread Terry Clifton
You might want to rethink this David.  A pillar is used to hold something up.  It "upholds".  In my opinion, this verse means that the church upholds the truth contained in the Word.  It does not establish the Word.  It simply lives and teaches what the scriptures reveal thro

RE: [TruthTalk] The value of history

2004-03-11 Thread David Miller
DavidM says He is the light that lighteth every man who comes into the world, even those who have never read the Bible. Jesus Christ is found in history as well as in the Bible. Kevin wrote: > The thought of Christ being here > or there is chilling to me. Judy wrote: > It's chilling to me al

RE: [TruthTalk] The value of history

2004-03-11 Thread Kevin Deegan
My answer  yes   How about the BIBLE word "scripture" for those fanatics out there that are worried about biblicists & stuff.   The church & the Apostles & tradition are AUTHORITIES with one caveat! They must align with the word! Is 8:20 if they speak not according to this word there is NO light i

RE: [TruthTalk] The value of history

2004-03-11 Thread David Miller
Dear Kevin and Judy, We are having problems communicating because of two faulty assumptions. Following are two assumptions that need to be examined: 1. Does God's Word equal The Bible? My answer: No. The Bible is God's Word, but God's Word is not the Bible. God's Word includes much more th

[TruthTalk] The value of history

2004-03-11 Thread Judy Taylor
From: Kevin Deegan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> DavidM says He is the light that lighteth every man who comes into the world, even those who have never read the Bible.  Jesus Christ is found in history as well as in the Bible. Thanks Judy for pointing out. jt: By what authority do you say Jesus Christ

Re: [TruthTalk] The value of history

2004-03-11 Thread Kevin Deegan
DavidM says He is the light that lighteth every man who comes into the world, even those who have never read the Bible.  Jesus Christ is found in history as well as in the Bible. Thanks Judy for pointing out. jt: By what authority do you say Jesus Christ is found everywhere? He is and has always b

[TruthTalk] The value of history

2004-03-10 Thread Judy Taylor
From: "David Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> The truth is that history is a body of knowledge from which all of us interpret and understand truth, > including truth found in the Bible.   Kevin wrote:> I do not interpret the truth of the bible through the lense of history. I interpret history thr

Re: [TruthTalk] The value of history

2004-03-10 Thread Terry Clifton
Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] The value of history Wm. Taylor wrote: What do you get if you've done both? Judging from what they are teaching in college these days, I would suspect that you would get a lot of conflicting information.

Re: [TruthTalk] The value of history

2004-03-10 Thread Knpraise
In a message dated 3/10/2004 5:20:18 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: think I figured it out. Some wise ass who thinks he knows it all. good one  Some will jump on you for the "a .." word but I am sure you meant it in the biblical sense. John

Re: [TruthTalk] The value of history

2004-03-10 Thread Knpraise
In a message dated 3/10/2004 5:13:25 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: What do you get if you've done both? go to heaven? John

Re: [TruthTalk] The value of history

2004-03-10 Thread Wm. Taylor
Yeah, I here you. What about the good schools though? - Original Message - From: Terry Clifton To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 6:33 PM Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] The value of history Wm. Taylor wrote: What do you get

Re: [TruthTalk] The value of history

2004-03-10 Thread Terry Clifton
Wm. Taylor wrote: What do you get if you've done both? Judging from what they are teaching in college these days, I would suspect that you would get a lot of conflicting information. Terry Let me ask you this, John. Do you think we can better understand truth an

Re: [TruthTalk] The value of history

2004-03-10 Thread Wm. Taylor
Just kidding, just kidding. - Original Message - From: Wm. Taylor To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 6:37 PM Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] The value of history I think I figured it out. Some wise ass who thinks he knows it all

Re: [TruthTalk] The value of history

2004-03-10 Thread Wm. Taylor
I think I figured it out. Some wise ass who thinks he knows it all. - Original Message - From: Wm. Taylor To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 6:30 PM Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] The value of history What do you get if you've done

Re: [TruthTalk] The value of history

2004-03-10 Thread Wm. Taylor
What do you get if you've done both? - Original Message - From: Terry Clifton To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 5:15 PM Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] The value of history Let me ask you this, John. Do you think we can better under

Re: [TruthTalk] The value of history

2004-03-10 Thread Terry Clifton
Let me ask you this, John. Do you think we can better understand truth and life through a knowledge of history? Answer this and maybe I can better understand where you are coming from. One thing for sure, what you said struck a chord of resonance with others here, so maybe there is so

Re: [TruthTalk] The value of history

2004-03-10 Thread Knpraise
In a message dated 3/10/2004 3:21:37 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Answer this and maybe I can better understand where you are coming from.   Look, I think we are having a semantics problem here more than anything.   In its context, I stand by what I said.    Now, if the co

RE: [TruthTalk] The value of history

2004-03-10 Thread Kevin Deegan
This is the core of the problem, you are essentially a Mormon in sheeps clothing.   JN 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.   JN 16:13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; b

RE: [TruthTalk] The value of history

2004-03-10 Thread David Miller
John Smithson wrote: > Wow -- David my friend Where have you gone? > I was referencing spiritual truth more than anything > when I made my statement "I am educated by the Word, > I am entertained by history."Entertainment includes, > in this case, the joy and validation I feel

RE: [TruthTalk] The value of history

2004-03-10 Thread David Miller
David Miller wrote: > The truth is that history is a body of knowledge > from which all of us interpret and understand truth, > including truth found in the Bible. Kevin wrote: > I do not interpret the truth of the bible > through the lense of history. I interpret > history through the lens of

Re: [TruthTalk] The value of history

2004-03-10 Thread Knpraise
In a message dated 3/10/2004 6:27:24 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Kevin has made several arguments about how the Book of Mormon has no historical basis and therefore should not be trusted.  If we accept the idea that history has entertainment value but not educational value

Re: [TruthTalk] The value of history

2004-03-10 Thread Wm. Taylor
Powerful, David, Preach it! - Original Message - From: "David Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 7:24 AM Subject: [TruthTalk] The value of history > John Smithson wrote: > >> I am educated by the Word

Re: [TruthTalk] The value of history

2004-03-10 Thread Kevin Deegan
DavidM says: The truth is that history is a body of knowledge from which all of usinterpret and understand truth, including truth found in the Bible. I do not interpret the truth of the bible through the lense of history. I interpret history through the lens of TRUTH the HOLY BIBLE. Why should I

[TruthTalk] The value of history

2004-03-10 Thread Judy Taylor
From: "David Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>John Smithson wrote:>> I am educated by the Word; >> I am entertained by history.Judy wrote:> Truly wisdom from above   Terry wrote:> What a great line Is that original?  Can I steal it?   Why is it that those who say such things always seem to be t

[TruthTalk] The value of history

2004-03-10 Thread David Miller
John Smithson wrote: >> I am educated by the Word; >> I am entertained by history. Judy wrote: > Truly wisdom from above Terry wrote: > What a great line Is that original? > Can I steal it? Why is it that those who say such things always seem to be those who are least educated in history