Blainer) It is as plain as the southern accent on end of Carroll's North Carolina tongue that God is an exhalted man. You don't have to look further than the first book of the Bible, Genesis, first chapter, verses 26-27. It says, "And God said, LET US MAKE MAN IN OUR OWN IMAGE . . . SO GOD CREATED MAN IN HIS OWN IMAGE, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them."
This is exceedingly plainly written, as least as plain as the plainness of the BoM. OBviously!!! man was made in the image of God. No other meaning even possible. This is not figurative, this is absolute! This is LITERAL!!! This means, for those whose understanding of the scriptures tends more toward the OBTUSE than the ACUTE, that GOD CREATED MAN IN HIS OWN IMAGE--this means we LOOK like GOD!!!! We have arms, legs, hands at the far end of our arms, feet at the lower end of our legs, lips, a mouth, a tongue, the power of speech, a head and neck, a brain, the power to think and reason, the power to make things happen, the power to organize matter from the chaotic to the orderly, etc. Of course, God's equipment is superior to ours. His abilities are infinite, whereas ours are finite--all things, past present and future, are before him, whereas we dwell in the presnt, have some memories of the past, and a little insight into the future. BUT WE LOOK LIKE GOD. That is all the scriptures are saying. WE ARE THEREFORE GODS IN EMBRYO!!! Our ultimate destiny is to become as God is. That is, if we do not allow ourselves to be blinded by the cunning craftiness of men who lie in wait to deceive. Like . . . , shall we say, this Campbellite character, what's-'is-name? (:>) On Thu, 03 Oct 2002 19:18:12 -0700 Dave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > � > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Glenn - You are pulling the "switch-a-rue" here again.� The facts > are > > Mormons disagree with Jesus on hell fire. > > > > I am more and more inclined to believe the Mormon Jesus is not the > > Biblical Jesus as I can't even get a yes or no on the question; is > > Jesus the half-brother of Satan? > > I get both no and then a little spin that comes up yes. > > > > You are pulling the "switch-a-rue" here below. > > DAVEH:� REALLY!?!?!?!?!?�� If you (or anybody else) thinks I'm > pulling a > "", please look at my below questions and then review your above > answer > and see if your answers are pertinent to my questions. > > ��� Brother Glenn, you made the statement.......... > > "If it CAN be taken literal it MUST be taken literal." > > ........and I'm trying to figure out if that is just your personal > belief, or if it is common to Protestantism.� I gave you an example > of > what the Bible says about the "Son of man" and am asking you if you > interpret it literally, or figuratively.� I'm not trying to trap > you......I even pointed out the possible contradiction if you say > "God > is not a man" contrary to the literal (according to you) statement > the > Bible makes.� I'm not trying to hammer you on this, Glenn.� I'm just > trying to figure out how you (and other Protestants) believe > relative to > God being a man. > > ��� FWIW.....Many times I have been denigrated because of my beliefs > about God being an "exalted man".� Assuming you do NOT believe such, > I'm > trying to figure out why you don't think so despite the Bible > mentioning > Jesus as being the Son of man.� Nobody else has ever been willing to > discuss this with me, and I'm very curious as to why.�� All I'm > asking > is that you share your thoughts/beliefs without getting uptight.� > Though > we may disagree and you may have a contradiction of beliefs, I don't > want to nail you to the wall about it.� I just want to discuss it.� > Will > you be so kind as to do so? > > ��� And......I'd be happy if other TTers would share their thoughts > with > me on this matter too. > > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> > >> > Glenn - I need some help here.� I understood that the way I > >> > interpret the Bible is generally accepted among evangelical > >> > Christians. > >> > >> > >> DAVEH:� If that is truly the case, then would you not think that > our > >> Father in Heaven is a man?� For does not the Bible testify that > >> Jesus is the "Son of man"?� Yet many times I have been told (by > >> TTers included) that God is not a man.� Using your method of > >> interpreting the Bible, Glenn, it would seem like God is > obviously a > >> man.� Do you disagree???� And when you answer, please bear in mind > >> that you said "If it CAN be taken literal it MUST be taken > >> literal."� If you say God is not a man, then who am I to believe, > >> YOU or the Bible??? > >> > >> > Does anyone know?� There are numerous books on Biblical > >> > interpretation. > >> > > >> >> > Glenn - I've told you this before.� If it CAN be taken > literal > >> >> > it MUST be taken literal. > >> >> > >> >> DAVEH:� I do not recall you saying such before, but I do have > a > >> >> bad memory.� Is your above reasoning a commonly accepted > method > >> >> of understanding the Bible amongst other Protestants?� > And....is > >> >> it accepted amongst Bible scholars? Or....is this just your > >> >> personal way of understanding the Bible > >> > > -- > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Dave Hansen > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.langlitz.com > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > � ---------- "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man." (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed.
