Re: [TruthTalk] Albert Einstein & Karl Barth

[Bill Taylor]

----- Original Message ----- From: Judy Taylor To: TruthTalk@mail.innglory.org Cc: TruthTalk@mail.innglory.org Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2005 5:33 PM Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] Albert Einstein & Karl Barth Oh! OK, A&W then. Is God a body?    No, I do not believe God had a body when he created Adam and Eve. I do not believe the Father has a body; and I do not believe the Holy Spirit has a body. I do believe that Christ is the God-man, but I do not believe his humanity is divine.   What exactly is His image   NIV Hebrews 1:3 "The Son is the radiance of God's glory and the exact representation of his being ..." The words "exact representation" in the NIV are stated as "express image" in the KJV. The Greek word that these come from is character. I think that A&W were created with the character of God. The fall distorted and perverted that character. Christ, in his humanity, restored it. There is therefore in the person of Christ an absolute unity between his human nature and his divine nature. To "see" Christ is therefore to look upon the image of God -- this because of that perfect union.   and how does one visualize Spirit?   I don't know. Did I say something to lead you to think I thought I could?   Bill     On Wed, 2 Mar 2005 17:24:23 -0700 "Bill Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: She wasn't "Eve" until after the fall; until then Adam "called" or "named" her "Woman"; hence, A&W.   Does God have an imagination, like when he created (male and female in his own image)? If the imagination is of the original creation, and it is of the redeemed creation, why must it be conjuring to use it? Bill From: Judy Taylor   A&W?  I don't think so - that is Root Beer.... If you are speaking of A&E probably.  However, there is a correct and an incorrect use of the imagination.  Children at play use it all the time and this is good; but when adults use it to seek the image of God - this is another story.  jt   On Wed, 2 Mar 2005 15:43:14 -0700 "Bill Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Kevin, you nailed it again.  The imaginations of men/women are simply that.  Izzy     So, Kevin, Judy, Izzy, is the imagination a result of the fall -- in other words, were A&W created with imaginations?     Bill  ----- Original Message ----- From: ShieldsFamily To: TruthTalk@mail.innglory.org Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2005 7:25 AM Subject: RE: [TruthTalk] Albert Einstein & Karl Barth From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kevin Deegan Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2005 6:35 AM To: TruthTalk@mail.innglory.org Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] Albert Einstein & Karl Barth   Whats wrong with conjuring up a little something with your imagination?   reIMAGINING Christianity http://www.layman.org/layman/news/reimagining-revival.htm http://www.confessingumc.org/wicca_story2.html �Jesus is not God� �What does it take for us to break rank with the slave masters� religion?� asked another speaker, Carter Heyward. Her answer was to reimagine Jesus Christ. Heyward said that it is a mistake to emphasize �the singularity of God�s presence in Jesus.� Describing what she believes about Jesus, she said, �It was not Jesus� identity with God, as if Jesus somehow thought of himself as divine � Jesus in reality was not God �   Kevin, you nailed it again.  The imaginations of men/women are simply that.  Izzy