False.
My beliefs have no bearing on what is true. I simply believe what it is that has been shown, through rational discourse, to be true.
I am completely open to changing what I believe, so long as it can be shown to be a more valid position than what I currently hold to.
So far, you have done nothing, said nothing, that is worth me changing what I believe.
I (and Clete) have presented arguments against what you have presented, because we see problems in what you presented. In what way is that arrogant?
Good for you.
Nor do I have to comment on everything you say in order to point out the flaws in something else that you post.
Authorized?
You're on a discussion board.
I (and Clete) have presented arguments against what you have presented, that shows what you have presented to be false.
Bearing false witness is a sin, Arial. Stop it.
So far, the only people in this thread (and the thread bears witness to the following) who have even attempted to make rational arguments against what you have said is myself and Clete and a few others. You have not done so against what we have said.
If you think we're the ones who are wrong, then all you have to do is make the argument.
Because you say so?
Again, as Clete said, the thread is still here for anyone to read.
No you wouldn't.
Nope.
What I have presented is a rational argument against what you said. So far, you've refused to engage it.
Because you say so?
Because you say so?
By presenting the argument that shows it to be false. Which I and Clete have done.
Do you agree or disagree, if someone believes something that is false, and refuses to acknowledge that it is false, especially after someone shows them that it is false, that continuing to believe it will affect the way he thinks?
If not, why?
If you believe something false, would it not be loving to point out to you that you're believing something that's false?
Or would it be more loving to let you continue in your ignorance, however willful?
No, we don't.
Hypocrite.
I think you've got the analogy backwards...
I have no idea what you're talking about at this point.
Yes, all beliefs/ideas have consequences.
Have you considered the consequences to your own beliefs?
I know only what you have posted on TOL.
So far, I'm not impressed.
I didn't give myself the username "JudgeRightly" for nothing...
1 Corinthians 6:2-5
2 Do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world will be judged by you, are you unworthy to judge the smallest matters? 3 Do you not know that we shall judge angels? How much more, things that pertain to this life? 4 If then you have judgments concerning things pertaining to this life, do you appoint those who are least esteemed by the church to judge? 5 I say this to your shame. Is it so, that there is not a wise man among you, not even one, who will be able to judge between his brethren?
John 7:24
24
Do not judge according to appearance, but judge with righteous judgment.”
Reread what I said more carefully.
I said that you aren't considering the consequences of what you believe.
The statement was made on the basis that ideas/beliefs have consequences, and that you're ignoring the consequences of what you believe in.
And yes, I have pointed out at least one consequence of believing scripture says something a certain way over another.
I told you that believing that the Body of Christ has replaced Israel, for example, leads to Replacement Theology.
Neither do I.
I simply want to (and want you) to seek the truth, because the Truth will set you free.
So far, you have shown no interest in the truth, only in "presenting a particular interpretation of scripture" without considering what that particular interpretation leads to.
You sound like
@God's Truth when you say that. You aren't one of her sock accounts, are you?
So far, you haven't shown that.
So far, you've shown that you reject what you don't like, especially if it conflicts with what you're posting.
I have. It's partly why I'm a Mid-Acts Dispensationalist and Open Theist.
Though, that's mostly because someone presented rational argumentation for those things, and I have yet to find anything that can unseat those things from being rational.
Again, if your beliefs are being torn to shreds by rational argumentation, then maybe they're not worth holding onto.
I didn't say that they were guaranteed to be false, as it could be that you're just not equipped to make a rational argument against them (which is why 1 Peter 3:15 is so important).
Who makes the argument has nothing to do with it.
Truth matters. Not who makes the truth claim.
Both I and Clete have stated that we would be more than happy to be shown to be wrong.
You simply haven't done so, and have instead doubled down in your beliefs.
Trying to get you to make the argument isn't "devouring any brethren who dare to not agree with [us]" at all, nor does it make us right by default, nor does it make you wrong by default.
What makes you wrong is the fact that your position isn't consistent with reality.
False.
Again, you are more than welcome to try to convince me to believe something else.
But you won't.
If you think you can say anything against my belief that could "tear it asunder," then I'm all ears!
But you won't. Because, as you say:
I have responded directly to what you have said, every time I have responded to your posts. How is that "refus[ing] to hear it"?
I pass judgement because what you have said is full of holes that you are intentionally ignoring.
Because you say so?
How do you know? Maybe I just didn't feel like there was anything worth responding to?
Why do I have to respond to everything you write?
Isn't that YOU being arrogant, to think that you're so important that you deserve for someone to have to respond to everything you say?
HYPOCRITE!
Your subjective opinion has no bearing on what IS true.
Just because you don't "find something to be true" doesn't mean that it isn't true.
We've never left the topic.
We have. You've rejected it out of hand.