Post by iris89 on Feb 9, 2008 20:54:17 GMT -5
Adoration of Worldly Philosophers
INTRODUCTION:
There are individuals putting forth adoration of arrogant worldly philosophers, individuals under the control of the god of this system, per 2 Corinthians 4:4, "In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of unbelievers, that the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not shine unto them." (Douay-Rheims Catholic Bible; DRCB), such as Robert Ingersoll. These philosophers are enthralled with their own belief in worship of self and offer no assistance or hope for others.
As the Inspired Word of Almighty God (YHWH), the Bible, says at Matthew 7:15-16, "Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but underneath are ravenous wolves. By their fruits you will know them. Do people pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?" (The New American Bible; NAB).
Those giving adoration to these egotistical worldly philosophers can not accept the reality of miracles, but continue to continue ever deeper on their path of self delusion and adoration of these individuals such as Plato forward to our modern times. Why, are individuals giving adoration to worldly philosophers on the path to nowhere? Because they are putting their trust in mere self-centered fellow human beings that are no better than themselves. Worldly egotistical philosophers, no matter their inflated self opinion of themselves, are simply human, and not the Creator of all there is, Almighty God (YHWH). therefore, they simply can not do the things the Creator can do so, hence, can not understand their occurrence. Also, as previously mentioned, these worldly philosophers are being inspired/lead by an unseen source of wickedness, Satan the Devil, per 2 Corinthians 4:4, "in whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not dawn upon them." (American Standard Version; ASV).
As the Bible says at Colossians 3:1-2, "Therefore if you be risen with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is sitting at the right hand of God. 2 Mind the things that are above, not the things that are upon the earth." (DRCB)
WORLDLY PHILOSOPHY DOES NOT EXPLAIN WHERE ENERGY AND MATTER CAME FROM:
Yes, we all know that matter can neither be created nor destroyed by any mechanism known to mankind, but can only be converted into energy; this being explained mathematically by one of the greatest mathematicians of all times, Einstein, in his famous formula, E = m C squared. However, we all well know that both matter and energy exist. So at sometime they had to be created or the universe would not now exist. This reality per John 8:32, "And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." (ASV) can not of course be explained by human knowledge. Why? Because while we posse much accumulated knowledge today that makes amazing engineering feats possible, our collective knowledge pales when compared to that of the creator.
<<<"Why are there no exceptions to the laws of physics? Why does night follow day, the seasons follow one another, the stars and planets continue on course?
Most Christians believe that the regularity, the design evident in the universe, points to God, a supreme creative Intelligence.
Some scientists believe the universe is pointless, without rhyme or reason; that the human race is not the center piece, but a freak accident, the by-product of pointless material forces in a back water of the universe.
Others believe it is reasonable to believe in Almighty God (YHWH) the Creator, concluding from a study of the scientific evidence that a Supreme Intelligence is at work....
Many of us believe the universe has been fine-tuned for the existence of humans, that a place for humans was built into the universe from the beginning. In fact, we believe the cosmos was made with us in mind. What evidence is there for this?
An enormous number of coincidences enable human life to exist. If the earth was smaller, gravity would be too weak to retain an atmosphere. If it were much bigger there would be too much hydrogen. If we were much closer to the sun it would be too hot for liquid water; if we were much further away it would be too cold for us.
Almost one hundred chemical elements occur in nature, the smallest being hydrogen, which appeared soon after the Big Bang. Nearly all the other elements were forged later when giant stars exploded. Most of the elements in our bodies were made in explosions before our sun was born.
If the force holding the hydrogen nuclei together had been much weaker, the process could not have gone past hydrogen. If this force had been only a bit stronger, the stars would have burned themselves out in millions of years, not the billions of years needed to produce life.
The production of life has depended on a fantastic and delicate balance of forces. If the nature of space had been slightly different the universe could have collapsed a fraction of a second after it began; or undergone such ferocious expansion that all matter, even atoms, would have been torn apart quickly.
We know now that neither the earth nor the sun is the center of the universe. Our sun is like a pebble on an immense beach. Why is the universe so large?
If the universe was the size of Europe it would have lasted a few milliseconds. A universe the size of our solar system would have lasted a few hours.
To claim these coincidences and many others are the product of chance is like claiming a runaway truck in a rubbish dump produced the Mona Lisa. [source - Creation or Evolution? By Iris the Preacher, 2001, and can be read at,
religioustruths.proboards59.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=creationorevolution&thread=1169135660 ]
Sir Issac Newton the inventor of many types of mathematics upon which rest modern engineering and science, and of which the "Encyclopædia Britannica" calls his book on "Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy" "one of the most important single works in the history of modern science;" in dealing with an atheist friend said the following,
<<<"Question posed to atheists, from an actual occurrence!
--Newton once had a skilled mechanic make for him a model of the solar system. Balls representing the planets were geared together so as to move realistically in orbit. One day an atheist friend visited Newton. On seeing the model, he operated it, and exclaimed in admiration, "Who made it?" Newton answered, "Nobody!" The atheist replied, "You must think I am a fool! Of course somebody made it, and he is a genius." Newton then said to his friend, "This thing is but a puny imitation of a much grander system whose laws you know, and I am not able to convince you that this mere toy is without a designer and maker; yet you profess to believe that the great original from which the design is taken has come into being without either designer or maker!"[source - Yahoo Answers, SIR ISAAC NEWTON & his atheist friend, what lesson should be learned?, at answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070907105034AAMl3dl on 2/02/2008 ]>>>.
Also, The science journal "Nature" reported that almost 40 percent of biologists, physicists, and mathematicians surveyed believe in a Creator. But the rules of science is, "No miracles allowed", so is there any wonder why most hesitate to admit believing in a higher power? Evolutionists make out that EVERY scientist believes in evolution, and that the people who don't, are just stupid or un-objective. This is simply not true, even some biologists don't believe in evolution (not because of Christianity), but because it doesn't "add up".[reference source - Nature Journal 1997].
So as can be seen, some of the greatest scientific minds believe in a Creator; whereas, others in their egotistical efforts hesitate to admit that a higher power than man is involved even though even a cursory investigation would clearly show that a higher power is involved with respect its formation.
One biologist wrote the following letter which was sent to me,
<<<" as a biologist i am often saturated by evolutionary teachings. i dont know much about textual criticism but i do know evolution/creation. so i thought i would share thoughts about what i know:
according to some evolutionary theories our ancestor that branched into the human lineage and chimp lineage existed seven million yrs ago. it is also stated that we have about 3 billion base pairs in our dna which 3% or 90 million is expressed or used. compared to chimps there is only about a 1% difference from our base pairs to theirs.in other words their dna matches ours by about 99% which accounts for similarities.so only only 1% of 90 mill or about 90,000 base pairs in our dna is really what makes us human.
well to many this proves evolution.it doesn't.according to this there were 90,000 mutations in only 7 mill yrs. all these mutations had to be profitable (mutations are harmful the majority of the time i.e.cancer)they had to be retained and passed on to the next generation.this is so unlikely. if we had a mutation in our pelvis/spinal column that favored pernament upright mvt or a mutation is our skin cells that shed all our chimp hair how did the mutations migraten into our sperm/ovaries. mutations anywhere else would simply die with us. they would have to occur in the sex cells to be passed on. not to mention the present rate of mutation in our sex cells is about 1/10,000 or 1/100,000 generations so it is impossible to have occured in 7 mill yrs. some who try and say evolution is a product of god use this to show only divine intervention could of made such mutations.........i feel this proves it is impossible.
so why do we resemble lower animals? it is simple: we all came from the SAME god and were created by the SAME elements and live in the SAME environment so we should expect such similarities.
now my question: could someone give me a pretty good list of stative verbs or is "was" and "is" the only ones? and what exactly qualifies something as a predicate nominative ? is it simply they are connected by stative verbs? my
question stems from a point broth stafford made that many examples people use to show the nwt is not faithful to there translation principle of an anarthrous theos are not predicate nominatives and so i want to know what makes something such?................................................thanx
jason gagliano">>>.
Which is just additional affirmation of the fact, the reality per John 8:32, "And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free" (Authorized King James Bible; AV) with regard to what The science journal "Nature" reported that almost 40 percent of biologists, physicists, and mathematicians surveyed believe in a Creator, as previously mentioned.
And to sum it all up, Yes, we all know that matter can neither be created nor destroyed by any mechanism known to mankind, but can only be converted into energy; this being explained mathematically by one of the greatest mathematicians of all times, Einstein, in his famous formula, E = m C squared. However, we all well know that both matter and energy exist. So at sometime they had to be created or the universe would not now exist. This reality per John 8:32, "And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." (American Standard Version; ASV) can not of course be explained by human knowledge. Why? Because while we posse much accumulated knowledge today that makes amazing engineering feats possible, our collective knowledge pales when compared to that of the creator.
NONE BELIEVERS ARE IRRATIONAL:
One none believer quoted Walter Kaufmann's, a worldly philosopher, book, "Critique of Religion and Philosophy," (Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey, 1958), Section 34, pp. 104-107. This worldly philosopher under control of the god of this system, Satan the Devil, wrote, as quoted by the none believer,
<<<"The attitude of religious people toward religious propositions is quite different from all this. If a man accepts a religious proposition as true, it is hardly ever after having first considered it as a hypothesis and found compelling evidence through an impartial inquiry. Few religious people have studied comparative religion, and hardly any have attained their beliefs as a result of such a study: yet this would be de rigeur if the religious person's attitude toward the religious propositions he believes were at all similar to the historian's or the scientist's attitude toward the propositions with which they concern themselves." [source - Critique of Religion and Philosophy, by Walter Kaufmann]>>>.
Now, In my personal case, this worldly philosopher clearly did not know what he was talking about. I was brought up in a religiously divided home where some believed in the religion of the worlds largest cult and some believed in the religion of the worlds second largest cult. But early on, I could "see through" both of these cults and well knew neither could be the true religion of Jesus (Yeshua) Christ and his Father, Almighty God (YHWH). This, both by their unjust actions of these cults, and their contradictory beliefs. As I have said before,
Many are just themselves, it is not what either the Bible or the Bible knockoff the Qur'an actually say, but how religious leaders be they priest and/or imams or muftis or what ever teach the people is the interpretation of what is written either in the Bible or the bible knockoff the Qur'an that matters and governs actions. It matters not what the Bible and/or the Bible knockoff really say. People go by what they are taught by their religious leaders. Take the genocide committed by the Roman Catholic Church at the direction of their supreme religious leader, the pope, what mattered was not that the Bible clearly said at Exodus 20:13, "Thou shalt not kill." (Authorized King James Bible; AV), but what their religious leaders told them. Therefore, it is the religion at fault, irregardless of what their particular holy book, be it the Bible or the Bible knockoff the Qur'an may say. Neither in so called Christianity or in Islam are most individuals actions really governed in any way by what their particular holy book really says, but they are governed by the interpretation of their religious leaders. Thus, knowing this reality, one would be either just plain stupid and/or dumb to even bother looking at a particular religion's holy book and expect the members would conform to it. Take the Rig Vede and find me for example a Hindu actually conforming to it instead of the interpretation given to it by his religious leaders, like looking for a needle in the haystack per K.S. Lal, India's greatest historian.
So I started a search for genuine (true) followers of Jesus (Yeshua) that taught the truth, and were NOT wrapped up in many false creeds, creedal dogma and tradition. So this philosopher saying, "If a man accepts a religious proposition as true, it is hardly ever after having first considered it as a hypothesis and found compelling evidence through an impartial inquiry. Few religious people have studied comparative religion, and hardly any have attained their beliefs as a result of such a study: yet this would be de rigeur" is an absolute lie when applied to me. I started my search for genuine (true) followers of Jesus (Yeshua) when I was about 8 years old and already had ascertained that neither Islam or Catholicism held any truth, and had already determined they only contained creedal hogwash dogma and tradition. I did a rigorous search visiting libraries and checking encyclopedias, dictionaries, history books, etc. and in the process improved my reading and comprehension skills to a level far above my peers in school. I even taught myself how to read English, a foreign language for me, as it was NOT one of the two or three languages used in my home or community. By 10 years old, I was completely comfortable reading books, even advanced ones, in English. However, it was not until I was twelve that I finally determined exactly what were the genuine dogma and beliefs of the Bible with a solid understanding. In fact, I was 13 before I found genuine (true) followers of Jesus (Yeshua) since there were none in my village and/or near by city, but I found them when my family sent me away from my home country to live with my aunt in New York City, USA. When I first arrived there, I could not speak very good English even though I had no problem reading it, but in 6 months I was speaking it very well and doing well in an English speaking school.
Now, it is about time for this philosopher quoting poster to start his own search for genuine (true) followers of Christ instead of posting nonsense of worldly philosophers driven my their arrogant concept of self-worth and guided by the god of this system.
This same irrational none believer even falsely accused me of considering myself the "only true believer" when there are a great number, howbeit, small in comparison to the total population of the earth. I answered him as follows,
<<<"I in no way consider myself the "only true believer," and in fact, stated that the genuine (true) followers of Jesus (Yeshua) Christ would be few in number - not that I was the only one. In fact, Jesus (Yeshua) Christ, when he was on earth clearly said, let's consider both Luke 13:24 and Matthew 7:13-14, it is in both of these that the road followed by true believers would be narrow and cramped, Luke 13:24, "Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able." (Authorized King James Bible: AV); And Matthew 7:13-14, "Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, abroad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: 14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it." (AV); thereby, clearly showing few would be entering the narrow gate "which leadeth unto life." In reality, it will be difficult for even true Christians to enter as testified to at 1 Peter 4:18, "And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear." (AV). In order to enter, we must have the right sort of guide, Luke 1:79, "To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace." (AV). Now, if one picks the wrong group, just because it is popular or the so called 'one to belong to in a community' and not because of Bible Truths, there is an important warning given at Matthew 15:14, "Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch." (AV). In fact, being with the wrong group can mean you are NOT having fellowship with the Son of God, Jesus (Yeshua) as testified to at 1 John 1:6, "If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not [have] the truth." (AV). This danger is made abundantly clear at Luke 12:32 when Jesus (Yeshua) spoke of his true followers as a little flock and not a large one, "Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom." (AV). Simply stated, his true followers will be relatively few in number which should cause all sincere individuals to question whether mainstream religion with its vast membership is heading for the narrow gate!">>>.
One none believer wrongly said I accepted on historian and philosopher writings, but missed the critical point so I answered him as follows,
<<<"s a historian Edward Gibbons was quite good, but when he went of and indulged in philosophy which was definitely not his forte he really lost it. This was clearly shown by Prometheus's quote of a portion of one of his history books where he diverted from historical facts and indulged in philosophy. The moral of the story is when one gets out of his field of expertise - watch out. Who would want a great electrician performing heart surgery on him/her - no one. Why? He would be out of the field where he is an expert.
Sounds somewhat like an obviously good engineer who tries to dab into theology and philosophy and loses it, and who does not answer or acknowledge my questions asked him several times.">>>.
Seems like none believers are into twisting reality and fact in an attempt to support their adoration of worldly philosophers - this is completely wrong. But, now let's look at miracles and what they are that those giving adoration to worldly philosophers do not want to accept.
MIRACLES:
Now let's consider several important definitions first,
In the New Testament these four Greek words are principally used to designate miracles:
1. Semeion, a "sign", i.e., an evidence of a divine commission; an attestation of a divine message (Matt. 12:38,39; 16:1, 4; Mark 8:11; Luke 11:16; 23:8; John 2:11, 18, 23; Acts 6:8, etc.); a token of the presence and working of God; the seal of a higher power.
2. Terata, "wonders;" wonder-causing events; portents; producing astonishment in the beholder (Acts 2:19).
3. Dunameis, "might works;" works of superhuman power (Acts 2:22; Rom. 15:19; 2 Thess. 2:9); of a new and higher power.
4. Erga, "works;" the works of Him who is "wonderful in working" (John 5:20, 36).
See Part Two:
INTRODUCTION:
There are individuals putting forth adoration of arrogant worldly philosophers, individuals under the control of the god of this system, per 2 Corinthians 4:4, "In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of unbelievers, that the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not shine unto them." (Douay-Rheims Catholic Bible; DRCB), such as Robert Ingersoll. These philosophers are enthralled with their own belief in worship of self and offer no assistance or hope for others.
As the Inspired Word of Almighty God (YHWH), the Bible, says at Matthew 7:15-16, "Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but underneath are ravenous wolves. By their fruits you will know them. Do people pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?" (The New American Bible; NAB).
Those giving adoration to these egotistical worldly philosophers can not accept the reality of miracles, but continue to continue ever deeper on their path of self delusion and adoration of these individuals such as Plato forward to our modern times. Why, are individuals giving adoration to worldly philosophers on the path to nowhere? Because they are putting their trust in mere self-centered fellow human beings that are no better than themselves. Worldly egotistical philosophers, no matter their inflated self opinion of themselves, are simply human, and not the Creator of all there is, Almighty God (YHWH). therefore, they simply can not do the things the Creator can do so, hence, can not understand their occurrence. Also, as previously mentioned, these worldly philosophers are being inspired/lead by an unseen source of wickedness, Satan the Devil, per 2 Corinthians 4:4, "in whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not dawn upon them." (American Standard Version; ASV).
As the Bible says at Colossians 3:1-2, "Therefore if you be risen with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is sitting at the right hand of God. 2 Mind the things that are above, not the things that are upon the earth." (DRCB)
WORLDLY PHILOSOPHY DOES NOT EXPLAIN WHERE ENERGY AND MATTER CAME FROM:
Yes, we all know that matter can neither be created nor destroyed by any mechanism known to mankind, but can only be converted into energy; this being explained mathematically by one of the greatest mathematicians of all times, Einstein, in his famous formula, E = m C squared. However, we all well know that both matter and energy exist. So at sometime they had to be created or the universe would not now exist. This reality per John 8:32, "And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." (ASV) can not of course be explained by human knowledge. Why? Because while we posse much accumulated knowledge today that makes amazing engineering feats possible, our collective knowledge pales when compared to that of the creator.
<<<"Why are there no exceptions to the laws of physics? Why does night follow day, the seasons follow one another, the stars and planets continue on course?
Most Christians believe that the regularity, the design evident in the universe, points to God, a supreme creative Intelligence.
Some scientists believe the universe is pointless, without rhyme or reason; that the human race is not the center piece, but a freak accident, the by-product of pointless material forces in a back water of the universe.
Others believe it is reasonable to believe in Almighty God (YHWH) the Creator, concluding from a study of the scientific evidence that a Supreme Intelligence is at work....
Many of us believe the universe has been fine-tuned for the existence of humans, that a place for humans was built into the universe from the beginning. In fact, we believe the cosmos was made with us in mind. What evidence is there for this?
An enormous number of coincidences enable human life to exist. If the earth was smaller, gravity would be too weak to retain an atmosphere. If it were much bigger there would be too much hydrogen. If we were much closer to the sun it would be too hot for liquid water; if we were much further away it would be too cold for us.
Almost one hundred chemical elements occur in nature, the smallest being hydrogen, which appeared soon after the Big Bang. Nearly all the other elements were forged later when giant stars exploded. Most of the elements in our bodies were made in explosions before our sun was born.
If the force holding the hydrogen nuclei together had been much weaker, the process could not have gone past hydrogen. If this force had been only a bit stronger, the stars would have burned themselves out in millions of years, not the billions of years needed to produce life.
The production of life has depended on a fantastic and delicate balance of forces. If the nature of space had been slightly different the universe could have collapsed a fraction of a second after it began; or undergone such ferocious expansion that all matter, even atoms, would have been torn apart quickly.
We know now that neither the earth nor the sun is the center of the universe. Our sun is like a pebble on an immense beach. Why is the universe so large?
If the universe was the size of Europe it would have lasted a few milliseconds. A universe the size of our solar system would have lasted a few hours.
To claim these coincidences and many others are the product of chance is like claiming a runaway truck in a rubbish dump produced the Mona Lisa. [source - Creation or Evolution? By Iris the Preacher, 2001, and can be read at,
religioustruths.proboards59.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=creationorevolution&thread=1169135660 ]
Sir Issac Newton the inventor of many types of mathematics upon which rest modern engineering and science, and of which the "Encyclopædia Britannica" calls his book on "Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy" "one of the most important single works in the history of modern science;" in dealing with an atheist friend said the following,
<<<"Question posed to atheists, from an actual occurrence!
--Newton once had a skilled mechanic make for him a model of the solar system. Balls representing the planets were geared together so as to move realistically in orbit. One day an atheist friend visited Newton. On seeing the model, he operated it, and exclaimed in admiration, "Who made it?" Newton answered, "Nobody!" The atheist replied, "You must think I am a fool! Of course somebody made it, and he is a genius." Newton then said to his friend, "This thing is but a puny imitation of a much grander system whose laws you know, and I am not able to convince you that this mere toy is without a designer and maker; yet you profess to believe that the great original from which the design is taken has come into being without either designer or maker!"[source - Yahoo Answers, SIR ISAAC NEWTON & his atheist friend, what lesson should be learned?, at answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070907105034AAMl3dl on 2/02/2008 ]>>>.
Also, The science journal "Nature" reported that almost 40 percent of biologists, physicists, and mathematicians surveyed believe in a Creator. But the rules of science is, "No miracles allowed", so is there any wonder why most hesitate to admit believing in a higher power? Evolutionists make out that EVERY scientist believes in evolution, and that the people who don't, are just stupid or un-objective. This is simply not true, even some biologists don't believe in evolution (not because of Christianity), but because it doesn't "add up".[reference source - Nature Journal 1997].
So as can be seen, some of the greatest scientific minds believe in a Creator; whereas, others in their egotistical efforts hesitate to admit that a higher power than man is involved even though even a cursory investigation would clearly show that a higher power is involved with respect its formation.
One biologist wrote the following letter which was sent to me,
<<<" as a biologist i am often saturated by evolutionary teachings. i dont know much about textual criticism but i do know evolution/creation. so i thought i would share thoughts about what i know:
according to some evolutionary theories our ancestor that branched into the human lineage and chimp lineage existed seven million yrs ago. it is also stated that we have about 3 billion base pairs in our dna which 3% or 90 million is expressed or used. compared to chimps there is only about a 1% difference from our base pairs to theirs.in other words their dna matches ours by about 99% which accounts for similarities.so only only 1% of 90 mill or about 90,000 base pairs in our dna is really what makes us human.
well to many this proves evolution.it doesn't.according to this there were 90,000 mutations in only 7 mill yrs. all these mutations had to be profitable (mutations are harmful the majority of the time i.e.cancer)they had to be retained and passed on to the next generation.this is so unlikely. if we had a mutation in our pelvis/spinal column that favored pernament upright mvt or a mutation is our skin cells that shed all our chimp hair how did the mutations migraten into our sperm/ovaries. mutations anywhere else would simply die with us. they would have to occur in the sex cells to be passed on. not to mention the present rate of mutation in our sex cells is about 1/10,000 or 1/100,000 generations so it is impossible to have occured in 7 mill yrs. some who try and say evolution is a product of god use this to show only divine intervention could of made such mutations.........i feel this proves it is impossible.
so why do we resemble lower animals? it is simple: we all came from the SAME god and were created by the SAME elements and live in the SAME environment so we should expect such similarities.
now my question: could someone give me a pretty good list of stative verbs or is "was" and "is" the only ones? and what exactly qualifies something as a predicate nominative ? is it simply they are connected by stative verbs? my
question stems from a point broth stafford made that many examples people use to show the nwt is not faithful to there translation principle of an anarthrous theos are not predicate nominatives and so i want to know what makes something such?................................................thanx
jason gagliano">>>.
Which is just additional affirmation of the fact, the reality per John 8:32, "And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free" (Authorized King James Bible; AV) with regard to what The science journal "Nature" reported that almost 40 percent of biologists, physicists, and mathematicians surveyed believe in a Creator, as previously mentioned.
And to sum it all up, Yes, we all know that matter can neither be created nor destroyed by any mechanism known to mankind, but can only be converted into energy; this being explained mathematically by one of the greatest mathematicians of all times, Einstein, in his famous formula, E = m C squared. However, we all well know that both matter and energy exist. So at sometime they had to be created or the universe would not now exist. This reality per John 8:32, "And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." (American Standard Version; ASV) can not of course be explained by human knowledge. Why? Because while we posse much accumulated knowledge today that makes amazing engineering feats possible, our collective knowledge pales when compared to that of the creator.
NONE BELIEVERS ARE IRRATIONAL:
One none believer quoted Walter Kaufmann's, a worldly philosopher, book, "Critique of Religion and Philosophy," (Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey, 1958), Section 34, pp. 104-107. This worldly philosopher under control of the god of this system, Satan the Devil, wrote, as quoted by the none believer,
<<<"The attitude of religious people toward religious propositions is quite different from all this. If a man accepts a religious proposition as true, it is hardly ever after having first considered it as a hypothesis and found compelling evidence through an impartial inquiry. Few religious people have studied comparative religion, and hardly any have attained their beliefs as a result of such a study: yet this would be de rigeur if the religious person's attitude toward the religious propositions he believes were at all similar to the historian's or the scientist's attitude toward the propositions with which they concern themselves." [source - Critique of Religion and Philosophy, by Walter Kaufmann]>>>.
Now, In my personal case, this worldly philosopher clearly did not know what he was talking about. I was brought up in a religiously divided home where some believed in the religion of the worlds largest cult and some believed in the religion of the worlds second largest cult. But early on, I could "see through" both of these cults and well knew neither could be the true religion of Jesus (Yeshua) Christ and his Father, Almighty God (YHWH). This, both by their unjust actions of these cults, and their contradictory beliefs. As I have said before,
Many are just themselves, it is not what either the Bible or the Bible knockoff the Qur'an actually say, but how religious leaders be they priest and/or imams or muftis or what ever teach the people is the interpretation of what is written either in the Bible or the bible knockoff the Qur'an that matters and governs actions. It matters not what the Bible and/or the Bible knockoff really say. People go by what they are taught by their religious leaders. Take the genocide committed by the Roman Catholic Church at the direction of their supreme religious leader, the pope, what mattered was not that the Bible clearly said at Exodus 20:13, "Thou shalt not kill." (Authorized King James Bible; AV), but what their religious leaders told them. Therefore, it is the religion at fault, irregardless of what their particular holy book, be it the Bible or the Bible knockoff the Qur'an may say. Neither in so called Christianity or in Islam are most individuals actions really governed in any way by what their particular holy book really says, but they are governed by the interpretation of their religious leaders. Thus, knowing this reality, one would be either just plain stupid and/or dumb to even bother looking at a particular religion's holy book and expect the members would conform to it. Take the Rig Vede and find me for example a Hindu actually conforming to it instead of the interpretation given to it by his religious leaders, like looking for a needle in the haystack per K.S. Lal, India's greatest historian.
So I started a search for genuine (true) followers of Jesus (Yeshua) that taught the truth, and were NOT wrapped up in many false creeds, creedal dogma and tradition. So this philosopher saying, "If a man accepts a religious proposition as true, it is hardly ever after having first considered it as a hypothesis and found compelling evidence through an impartial inquiry. Few religious people have studied comparative religion, and hardly any have attained their beliefs as a result of such a study: yet this would be de rigeur" is an absolute lie when applied to me. I started my search for genuine (true) followers of Jesus (Yeshua) when I was about 8 years old and already had ascertained that neither Islam or Catholicism held any truth, and had already determined they only contained creedal hogwash dogma and tradition. I did a rigorous search visiting libraries and checking encyclopedias, dictionaries, history books, etc. and in the process improved my reading and comprehension skills to a level far above my peers in school. I even taught myself how to read English, a foreign language for me, as it was NOT one of the two or three languages used in my home or community. By 10 years old, I was completely comfortable reading books, even advanced ones, in English. However, it was not until I was twelve that I finally determined exactly what were the genuine dogma and beliefs of the Bible with a solid understanding. In fact, I was 13 before I found genuine (true) followers of Jesus (Yeshua) since there were none in my village and/or near by city, but I found them when my family sent me away from my home country to live with my aunt in New York City, USA. When I first arrived there, I could not speak very good English even though I had no problem reading it, but in 6 months I was speaking it very well and doing well in an English speaking school.
Now, it is about time for this philosopher quoting poster to start his own search for genuine (true) followers of Christ instead of posting nonsense of worldly philosophers driven my their arrogant concept of self-worth and guided by the god of this system.
This same irrational none believer even falsely accused me of considering myself the "only true believer" when there are a great number, howbeit, small in comparison to the total population of the earth. I answered him as follows,
<<<"I in no way consider myself the "only true believer," and in fact, stated that the genuine (true) followers of Jesus (Yeshua) Christ would be few in number - not that I was the only one. In fact, Jesus (Yeshua) Christ, when he was on earth clearly said, let's consider both Luke 13:24 and Matthew 7:13-14, it is in both of these that the road followed by true believers would be narrow and cramped, Luke 13:24, "Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able." (Authorized King James Bible: AV); And Matthew 7:13-14, "Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, abroad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: 14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it." (AV); thereby, clearly showing few would be entering the narrow gate "which leadeth unto life." In reality, it will be difficult for even true Christians to enter as testified to at 1 Peter 4:18, "And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear." (AV). In order to enter, we must have the right sort of guide, Luke 1:79, "To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace." (AV). Now, if one picks the wrong group, just because it is popular or the so called 'one to belong to in a community' and not because of Bible Truths, there is an important warning given at Matthew 15:14, "Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch." (AV). In fact, being with the wrong group can mean you are NOT having fellowship with the Son of God, Jesus (Yeshua) as testified to at 1 John 1:6, "If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not [have] the truth." (AV). This danger is made abundantly clear at Luke 12:32 when Jesus (Yeshua) spoke of his true followers as a little flock and not a large one, "Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom." (AV). Simply stated, his true followers will be relatively few in number which should cause all sincere individuals to question whether mainstream religion with its vast membership is heading for the narrow gate!">>>.
One none believer wrongly said I accepted on historian and philosopher writings, but missed the critical point so I answered him as follows,
<<<"s a historian Edward Gibbons was quite good, but when he went of and indulged in philosophy which was definitely not his forte he really lost it. This was clearly shown by Prometheus's quote of a portion of one of his history books where he diverted from historical facts and indulged in philosophy. The moral of the story is when one gets out of his field of expertise - watch out. Who would want a great electrician performing heart surgery on him/her - no one. Why? He would be out of the field where he is an expert.
Sounds somewhat like an obviously good engineer who tries to dab into theology and philosophy and loses it, and who does not answer or acknowledge my questions asked him several times.">>>.
Seems like none believers are into twisting reality and fact in an attempt to support their adoration of worldly philosophers - this is completely wrong. But, now let's look at miracles and what they are that those giving adoration to worldly philosophers do not want to accept.
MIRACLES:
Now let's consider several important definitions first,
In the New Testament these four Greek words are principally used to designate miracles:
1. Semeion, a "sign", i.e., an evidence of a divine commission; an attestation of a divine message (Matt. 12:38,39; 16:1, 4; Mark 8:11; Luke 11:16; 23:8; John 2:11, 18, 23; Acts 6:8, etc.); a token of the presence and working of God; the seal of a higher power.
2. Terata, "wonders;" wonder-causing events; portents; producing astonishment in the beholder (Acts 2:19).
3. Dunameis, "might works;" works of superhuman power (Acts 2:22; Rom. 15:19; 2 Thess. 2:9); of a new and higher power.
4. Erga, "works;" the works of Him who is "wonderful in working" (John 5:20, 36).
See Part Two: