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  1. Lon

    Our Moral God

    Seems pretty straight forward but there is no need to revisit a 'mormon' connection. Honestly, it wasn't intended to be a huge discussion point. I'm just puzzled by the fact that so many Open Theist theologians are in ongoing conversations specifically because it looks like 'commonalities.'...
  2. Lon

    Our Moral God

    Sustains Literally what 'consist, make to stand' means. I don't care to argue over the difference. Don't care frankly. You can be wrong or supposedly me. Not important if you grasp the meaning unless you have a pertinent point and I suspect nothing. Don't monkey see/monkey do. Such is often...
  3. Lon

    On the omniscience of God

    I'll plead a bit on your former post that we cannot, as you rightly said, grasp all of who God is for one. Qualifying (2) is different between Open paradigms and the majority of the rest of Christendom. For this, because I and most of Christians believe the Omnis are very much beyond "Adam...
  4. Lon

    What is a Biblical dispensation?

    Saw this untouched for a month so thought I'd give it a bump. "Dispensation" isn't a word we use often, nor the synonyms: management, administration in theological discussion often. Dispensationalists generally mean: God has worked differently, with different people, at different times...
  5. Lon

    A little comedy break....

  6. Lon

    A little comedy break....

    Sorry, it was dad humor, but caught me off guard, so I laughed.
  7. Lon

    Time doesn't exist.

    Certainly 'in' pertaining to the topic, but no, wasn't in mind. Rather it is that I render all offerings 'in Him' to 1) acknowledge I'm a servant and need to bring all my conveyance under His watchful eye and 2) a bit of submission to my fellow man (you certainly) in humility. Only what God...
  8. Lon

    You won't see this on the news

    O.o and stinky!
  9. Lon

    Our Moral God

    This one?
  10. Lon

    On the omniscience of God

    Who gets to decide what is knowable for God? The term 'knowable' usually has a lot of qualifications from what Open Theists believe i.e. having just inklings of what is happening in Sodom and Gomorrah that He has to go see, not knowing where Adam is actually hiding. Because God is the...
  11. Lon

    Time doesn't exist.

    Something akin to panentheism or exactly that. Colossians 1:16-20 that I often repeat on TOL. Open ideas/paradigms, often come from thinking "God is inside of the universe." "Creation, Concept, Expression, Handiwork, etc. are all equated if I'm grasping his intent. "In Him we live, and move...
  12. Lon

    Our Moral God

    Agree. God knew, thus wasn't asking 'where?' for information, but to hold men accountable.
  13. Lon

    Our Moral God

    Well, 1) I've given an apology, please accept it. 2) I'd hope you can empathize on this: Something is in common with Mormons or else the major Open Theologians and authors wouldn't be doing Bringham Young (Boyd, Sanders, Pinnock, likely more minor players). That alone is intriguing...
  14. Lon

    Guns!

    For shooting around corners... (I know! "Random!)
  15. Lon

    You won't see this on the news

    A small request (maybe): If it is easy enough, could you snip a quote to post with these, or do a synopsis? This from the Twitter page:
  16. Lon

    Our Moral God

    "Sometimes" rather, (I appreciate irony but take the criticism as good, you are correct). No, I'm just a random. My mind goes 100 miles an hour and it evident. My first drafts are rarely gems. I did graduate an MA with a very high score, but had to really work at it. You were talking...
  17. Lon

    On the omniscience of God

    Omniscience is simply the term. "Knows all things" and "All Knowing" are interchangeable. While He has never sinned, of course He knows all the ins and outs of its actions and influence else we'd not be saved from it, right? Jesus was 'tempted in every way.' I don't believe...
  18. Lon

    Our Moral God

    Omnis come from the standpoint of 'all that is' isn't co-eternal with God. As humans, the universe is all we know but God is 'all' there is and much more than simply this piece of His creative work (universe) so the omnis are a way of trying to grasp God's statements: Almighty: Omnipotent...
  19. Lon

    Our Moral God

    Triune God: All physical analogies break down. "Spirit is indivisible" helps me begin to understand a Triune nature because as Father Son and Holy Spirit are/is Spirit, I can about manage to grasp Their/His Oneness. Propositions for your inspection: 1) It is uniquely true that Jesus...
  20. Lon

    Our Moral God

    (with a good heart) All on you. You just are not reading my mind and this paragraph is 100% of where my statement came from: I meant no 'guilty by association.' Reread: the statement was about 'who doesn't hold to omni's.' Next? I apologized, and I meant it but please don't look for...
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