No need to read anything. Your argument is nonsensical, and there is nothing more to add.DrW wrote:That is not at all what I am saying. You need to read more carefully.
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- Mon Oct 09, 2017 12:46 am
- Forum: Terrestrial Forum
- Topic: MG & JLHPROF: From Whence Come Spiritual Experiences?
- Replies: 343
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Re: MG & JLHPROF: From Whence Come Spiritual Experiences?
- Sun Oct 08, 2017 10:01 pm
- Forum: Terrestrial Forum
- Topic: MG & JLHPROF: From Whence Come Spiritual Experiences?
- Replies: 343
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Re: MG & JLHPROF: From Whence Come Spiritual Experiences?
I dare say that there are millions of people who firmly believed at one time that they had the witness of the Holy Ghost, and now know that it was just another false belief. You are wasting your time and everybody else’s time. You are saying that just because some people can be misled into into bel...
- Sun Oct 08, 2017 9:07 pm
- Forum: Terrestrial Forum
- Topic: MG & JLHPROF: From Whence Come Spiritual Experiences?
- Replies: 343
- Views: 21850
Re: MG & JLHPROF: From Whence Come Spiritual Experiences?
Have you ever felt the spirit of Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas? If you have it doesn't mean monsters, father turkey, and Santa Claus exists. The witness of the Holy Ghost is something that has to be experienced. It is not something that can be described to someone else. If it was possible ...
- Sun Oct 08, 2017 5:37 pm
- Forum: Terrestrial Forum
- Topic: MG & JLHPROF: From Whence Come Spiritual Experiences?
- Replies: 343
- Views: 21850
Re: MG & JLHPROF: From Whence Come Spiritual Experiences?
In fact, the post describes an exceedingly small portion of the experimental and observational data that provides an evidence based and logical explanation for the transcendent experiences that religionists think of as spiritual. The phenomena described in the OP are yet another reason why faith (u...
- Sun Oct 08, 2017 4:43 pm
- Forum: Terrestrial Forum
- Topic: MG & JLHPROF: From Whence Come Spiritual Experiences?
- Replies: 343
- Views: 21850
Re: MG & JLHPROF: From Whence Come Spiritual Experiences?
That is a very long-winded way of saying, “I do not believe in the existence of the divine, the supernatural, the transcendent, the miraculous, or the spiritual, therefore it does not exist.”
- Fri Oct 06, 2017 3:24 am
- Forum: Terrestrial Forum
- Topic: The Book of Mormon is about Joseph Smith
- Replies: 20
- Views: 2349
Re: The Book of Mormon is about Joseph Smith
Dumb comment.Gadianton wrote:Good point, Christ x 326 = how Joseph thought of himself.
- Fri Oct 06, 2017 3:22 am
- Forum: Terrestrial Forum
- Topic: The Book of Mormon is about Joseph Smith
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Re: The Book of Mormon is about Joseph Smith
You are dodging my question.Wonhyo wrote:Please refer to your quote above.zerinus wrote:A midrash is a rabbinical commentary on scripture.
- Thu Oct 05, 2017 8:02 pm
- Forum: Terrestrial Forum
- Topic: The Book of Mormon is about Joseph Smith
- Replies: 20
- Views: 2349
Re: The Book of Mormon is about Joseph Smith
Give me a definition of a midrash.Wonhyo wrote:Zerinus, midrashic literature is found in the New Testament. We don't discount those parts of the New Testament as non-scripture. At least I don't.
- Thu Oct 05, 2017 7:07 pm
- Forum: Terrestrial Forum
- Topic: The Book of Mormon is about Joseph Smith
- Replies: 20
- Views: 2349
Re: The Book of Mormon is about Joseph Smith
I am not aware that that is the case. A midrash is a rabbinical commentary on scripture. It is not scripture itself, as the revealed word of God.Wonhyo wrote:Midrashes can be scripture, and contain the word of God.
- Thu Oct 05, 2017 6:46 pm
- Forum: Terrestrial Forum
- Topic: The Book of Mormon is about Joseph Smith
- Replies: 20
- Views: 2349
Re: The Book of Mormon is about Joseph Smith
The Book of Mormon is the revealed word of God. It is a book of scripture just like the Bible.Wonhyo wrote:Zerinus, the Book of Mormon is a fascinating midrash on the Bible, isn't it.