Originally Posted by
Phoenix
That is part of your problem IMO, and the main reason why your posts aren't achieving their desired outcome: Some of the things you claim to know, are actually only things you believe. And that becomes very important when you claim to know what God would or would not do, and what you personally will allow Him to do, or will prohibit Him from doing.
Isn't it strange how you spent more time, and more creative effort, dancing around my questions than it would have taken to just answer them? Did you realize that answering my questions would show the one flaw in the foundation upon which your whole conclusion (that you have the ability to tell, with 100% accuracy and objectivity, whether a given message goes against the Bible or not) is built?
("Would Alan do something God told him to do, if what God said went against the teachings of the Bible?" My answer then is the same answer I got now....my answer is "No!"... I was ever told a message by God, (or an angel sent by God) that disagreed with what I read in the bible, that I would disregard the newer message in favor of the Bible's message... Therefore if any spirit, angel, or a divine being claiming to be 'a god' brings me a message that is different than what we already have in the Bible I would reject it instantly...if God were to send me an angel with a message, and a new set of teachings that go against the Bible?.....I believe my response to that angel would be "Bite me")
You constructed a fallacy where you used an example that virtually all of us would agree with, and used it to "prove" something that we would not agree with. Like saying "Oranges are obviously orange, therefore we can always know what color apples are."
The best way to answer my questions would be to...answer my questions. I can guess as to your reasons for spending time and energy not answering them, but my preference would be that you just answer the questions so I don't have to guess.
Then do you have the patience to just answer my questions?
Then God could tell us whether Jesus got married, because that would be very cool to finally learn, and there is nothing in the Bible that really deals with whether He did or didn't. Do you disagree?
Now there is an additional question for you to answer, after you answer my original ones.
I sincerely look forward to your answers. I hope they are forthcoming.