Adding insult to injury... statement by DBTS
Recently a link to a statement by the Detroit Baptist Theological Seminary was published on this board, and hailed as the definitive statement of the true scriptural position on inspiration. Now,...
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It should be very telling, that you change the question from "which is right?" (meaning: what'd God SAY), to what you & a bunch of dead guys BELIEVE(D). As far as this discussion goes, what you...
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I'm surprised to see anyone getting angry at or with Greenbranch, even using a little "angry face" icon ( ) next to a post that's addressed to her. Greenbranch is extremely nice and patient, even in...
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Thanks for trying... But it doesn't help. I really don't get how "the Bible" is a bunch of conflicting mss and translations. The example you used doesn't help much. If you say "the dog" I get it, and...
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Wait a minute... "the dog" means... but "a dog" means... So no one has ever asked me if I have "the dog". They usually ask me if I have "a dog." So you ask me if I have "a Bible" and I really have...
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One of them says you must confess faith in the Lord Jesus before you can be baptized, eliminating the possibility of infant baptism, and the other don't. Which is right?Interesting, then, that the KJV...
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Odep said that "One of them says you must confess faith in the Lord Jesus before you can be baptized, eliminating the possibility of infant baptism...". Odep is wrong. Acts 8:37 is a narrative, not...
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I feel I am not accomplishing anythingYeah, you got that right.Does it ever occur to you people that the reason you never seem able to convince anyone, is that your arguments are unconvincing?In other...
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Maybe Satan was hard at work corrupting all those Byzantine Mss and God said, "Enough!" and brought the papyri and the Alexandrian mss to the forefront again.Fair enough--though we ought to consider...
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So whatever happened to Psa. 12:6? "The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times" (which is to say, absolutely pure)?I guess David was nothing but...
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Silver is not the source of light, but it is an excellent reflector of light. Not the point. David is writing of silver's purity, not its optical properties. "Refined seven times" means it is...
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Not the point. David is writing of silver's purity, not its optical properties. "Refined seven times" means it is absolutely pure, with no dross whatsoever.Yes, it is the point. And I know it means...
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Why, however, does it not surprise me that you've managed to miss 95% of my entire point?Because deep down inside, you realize that the first 5% it's based on is garbage? Just a...
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Because this thread is more than long enough already, I'll probably lock it down in a few days. If you all want to continue the discussions taking place in this thread by beginning new ones, that's...
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And there is such a thing as carrying a metaphor too far, which is what you are doing. Your comments on the pearl of great price are a perfect example. Jesus mentions only its value because the point...
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>>>How can you say that God's word is "absolutely pure, with no dross whatsoever," and then proceed to argue that the originals are lost, all bibles prior to the 1900s are corrupted, and we...
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The context is that the oppression of the righteous by the wicked is especially felt in the realm of proud speech and lying vanities; yet the righteous man finds comfort in the pure words of the Lord....
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OK, good for you. You still don't get the King James Bible being the exclusive pure words of God from Psalm 12, though, which is the point I was trying to make. KJV-onlyists try to wrest the...
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This is tiring.If you're getting tired, perhaps you should consider posting less than three times in response to my one message. Just a thought.As you state, "In the case of Psalm 12, David likens...
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You're departing here from the standard of interpretation that Jesus provides in that chapter--and you haven't taken the metaphor far enough. Well, then, I'm in good company: Matthew Henry, JFB, Adam...
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