Re: [TruthTalk] Jesus' Nature

2005-02-13 Thread Bill Taylor
Well thought out, Izzy. And well stated, too. Any disagreements I might have are so slight as to not even be worth bringing up under this circumstance. Thank you and kudos.   Bill   PS, Izzy. I just read it again and I mean a REALLY BIG KUDOS! - Original Message - From: Shiel

Re: [TruthTalk] Original Sin

2005-02-13 Thread Bill Taylor
John wrote  >  If "sanctify" is more than "to set apart,"  what are the additional nuances?    Hi John,   The distinction I am drawing is not at all adverse to the idea that sanctify means to set apart. What I am saying is that sanctification, if it is truly going to sanctify us, has to be

RE: [TruthTalk] Original Sin

2005-02-13 Thread ShieldsFamily
    From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2005 10:16 PM To: TruthTalk@mail.innglory.org Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] Original Sin   In a message dated 2/12/2005 11:39:40 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: [TruthTalk] Nephi or Moroni?

2005-02-13 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Blaine wrote see below** -- "David Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Joseph Smith wrote: >> Nevertheless I fell into transgression and >> sinned in many things which brought wound >> upon my Soul [sic] and there were many things >> which transpired that cannot be writen [sic] and >> my Fathers [

[TruthTalk] Jesus' Nature

2005-02-13 Thread ShieldsFamily
  I'm putting my thoughts about all this squabbling about Jesus' nature under a new heading, as it had nothing to do with mormons. For what it's worth, (nothing to Lance and friends I’m sure) here are my two cents:   1) I believe in "Original Sin" only as it means that we are born with t

Re: [TruthTalk] Original Sin

2005-02-13 Thread Knpraise
In a message dated 2/12/2005 11:39:40 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Thanks for the answer, David. Why do you think Jesus did not say, "And for their sakes I give them the example of myself, that they also may be sanctified by truth"? He said that sort of thing at other time

Re: [TruthTalk] Mormons and Street Preachers

2005-02-13 Thread Bill Taylor
Good enough then. Bill - Original Message - From: "Terry Clifton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2005 8:35 PM Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] Mormons and Street Preachers > Bill Taylor wrote: > > >I will say this for you, Terry: at least you are willing to admit that your

Re: [TruthTalk] Mormons and Street Preachers

2005-02-13 Thread Terry Clifton
Bill Taylor wrote: I will say this for you, Terry: at least you are willing to admit that your Jesus is a hybrid. The Greeks had no problems with that (as I explained yesterday, if you had been reading), they had a pantheon of them. But Judy wants to hold onto the same idea, without admitting to it

Re: [TruthTalk] Mormons and Street Preachers

2005-02-13 Thread Bill Taylor
I will say this for you, Terry: at least you are willing to admit that your Jesus is a hybrid. The Greeks had no problems with that (as I explained yesterday, if you had been reading), they had a pantheon of them. But Judy wants to hold onto the same idea, without admitting to its source. Kudos to

Re: [TruthTalk] Mormons and Street Preachers

2005-02-13 Thread Bill Taylor
Terry wrote > I cannot understand fully plus fully. It does not compute. Not even when it's been explained to you? Hmmm. It sounds to me like you are not trying. You once spoke of your 130 IQ. What do you do with the 90% you are ignoring? Send it over to me if you like; I'll put it to work

Re: [TruthTalk] Mormons and Street Preachers

2005-02-13 Thread Bill Taylor
. . . But it has become an alloy -- in the case of Jesus: a demigod. Bill - Original Message - From: "Terry Clifton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2005 7:33 PM Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] Mormons and Street Preachers > Bill Taylor wrote: > > >Terry wrote > I obvio

Re: [TruthTalk] Mormons and Street Preachers

2005-02-13 Thread Bill Taylor
And neither is it pure Coffee, nor pure milk. Bill - Original Message - From: "Terry Clifton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2005 7:33 PM Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] Mormons and Street Preachers > Bill Taylor wrote: > > >Terry wrote > I obviously see things in a much

Re: [TruthTalk] Mormons and Street Preachers

2005-02-13 Thread Terry Clifton
Bill Taylor wrote: Terry wrote > I obviously see things in a much less complex manner than you, and I cannot quite grasp why it is so important to dissect every word and argue over things none of us can fully understand. You were just as saved before you knew Greek as you are now. I think that

Re: [TruthTalk] Original Sin

2005-02-13 Thread Bill Taylor
jt: Do you believe the first Adam was "something other than human" also?    Hi Judy,   I take it you are speaking of the first Adam in his pre-fallen state. And so, the answer is, No, I do not believe he was something other than human -- neither do I believe that Adam needed "saved" prior t

Re: [TruthTalk] Mormons and Street Preachers

2005-02-13 Thread Bill Taylor
Terry wrote  >  I obviously see things in a much less complex manner than you, and I cannot quite grasp why it is so important to dissect every word and argue over things none of us can fully understand.  You were just as saved before you knew Greek as you are now.    I think that when Paul

Re: [TruthTalk] Mormons and Street Preachers

2005-02-13 Thread Bill Taylor
That's the wrong question, Kevin. We can discuss the particulars of those natures if you like, but Judy's claim is that Jesus did not have TWO natures. Do you agree with her?   Bill - Original Message - From: Kevin Deegan To: TruthTalk@mail.innglory.org Sent: Sund

Re: [TruthTalk] Mormons and Street Preachers

2005-02-13 Thread ttxpress
he died | now he lives again  <-- basically, the two distinct inseparable natures of JC in play in NT history     G     2/13 Bill: "who believe[s] that Jesus did not have two natures "[?] -- On Sun, 13 Feb 2005 15:27:22 -0500 Judy Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: ..not all of us (me incl

Re: [TruthTalk] Mormons and Street Preachers

2005-02-13 Thread Terry Clifton
Bill Taylor wrote: Judy wrote > It wasn't unnoticed Lance but not all of us (me included) believe that Jesus had two natures. Would all those who believe that Jesus did not have two natures -- one fully human, the other fully divine -- please weigh in? (the Mormons may exclude themselves if the

Re: [TruthTalk] Mormons and Street Preachers

2005-02-13 Thread Knpraise
In a message dated 2/13/2005 9:50:26 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:   Gary:When you are right.Bill Taylor wrote a ma

Re: [TruthTalk] Mormons and Street Preachers

2005-02-13 Thread Kevin Deegan
Which two natures are you asking about? Human/Divine Impeccability/peccability of ChristBill Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Judy wrote  >  It wasn't unnoticed Lance but not all of us (me included) believe that Jesus had two natures.   Would all those who believe that Jesus did not have tw

Re: [TruthTalk] Mormons and Street Preachers

2005-02-13 Thread Bill Taylor
Judy wrote  >  It wasn't unnoticed Lance but not all of us (me included) believe that Jesus had two natures.   Would all those who believe that Jesus did not have two natures -- one fully human, the other fully divine -- please weigh in? (the Mormons may exclude themselves if they wish). It

Re: [TruthTalk] Mormons and Street Preachers

2005-02-13 Thread Judy Taylor
It wasn't unnoticed Lance but not all of us (me included) believe that Jesus had two natures. We fallen ones are the double natured and double minded ones (after we have received Him and have been born of the Spirit) and before we grow into the unity of the faith. Why didn't you respond to

Re: [TruthTalk] Feelings.....

2005-02-13 Thread Kevin Deegan
JT I forgot the mention that Satan can give us feelings all over the place What about these "burning bosoms"?   How about seducing spirits? Do they allure the heart or the mind?   Seducers are more dangerous enemies to the church than persecutors. Matthew Henry The unattended garden will soon be

Re: [TruthTalk] Mormons and Street Preachers

2005-02-13 Thread Lance Muir
Gary:When you are right.Bill Taylor wrote a masterful treatment on the two natures of Christ. It went largely unnoticed. And you...you're good you! (Crystal/DeNiro) I hope it works out the three of you to spend that time together. - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PRO

Re: [TruthTalk] Mormons and Street Preachers

2005-02-13 Thread ttxpress
while it's actually funny/friendly, it's cool, kinda like chocolate which is better than pops--some is usually sufficient for most ppl   On Sun, 13 Feb 2005 11:24:02 -0600 "ShieldsFamily" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: I’d hate to see TT rule out the banter and joking that makes us lau

RE: [TruthTalk] Mormons and Street Preachers

2005-02-13 Thread ShieldsFamily
I’d hate to see TT rule out the banter and joking that makes us laugh and consider each other to be friends—and lightens what can be heavy (or dull) subject matter. Izzy   From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2

Re: [TruthTalk] Mormons and Street Preachers

2005-02-13 Thread ttxpress
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[TruthTalk] Feelings.....

2005-02-13 Thread Judy Taylor
  Oophs! I forgot the mention that Satan can give us feelings all over the place What about these "burning bosoms"?  My manic-depressive friend had received so much secular counselling that she was trained to hone in on feelings. Everything was "and how did that make you feel?" It wasn't unt

Re: [TruthTalk] Anti-intellectualism

2005-02-13 Thread Judy Taylor
  Right!  We have received freely so we are to give freely giving folks the option to be free.   At Pleasant Valley they had a sign on the wall   "Feelings come and feelings go and feelings are deceiving My warrant is the Word of God, none else is worth believing"   To which I say Amen

Re: [TruthTalk] Anti-intellectualism

2005-02-13 Thread Kevin Deegan
FEELINGS WOOA WOOA WOOA FEELINGS Some men just want to hear the applause of other men Like the scholar The bible tells us to study not to become a fishless fisherman. An expert on all the stuff we DO NOT DO.   If I was into warm fuzzies would I be a street preacher? When my first child was born I w

Re: [TruthTalk] Mormons and Street Preachers

2005-02-13 Thread Kevin Deegan
Here is another eyewitness from the Mesa AZ LDS Easter Pag http://www.ripoffreport.com/view.asp?id=26988 http://www.ripoffreport.com/view.asp?id=26994 http://www.ripoffreport.com/reports/ripoff27006.htm http://www.ripoffreport.com/view.asp?id=27020 Notice how Mormons phrase things such as handing o

[TruthTalk] Anti-intellectualism

2005-02-13 Thread Judy Taylor
    JD: Well, you have certainly proven this point  --   and a fine testimony to anti-intellectualism you are.   I mean, after listening to you for, h, a couple of minutes,  one not only sees little value in Continuation Schooling, one sees little point is bullhorn discussions.   We

Re: [TruthTalk] Mormons and Street Preachers

2005-02-13 Thread Kevin Deegan
There is nothing like an EYEwitness   Judy Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Can't remember whether or not I've posted this; they are tidbits from a friend who corresponds with our daughter. He has always lived in  SLC, has been looking for a life partner and is not a Mormon. This guy was raised

Re: [TruthTalk] Original Sin

2005-02-13 Thread Kevin Deegan
UTTERly Ridiculous Written like a true perfectionist[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 2/12/2005 6:34:03 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: "The intellectuals are coming;   the intellectuals are coming  !!   There goes the nieghborhood [sic]Written like a true

Re: [TruthTalk] Cult behavior

2005-02-13 Thread Kevin Deegan
OH NO your self image cropped up again   Attempted manipulation of feelings can not pass for an answer. Stop yer yellin & screamin   The Prerequisite for christian UNITY is Membership 2 CO 13:5 Examine yourselves, whether ye be IN the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, ho

[TruthTalk] Mormons and Street Preachers

2005-02-13 Thread Judy Taylor
Can't remember whether or not I've posted this; they are tidbits from a friend who corresponds with our daughter. He has always lived in  SLC, has been looking for a life partner and is not a Mormon. This guy was raised in the Christian Science sect and apparently he does not find the "stree