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» Migisi - Answering Migisi (Post 11)

In response to Answering Migisi (Post 11) posted by BrianTubbs:
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You're setting up a trap here, and you know it.
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I was asking Kim some follow up questions about what HE believes. Have you come to rescue him from ol' trickster Migisi? If so, he doesn't need it.
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In a manner of speaking...yes. But Jesus is clearly identified in a special and unique way as "God's only begotten Son."
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He'd have to be identified by his followers as special and unique among all the other sons of God, or he couldn't be deified. However, scriptures refer to God's other 'sons', so how could Jesus be his 'only'?
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You're just reaching for problems here.
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Um, no. I'm reaching for answers here. How about offering one.
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The "string" is you have to accept it and acknowledge who it is that's offering it to you. That's not an unreasonable "string."
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'Strings' nonetheless. When you give your kids a birthday gift, are there strings attached - like a bribe: "you either get an A in History, or I won't give you this gift"? Or do you give it freely because you love them?
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Salvation is free, but it's not a free handout.
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Salvation is either free or it isn't.
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They were all divinely empowered. Jesus' resurrection is significant because it was the ultimate stamp of authentication - given Him by God the Father.
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"ultimate stamp of authentication" - and this means what in common English? That the others who raised the dead weren't authentic? You did say they were divinely empowered by God too, no?
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Your point is......?
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You know my point. Long-dead Moses and Elijah appeared to Jesus, and Peter, James, and John. Jesus allegedly appeared to X number of people after his death too. Were Moses and Elijah also resurrected God(s)?
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The significance of the resurrection appearances is that they were presented by Paul... as EVIDENCE of the reality of Jesus' resurrection.
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Paul made a lot of claims, but his own versions of his Damascus conversion story conflict in detail. I don't consider what Paul says as EVIDENCE of anything. He'd never met Jesus, didn't walk and talk with Jesus, wasn't there at Jesus' death or resurrection, or witness himself any appearances afterwards. He is not a reliable witness to anything, IMO.

-- posted by Migisi