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May 6 |
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Apr 23 |
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Does the Trinity share one mind or are there three separate minds? I appreciate your offer, but I rather doubt you or anyone can decode that for anyone in a convincing way (and it's not your fault). There are just far too many terms that are ill-defined to make sense of Rahner's points. E.g., with such words italicized: "But precisely this self-consciousness (as subjective, not as understood in its objectivity) comes from the divine essence, is common as one to the divine persons, is therefore a moment of the concrete person, so that he may be defined as 'a distinct subject in a rational nature.'" I'd argue this is hopelessly abstruse. |
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Apr 21 |
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Does the Trinity share one mind or are there three separate minds? I appreciate your effort, but I cannot understand the Rahner quotes at all. |
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Jan 16 |
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Oct 21 |
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Sep 1 |
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May 17 |
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Is it possible for The Bible to contain errors? @JonEricson Well, maybe even more context (whatthebiblesays.info/Marriageinheaven.html) might provide a new way of looking at it. I've had a pastor/religion prof give me a very interesting new context for two famous bible moments recently and so present this in that spirit. |
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May 16 |
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Is it possible for The Bible to contain errors? Without other verses, couldn't one take Mark 12:25 to mean one will not get married post-resurrection but if one were to be already married... |
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Apr 11 |
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How can the logical impossibility of infinite self reference be reconciled in the case of God? @SanJacinto Yeah, I have not yet been convinced by compatibilism...I should probably save that for chat only if you are ever on that. |
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Apr 11 |
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How can the logical impossibility of infinite self reference be reconciled in the case of God? @SanJacinto Well, you've stated you don't have liberty to cause your desires, nor liberty to not act on the act-causing desire. Where then is there room for choice? |
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Apr 10 |
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How can the logical impossibility of infinite self reference be reconciled in the case of God? @SanJacinto For a given action, describe (perhaps in chat) how someone would be able to not act (that is, to have liberty to act or not) on the final desire that ultimately causes the action? |
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Apr 9 |
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How can the logical impossibility of infinite self reference be reconciled in the case of God? I think you forgot the link to the article about "oracles". |
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Apr 9 |
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How can the logical impossibility of infinite self reference be reconciled in the case of God? I do not understand the paragraph that begins with "However effectively". The tenses of the verbs ("he takes action"...*after* evaluation? As part of evaluation?) are ambiguous and the number ("takes action"..."but some actions") doesn't match. I can't parse this idea the way it's written. |
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Apr 1 |
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How come Easter is associated with Eggs, Bunnies and Flowers? On your last statement, I'm not sure I agree--I mean, how many people wear a gold bunny on a chain around their neck? :D |
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Mar 31 |
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What are the theological implications/problems with theistic evolution? "a couple of hundred years" - is that intended as your shorthand for about 4.5-13 billion years (depending if you are counting from the start of the universe or just planet Earth). |
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Mar 30 |
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What are the theological implications/problems with theistic evolution? @ashansky Not sure what a difference in "value" between an evolved man and a created man means. Value in buying is: value = quality/cost. What is value of a man? Is it like how provenance matters to antiques' value? |
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Mar 30 |
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What are the theological implications/problems with theistic evolution? @ashansky And apes + 1 as being "mere" is your opinion. Others find apes + 1 to be mind-blowingly extraordinary. |
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Mar 30 |
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What are the theological implications/problems with theistic evolution? @ashansky That belief is fetishistic; that two objects, currently identical in all properties, are not actually identical because the process that created them was different. Many people think/feel this way; I happen not to. I buy generic pharmaceuticals. |
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Mar 30 |
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What are the theological implications/problems with theistic evolution? I don't see how your last sentence follows from that at all. We're either in the Christian god's image or we're not; how we got there doesn't change that. |
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Mar 27 |
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Can you explain this Free Will / Predestination illustration? +1 for very direct explanation and the reference. |
