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Originally posted by adjensen
Originally posted by DISRAELI
"Gnostic"= "someone who claims Knowledge [GNOSIS]"
Well, technically, no. In that sense it would be someone who seeks divine knowledge.
Originally posted by DISRAELI
Originally posted by adjensen
Originally posted by DISRAELI
"Gnostic"= "someone who claims Knowledge [GNOSIS]"
Well, technically, no. In that sense it would be someone who seeks divine knowledge.
I stand by my definition;
My authorities;
Concise Oxford Dictionary- "early Christian heretic(s) claiming GNOSIS"
Henry Chadwick, "the Early Church", ch2,- "The second century sects claimed to possess a special "knowledge" which transcended the simple faith of the church"
Irenaeus, "Against all heresies", Preface- "They also overthrow the faith of many, by drawing them away, under a pretence of [superior] knowledge, from him who founded and adorned the universe".
I believe it was the claiming, rather than the seeking, which earned them that nickname.
"I have received the Revelation of the Son of Man and you haven't" is right at home in that category.
Originally posted by Vonour I think your thoughts on these prophecies would be well recieved by some ... a glimpse into what you have forseen would verymuch be well recieved by me ...
Originally posted by Alethea What do you think makes you so special that you would receive visions and others would not?
If the visions were true why would you "throw your pearls to swine" by sending the info to the likes of Pat Roberson and his ilk?
And two of the fundamental Revelations of the Quran are that the Doctrine of "resurrection" is a Doctrine of 'Rebirth' and that Jesus was the messiah, but not 'God'.
Originally posted by Michael Cecil
Originally posted by kallisti36 But Michael, if you are a true messenger, why have you not been able to create a following?
First of all, it is not my responsibility to 'create a following'. That was specifically not a part of the 'instructions' I received.
Secondly, does someone warning people to get out of a burning building desire followers?
Of course not. All he wants is for the people to get out of the burning building.
His only responsibility is to convey information and warning.
And, if they ignore that warning, he can then try to explain to them why the building is burning.
Will that save any lives?
Of course not.
But what choice does he have?
But your question is based upon an unwarranted assumption: that either Jesus or Mohammed actually succeeded in the first place.
They didn't.
Christians don't believe the Teaching of Jesus on the "resurrection". Hundreds of millions of them follow, instead, the teaching of the Pharisee Paul.
And two of the fundamental Revelations of the Quran are that the Doctrine of "resurrection" is a Doctrine of 'Rebirth' and that Jesus was the messiah, but not 'God'.
So, how many Jews today believe that Jesus was the messiah but not 'God'? How many Christians believe that Jesus was the messiah but not 'God'? And how many Christians or Jews or Muslims believe that the Doctrine of "resurrection" is a Doctrine of 'Rebirth'?
So it cannot actually be said that Mohammed succeeded in convincing others of the Revelations he received.
There are hundreds of millions of people who read the Gospels, just as there are hundreds of millions of people who read the Quran; but that does not mean that those Revelations are understood.
John had a personal revelation, but was able to convince billions of people of the validity of it.
Nonsense. He was not able to convince anyone of its validity. No one had any understanding whatsoever of what that Revelation meant. Just as the theologians STILL don't know what it means, never having received either the Vision of the "Son of man" or the Revelation of the "resurrection".
That it was not immediately destroyed is a consequence of the Will of God rather than John's 'powers of persuasion'.
And I am not any 'Gnostic'.
Mi cha el
Originally posted by kallisti36 There are also a number of Christians, Muslims, and Jews who believe in reincarnation and other such heterodox and arguably pagan ideas.
...if Yeshuah and/or Muhammed failed in their work then they do not have God on their side or God is impotent. You cannot have your doctrine and renowned religious figures without them contradicting you.
Originally posted by darkest4The "fractal prophecies" was the most hilarious bit of rubbish I've probably ever read in regards to "prophecies"....
I'm thinking about dreaming up some derivative prophecies myself.
unsealing-the-seven-seals.blogspot.com...
*The Prophecy of August, 1979 was sent by certified mail, return receipts requested and received, to President Theodore Hesburgh, and Chairman of the Theology Department, David Burrell, at the University of Notre Dame, in early September, 1979.
Subsequently, it was faxed to the Washington, D.C. embassies of Egypt, Syria and the Israel in December, 2007.
**The Vision-Prophecy of the coming “time of trouble”—which, as all Revelation, occurs only in the context of the cessation of time and thought—was so utterly and completely horrifying as to be beyond human comprehension. There is simply no intellectual category of meaning into which such ‘information’ can be placed. Thus, the response I have for those theologians who excuse themselves by saying that they did not believe the Prophecies that I sent them: Neither did I. Disbelief does not transform Truth into falsehood
Originally posted by St Udio*The Prophecy of August, 1979 was sent by certified mail, return receipts requested and received, to President Theodore Hesburgh, and Chairman of the Theology Department, David Burrell, at the University of Notre Dame, in early September, 1979.
Originally posted by St Udio *The Prophecy of August, 1979 was sent by certified mail, return receipts requested and received, to President Theodore Hesburgh, and Chairman of the Theology Department, David Burrell, at the University of Notre Dame, in early September, 1979. Subsequently, it was faxed to the Washington, D.C. embassies of Egypt, Syria and the Israel in December, 2007.