A test for intellectuals

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Hi PaulT

You said.....

[Hunterpoet]

"But we prefer, if it must be so, to be less wise in the Scriptures, than to be wise against them". - Turtellian

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[Hunterpoet]

.....there are some who believe, that the dinosaurs(Job 40:15-ff), died in the flood.

Utter nonsense - Behemoth can be taken to mean any of several large and powerful land animals, usually the hippo but also the elephant or any bovine. However, identification of the exact creature is unimportant; the point of the passage is that Job does not even have the power to control the creature and therefore cannot presume to demand answers or an accounting from God.

Hippo's and elephants have tails like cedars????

[OneLight]

If you answer

[Guest]

Got Theory?

What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it;

the molten image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusteth therein, to make dumb idols?

Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise, it shall teach!

Behold, it is laid over with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in the midst of it.

But the LORD is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him. Habakkuk 2:18-20

Get Truth

In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:

Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature: For by him were all things created,

that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers:

all things were created by him, and for him: And he is before all things, and by him all things consist. 1 Colossians 1:14;17

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....What I realized is that none of these questions are salvation issues, i.e. that what you believe about the answers determines your destiny. You can answer "No" to any or all of them and still be saved.....

The Proud

Surely your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the potter's clay:

for shall the work say of him that made it, He made me not?

or shall the thing framed say of him that framed it,

He had no understanding? Isaiah 29:16

Or The Living

And he humbled thee,

and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know;

that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word

that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live. Deuteronomy 8:3

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....So let me expand my original inquiry - "Who says I'm getting too smart for my own good if I answer yes to one or more of the questions?" and "Why is that a bad thing?" and "By what authority must I believe in the literal truth of these events?" Inquiring minds want to know....

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And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written,

That man shall not live by bread alone,

but by every word of God. Luke 4:4

Literally

For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man:

but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost. 2 Peter 1:21

The Literal Truth

Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts, And saying, Where is the promise of his coming?

for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.

For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old,

and the earth standing out of the water and in the water:

Whereby the world that then was,

being overflowed

with water,

perished: 2 Peter 3:3-6

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Be Blessed Beloved Of The KING

Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable.

One generation shall praise thy works to another, and shall declare thy mighty acts.

I will speak of the glorious honour of thy majesty, and of thy wondrous works. Psalms 145:3-5

Love, Your Brother Joe

[enoob57]

I ran through that list and answered 'yes' to every question, without hesitation. Faith for me is simple; if Scripture tells me it is so, then it is so. Nothing hard about that.

This is exactly what I love about you my Sister!!! Cause you and I are certainly cut from the same cloth... Love Steven

[enoob57]

I've read this with interest, because I haven't always been able to say "yes" to all those things.

Some people are going to answer no to a few things, not because they are too "smart", but because they have accepted false teaching without questioning it. Not pride, not worldly wisdom, but a lack of studying and testing all things.

I don't think we can characterise all people who take non literal (or even wrong) interpretations of scripture... they are a diverse bunch! [Truth be known, even those who answered "yes" to all questions are diverse!].

My two cents .

Wow thats cheap I would have given a dollar for this Love Steven

[Guest man]

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Next you asked.......

"Who says I'm getting too smart for my own good if I answer yes(YOU MEANT

[enoob57]

If you answer "No", to any of these questions(except for maybe #3), you have become "too smart".

Says who?

Which did you say "No" to?

None...and don't change the subject.

Touchy are ya? Paul, seems like you are having a bit of trouble lately here. Could it be your attitude?

Colossians 4:6

Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one.

No, I'm not touchy; I've answered yes to all of the questions because at one time or another I've doubted all of them and thought them through. What I realized is that none of these questions are salvation issues, i.e. that what you believe about the answers determines your destiny. You can answer "No" to any or all of them and still be saved.

So let me expand my original inquiry - "Who says I'm getting too smart for my own good if I answer yes to one or more of the questions?" and "Why is that a bad thing?" and "By what authority must I believe in the literal truth of these events?" Inquiring minds want to know.

Thank you for explaining. I appreciate the time and clarity.

When I read the OP, I did not take it as you did. I saw it as not taking His word at face value where, through our understanding, we tore the verse apart, used science to confirm the "facts", and coming up with an answer that rejects scripture. In other words, not trusting God, but our own intellect.

May it be said of those who possess faith that it is the fact that to step into His presence with His Word alone within will be the only acceptable Words so as to speak.... once in the presence of the total of Holiness nothing of sin shall be- including Words formed outside of The Written Word we now possess... Notice Joe few Words of His own and much of Scripture He is witnessing of this time that comes to each one born of woman for an answer unto God... Love Steven

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God said it

I believe it