New Testament

Originally posted by Proper Knob
Galveston has claimed that JW literature is inspired like the Bible.

then perhaps his perception of inspired in different from mine and yours.

Originally posted by Proper Knob
I've spelled out my position over the course over a few posts all in this thread. Go and read it.

Once was quite enough thank you. I still fail to see where you have detailed what your
understanding of direct communication is, perhaps its a mystery and will remain as
such.

Originally posted by robbie carrobie
Once was quite enough thank you. I still fail to see where you have detailed what your
understanding of direct communication is, perhaps its a mystery and will remain as
such.

Proper Knob has been clear. And his still-pending question is clear. You are dodging. You have been blatantly dodging since post 4 on page 19.

Originally posted by robbie carrobie
then perhaps his perception of inspired in different from mine and yours.

galveston75 has, as you well know, claimed that your magazines are divinely inspired in the same way as the gospels were. Is his "perception" right or wrong about that? I mean this in the point blank sense, robbie. Is galveston75 right or wrong?

Originally posted by robbie carrobie
then perhaps his perception of inspired in different from mine and yours.

So, for the record. What's your perception of 'inspired'?

Originally posted by Agerg
I thought it was a bit crap to be honest - was the best I could think of without challenging you too much.

Glad you liked it though 🙂

I guess we'll have to settle for what we can take away from this discussion.

1. You falsely accused me of an "act of deception".

2. You accused me of being "hypocritical" and refused to provide any evidence.

And so it goes with Agerg.

Originally posted by Proper Knob
So, for the record. What's your perception of 'inspired'?

It depends entirely upon the context, one may be inspired to paint or draw, it does not
necessitate that one doing so is under the direction of Gods Holy spirit. This is the point
that I am trying to get you to see, its the same spirit which breathed life into Adam
(theos nustos) its the same spirit which is said to move 'too and fro', upon the waters of
the earth during creation, the same spirit which inspired the penning of the sacred text,
the same spirit which enabled Christ to perform miracles, the same spirit which helps a
christian produce fruitage of that spirit namely 'love, joy, peace, kindness, goodness,
mildness, faith and self control.' All receive the spirit in some way, but its futile to talk
of how it actually operates in abstract terms.

Originally posted by ThinkOfOne
I guess we'll have to settle for what we can take away from this discussion.

1. You falsely accused me of an "act of deception".

2. You accused me of being "hypocritical" and refused to provide any evidence.

And so it goes with Agerg.

lol @ ThinkOfOne!

I justified (1) and (2) in the second post of page 18 this thread.
Indeed (1), whether the accusation was true or false (it was true btw!) implies the negation of your (2) Reveal Hidden Content

Originally posted by robbie carrobie
It depends entirely upon the context, one may be inspired to paint or draw, it does not
necessitate that one doing so is under the direction of Gods Holy spirit.

galveston75 has claimed that your magazines are divinely "inspired" in the same way as the gospels were. Was his use of "inspired" right or wrong? Maybe you could use galveston75's use of the word "inspired" to say something definitive, from your point of view, about how you use the word "inspired", if it is different from him.

Originally posted by Agerg
lol @ ThinkOfOne!

I justified (1) and (2) in the second post of page 18 this thread.
Indeed (1), whether the accusation was true or false (it was true btw!) implies the negation of your (2) [hidden]hint: attempting to provide X, even if it is deemed not sufficient by the recipient of X, implies not a refusal to provide X![/hidden]

Actually I asked the following question:

Aren't you the one that claimed that you like it when others lie to you about your abilities, because it gives you confidence in them? Believe it or not, the mature adults I know would much rather have the truth. Seems unlikely you have any concept of what maturity is.

You first tried to refute it with the following:

See how I qualified that statement both with "sometimes" (=/= all times) and a justification/good-intentioned motivation for the lie?

As I pointed out:
"Nowhere in my question did I say or even imply that you ALWAYS like it."

After that obvious failure you tried to refute it with the following:

"[I] like it when others lie to [me] about [my] abilities" carries with it the implication of generality.

Which also fails since nowhere in my question did I say or even imply that you GENERALLY like it. It is what it is.

As to the accusation of hypocrisy, the fact is that you refused to provide evidence to back it up. It is what it is.

Originally posted by robbie carrobie
I have repeated this a thousand times, our literature is not to be considered inspired as
the Bible is. As far as I am aware we have never claimed that our literature is inspired
as the Bible is inspired, if you have evidence to the contrary please provide it.

At the risk of seeming pedantic; when you say "inspired as the Bible is", do you consider JW literature to be partly inspired in some way, or completely not inspired?

Originally posted by ThinkOfOne
Actually I asked the following question:

Aren't you the one that claimed that you like it when others lie to you about your abilities, because it gives you confidence in them? Believe it or not, the mature adults I know would much rather have the truth. Seems unlikely you have any concept of what maturity is.

You first tried to refu ocrisy, the fact is that you refused to provide evidence to back it up. It is what it is.

Tell you what ThinkOfOne, since I genuinely believe you are stupid,Reveal Hidden Content and I have better things to do than repeating myself in the hope that with the correct phrasing you'll one day get it - I'll instead explain myself to someone else should they find my claims about youReveal Hidden Contentto be dubious and call me out on it (you're welcome to observe) - you are a waste of my time!

Cheerio 🙂

Originally posted by Agerg
Tell you what ThinkOfOne, since I genuinely believe you are stupid,[hidden]and I don\'t say that just to insult you![/hidden] and I have better things to do than repeating myself in the hope that with the correct phrasing you'll one day get it - I'll instead explain myself to someone else should they find my claims about you[hidden]and subsequent justification ...[text shortened]... me out on it (you're welcome to observe) - [b]you are a waste of my time!

Cheerio 🙂[/b]

you are a waste of my time!

lol. The old throw a hissy fit instead of refuting an argument routine. If you'd have written, "you are a WAIST of my time" it would have been even more G75-like.

You're funny kid. You're really not all that intelligent and if you can be honest with yourself, you'll recognize that you've never been in any real danger of being so. But then being honest with yourself would probably mean "tarnishing" your "world view". Don't see that happening any time soon.

Originally posted by ThinkOfOne
[b]you are a waste of my time!

lol. The old throw a hissy fit instead of refuting an argument routine. If you'd have written, "you are a WAIST of my time" it would have been even more G75-like.

You're funny kid. You're really not all that intelligent and if you can be honest with yourself, you'll recognize that you've never been in any real dan ...[text shortened]... robably mean "tarnishing" your "world view". Don't see that happening any time soon.[/b]

Always ready to refute an argument - to that end, in my last post I have thrown down the gauntlet for other posters to call me out on my arguments here

cheerio ThinkOfOne 🙂

Originally posted by robbie carrobie
It depends entirely upon the context, one may be inspired to paint or draw, it does not
necessitate that one doing so is under the direction of Gods Holy spirit. This is the point
that I am trying to get you to see, its the same spirit which breathed life into Adam
(theos nustos) its the same spirit which is said to move 'too and fro', upon th ...[text shortened]... spirit in some way, but its futile to talk
of how it actually operates in abstract terms.

The context we're talking about is - The writers of the Bible being inspired by the Holy Spirit.