Recent content by Lon

Nice! Unsettler, note form on this one for 'how to respond to "classic" theism from Clete's attempt here. Realize for most anybody else, low-brow and blue-collar are beneath the rest so if you are going for actual dialogue, this won't work. If just "Protect my theology at all costs" I...

Or buying any particular translation. That knife is double-edged. Be careful shaving.

The 'so' is how we address any particular person, such as if I called you a (see above). Perhaps it is preference and protocol on point: Do I call Idolater a Papist or a Mary-worshipper? Or Catholicism the church of satan? Such may be accurate as far as my evaluation, but where does...

Thanks, it has been awhile and I missed context. Appreciate the reminder, help. My last paragraph is most pertinent. The rest of this, just how I came to see Hebrews and trying to address your concern over the book for gentile and Mid Acts specifically, concern: I'm not sure MId Acts...

I'd suggest 'attacking the messenger' the least effective way to 'respond to "classical" theism.' I may be wrong, like I said, not my thread and I lost interest. It doesn't seem to stay on focus regarding more important articles of need and faith. I'm just not interested in...

??? Not sure what this is in reference to for me specifically. I believe Hebrews is written to Hebrew Christians, not gentiles. What is the mention in lieu of? Thanks

AI, have no link persay, just typed in "Root meaning of Nacham" Do you realize you are saying 'context' tells you how to translate one word? While I understand the point, there is no need to make a word say something context already gives you for meaning. Some translators put two-and-two...

Or you, to yourself? --> https://vojisrael.org/hebrew-word-of-the-week-nacham-the-comfort-of-god/ "The comfort of God." 🌿 Root Sense At its deepest level, the root נָחַם implies: One of us committed to a deeply held theological position, the other wants to know exactly what words...

Conveyance, especially accuracy. Any one of us can (an do) come up with language to describe something. Often, you have called me on not being clear with any particular statement. I have big concepts and agree they don't always make paper as well as I (and you, and others) would like...

Just over 9k 🆙 Really at the heart of what I'm saying: translation pushes meaning further than Hebrew intent. I believe it best, on point, to recognize that "to sigh" is best. In a sense, God has no lungs, therefore we have to grasp a deeper concept, but we need to be careful how...

But plugging in a modern colloquialism isn't best either. We'd instead follow: Nacham means to sigh. When we think of circumstances that cause One to sigh, we see that it can be from frustration, from a forseen perhaps inevitable outcome. "Sighing" is a legitimate word. We don't have...

Language expresses a thought/idea from one being to another.

I'm likely in the wrong thread anyway. This is supposed to be a 'how' thread, I just couldn't help but weigh in that some 'how's' aren't quite connecting. Which is always my argument as well. You'd probably intimate that I can change 'me' but I'm wondering why this is a point to connect...

"Change one's mind" is modern colloquialism, and I argue it cannot be seen as literal. I took it up with ChatGPT and it said the problem was 'mind' vs. brain in how we determine what 'mind' means. It said it'd be absurd to say "I changed my brain" but said 'mind' was a very broad concept...

Good work and ty for it. I think, in addition, they lose the goal, take their eyes off the prize 1 Corinthians 9:24 and become as you said in the ask thread, a social loving(? I don't believe we can love if we don't tell people what God says is true) church, rather than a both a member-loving...