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  1. Derf

    Is there any obvious evidence today for the biblical global Flood?

    There was one window, near the roof: Genesis 6:16a KJV — A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above; So Noah and his family might have witnessed your shower. Somewhere along the line, probably soon after the flood, comets were determined to be ill omens...
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    Honest struggles on God’s omniscience.

    His forum name is Aidolater.
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    Honest struggles on God’s omniscience.

    That's exactly what an AI bot would say.;)
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    Honest struggles on God’s omniscience.

    GPTZERO.ME flagged this post as likely AI, too. I havent tested any others.
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    Honest struggles on God’s omniscience.

    This is the one I used: https://gptzero.me/
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    Honest struggles on God’s omniscience.

    Why not? The whole gospel is intended to correct a fallen mankind. Having Abraham act like fallen mankind, then salvation still happens is the epitome of the gospel.
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    Honest struggles on God’s omniscience.

    I tested his because it sounded, how do I describe it, overly wordy without a definable point. Yours don't usually sound that way. The tester I used offered a different category for AI-altered, vs AI-generated.
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    Honest struggles on God’s omniscience.

    Exactly! And Isaac was as good as dead to Abraham those 3 days.
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    Honest struggles on God’s omniscience.

    No, that's not what Open Theism says at all. It says God can handle any of the outcomes. How He would have handled Abraham's refusal to kill Isaac might have looked different, but it might still have involved the same ram and an explanation that Abe need not fear losing his only son.
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    Honest struggles on God’s omniscience.

    Have you found any point to his posts?
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    Honest struggles on God’s omniscience.

    Either way, God didn't know some aspect and He found out.
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    Honest struggles on God’s omniscience.

    I don't see why. Why is a god who figures out the math problems in his head more pathetic than a god who has to look in the answers at the back of the math book? I don't think that's true. Maybe some have a problem they won't admit is a problem. Otherwise they would have rejected their theology...
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    Honest struggles on God’s omniscience.

    Are you AI? Your text flags as AI generated
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    Honest struggles on God’s omniscience.

    This is true of most of the biblical passages when you apply the open theism paradigm. Most aren't that comfortable with such shifts. Whose consistency and coherence? Jesus'? Or the disciples' As I said, maybe. He knew the apostles fairly well. He had certainly been teaching them more things...
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    Honest struggles on God’s omniscience.

    Which act of grace are you talking about? If the replacement ram for Isaac, then And therefore there was nothing left for God to find out, right? But it doesn't say, "I know Abraham will sacrifice his only son if I ask him." You're assuming such is included in God's foreknowledge, but the...
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    Is eternal suffering literal?

    And not to be a pest, but I don't see the application in the vineyard passage for eternal suffering. The part I bolded talks of "Sheol", but it fits as a term that means "the grave", meaning that while the people have gone into captivity (Babylon), men have become famished (from a siege), and...
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    Is eternal suffering literal?

    I'm not disagreeing with you on this, but I have been thinking through some of these things. Are you saying that the "kingdom of heaven" passages are talking about post-millenium timeframe and not millenium timeframe? I (possibly wrongly) thought that Mid-Acts treats those as millenial, and that...
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    Honest struggles on God’s omniscience.

    Why was that necessary if he had already been declared righteous? (Gen 15:6, as you pointed out) And he was already known to be faithful extending to his family? i.e., it didn't appear to be because of the interrupted sacrifice of Isaac that Abraham was faithful thereafter. Genesis 18:19 KJV —...
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    I'm Starting To Like This Trump Fellow

    If he's weak, (aren't we all in some way?) then other Christians have a responsibility to not throw temptations in his face, right? We don't take a dry alcoholic to a bar, etc.
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    Different Stuff

    My point was to consider HOW God hardened Pharaoh's heart--not by magic fairy dust, but by doing things He knew would get a negative reaction from Pharaoh, based in His knowledge of that particular Pharaoh's inclinations. To me, it's the only way it makes sense both that God hardened Pharaoh's...
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