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What is the common denominator in all the threads you have started?

Think about it for a moment. What has been your life's work here for God?

You have spent hundreds of hours trying to convince others that the Word of God doesn't really mean ALL men when it says ALL men, and doesn't really mean EVERY man when it says EVERY man. And WHOSEVER doesn't mean WHOSOEVER. And the WHOLE WORLD doesn't really mean the WHOLE WORLD.

Do you see your life's work here is to convince the sheep that they just can't take the Word of God as it is written? Is this what you want as your accomplishment when you stand before the Lord to have your works judged by Christ?

Well Lord, I told them your blood wasn't for the whole world. I told them you didn't die for the sins of everyone. I spent my life helping Your Apostles, who couldn't speak clearly, and certainly didn't write clear enough for Your sheep to understand, express what they should have said clearly in the first place.

 

I will say that most of these (SBM's) threads are one-sided in that no one replies. It is in large part due to how debate is handled. You (SBM) waste time here because you come off as unfriendly, illogical, stubborn, and hard to engage. I'm a professor and I can tell you that all of this cause you to turn people off and ultimately makes you ineffective. I believe you know this and just don't care which means that you aren't here to actually teach, or share, or even convince others of your gospel and theology for if you were you would change the way you do things.

In all honesty, my intent in this reply isn't to be antagonistic but to help your message not be ignored...unless you're fine with wasting time and causing the gospel of Christ to be snarked at, not because of something lacking in others but because of something lacking in you...social grace.

 

I'm already engaged on your "Who are those ALL God has Mercy On ?" thread and still awaiting your answer.

In case you forgot, here is my last post after you declared me a false witness for saying these verses were speaking of the blood of Christ....

 

I guess that means you are fine with wasting your time and casting the gospel in a bad light. I'll leave you to your vice.

 

You keep asking this question and yet I'm fairly certain you don't understand what you're doing.

First, and this is a rehash, you simply offer no cogent argument by jumping from disparate verse to disparate verse. Your method (or lack thereof) of biblical "interpretation" does not take the author's main point into any type of consideration. Put simply you make mountains out of mole hills and mole hills out of mountains because you have no true, biblical hermeneutic or theology. You simply proof-text through the Bible and rip verses out of context to support your theology. What is more, I myself am a full, 5-point Calvinist and there are agreements we have in theology. But, like the poor math student who refuses to show your work, you essentially use some verses like a calculator because you think you have the right answer, yet you don't show your work. And, on the off chance you do show "work" it is horribly flawed.

Here's an example... You wrote:

First, and foremost, there is a greater context to the author's argument--which you totally ignore. Second, "Sacrificed" in Hebrews 10:10 is most decidedly not a verb; it is a participle. The use of either an Adjective, a Verb, or a Participle is important in Greek for the nuance of the argument the author is making.

You simply have never demonstrated that you have any earthly idea of what you're talking about... because biblical hermeneutics and theology aren't a Jimmy Fallon word association game...

The Archangel

 

Saying that you've misread a participle as a verb is not an evasion of your points. It is, rather, a refutation of your point based on method.

If you actually knew and had facility with Greek, instead of using something like Strong's, you might have a fighting chance.

Hear this: I'm not evading your points; I'm pointing out that you have no idea what you're talking about in making your points, and, therefore, your points are invalid based on your lacking method.

And, by the way, not engaging with me on whether a word is a verb or participle is an evasion on your part, not mine.

The Archangel

 

Is that all you can say? Can you not refute what I've said?

This is funny and sad all at the same time... When I was in Seminary, there were some poor Jehovah's Witnesses and, on another occasion, a couple of Mormons who came to the dorms to share their message with us Southern Seminary guys. I give them points for courage, but question their sanity.

We, frankly, tortured them mercilessly--in the nicest of ways. We would let them get about half way through their presentations and then we'd start asking questions... The sad thing is that the JWs and Mormons didn't really know why they believed something. They had been indoctrinated into their respective cult-like heresies and taught a stock presentation to memorize that, when questions were asked, were insufficient. When we asked them pertinent, textual questions that easily refuted the point they were making, their eyes glazed over and, if it were possible, they reset like a virus-ridden Windows computer. After the inevitable "reboot," they could only start at the beginning of their presentations...

Apparently, you've been indoctrinated into some type of hyper-calvinistic "-ology" and you have no facility or acumen to adjudicate what the scripture actually says and means. When your flawed understanding is engaged and pointed out (which even the Arminians here are able to do to you), all you can do is go back to the beginning and vomit your dribble all over again.

You evade every criticism (by screaming "evasion") simply because you cannot compute what is being said against your position--which, educationally, means you don't actually "own" your position. You're simply borrowing your "-ology" and the corresponding "capital" from someone else. A precarious position for you, indeed.

The Archangel

 

This is so true. SBM does this here because he's not able to engage with people offline. I truly believe he's someone who read a bad article on the doctrines of grace and just became a "Calvinist" and even thinks he can convince others. Sadly, he is a straw man for the Reformed view.

 

The ArchAngel and Robustheologian,


Keep it up and he will put you on ignore like me.


They keep him on here because he is the poster child of what the non-cals think we believe. We do not hold to his heretical views, he spews heresy after heresy, and yet he gets to keep posting them. Sad really. :tear: :BangHead: :tonofbricks:

 

SG - I lean to the arminian view, but do NOT consider SBM a "poster child" for calvinism. I don't know what I would consider SBM. I do know he has a problem with the english language, as he started out saying "rehearse my points," and I finally got him to use "review" instead; but many of his other mistakes revolve around misunderstanding words, whether in english or Greek (as Archangel pointed out).

 

Good points...

But, it may be that he's been taught what to believe, not how to read the Bible, understand the Bible, and apply the Bible to one's life.

The Jimmy Fallon-esque Word-association "How do you like me now" game which he constantly engages in is not a biblical hermeneutic.

The Archangel

 

The only evasion is by you. You have been called out on your posting. You now have to put up, or shut up as they say.
These men are not novices. They know what they are talking about.Put on your big boy pants and give an answer to these direct points if you can.

I doubt you can but you can show me wrong by actually answering.