Hi Mike,Quote Quote (mikeboll64@Mar. 20 2011 @ 13:30)And to answer your question the FIRST time with the ONLY HONEST ANSWER there is………….”YES”, “THE God” is also GRAMMATICALLY POSSIBLE from the Greek words,Do you see how I answered your question, D?  Did I say, “IF one believes it”?  You asked a DIRECT question, and I gave a DIRECT and H…[Read more]

Mike, does that sound familiar? “God cannot be healer unless there is pain to heal”?haha, this newcomer has conjured up old arguemet, shall we dance with it together?

Quote (mikeboll64 @ Mar. 20 2011,04:56)Quote (SimplyForgiven @ Mar. 19 2011,17:49)Than again Genesis mentions Elohim (Which is plural)  talking about making man in “our” image.Now is it possible?Only if it's possible for God to talk to someone else.  someone else who doesnt exist? to whom?

Hi Kathi!!!I MIss you!!! i was thinking about you the other day and how we needed you back and guess what here you are!!!Miss you bunch lady!Welcome back

Mike,Quote It's a pity your hero Francis got all scared and had to run away from our debate.  You would have learned so much by the end of it.  Not a Hero at all, Just a simple guy who said things in a well put manner. What did you learn?Quote There is hope yet.  I've offered for WJ to take over for him, but he's scared too.  I won't waste my tim…[Read more]

Quote (mikeboll64 @ Mar. 21 2011,09:38)Quote (SimplyForgiven @ Mar. 20 2011,22:24)Lol so now JEsus is lying?You tell me.  Jesus is the one who told Nicodemus that no one has ever seen the Father.  What do YOU make of that?mikeWhy Would Paul state that Jesus is the only one dwelling in the Light that no man can approach to, nor has seen, nor can see ?

Hi Mike,Quote I concur with everything you posted above, D.  And to answer your question the FIRST time with the ONLY HONEST ANSWER there is………….”YES”, “THE God” is also GRAMMATICALLY POSSIBLE from the Greek words, especially in light of Colwell's Rule.  In fact, I posted this in the “Freak Greek” thread:Actually i was asking if “God was t…[Read more]

Quote (mikeboll64 @ Mar. 21 2011,00:35)Quote (SimplyForgiven @ Mar. 20 2011,13:25)Actually I believe what Jesus said to philip, that when you see the Son you see the father   Are you stating that Jesus doesnt make any sense???Are YOU stating that Jesus doesn't make any sense when he tells us that no one has seen the Father?  (John 6:46)This is o…[Read more]

Quote (mikeboll64 @ Mar. 21 2011,00:05)Quote (SimplyForgiven @ Mar. 20 2011,12:15)Those are very Good points.Its easy to understand Trinity (though im not a trinitarian) or the belief that Jesus is God, or that He is just a Man. But the Alternative that Mike and Irene would have us believe makes no sense.Mike and Irene base their understanding on…[Read more]

Quote (Paladin @ Mar. 20 2011,14:07)I stand corrected.I though all who believe in a pre-existent Christ had to be trinitarians. What was Jesus before creation?If you do not believe he was God, where was he standing?If you do believe he was God, how is that not a trinity, or do you eliminate the Holy spirit?I do not know how you can see…[Read more]

Murray J. Harris “From the point of view of grammar alone, qeoV hn`o logoV could be rendered 'the Word was a god'…But the theological context, viz., John's monotheism, makes this rendering of 1:1c impossible” (Harris, Jesus as God, p. 60).  Harris's objection to the NWT rendering is not based on grammar, but on his theology. – from an email…[Read more]

Quote (mikeboll64 @ Mar. 20 2011,03:43)Quote (SimplyForgiven @ Mar. 19 2011,12:19)No old man.There is only one God. According to Dennison, this is true.  According to the word of God, this is not true.  Hmmmmmm……………who to believe?D, do you ever wonder how Jehovah can be the God OF gods if there are no other gods?  Who exactly is Je…[Read more]

Mike im not one of your gods…. Sorrrryyyy

The problem is that To accept all truths from different doctrines and interpretation is the death of Truth because they are all contradicting one another.

Wispring,Why are you called Wispring by the way?  are you like a Nintendo Wii by the Spring or something?Quote I stand corrected. I am sure you are very Christ-driven when you seek to antagonize.Nothing to do with Christ.  I have too much fear of God to include him in actions that were based on my Ego   So Assuming i did so should cause you to fe…[Read more]

Quote (terraricca @ Mar. 20 2011,09:41)Quote (mikeboll64 @ Mar. 20 2011,18:06)Quote (SimplyForgiven @ Mar. 19 2011,12:23)But check this out mike. If you started to call me gene all the time, and someone who doesnt know we are joking, would actually start to believe that my name is Gene becuase again he doesnt know me.And if Jesus made a habit of…[Read more]

Quote (mikeboll64 @ Mar. 20 2011,05:10)Murray J. Harris has written: “Accordingly, from the point of view of grammar alone, could be rendered “the Word was a god,….” -Jesus As God, 1992, p. 60.C. H. Dodd says: “If a translation were a matter of substituting words, a possible translation of ; would be, “The Word was a god”. As a word-for-word…[Read more]

Quote (mikeboll64 @ Mar. 20 2011,05:03)My sarcastic post was in answer to yours.  Not only do I recognize sarcasm, I'm apparently better at it than you, because you did not recognize mine!  Respect your elders, because they are smarter than you!  mikeLol Excuses…….

Quote (mikeboll64 @ Mar. 20 2011,03:46)Quote (SimplyForgiven @ Mar. 19 2011,13:00)Its POSSIBLE THOUGH ISNT IT?See Keith,He's masking a REAL question within a joke.  He speaks of the “a god” translation of 1:1c.  He knows it's possible and he's asking for your approval to admit the TRUTH.Will you give it to him, Keith?Mike,Naaaa old man, I was M…[Read more]

Quote (t8 @ Mar. 20 2011,03:52)Quote (WorshippingJesus @ Mar. 20 2011,06:12)If it is not grammatically correct then it is not grammatically possible.WJIf God is a HIM, then how can HE be three people. HE would have to be THEM. It is not grammatically possible to call a substance of 3 persons HIM.Therefore if it is not grammatically correct then it…[Read more]