GENIUS FORUMS

It matters because the truth matters. Those are fair statements. I guess my point was why/how does the claim of another person to be enlightened matter to those goals/points? Anyone can say they're enlightened. They can, but only the enlightened can prove it. example: One can say, "I am enligh...

Tomas wrote: I am all.

This sounds very egotistic.

To truly know anything at all, is for others to not know it, therefore, it would be original, not circulated and never heard before. I admit to knowing nothing more than what others already know. So you have never had an original thought in your life? Logic reveals to me that what I do know is 100%...

It is supposed to be possible if you get all of the materials right in your head. If you have some matches you can light a fire, and all sorts of other things. If you know what created the universe you should be able to use those materials to create everything else. The theory of everything is an a...

Pincho Paxton wrote:
To know everything about the Universe, like my 'Theory Of Everything'... which still has some gaps in it.

Is this even possible?

Tomas wrote: In the human sense, yes.

In the common sense, no.

In the eternal sense, I would certainly hope so :-)

I do not wish to assume in this post. Please explain.

Pincho seems to define enlightenment as knowing everything as opposed to simply knowing the nature of everything. Pincho's definition isn't wise because knowing everything is impossible. The nature of empirical knowledge is that it always creates a concomitant unknown. Because our perception is alw...

One knows what one must know, don Pincho. (Or, in biblical usage, one knows who one must know.) One knows one known, then the next. One known, one known, one known. One cannot know more than one knows now. Thus, what one knows now is all that is known, until the next moment of now and all that is k...

Pincho Paxton wrote:I don't claim to be enlightened, but I do claim that nobody is enlightened, because I'm pretty sure I know a few things that nobody else knows.

What do you think it means to be enlightened?

'enlightened' is a false view put forward by the Buddhist idea. It proposes that you can achieve such an enlightened state, by being like Buddha. It's inherently wrong. You can't become God, or close to him, only become subservient to him. To be enlightened just means you know the truth. It doesn't...

Dan Rowden wrote:

Glostik91 wrote:I was wondering who here claims to be enlightened?

Why do you care and why do you think it matters? Those are serious questions, btw.

I care because I want to know the truth.

It matters because the truth matters.

I was wondering who here claims to be enlightened?

Kind of like a list of the greatest rock bands ever, huh, none from the last thirty years. No great statesmen lately, either. Looks like we're currently in a slump on many fronts. I would consider John MaCarthur to be a great theologian, but not a great philosopher. He is very passionate about exeg...

Tomas wrote:.

Glostik91,

Perhaps you haven't read:

The Two Babylons--Alexander Hyslop from 1853.

The classic 323-page book detailing the pagan origins of various Roman Catholic traditions

Go here > http://www.biblebelievers.com/babylon


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I haven't. I might try and find some time to glance through it.

. -tomas- When you write (say): "... the state will eventually merge with the government creating a new government ." > Please explain in a couple/few sentences. Nothing too heavy to begin with, just a fill-in to get this going :-) The historical view is that the Roman Catholic Church wil...

My list of geniuses is: 1. Jesus the son of God 2. John the apostle 3. Enoch 4. The author of The Book of Hebrews (Maybe Barnabas) 5. Peter the apostle 6. David the son of Jesse 7. Jonathan Edwards 8. Paul the apostle 9. Heraclitus of Ephesus 10. Abraham of Ur 11. Siddhārtha Gautama 12. Solomon the...

My list of geniuses is: 1. Jesus the son of God 2. John the apostle 3. Enoch 4. The author of The Book of Hebrews (Maybe Barnabas) 5. Peter the apostle 6. David the son of Jesse 7. Jonathan Edwards 8. Paul the apostle 9. Heraclitus of Ephesus 10. Abraham of Ur 11. Siddhārtha Gautama 12. Solomon the ...

Then leave. Your work is done.

Before you answer I want to ask something else. Is Jesus omniscient?

Yes, my God is all-knowing (omniscient). What I do have proof of is that the Bible correctly (literally not interpretively) translated teaches universal salvation. Here is a fifteen chapter exposition on how the Bible teaches universal salvation. THE SAVIOUR OF THE WORLD SERIES http://www.tentmaker...

Yes, my God is all-knowing (omniscient). What I do have proof of is that the Bible correctly (literally not interpretively) translated teaches universal salvation. Here is a fifteen chapter exposition on how the Bible teaches universal salvation. THE SAVIOUR OF THE WORLD SERIES http://www.tentmaker...

I don't know if this is the proper section of the forum to talk about prophesy. If you want to talk more about this then start a new thread and I will greet you there.

Tomas, That website you provided was very interesting indeed. I believe that it is inevitable that the state will eventually merge with the government creating a new government. This has been foretold by John in Revelation. Now, remember, all the prophecy I interpret will only be speculative. It was...

Everyone will believe what God wants them to believe when He wants them to believe it. Like my hero Ray Prinzing said, "God chooses the false cult that He wants each person to be involved in, and He also chooses how long that person will stay in that false cult to teach them the lessons that H...

Everyone will believe what God wants them to believe when He wants them to believe it. Like my hero Ray Prinzing said, "God chooses the false cult that He wants each person to be involved in, and He also chooses how long that person will stay in that false cult to teach them the lessons that H...