Why Do You Want People Off The Forum?

[seekerman]

Originally Posted by Esaias

And I expect answers to questions, not more questions instead of answers.

Do you wish to discuss scripture or a snippet of scripture?

[Godzchild]

Originally Posted by seekerman

Do you wish to discuss scripture or a snippet of scripture?

...*snippet*

[Esaias]

Originally Posted by seekerman

Do you wish to discuss scripture or a snippet of scripture?

Do you wish to discuss scripture or just ask more questions instead of giving answers posed to you about what your beliefs are and about claims that you make?

[seekerman]

Originally Posted by Esaias

Do you wish to discuss scripture or just ask more questions instead of giving answers posed to you about what your beliefs are and about claims that you make?

Let's discuss scripture. How about this passage....not limiting it to the snippet you wish to limit it to.....

Joh 20:21 So Jesus said to them again, "Peace be with you; as the Father has sent Me, I also send you."
Joh 20:22 And when He had said this, He breathed on them and *said to them, "Receive the Holy Spirit.
Joh 20:23 "If you forgive the sins of any, their sins have been forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they have been retained."
Joh 20:24 But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came.
Joh 20:25 So the other disciples were saying to him, "We have seen the Lord!" But he said to them, "Unless I see in His hands the imprint of the nails, and put my finger into the place of the nails, and put my hand into His side, I will not believe."
Joh 20:26 After eight days His disciples were again inside, and Thomas with them. Jesus *came, the doors having been shut, and stood in their midst and said, "Peace be with you."
Joh 20:27 Then He *said to Thomas, "Reach here with your finger, and see My hands; and reach here your hand and put it into My side; and do not be unbelieving, but believing."
Joh 20:28 Thomas answered and said to Him, "My Lord and my God!"
Joh 20:29 Jesus *said to him, "Because you have seen Me, have you believed? Blessed are they who did not see, and yet believed."

There are many things to discuss in the passage, not just the John 20:28 snippet you're so fond of.

[Esaias]

Originally Posted by seekerman

Let's discuss scripture. How about this passage....not limiting it to the snippet you wish to limit it to.....

Joh 20:21 So Jesus said to them again, "Peace be with you; as the Father has sent Me, I also send you."
Joh 20:22 And when He had said this, He breathed on them and *said to them, "Receive the Holy Spirit.
Joh 20:23 "If you forgive the sins of any, their sins have been forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they have been retained."
Joh 20:24 But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came.
Joh 20:25 So the other disciples were saying to him, "We have seen the Lord!" But he said to them, "Unless I see in His hands the imprint of the nails, and put my finger into the place of the nails, and put my hand into His side, I will not believe."
Joh 20:26 After eight days His disciples were again inside, and Thomas with them. Jesus *came, the doors having been shut, and stood in their midst and said, "Peace be with you."
Joh 20:27 Then He *said to Thomas, "Reach here with your finger, and see My hands; and reach here your hand and put it into My side; and do not be unbelieving, but believing."
Joh 20:28 Thomas answered and said to Him, "My Lord and my God!"
Joh 20:29 Jesus *said to him, "Because you have seen Me, have you believed? Blessed are they who did not see, and yet believed."

There are many things to discuss in the passage, not just the John 20:28 snippet you're so fond of.

So then we can discuss the whole passage EXCEPT for vs 28? Sorry, I'll pass.

[seekerman]

Originally Posted by Esaias

So then we can discuss the whole passage EXCEPT for vs 28? Sorry, I'll pass.

Did I say discuss the whole passage EXCEPT for verse 28? If you're having reading comprehension this early on with very simple concepts I don't hold much nope for discussing the deep theological truths in the passage with you.