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Dialogue helps humans share and grow intelligence. Messages without logical fallacies tend to be clearer. Clarity and accuracy foster trustworthiness. Ai user.
Ogden, UT
Joined June 2010
In modern Western thought: A name = a convenient identifier In the ANE: A name = the essence, role, authority, and destiny of a person Hebrew concept: - שֵׁם (shem) = name, reputation, identity, memorial - To “know the name” = to know the nature and standing of a being “And it
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It's OK to disagree with Jews. It's OK to disagree with Muslims. It's OK to disagree with Mormons. It's OK to disagree with Jehovah's Witnesses. It's OK to disagree with anyone. It's NOT OK to hate human beings.
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Metaphysical truth 💣 🤯
@ZKobani90 If the Logos is the one subject in the womb, then that same subject must be both fully divine (omniscient) and fully undeveloped (non-rational biologically). That’s the tension. The real question isn’t about detecting divinity in blood, but how one subject coherently relates to a
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If the Logos is impassible and immutable, what exactly “changes” at conception—God, or merely a human nature? If not God, who is Jesus in the womb? LDS theology resolves the tension by rejecting the category fusion: Christ is a premortal person who becomes embodied. No paradox
This is what Jesus looked like on the first day in Mary’s womb. Life begins at conception. Abortion is murder and must be abolished.
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Introducing YAMS—Yet Another Missionary story. Turns out missionary stories don’t have an expiration date. We drop these every so often, and it’s been fun bringing others into the mix. #lds #saintsonx #ldsx
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We believe the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost are distinct persons, fully divine and perfectly united. In that sense, our view aligns more with early Christian usage—where “homoousios” could mean “truly divine” or “of the same divine kind,” and where writers like Origen spoke of
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When Latter-day Saints describe the Godhead, we mean something closer to how some early Christians spoke before later metaphysical precision was imposed. We affirm: - The Father, Son, and Holy Ghost are distinct persons (hypostases)—as even Origen explicitly taught. - They are
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The fact that Mormon’s build snowmen that were once tall tall tall but in the sun they melt small small small is mind boggling to me
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Thomas Aquinas: I can top that. No one knows God except God; nor does anyone know God except God, and God reveals God to whom God wills.
Jesus: No man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him. The Council of Nicaea: Hold my wine
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Gen 1: 3-5 & 14-19 Notice: Sun and moon are not named Why? In surrounding cultures: Sun = deity (Shamash, Ra) Moon = deity (Sin) Biblical/ANE-Israelite move: Demote celestial bodies from gods → functional instruments In Genesis 1 and ANE thought: - Light exists before
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To everybody complaining about Joseph Smith, golden plates, priesthood restoration, "magic underwear," and health codes... Moses did it first.
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7. Ascension and Ongoing Corporeality The New Testament affirms: - Christ ascended bodily - Christ will return bodily Implication: - The incarnation is not temporary—it is permanent Pressure on classical theism: - A permanent union between: - Immutable, simple, immaterial
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Below is a disciplined breakdown of where that tension is logically real. 1. Divine Simplicity vs. Embodied Composition Classical premise: God is absolutely simple (no parts, no composition). Christological claim: Jesus Christ possesses a body (matter + spatial extension +
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1. A physical body entails composition, change, location, and passibility. 2. Classical theism denies these of God. 3. Christ possesses a physical body permanently. ∴ There is sustained tension between classical theism and the full implications of Christ’s embodiment.🧵
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I really don't understand why catholicism accepts baptism performed by protestants... Authority matters, right?
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People toss around the word “restoration” like it means anything. If I say I restored a 1949 Chrysler Windsor, it’s because I actually had the car — the frame, the engine block, the original parts. I clean them up, repair what’s broken, replace what’s missing, and bring the same
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Because it’s kind of mid
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