Maybe, God wants us to have personal thoughts and desires, it's just that he wants them to be under His guidance and will
Thast makes us robots, which is my point about the Protestant mindset to begin with.
Guess I must have sensed there was some vile, horribly inaccurate Protesty slam there somewhere. Nice to finally have it stated point blank clearly.
I’m almost fingerless at hearing someone assert from the perspective with some of the most rigid rote written prayers, customs, ceremonies, rituals strictly kept to some long traditional lock step script . . . is asserting that it’s THE PROTESTIES who are the mindless robots! That’s rich. That’s wholesale off-the-wall rich.
Sounds like we are in the rubber dictionary galaxy again.
It does not appear that we have sufficiently shared vocabulary to have a meaningful dialogue.
I have clearly outlined how
—from a Biblical perspective;
--a logical perspective
--an observational perspective and even from
--an experiential perspective
That inspiration directly From God to the printed page does not remotely qualify as a mindless robot experience. Denial of such a fact is not that surprising though it is disappointing.
It appears that those with a compulsive or whatever other bent to throw outrageous rocks at Protesties will conjure up a plethora of trumped up excuses to do so. That will have to be between such and God.
Thankfully, I know in Whom I have believed and that He is able to keep that which I’ve committed to Him until that Day.
And I know that He knows that I know that He’s not into robots with us troublesome critters. He deplores robot religiosity with a passion. He was forever throwing monkey wrenches into such habits throughout the Old Testament. He does it to this day. Robotism is closely akin to RELIGION—which He also seems to loathe rather intensely.
There is nothing "vile, horribly inaccurate" in asserting that if my 'thougths and desires' are under somone else's 'guidance and will' I will be but someone else's robot.
I know you have difficulty grasping this, even by your own admission. I am very sorry about that.
It does not appear that we have sufficiently shared vocabulary to have a meaningful dialogue
No. Our vocabulary if perfectly suffcient for any meaningful discussion, but if you believe in unicorns and I don't, no vocabulary will lead to a meaningful discussion.
I have clearly outlined ... That inspiration directly From God to the printed page does not remotely qualify as a mindless robot experience
No. You have stated that God dictated, word by word, to Moses. That's not 'inspiration.' You seem to have difficulty distinguishing the two, but I won't qualify that with a 'dig' as you have "not that surprising though it is disappointing." Sorry to disappoint you.
I’m almost fingerless at hearing someone assert from the perspective with some of the most rigid rote written prayers, customs, ceremonies, rituals strictly kept to some long traditional lock step script...
You write a lot for someone who's left 'fingerless.' Trouble is, it makes no sense. Rigidity of prayer is not rigidity of minds, or absence of a mind. And, by rote, as you say, I recite the Lord's Prayer rigidly written down for us by His Apostles. The prayer itself is not mindless; our approach to it may be — if you believe that your desires and thoughts are not your own will but someone else's, that is.
He MUST be kidding, right? Right? No? SIGH.