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To: CatHerd
You contradict yourself a lot in that post. You do realize that?

No. But trying to know God is like the fable of the blind men trying to describe an elephant.

https://americanliterature.com/author/james-baldwin/short-story/the-blind-men-and-the-elephant

72 posted on 02/06/2023 8:12:47 AM PST by alloysteel (People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do - Isaac Asimov)
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To: alloysteel

Personally, I’d go with with the Book of Job to elucidate how our minds cannot fully completely resend the Mind of God. And then there’s this:

https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/trevin-wax/3-ways-the-blind-men-and-the-elephant-story-backfires/

That done, yes you do contradict yourself. In your post #17 you stated “God is smiting Turkey for its intransigence in allowing Sweden and Fenland join NATO” — claiming to know God’s mind.

https://freerepublic.com/focus/news/4128892/posts?page=17#17

Then in your post #41 you wrote “The Lord moves in mysterious ways, and sometimes, to the observer, the motives may be too dark to grasp.” This contradicts your #17 in which you claim to know God’s motive for His alleged “smiting” of Turkey.

https://freerepublic.com/focus/news/4128892/posts?page=41#41

You just keep contradicting yourself. Over and over. And resorting to Eastern religions. Karma, the elephant story, etc. Interesting mishmash you got going. OT smiting combined with karma and silly platitudes about piety being rewarded. Typical New Age make-up-your-own-religion-to-please-yourself-in-the-moment type stuff.


76 posted on 02/06/2023 8:44:27 AM PST by CatHerd (Whoever said "All's fair in love and war" probably never participated in either.)
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