Be specific and we will get to the truth, that is if you believe in Gods Word. It is after all your very life that is at stake here. Your eternal life. Being a wise guy with God's Word will not make you look very smart at all.
“Be specific and we will get to the truth, that is if you believe in Gods Word.”
Of course I believe in God’s Word. I wouldn’t be bothering with this argument if I didn’t.
As for specifics, let me try to clarify my argument for you. In post 267, metmom, in response to a post I made speculating about why some people might care to look at extrabiblical books (such as Enoch), said:
“So who needs the Holy Spirit anyway at that rate?”
This question, and subsequent posts, seemed to suggest that we ONLY need the Holy Spirit, and not any more mundane things, to achieve spiritual understanding. This is not the position of the Bible, it is an expansion of assertions in Scripture to the point of absurdity.
To try to demonstrate that absurdity, I made some similarly absurd statements based on the same type of reasoning, in an attempt to show the flaw in the original argument. It’s an exercise in reductio ad absurdium. For example, if looking at a book outside of Scripture means I think that I don’t need the Holy Spirit, then learning to read (which would require sources outside of Scripture) must also be a rejection of the Holy Spirit.
I accept Scripture, but I won’t accept absurd arguments that go beyond Scripture, simply because someone claims that Scripture supports their position.