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@isaiah489 @rootcausesleuth Am I missing something? Doesn’t #1 have basically the same phrasing, just written in a different order? But they mean exactly the same thing, even though they’re swapped? #1 : God decreed that, due to the fall, … #2 : Due to the fall, Good decreed for …

@rootcausesleuth Yes. #2 is by LF and makes God's decree dependent on man (i.e. "Due to the fall, God decreed...") Just like most of all the notions he posits.

Is there a meaningful difference between these two?

@lsanger @lsanger Awesome to be conversing with you! I don’t understand what kind of “non-quotational use” you’re looking for; as I peruse verses, it seems anything could potentially be put in quotes if a reader wants. Could you give me a made up example that would fit your criteria?

Thanks for actually answering my question. “Strange/foreign god” (Dan 11:39): looks like a routine example of a quotational use. I’m really not sure what you think is wrong with saying that “God of gods” means simply “God of false gods” or “God of beings worshiped as gods.” Perfectly straightforward, and also has the significant advantage of being orthodox and consistent with the rest of Scripture. Ditto “Lord of lords.” Dan 11:36: indeed, this passage becomes much easier to understand if “gods” is understood quotationally.

Golly. The Heiser cult sure is mad.

@lsanger Maybe Dan 11:39? Also, how do you understand the title “God of gods”? If “gods” here are false, are the “lords” false to parallel “gods”? Deut 10:17 - said by Moses + Lord of lords Psa 136:2-3 - Lord of lords Dan 11:36 - said by a God-following spiritual being, maybe Gabriel

The more I read people’s answers, the more I am convinced that they simply or ignorant of the idea of quotational use of a term. As if, when describing someone else’s beliefs, you are thereby committing yourself to their ontological commitments, which is ridiculous. If I say the ancient Greeks believed in many gods, I am not saying that I believe in many gods. When I use the word “gods” here, in fact, I am specifically repudiating the idea that they are gods (even if there are demons that they happen to worship). This is not that hard. But it is just confusing enough that it is the reason why people have introduced scare quotes: the ancient Greeks believed in many “gods.” There, my scare quotes make explicit the quotation use I was making before. Do Heiser and his followers even consider the idea that the word might be used quotationally?

Which of these, if any, do you think are true? (1) Michael Heiser believed in multiple gods. (2) Heiser believed in multiple elohim but not in multiple gods. (3) Belief in multiple gods is called polytheism. (4) Heiser (and those agreeing with him) are polytheists. (5) “Monotheism” should be redefined to include belief in multiple gods, as long as only one is supreme. (6) The traditional Christian view—that there is exactly one God and no other gods exist—is wrong about what the Old Testament teaches Be honest.

Marriage is probably best compared to a dance. When it works, it is beautiful. When it does not, it is painful. Like dancing, it takes two people who are working toward something together instead of each trying to impose their own rhythm. The man leads. The woman follows. That is the basic shape of it, but neither one is passive. She is not a puppet, and he is not a tyrant. They move differently because they are different, but they are meant to move together. He steps first, but her response affects what he does next. A woman does not merely follow. She responds, adjusts, and adds something of her own. Give a man the lead and a woman room to move, and they will either make a mess of things or make something striking. Sometimes one stands out more. Sometimes the other recedes a bit. The goal is not to make sure both get equal attention at every moment. The goal is for the dance itself to be good as a whole. It is not always neat or predictable. When it is healthy, it has life to it. That is part of what makes it good. Think about Jack and Jill dance competitions. Partners are paired at random, usually as strangers, and given a couple of songs, one fast and one slow. I remember watching one pair dance. There was no practice and no real plan. They simply paid attention, responded to each other, and moved with the music. Nothing was choreographed. They figured it out as they went. The movements were sensual, but not dirty. It was not about lust. It was about attentiveness, self-control, and responding well to another person. It was beautiful without feeling stiff or overmanaged. A godly man does not want a wife who is merely present and agreeable. He wants a woman who responds to his leadership with passion and wisdom. But when a woman checks out, or grows hard and bitter, the whole thing starts to fall apart. The same is true of a man who refuses to lead. Marriage is not a script. It is two people learning how to move together in real time. Sometimes they step on each other's feet. Sometimes they laugh. Sometimes they get it right and both know it. When that happens, it feels solid and good. It feels like something real. The kind of good that reminds you God knew what He was doing when He made them male and female. And that's something worth working towards.

6 coisas que os filhos fazem só por um tempo... e depois desaparecem para sempre 😞 1. Um dia eles param de correr até você assim que acordam. Aquele barulho de pezinhos no corredor, o abraço na cama... aos poucos dá lugar ao silêncio e à porta fechada do quarto. 2. Eles param de dizer: "Mamãe, papai, olha!" Já não correm mais para te mostrar cada pedrinha ou cada desenho. Pouco a pouco, o mundo deles fica mais silencioso... e mais deles. 3. Um dia eles param de segurar sua mão enquanto caminham. E de repente você sente o vazio. Não porque o amor acabou... mas porque eles estão crescendo. 4. Um dia eles param de dormir nos seus braços. Aquele apoio no seu ombro, a respiração ficando calma... são momentos que, sem aviso, acabam. 5. Em algum momento, eles deixam de acreditar que o seu beijo resolve tudo. Antes bastava um curativo. Depois, as feridas mais profundas começam a se esconder na música e no silêncio... não mais nos seus braços. 6. Eles param de te trazer seus "tesouros". Folhas, papéis, pequenas descobertas. Aquele amor puro e espontâneo... simplesmente diminui. A infância não é um ensaio. Acontece agora e, enquanto ainda pedem colo e chamam você o dia inteiro, aproveite cada momento. ❤️

I’m learning a lot about my unsavory character traits when my baby won’t sleep and/or won’t stop crying. Negative, weak, judgmental, quick to anger. Not Christlike at all. I supposed He’s using it to show me how much I need Him

@BookmarkedKatie @TheLaurenChen If she’s 5’2” and 170 pounds like the pic says, then her BMI is over 30, which is the literal definition of obese (unless it’s somehow all muscle).

@TheLaurenChen I'm sorry but if you think slightly overweight is obese, you have an eating disorder. Obese are those my 600 lb sister types lol. 170lb is not obese by any means.

I'm sorry but the obese women on TikTok have reached levels of delusion I did not think were possible

@PrishaMosley I thought for a second he had a knife 😅

Spring outside time (ft my son!) 🌷

If you’re blackpilling about life, just remember something. Western civilization is collectively waking up, and there’s nothing anyone can do to stop it. History tells us this is inevitable. Bask in the despair if you must. But it’s just fuel to open your eyes.

@carney @shipwreckedcrew Leftists: He has no criminal record and lived here for decades, you can’t make him leave and go back to where he’s from! Also leftists: So what if you have no criminal record and lived here for decades, you’re on stolen land and must leave and go back to where you’re from!

“Don’t like gay marriage? Don’t marry the same sex.” “Don’t like abortion? Don’t get one.” “Don’t like gender ideology? Then don’t transition.” This is the lazy, morally bankrupt argument of a culture that’s traded truth for comfort. We act as if every serious issue can be reduced to personal taste, like picking a flavor of ice cream. Like whatever we believe has no implications outside of ourselves. You wouldn’t say: “Don’t like child abuse? Don’t abuse your kid.” “Don’t like racism? Don’t be racist.” “Don’t like drunk driving? Then don’t do it.” Why not? Because we instinctively understand that some things are just wrong, and not just for me, not just for you, but for everyone. Because they hurt people. They corrupt innocence. They distort reality. And they destroy the moral foundation we all depend on to live in a functioning society. The idea that all moral issues are private choices is a lie. These things don’t stay in your bedroom or your clinic or your brain. They seep into schools, media, law, culture, and the next generation. Everyone pays the price for the lies we choose to accept. So no, it’s not just “your choice.” It never was.

@SwipeWright Genuine question that has affected my understanding of the issue: have you read someone like Stephen Meyer on the statistics behind evolution?

What is keeping you from accepting evolution? IMO the evidence for it is just so overwhelming I don't understand how anyone can doubt it.

@HankChase57 @samuel_costner What fitting verses for what abortion providers do. Chilling.

@samuel_costner Proverbs 1:11-13 If they say, “Come with us, Let us lie in wait for blood, Let us ambush the innocent without cause; Let us swallow them alive like Sheol, Even whole, as those who go down to the pit; We will find all kinds of precious wealth, We will fill our houses with spoil."

“Destroy them, O God… Cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions.”

C.S. Lewis’ version of “go touch grass@

The most fearful threat to the Leftist cult wasn’t some chest-beating nietzschean or wignat punk influencer. It wasn’t Andrew Tate or Nick Fuentes. It was a kind, gracious, courageous, Christian, conservative, patriotic, normie American family man who liked dialogue and debate. The left doesn’t fear most of the blustering dorks you see online. They fear normal, godly American men. Be what the Left fears.

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yes, I should have said that (better phrasing). That's what I tell people right now. "Christians don't have to vote Republican (that may be a wisdom / strategy decision), but they must not vote Democrat" So, probably a correct position for pastors to be able to state clearly, "Christians should not vote for the current policy platform of the Democratic Party"?

@libsoftiktok @MSNBC Her party is literally doing what she accuses Vance of doing.

Unhinged Jen Psaki is now smearing JD Vance, suggesting that his wife, Usha, wants to leave her husband and offers to “save” her. She also thinks JD Vance is “scarier" than Donald Trump @MSNBC should be ashamed to pay her salary.