I suspect that you'd be disappointed. The Bible contains a great truth and the word of God. There is no contradiction. But it does seem fairly clear to me that if the Bible was God's only method of communication there'd be a hell of a lot more of them and they'd be all over the world.Esquire Bertissimmo wrote: ↑Thu Jan 11, 2024 8:15 pmI would love if the theists could respond to one another on this one lol.Octavious wrote: ↑Thu Jan 11, 2024 7:27 pmBrahman is not especially different to God. I see no reason to believe that Brahman is anything other than God speaking with a voice that resonates better with that population. God doesn't speak with one voice. Someone reading the Bible in London today will take from it a very different message to someone reading it in London 1000 years ago. The message is tailored to the man. When God speaks to you it is highly unlikely to be the same experience as when he speaks to meJamiet99uk wrote: ↑Thu Jan 11, 2024 7:15 pm
But they believe in different Gods than the one you believe in.
I don't think Fritz is quite so loose with the Bible.
If this is what religion is, then Jamie's atheism must also be the tailored message he received from God, equal in value to believers' contention that there is a God.
As it happens I very much suspect that God does indeed speak to Jamie, regardless of whether or not Jamie recognises it as such. Although I dare say a more open relationship would be a beneficial to Jamie, and better enable him to fight off those metaphorical demons, but God does not impose