Comments on: Monday Morning Millennial Star Question #4

By: Eric Soderlund [Visitor]

Eric Soderlund [Visitor] — Thu, 28 Apr 2005 00:37:06 +0000

Couldn’t the devil be really good at math?

By: AB [Visitor]

AB [Visitor] — Thu, 28 Apr 2005 00:13:36 +0000

Re: #8,

Why the Goldbach conjecture? I’d ask for a proof of the Riemann Hypothesis or PoincarÃ© Conjecture so that I could at least make some money off of it.

By: Ben [Member]

Ben [Member] — Tue, 26 Apr 2005 21:30:40 +0000

Eric: One might know them, but that doesn’t render them valid. They are intrinsically intertwined with the covenants that go with them, and one must be accompanied by the other. For example, in Genesis 9, God designates the rainbow as the token of the covenant he has made with Noah not to send a flood again. Were God to break that covenant (or never have made it), what validity would the rainbow have as a sign (Heb. ‘ot) of that covenant?

By: Eric Soderlund [Visitor]

Eric Soderlund [Visitor] — Tue, 26 Apr 2005 20:56:07 +0000

Rosalynde:

Couldn’t an impostor know that sequence?

By: Rosalynde Welch [Visitor]

Rosalynde Welch [Visitor] — Tue, 26 Apr 2005 19:23:11 +0000

Don’t we have a fairly detailed sequence of symbolic questions and answers through which we achieve a mutual recognition with God?

By: R. Bell [Member]

R. Bell [Member] — Tue, 26 Apr 2005 07:45:57 +0000

Ah, but God can’t really do all that, unilaterally, can he?

By: The Mirth [Visitor]

The Mirth [Visitor] — Tue, 26 Apr 2005 05:38:22 +0000

I would ask him to give me forgiveness, a soft heart and charity. That eliminates any possible imposters, and guarantees me salvation as long as I don’t lose them.

By: Arwyn [Visitor]

Arwyn [Visitor] — Tue, 26 Apr 2005 01:14:06 +0000

Not sounding annoying at all, Tess. I’m not familiar with quantum mechanics or Einstein’s denunciation thereof — thanks for explaining that.

I confess, though, that my first thought when I see the words “God does not play dice” is something along these lines.

My second thought, as I expressed it, was that it makes sense for him not to play dice because if he did, the prophet couldn’t tell us not to gamble.

I’ll leave quantum mechanics to the people who understand it.

By: will [Visitor]

will [Visitor] — Tue, 26 Apr 2005 00:22:25 +0000

Tess’s post #9 leads me to wonder whether there is any scriptural precedent for God asking a non-rhetorical question. Anyone?

By: Aaron L. M. Goodwin [Visitor]

Aaron L. M. Goodwin [Visitor] — Tue, 26 Apr 2005 00:01:36 +0000

Maybe this is lame, but I’d ask him to shake my hand, that would eliminate any false spirits.