The Spirit of Truth is just that. It is truth and it doesn't matter where it comes from. It could come from Buddhists, Hindus, Atheists, Pagans, Wiccans. Truth is truth. A person doesn't need a book to say what the truth is. It's just obvious.
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Okay, quick thing. When you quote Scripture to me, you are avoiding the question. When I ask why you believe in what you believe in, and then you quote Scripture, it seems a lot like circular reasoning (e.g. using the Bible to prove itself).
You say that the Holy Spirit revealed the Truth to you. How can you be so sure it's the truth? why do you believe that it's the truth? This is a personal question for YOU, JIA. I do not want you quoting Scripture to answer my question, because it's a non-answer. You cannot answer a question about your personal beliefs by quoting a book that someone else wrote.
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It is not kind for you to refer to me as an idiot, I have never referred to you as an idiot. Do you think that it is fair for you to refer to me as an idiot?. You are a Muslim correct? Do all Muslims refer to other people as idiots unprovoked?
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Strangelove, when I quote a Scripture to you I am providing you with support for what I believe. But, when I expound a Scripture I am explaining why I believe what the Scripture states. So, that means that I have provided you with the what and the why reasons for my beliefs.
I have written a number of (detailed) posts to you Strangelove that explain what you want to know. But I will entertain yet further. Strangelove, there is no way for me to explain to YOU what Truth is like, because there is nothing to compare it with/to. Have you ever tried to explain something to someone but you didn't know how to "fully" express or convey what you were trying to say? For example, let's say that you discovered a new color. How would you describe that new color to someone else when it doesn't look like any colors that already exist, and it does not look like any combination of colors that you could mix? Here is what you say: "I have discovered a new color, it looks like...and it has...it is beautiful because...." Similarly, I do not truly know how to describe Truth. Truth must be experienced because the only description or definition that I can provide for Truth is that it is Jesus Christ. Truth is not some dictionary meaning or explanation, it is a Person. Once you experience Truth you will know what it is because it is self-revealing. But it must be experienced. The definition and description of Truth is found within, and revealed by or through Truth itself. Just as Heat is hot, cold is cold, up is up, down is down, Truth is Truth. Your question is like asking someone how they know that they are alive. Well alive means that you are not physically dead. This is the universally accepted definition of alive relative to human beings. Well, how do I know that Truth is Truth and that it is the Truth? Because Truth is Jesus Christ (this is the description and definition of Truth). So, Truth must be experienced it cannot be explained or described except in the Person of Jesus Christ. Again, Truth is Truth just like alive is alive, eggs are eggs, green is green. The definition of green corresponds to the color of green. Well, the definition of Truth corresponds to Jesus Christ because that is Who/what Truth is.
Do you understand Strangelove?
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I kind of gave up debating with you, because your mind is closed off...you will automatically reject all perspectives that do not coincide with your own. So until you actually consider the validity of another's point, I will take nothing you say serious.
I believe it is where luke and Yoda are in a cave or near a pond. Luke's aircraft crashed into the pond and Yoda was trying to teach Luke to use the force to lift it from the pond. Luke said something to the effect that he would try. Yoda reproved Luke telling him to do or do not, there is no try.
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I used the example to illustrate the fact that the the truths contained in the Bible must be acted on (i.e. done not tried) to reap the intended benefits.
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it's better then vaginasure. I put that up there because none of your choices had the option of some other religion's god(s) being the true god, nor an option of there not being a god.
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