What does God look like?

[Belinda]

John 7:34
"His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire"

It's impossible for non-specialist scholars to know what John meant by the symbolism that he espoused.

[Toppsy Kretts]

John 7:34
"His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire"

It's impossible for non-specialist scholars to know what John meant by the symbolism that he espoused.

of course one could. simply by reading to word of God and listening to what he says. why should i disbelieve the bible? who am i to question such things?

[Iwannaplato]

John 7:34
"His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire"

It's impossible for non-specialist scholars to know what John meant by the symbolism that he espoused.

of course one could. simply by reading to word of God and listening to what he says. why should i disbelieve the bible? who am i to question such things?

Who are you to decide it's true?

Either conclusion on your part means you trust yourself to have a very high degree of intelligence and/or intuition.

[popeye1945]

John 7:34
"His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire"

It's impossible for non-specialist scholars to know what John meant by the symbolism that he espoused.

of course one could. simply by reading to word of God and listening to what he says. why should i disbelieve the bible? who am i to question such things?

Presumably rational intelligence.

[Toppsy Kretts]

It's impossible for non-specialist scholars to know what John meant by the symbolism that he espoused.

of course one could. simply by reading to word of God and listening to what he says. why should i disbelieve the bible? who am i to question such things?

Presumably rational intelligence.

stating you view same as me? that with blatantly exercising the essence of the bible as 'read my words and follow my path" is not something one should see shrouded in mystery, that we must figure out as if its hidden in traditions and old phrases deciphered through time?

that Jesus merely meant as simply as it is written...the rest is history.

[Toppsy Kretts]

It's impossible for non-specialist scholars to know what John meant by the symbolism that he espoused.

of course one could. simply by reading to word of God and listening to what he says. why should i disbelieve the bible? who am i to question such things?

Who are you to decide it's true?

Either conclusion on your part means you trust yourself to have a very high degree of intelligence and/or intuition.

God gave man the power of choice. and my choice is to believe that what was written of Jesus and his words and phrases wasnt something that we should view as a riddle and puzzle. Jesus did speak in parables so we thought and made use of our simple minds, if i was God and decided to come down and show humanity the way the truth and the light i wouldnt just spread everything out on the table and make it as plain as day...nor would i make my actions much less words be something that made one clueless for centuries. not decades to understand. i would want my children to think proper and make us of thought and grow whilst reminiscing of my words and decide how to further live there life according to me. not something to ponder and have scholars wager as if its some life long journey just to simply figure out what Jesus was meaning. Jesus said. Jesus did. only thing left for us to do is follow him.

[Iwannaplato]

God gave man the power of choice. and my choice is to believe that what was written of Jesus and his words and phrases wasnt something that we should view as a riddle and puzzle.

I didn't suggest one should view it as a riddle or a puzzle.

Jesus did speak in parables so we thought and made use of our simple minds, if i was God and decided to come down and show humanity the way the truth and the light i wouldnt just spread everything out on the table and make it as plain as day...

So, here you are saying you know why what God has done makes sense. You are presenting this in argument form. That, as I said, indicates great trust in either your intelligence or intuition.

nor would i make my actions much less words be something that made one clueless for centuries. not decades to understand. i would want my children to think proper and make us of thought and grow whilst reminiscing of my words and decide how to further live there life according to me. not something to ponder and have scholars wager as if its some life long journey just to simply figure out what Jesus was meaning. Jesus said. Jesus did. only thing left for us to do is follow him.

Great, but you've made a big choice based on trusting your own judgments in such matters. Choosing either way, in relation to such issues, shows one has strong trust in one's abilities.

The Who am I to question thing you said earlier seems to mean you are more humble than those who make a different choice. To me both sides are considering their abilities to judge to be at a very high level.

[Toppsy Kretts]

The Who am I to question thing you said earlier seems to mean you are more humble than those who make a different choice. To me both sides are considering their abilities to judge to be at a very high level.

its admiring for one to be acknowledged as "Humble" and i do thank you for that.
i do yes, have a strong sense of believe in my own sense of questioning and ending in understanding. Reason of such ways i conduct myself are in my posts above. Though do you imply that my great trust in my ability to judge in the essence as i do relate to me being in some way a negative? or are you simply implying the fact of which i DO have a strong sense TO judge?
Though i do have one issue in particular- u have yet stated if you believe in the book he has laid upon us or if you decipher from both sides of the door?

May you state which side you reside on?

[popeye1945]

of course one could. simply by reading to word of God and listening to what he says. why should i disbelieve the bible? who am i to question such things?

Presumably rational intelligence.

stating you view same as me? that with blatantly exercising the essence of the bible as 'read my words and follow my path" is not something one should see shrouded in mystery, that we must figure out as if its hidden in traditions and old phrases deciphered through time?

that Jesus merely meant as simply as it is written...the rest is history.

DUH!

[Toppsy Kretts]

DUH!

just trying to make clear, thank you sir

[popeye1945]

He looks strikingly like ME!!

[Belinda]

of course one could. simply by reading to word of God and listening to what he says. why should i disbelieve the bible? who am i to question such things?

Presumably rational intelligence.

stating you view same as me? that with blatantly exercising the essence of the bible as 'read my words and follow my path" is not something one should see shrouded in mystery, that we must figure out as if its hidden in traditions and old phrases deciphered through time?

that Jesus merely meant as simply as it is written...the rest is history.

But Jesus did not speak English, or American English!

[Toppsy Kretts]

But Jesus did not speak English, or American English!

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