05-13-2008, 09:40 PM
True. Most Nazarenes hold to their old ways of believe in eternal damnation. They have not realized, for the most part, the teaching of universalism. This is one place where we must both commend the Orthodox Nazarenes, though, since they often do accept this idea.
I admitted no such thing. I simply said that vagueness is not always bad. I am very clear on who the Mashiakh is. He is the second Sephirah, the Right Arm of God.
I agree that YHWH is the proper noun for God, and the rest are improper nouns, adjectives, and adverbs that describe Him.
Are you familiar with the Kabbalah, Mr. Bauscher?
Naturally, if the arm does something it is because the man is doing it. However, if we are not careful in our termonology here we will fall into the modalist fallacy. It is equally inaccurate to say the hand did it, not the man, and to say that the hand is a part of the man, therefore the hand is the man. Do you understand what I'm saying? That is the distinction I am trying to make between YHWH and Mashiakh. It's a narrow road with deep ditches on both sides.
I admitted no such thing. I simply said that vagueness is not always bad. I am very clear on who the Mashiakh is. He is the second Sephirah, the Right Arm of God.
I agree that YHWH is the proper noun for God, and the rest are improper nouns, adjectives, and adverbs that describe Him.
Are you familiar with the Kabbalah, Mr. Bauscher?
Naturally, if the arm does something it is because the man is doing it. However, if we are not careful in our termonology here we will fall into the modalist fallacy. It is equally inaccurate to say the hand did it, not the man, and to say that the hand is a part of the man, therefore the hand is the man. Do you understand what I'm saying? That is the distinction I am trying to make between YHWH and Mashiakh. It's a narrow road with deep ditches on both sides.