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I’m willing to discuss anything in the text openly, from Genesis to Revelation. If there’s a specific passage in Revelation that says, or even implies, that Christ returns under a pseudonym, I’m happy to discuss it.
Exactly, you're willing to discuss if I follow the rules. I'm describing the rules. We agree. You just don't seem to like hearing about them so explicitly and in this channel, you'd prefer if Gabriel himself came down and shared them with you directly.
I agree that we're working from different assumptions. I'm approaching the faith in the Messiah through the witness of Scripture and revelation, not a shared set of abstract rules or system logic.
No, I'm approaching the faith in the Messiah through the witness of Scripture and revelation, and you're ignoring the shared set of abstract rules and logical system that this reveals. Why do you think it's called "Revelation"? This is what is revealed.
Just open your mind and consider what I'm saying, rather than dismissing it. I know it's a painful experience, but Christianity isn't easy.
I'm open to continued dialogue when we're talking about the biblical text itself rather than each other = I want you to play the proof of work game that Christians have established as the means to determine the authority of a person's voice on all things pertaining to Christianity, because:
I'm describing the rules underneath the game you want me to play to validate that my opinion matters, the same rules that determine which miner gets to decide which transactions are included in the next block (whose opinion matters). Why bother, when the important thing is not the game but the rules that underpin ALL stable games? That's what Christ died for. Let's cut through the bullshit, the hypocrisy, shall we?