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Originally Posted by Liminal Chris  Can someone explain to me the need to speak about God in an anthropomorphic manner? |
Christians, most Christians, believe that Jesus is God and lives in Heaven in His bodily form, although glorified, so it is natural for us to speak about Him that way.
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Originally Posted by Liminal Chris Why are people so attached to it? Why are so many people Apologists, when they could simply drop the bible and still believe? |
We consider the Bible to be Holy because we have had similar experiences to those described in the Bible, especially in the New Testament. We don't want to drop it because we believe it is the truth.
Questions call for answers and create Apologists. Very few people ask to understand. Some people want to helps us see our need to drop it but also may end up understanding.
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Originally Posted by Liminal Chris Talking about Heaven and Hell and giving yourself over to god for salvation, all the anthropomorphism and loaded words, it just doesn't do the ideas behind them any justice I think. |
The red flowers with thorns that smell good, the most widely used natural symbol of romantic gifting and also a source of agricultural income to some developing countries...is still a rose. And if we are saying we believe Heaven and Hell exist, there's no point in using more words, unless to avoid someone's hot button.
If the word Christian is used up front, people here assume they know what you believe and criticize without first asking. If the word is not used, people here will never find out what you believe, which is in Christ.
There is a resistance in man to the naming God, like you say, a loaded term. Is it because He has no name or no name could do Him justice? I guess you know Christians believe there is a force trying to hide His name, to prevent us from worshipping Him.
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Originally Posted by Liminal Chris Like to me this was a whole lot of nothing, except a lot of anthropomorphism and an extremely poor explanation. I just feel like they are almost talking in tongues on purpose, in order to confuse people, when it would be so easy to clean up the language and make it more straightforward and not open to misinterpretation. |
There are other versions of the Bible, if you want to read that in simpler terms. A whole lot of nothing is not unique to Christians on this board. For example, how many times do you use the term anthropomorphism in general conversation?