makesends
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makesends said:
Typical.
@Eleanor is giving you a sound bit of advice --a warning. She did not say you are without excuse.
Eleanor said:
So. . .the word of God states that you "are without excuse" in denying that "what can be known about God is plain;" i.e.. "his eternal power and divine nature have been clearly seen". . .(Ro 1:19-20
But if you can't do that, maybe, supposing the shoe fits, you should wear it.
It seems you may be claiming she misused Romans 1, but you have only presented an alternative translation, as if it made some kind of real difference.
Typical.
@Eleanor is giving you a sound bit of advice --a warning. She did not say you are without excuse.
Look again.
Eleanor said:
So. . .the word of God states that you "are without excuse" in denying that "what can be known about God is plain;" i.e.. "his eternal power and divine nature have been clearly seen". . .(Ro 1:19-20
Not sure what your objection is there to what I said. If your quote of what she said means to you that she is claiming that you are condemned, then maybe you should put it back into the context of everything else she said. Notice the many uses in that context of the word, "if".Rom 1:20 For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:
But if you can't do that, maybe, supposing the shoe fits, you should wear it.
It seems you may be claiming she misused Romans 1, but you have only presented an alternative translation, as if it made some kind of real difference.