tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19465889.post9036847256432487949..comments2023-03-21T08:18:49.648-07:00Comments on Trinitarian Don: Merry ChristmasProfessor McConnellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12555772215539761119noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19465889.post-65335424096568236632007-12-27T12:53:00.000-08:002007-12-27T12:53:00.000-08:00Thanks for the link!Thanks for the link!Professor McConnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12555772215539761119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19465889.post-35425848421155017452007-12-27T12:45:00.000-08:002007-12-27T12:45:00.000-08:00Hello,You've got a ton of great information here s...Hello,<BR/>You've got a ton of great information here so much so that I've taken the liberty of adding you to my blogrole. I'll be back often.<BR/><BR/>Lord bless!<BR/>http://thywordistruth.wordpress.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19465889.post-29141678359129304362007-12-21T18:25:00.000-08:002007-12-21T18:25:00.000-08:00One counter-argument against the importance of God...One counter-argument against the importance of God becoming man says that since God is omniscient, He doesn’t have to actually experience being a Human Being to know what it is like.<BR/><BR/>My answer to that is that knowledge of something is not the same as experiencing it. Not even for God.<BR/><BR/>For example, we have all at some point slammed a door on our fingers. You KNOW what that is like. (You happen to know it because of said prior experience, but my point is that currently, in the comfort of your easy chair, right now, you know what slamming your finger in a door is like.) So do I. I remember the throbbing. I remember the split skin, losing the nail. One might say that the memory is painful. But it’s not, compared to experiencing the thing itself. <BR/><BR/>Guess which I would rather do: <BR/> (a) think about slamming a door on my finger;<BR/>or <BR/> (b) slam a door on my fingers again tonight?<BR/><BR/>A more cheery example. Would I rather:<BR/> (a) think about eating another See’s vanilla buttercream with dark chocolate coating;<BR/>or<BR/> (b) eat said candy again tonight?<BR/><BR/>My knowledge of these things happens to come from my own prior experience. Because of God’s omniscience let’s stipulate that He knows these same things without experiencing them. Yet for me and even for God, knowledge of them is not the same as experiencing them.<BR/><BR/>God the Son, Jesus Christ, with full knowledge of what it is like to be a human being, agreed to come down and experience it. I sit here and wonder if life is worth living. He, with complete knowledge, said Yes! and did it. <BR/><BR/>That’s not all there is to the Incarnation, but that helps answer the problem of pain for me.C Stevensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02545502535474053658noreply@blogger.com