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Obsession

Partly compiled by David Waltz with some apt comments at Articuli Fidei.

Another sort of review, quoting the above, with some comments.

Latest entry here, with my comment. Can’t keep up with all the posts.

A “tale”? Man, I was hoping for a better story. 🙂

Am I foolish for responding? Quite possibly. I hope not. I care passionately about these issues and have infinite patience for discussing them (though not infinite time); the danger is getting sucked in to one of these.

Update: yes, foolish. I really have to listen more to cynical-Dale. This would’ve helped too. 🙂

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4 thoughts on “Obsession”

  4. Dave Burke

    Dale,

    Hays’ interest in you definitely goes far beyond what most people would consider healthy. The more I read him, the more obvious it becomes that he doesn’t understand your theology.

    Norelli’s comment is disingenuous, to say the least:

    No single intermediary comes close to being described in the programmatic way that Jesus is, i.e., no intermediary, be it a personified divine attributed like Wisdom, an exalted Patriarch like Moses, Adam, or Elijah, or an angelic figure like Yahoel/Metatron possesses the divine titles, receives the worship reserved for God, exercises divine prerogatives, sits on the divine throne, etc. like Jesus.

    Jesus never receives the worship reserved for God, and the fact that he sits on a divine throne is exactly what we would expect of God’s exalted Son. Every other category listed here is applied to other intermediaries (including the exercise of divine prerogatives) and as you point out yourself, Jesus is unique so we would expect him to enjoy unique privileges.

    Norelli just doesn’t get it.

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