Re: "Become" or "Not Become" Interpreting 1Cor 15:45
OBW---Equivocation occurs when an ambiguous expression is used in more than one of its meanings in a single context. The fallacy occurs when that context is an argument and the conclusion depends on shifting the meaning of the expression while treating it as if it remains the same.
Despite my repeated requests for a definition of the word spirit you have continued to use the word without providing a definition for it. Thus, you apparently prefer to keep the word ambiguous. This leaves the way open for you to shift the meaning every time you use it including when you interpret it to mean a kind of body when in ordinary parlance a body is the polar opposite of a spirit. This you continue to do while at the same time prevaricating by refusing to give an answer to the direct question I repeatedly have asked you.
There is no shame in admitting that you don't know. But, I suppose, to do so would be to admit defeat. That would be to join me in my ignorance. Because, I am asking these questions quite simply because I don't know the answer. I am beginning to suspect that you don't either and that's why you seemed evasive.
I have no idea what a spiritual body is. It is a paradox beyond my ken. I think that anyone who claims that they understand the mystery behind the New Testament, misunderstands it. Witness Lee's questions of the orthodox doctrine of the trinity were good ones for those that lost sight of the divine mystery that such a symbol represents. Lee's mistake occurs when he arrives at a conclusion that goes beyond the New Testament and claims to solve the mystery. Fatal error. The New Testament writers don't make that mistake. They see by faith alone. The New Testament reveals and preserves the mystery. But, no greater an error than to suppose one can explain the Trinity. If it is anything, faith is our connection to ultimate reality that we cannot comprehend. Or, at least, that's how it seems to me.
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Ken Gemmer- Church in Detroit, Church in Fort Lauderdale, Church in Miami 1973-86
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