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Originally Posted by Ohio
Read the story referenced in Acts 14.6-21.
Paul fled to the cities of the Lycaonians, where he miraculously healed a lame man. Seeing the miracle of a real apostle, the pagan Lycaonians thought that the gods had visited, and the city priest of Zeus wanted to sacrifice animals to them. Hearing what they were doing, Paul rushed on the scene proclaiming, "we are just men like all'ya'all."
Evangelical said this was "an example of a person being deified as in god-like but not to be worshiped as god."
To which I thought, "Huh?" And then wrote "then only a few Lycaonian pagans are willing to accept this teaching?"
To which you replied that the event is "an example of the "Limited definition" of deification."
To which I concluded that for Evangelical to use this event as an example of "Deification Lite," then probably Lee should also have the experience of signs and wonders in causing the lame man to walk.
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Trying to understand Evangelical, and his use of Paul's complete rejection of anything similar to "deification" as a support for WL's use is like trying to stand on shifting sand.
It is mind boggling.
I can see that you also are trying to connect his dots, but what a gordian knot this is!