The 'Lonely Triune God' LSM's Oxymoron - TOMES

Ohio · 04-22-2015, 06:09 AM

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Originally Posted by aron

Unfortunately I enjoy thinking and then inflicting the general public with my thoughts, such as they are. Usually I've remained above the fray. Everyone has their own opinion, I have mine. Why quarrel?

But Jesus wasn't alone. He wasn't lonely. He was only alone, singular, as it pertained to the disciples. He needed to bring them to where he was. So death, for him, was the choice. "Greater love hath no man than this, that he lay down his life for his friends".

Other than that, Jesus was quite connected to God, who's connected to everything. So the image of the lonely bachelor God, somehow hovering behind the narrative, is simply absurd. It's a simplification that doesn't even help a third-grader. It simply misses too much. So I don't like it. Yes, that is antipathy. Sorry, I'll own it.

This is a human-centric view. Understandable, because we are humans. But the world is a little bit bigger than we are.

I disagree that this is a human-centric view. Rather it is an attempt to know the heart of God using admittedly minimum forensic evidence from His word. Anything that appears to have the fingerprints of Lee on them, however, gets shredded for the landfill, whether it was originated with Lee or not. Hey, we even got folks here who have discarded the Bible simply because Lee happened to use it.

"Lonely God" syndrome, on the other hand, could help a third grader. It is "a" view of the scripture, rather than "the" simplification you purport it to be. The story of the Song of Songs is a beautiful narrative which adds fresh insight into God's word and His heart of love. Perhaps you missed it while digging thru the verses looking for more weaponry to launch at Lee-land.

Now I'm not a huge supporter of LSM on this forum, in fact, I was even asked to sign a waiver when moving my in-law's library of blue and green books, but at times this forum runs out of nits to pick and zooms in on the dandruff. But, what can I say, you have "The Professor" on your side.