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07-09-2006, 09:04 PM
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Personal Revelation vs. Biblical Revelation?
If one has a personal revelation of the Cosmos, does the information or truth gathered from that personal revelation supersede any biblical revelation?
For instance, suppose one had a revelation that everything was connected to everything else and that there was no such thing as positive evil (i.e. evil that exists in and of itself), but that evil was instead a lack or absence of good. Furthermore, suppose this could be taken to contradict the biblical revelation that Satan exists and so does evil. IF this were the case, which revelation, the personal or the biblical, would be the deciding revelation? If one claims the biblical revelation must be the superseding revelation, then does that mean biblical revelation is complete and will never be changed or modified? Does someone else's personal revelation have the same validity for us as does biblical revelation? Should we believe what is revealed to Smith by personal experience just as much as we believe what is revealed to us by the bible? If one claims personal revelation has no validity, then how does one reconcile that view to the fact that so much of the bible is account after account of personal revelation?
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07-09-2006, 09:07 PM
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Nicely done.
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07-09-2006, 09:12 PM
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Biblical revelation seems to be what some call the inspiration of God given to the bible's authors. Biblical revelation must then be second-hand revelation until it is confirmed by personal revelation.
Last edited by Bright-ness' Shadow; 07-09-2006 at 09:17 PM.
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07-09-2006, 09:15 PM
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07-09-2006, 09:31 PM
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Personal revelation is for only the person receiving it, well at least most of the time, cretin truths that may be temporary like to slow down in the car or more permanent (well for this example time and eternity) marriage by finding the one you love, this is only for the person that is seeking this answer and the receiver is the only one that truly understands the meaning of it...
Biblical revelation is for all it stands laterally the test of time it is true in the beginning as it is at the end and forever... it teaches universal truths...
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07-09-2006, 09:46 PM
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07-09-2006, 10:30 PM
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How was the revelation given to those who wrote the bible?
I know some of it, especially the NT books, was direct observation but I wouldn't consider that the same as revelation. Often any new idea is immediately rejected by organized religions, as if there is nothing more spiritual that we need to learn. "The bible is all you need," they will say. But there is so much that the bible does not explain. There is much confusion in it. And there are blatant lies. Why do people believe that God stopped revealing things to us two thousand years ago? It truly has never stopped! Buddha and Mohammad did not come up with their ideas on their own. The Hindu faith has God as three types, sound familiar to the trinity? The native Americans had their own connection to revelation. Joseph Smith experienced an amazing vision. Einstein established a connection, although his revelation came in the form of pure mathematics. The Urantia Book. Wingmakers... How do you know what to believe and what to discount? Trust yourself. Beware anyone telling you what you experienced. Only you know. Use your own logic to decide what to believe for only you are responsible. How terrible it would be for you to dismiss signs specifically meant for you. A man can write down that he saw a coin magically disappear. From his view, it did just that. But what did you see?
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07-10-2006, 04:08 AM
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07-10-2006, 05:08 AM
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Ehr, isn't personal revelation supposed to be a seduction of the devil? Or could. as it is opposing the bible..
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