Anti-theist

Jesus Christ is certainly a human construct. He was constructed first by Matthew, Mark, Luke and John (and they weren't all using the same blueprint). He was thoroughly renovated by Paul. And many theologies - e.g. yours - have practically demolished Him.

We've been through that before. John 1:1 does not say that Jesus was the Word.
Please, do the homework. Find anywhere in the rest of John or the whole New Testament where Jesus is referred to as the Word. That's a whole different construction crew. One conclusion is not necessarily inferred by the other but both are based on the same evidence. The drowning man reaches out to a passer-by and says, "Let me help you. Let me pull you in." Now you're just being silly. The one who believes in leprechauns is more likely to need counselling than the one who doesn't.

I didn't say I don't treat them alike. I only meant that they were constructed by different people in different times.

What I said doesn't "lead" to that question. You're just trying to evade what I said.Try again:

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ringo writes:
John 1:1 does not say that Jesus was the Word.
Please, do the homework. Find anywhere in the rest of John or the whole New Testament where Jesus is referred to as the Word.

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Have you done the homework?

Then you should understand that the word "word" does not refer to Jesus.I did a quick (30 minute) scan again this morning:Interestingly, the word "word" is capitalized only in John 1:1 and John 1:14 in the KJV. But it's the same word, capitalized or not, G3056 in Strong.Here's every instance of the word "word" in John:

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"The word which Jesus had said" Joh 2:22

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"many more believed because of his own word" Joh 4:41

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"the word that Jesus had soken" Joh 4:50

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"He that heareth my word and believeth on him that sent me" Joh 5:24

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"ye have not his word abiding in you" Joh 5:38

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"If ye continue in my word" Joh 8:31

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"my word hath no place in you." Joh 8:37

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"ye cannot hear my word." Joh 8:43

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"unto whom the word of God came" Joh 10:35

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"the word that I have spoken" Joh 12:48

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"the word which ye hear is not mine" Joh 14:24

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"the word which I have spoken unto you" Joh 15:3

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"the word that I said unto you" Joh 15:20

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"that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law" Joh15:25

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"they have kept thy word" Joh 17:6 (Jesus praying)

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"I have given them thy word" Joh 17:14

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"thy word is truth" Joh 17:17

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"which shall believe on me through their word" Joh 17:20

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Note that the context usually suggests that the word is separate from Jesus.Here's every instance in the whole New Testament where "Jesus" and "word" are used in the same verse:

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"word of Jesus" Mat 26:75

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"Jesus heard the word" Mar 5:36

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"the word that Jesus said" Mar 14:72

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"Jesus answered him saying, It is written, That man shallnot live by bread alone, but by every word of God." Mar 4:4

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"sat at Jesus' feet, and heard his word" Luke 10:39

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"Jesus of Nazareth, which was a prophet mighty in deed and word" Luke 24:19

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"the word which Jesus had said" Joh 2:22

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"the word that Jesus had spoken" Joh 4:50

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"said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word" Joh 8:31

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"word which God sent unto the children of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus" Act 10:36

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"the word of the Lord Jesus" Act 19:10

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"whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus" Col 3:17

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"the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ" Rev 1:2

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"for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ." Rev 1:9

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"for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God" Rev 20:4

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Note the context again.

How (why) would you conclude that? How do you know it isn't a mountain range?

Phat writes: Because for one thing a mountain range analogy implies many "Gods".

Of course it does. That's the whole point. You said:

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There may be many paths up the mountain, but there is One character of God at the top....

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How (why) would you conclude that? How do you know it isn't a mountain range?

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If there are many paths, why do you assume they're all up the same mountain? Why do you assume there is only one mountain?

All you've done is deny, deny, deny. Why don't you actually THINK about the question?

Phat writes: I feel that Monotheism is better than either pantheism, polytheism, dualism or the old standby of Monism.

Your feelings are worthless. Say something substantial.

Phat writes: Hopefully I wont have to explain why.

OF COURSE you have to explain why. It's a discussion site. Step one is explaining.

So you're not skeptical about your own infallibility.

You think you infallibly know about His infallibility.

On the conrtary, you have described yourself exactly as infallible. You trust infallibly that you have the right spirit dialled in. Of course it does. Doubt is the foundation of all rational thought. You can't reason without reliable premises and reliability must be tested. It's not a retreat. It's a stronghold. It's the high ground.

Again, that's extremely rich coming from you. You're the one who gives little weight to the dusty old book. And you're the one who dismisses the clear meaning of the scriptures in favour of your self-serving interpretation, which you can't back up. Same thing. If you're certain that you're right but you have no rational basis for your conclusions, then you believe you're infallible. And that's arrogance. You should stop talking about what scripture "clearly says" because you reject scripture.In any case, "double minded" does not refer to being fixated on one conclusion with no rational basis. YES. Of course it does. "Cold feet" happen before almost every wedding. There would probably be fewer divorces if more people paid attention to the temperature of their feet.(If you want an example of somebody who thinks like you do, watch Bus Stop, starring Marilyn Monroe.)

How can you call yourself a "moderate" when you agree whole-heartedly with the Right and admit that you don't know what the Left thinks?

No, I have said that ideologies are for lazy thinkers. Skeptics need to be skeptical about everything. I have also said that in some ways I am more conservative than you. You also don't know what "Far Left" means. So you were right the first time - you don't know what the Left thinks. No. God got rid of Joe McCarthy.

I've never claimed any moral high ground. What I've done is point out that YOUR God is entirely made up - i.e. you don't even accept your own source ( the Bible) unless it suits you. No he really doesn't. That's a good place to start figuring out how honest he really is.

The same way you can be so sure that Santa doesn't exist.The realquestion here is: How can YOU and Saldivar be so sure that they DO exist? There are plenty of alternative explanations, one of the most obvious being out-and-out fraud. You KNOW there are fraudulent examples of "exorcism". No I don't. I CONCLUDE that without objective evudence there's no justification for assuming that something does exist. You use the same methodology for Santa, leprechauns, etc. And yet you haven't been able to show us one honest one.