If the passage didn't modify the description of the encounter, then we could understand the Transfiguration event to include Moses and Elijah actually standing on the mountain with them. But since the passage says it was a vision, we know they were not literally there with them.
"And, behold, there appeared unto them Moses and Elias talking with him." - Matthew 17:3 KJV
"And there appeared unto them Elias with Moses: and they were talking with Jesus." - Mark 9:4 KJV
"And, behold, there talked with him two men, which were Moses and Elias: Who appeared in glory, and spake of his decease which he should accomplish at Jerusalem. But Peter and they that were with him were heavy with sleep: and when they were awake, they saw his glory, and the two men that stood with him." - Luke 9:30-32 KJV
I didn't say you said it. I said you assumed it. Is that not your assumption?
The intended audience of the passage you quoted ("God is able to raise up children to Abraham") was John the Baptist speaking to the religious leaders.
Again, the fact that a sentence is nonsensical or untrue, does not make it a non-sequitur.
Non-sequiturs are a minimum of 2 sentences long.
You incorrectly labeled a single sentence of mine a "non sequitur".
Non-sequiturs are a minimum of 2 sentences long.
You incorrectly labeled a single sentence of mine a "non sequitur".
If you believe non-sequiturs are a minimum of 2 sentences long: can you explain why you called a single sentence non sequitur in post 39?
Jocund said:
In order for an angel to sin it must have had a sinful nature.
Non-sequitur.
So the alarming thing is how in the world did you possibly come to the conclusion that non sequitur required two sentences? Did you look up examples and come to the conclusion that all of the examples you briefly looked at had two sentences therefore it was a requirement? That in itself is an example of poor inductive reasoning that led you to an absurdly incorrect conclusion about a simple concept. Sure, you might have been following your intuition regarding what "felt right" in that instance, but without the requisite logical checks and balances you ended up in a world of incorrect conclusions and misconceptions about how things work.
This is basically what you are doing when you make up things on the fly like that:
Just because those letters and symbols can be used as tautology does not mean I was using them to mean that.
I was referring to the Law of Identity with the same symbols...right out of the textbook
Logic is an expression of the mind of God. And intuition is the ability to directly know things
which I thoroughly dismantled at the end of post# 39.
The Holy Spirit illuminates the Scripture to me.
It would be like stating that shellfish should never be eaten and insisting to everyone else that it will always be the case for yourself and anyone you meet that shellfish is not to be consumed. Based on Romans 14, it might very well be the case that you shouldn't eat shellfish and that anyone you eat with shouldn't eat shellfish. It might become a deeply rooted belief that you have that shellfish is never to be consumed. Also based on Romans 14, that perception of shellfish, while existing as a truth within your realm of existence, would not universally be true.
It may be the case that your perception of fallen angels, etc. is a specific understanding that the Holy Spirit has given you and only for you. If fallen angels, unclean spirits, etc. could be saved by some intervention perhaps it would be the case that it isn't in your design or purpose to participate in that mission. It would make sense that your understanding would not align with that function.
Your method of "feeling out answers" might be exactly what you should be doing in order to find answers for yourself and perhaps even those directly around you. But don't confuse that with logical process, rational discourse, and logos.