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Posted 1/14/2002 1:52 PM (GMT -6)

Maybe this title should be: Does God speak rhetorically?

This is taken from a review of God of the Possible on amazon.com

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He goes on to examine some of the passages that point to future openness. He demonstrates adequately that the motif is definitely there in Scripture. However, to his detriment, he tends to go overboard and find the motif where it really isn't there. For example, when God asks the question, on more than one occasion, 'How long will...' the most obvious thought to occur to the reader is that what he is saying is rhetorical (a clear understanding of language acknowledges that grammatical structure does not always equal function). If Boyd is to claim otherwise, the burden of proof is upon him. He makes this error on a few occasions.

I recently came across this review on God of the Possible. This person is a.)presupposing that God speaks in forknowledge and b.) that he knows for a fact that this is how biblical authors describe God's use of language.
Is it even found that biblical authors even spoke rhetorically when they wanted to describe what God was saying? I think this argument of God speaking this way is unfounded, do any of you agree?

God Bless
Paul

Our natural greatness is seen as part of God's image, and that natural greatness has been conferred on us to enable us to achieve our supernatural destiny:to be related to God and to obey him freely.---Diogenes Allen

Edited by - faithfullservent on 01/14/2002 11:08:04 PM

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