Dalit
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Re your last paragraph and also @JoChris , I think this may be a gish gallop, which means peppering with a bunch of questions and pre-suppositions designed to confuse or overwhelm. Basically, yes, stirring the pot or up controversy. Just learned that word today and realize I've seen a lot of gish galloping from opponents of Jesus Christ.Hi, sorry Red it's not my intention to derail the thread but I think few things needs to be addressed
God being omnipresent doesn't automatically imply that He abide in everyone. I think what's overlooked a bit too fast in your post is the crucial information that Jesus actually is Son of God therefore the sole reason that God abide in Christ is because Jesus-Christ, the Word of God in flesh as explained in John 1 actually is part of the Godhead. You would never say God was in Moses or Muhammad, no never because that would be panentheism/pantheism which both the Bible and quran condemn.
It is rather odd though that you enact the quran as an authority in your argument and say
then few line later write
If you truly concede that Christ is a mediator, I hope you're not a muslim because you probably should question the validity of your ramadan by endorsing this because the quran denies the principle of a mediator between God and humans.
Also it is interesting to put this claim into perspective because you're clearly implying that Jesus encouraged Thomas and many others to commit blasphemy since He didn't condemned their words.
Then He said to Thomas, “Reach your finger here, and look at My hands; and reach your hand here, and put it into My side. Do not be unbelieving, but believing.” And Thomas answered and said to Him, “My Lord and my God!” Jesus said to him, “Thomas, because you have seen Me, you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”
John 20:27-29
Until you tell us whether you believe that the Christ is the Son of God without an earthly father, I'll call a cat a cat and say I believe that you're muddying the water and pick verses here and there to cook a doctrine out of thin air to stir up controversy.