Tell u what Bonnet, Lets entertain what you say about the men who "journeyed" with Paul were in captivity (I dont accept this there is no scripture to prove what you just said). Then yes it would explain the reason why they weren't blinded by the light. But that doesnt negate from what I said which is the light of Jesus that blinded Paul was not physical light. That was my contention with 1dell. And also this blinding affect - its adverse; SPELL.
About your bait comment, my sistah that is a common tactic used by many including Jesus. Remember he made his disciples fishers of men. Let me ask you something, ever gone fishing ? you know what a bait and hook is ? ---this from belzbug
Let's see, baybay!
Yes, I fish a lot. i goes to da ribbah and draps in mah line, an' ah waits on da salvation o' da Lawd!
Bel, you fell off there for a moment.
i don't desire to be the "trapper" of anyone. and you made yet another error in your assumptions---
Christ NEVER said ANYWHERE that He was a pedantic, wordplaying dogmatist who wasted His divine time tossing out a bait with which to trap someone with words.......
And secondly you don't see the truth in my post. if you had read it with your lights on, you would have seen that i effectively answered your query. Perhaps you need to get a Bible, open it to the Acts, and read them thoroughly. That way, you can stay on track, not go off on a tangent just because you got "knocked down" by my post. it's hard to accept defeat when you are already the "defeated". And for you Master 9 and bel too, do you have any idea as to what Christ actually said? He said, "I will make you fishers of the souls of Men". not just fishers of men. that's a fisherman,no?
Back on Track: bel, when you read the Acts i suggested, you saw the answer, didn't you? Your query was answered simply by looking at The Word. Now, let me tell you one thing RIGHT now----
"I" don't say what i think of the story of paul as saul, i am quoting the actual SCRIPTURE. I can think anything that deviates from it, but no----- I am quoting the scripture. So that is my answer on that. All Praise is Due to The Most High, hallelujah!
Next up: You claim "there is no scripture to prove what you just said".
Hot Fries!!
DID I NOT PROVIDE THE ACTUAL SCRIPTURE TO WHICH I REFERRED THE STORY OF PAUL AS SAUL!?!?
DIDDEN I? DIDDEN I? Read the Book, bel. Read it. I don't have the right to make up anything about The Most High's holy word!! I don't add to it. I don't "philosophize". And, the Bible, in case you didn't know, is simple writing. I simply gave up that which i know.
'Nother thing----
do i know what a hook is? yup. it is something which tangles, or ensnares, itself into another thing. If i was to apply this idea to human action, then it would mean i was trying to ensnare others. Hold fast, and not let go. i am way ahead of you, bel. your analogies and riddles are small and easily put away.
You demand some more proof. Then after it is given, you got your "manna", you slide in with a sentence that you blaspheme Y'shua where you intimate that He used the same devious devices as you would, a "tactic" you call it. And then you have the nerve to justify your inane "tactics". you don't want 1dell or anyone else to say anything that is contrary to your gnosticism, do you bel? you really do wish that we would start to doubt the Savior, and in effect turn our backs on our Redeemer, who is The MOst High. But we won't. We can't. We cannot get brainwashed and become an kaafiruwn, now can we? If we are already FREE and redeemed, it is impossible to reverse that. You see, bel, regardless of your obvious hatred of The Most High, as well as your namesake hates The Most High, I don't back down. So, if you like to turn your words around and circle round and round until you fall down that's fine. I can roll witcha day in and day out. You just hand me a rope, sweetie. And the Word of The Most High will hang you with it.
I see that you cannot dispute my previous post which answered the query about Paul's sole blindness event. you can't stand against the Word of The Most High, bel. That is why you are filled with doubt and lack of Knowledge. You just don't know! Don't think that I have not been there myself. i was lost in the darkness too. and when i was "blinded" (not quite like paul---i didn't persecute or judge others' beliefs; like you, i believed "anything goes" and played devil's advocate- one who walks in accordance with the devil). See, so your little "musings" and attempts to break down us, the Masiyhiyyin, will fail. We know, you do not. Or else you would have no query. You would know how to read the Scriptures and find the answers within.
Hallelujah, that's my testimonial. All Praise due To The Most High and HE is Alone and no Partner Has He!
in a minute.....
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okay Bonnet never mind all that. Listen , you said the men who assisted him were prisoners. I just need some clarification. Can I get you on record saying these men who helped guide paul while he was blind were xtian prisoners ?