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>>>>> "Donald" == Donald L Evans <lafon@tir.com> writes:

    Donald> Robert J. Brown wrote:

    >> >>>>> "City" == City Barber Shop <lynnal@cblink.com> writes:
    >> 
    City> But God is a spirit.  and Moses asked to see God's glory and
    City> was only allowed to see his hinder parts while being hidden
    City> in a cleft in the rock .
    >>  This is called, technically -- in theological jargon, a
    >> "theophany".  A theophany is a physical manifestation of the
    >> spiritual God.  Why is it called a theophany?  Well, "theo"
    >> means "God", and if Moses saw his hinder parts, he saw his
    >> fanny, so it was a theo-fanny.  :-)
    >> 

    Donald> The assertion that God allowed Moses to "see" with his
    Donald> physical eye a "theophany" of Himself which revealed only
    Donald> His "fanny," is an age-old erroneous trinitarian
    Donald> explanation of the following passages of scripture [see
    Donald> Exodus 33:18-23]:

    Donald> Thus we see that what God allowed Moses to "see" was His
    Donald> "glory," and not some visible manifestation of Himself.

    Donald> At least this is the manner in which I have interpreted
    Donald> these passages, and offer them here for consideration and
    Donald> comment.

Good grief, man, its a pun!  You are supposed to laugh at the play on
words, not digress into an Apostolic exegesis on theophanies.  Cut me
some slack.  Everybody else thought it was funny.  :-)

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