Metaphysics Mike

Mainstream Christianity wants you to believe Jesus is “begotten, not made,” despite the fact that this concept has no basis in the historical Bible.

The Greek word γεννάω / gennaō is used roughly 100 times in the NT.

Matthew uses it for Abraham begetting Isaac, Isaac begetting Jacob, etc.

Acts uses it of Moses being born.

John uses it for spiritual rebirth and the man “born blind.”

But in zero cases does γεννάω mean an atemporal, beginningless, intra-divine relation.

Luke 1:35 states an angel said the Holy Spirit will come upon Mary, the power of the Most High will overshadow her, and therefore the one being born, τὸ γεννώμενον, will be called the Son of God.

Anyone reading this without being brainwashed first will naturally come away thinking Jesus being “begotten” is tied to his conception by the power of God.

That is the direct reason given for why he will be called Son of God.

Not because he was eternally Son.

Not because he was eternally begotten.

Not because of an atemporal relation inside a triune essence.

And at some point Christians need to ask themselves why they’re championing weird esoteric redefinitions of biblical language by anyone, let alone “testimony” by Greek philosophers hundreds of years later, with deep commitments to middle Platonism.

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Metaphysics Mike

There, I fixed ‪@MadebyJimbob‬ “Protestant Archeologist” meme! 🤣

Scripture doesn’t “interpret itself” literally; but truth isn’t decided by a centralized authority either.

If we make the very reasonable assumption that the original language can be properly translated, and the writers mean what they say, everything else is easy.

The Bible gives internal controls for interpretation in the form of later writers quoting earlier texts, parallel passages, repeated themes, words, concepts, etc all act like a built-in glossary basically.

Not to mention God has given us a mind and the capacity for reasoning, which itself presupposes that we’re suppose to use it. To some degree it’s just common sense. For example, it seems rather plain to me that we should let clearer texts govern harder ones.

We can slap a fancy Protestant label on it; but it’s simple and self explanatory nonetheless.

Scholarship (languages, history, lexicons, genre) all clearly establish normative standards for determining truth. This is just how it works in reality.

A “normative authority” doesn’t eliminate interpretation, it just relocates it. The Church still interprets Scripture, councils, Fathers, and tradition, and you still must judge which authority is trustworthy in the first place. (Using the same standard mind you!)

So the sane middle is that Scripture is primary, both historically and spiritually, and should be interpreted with the ordinary means God gave us (reason, evidence, context, early church writers, etc).

Outsourcing truth of interpretation as a whole to a single institutional referee makes the least sense.

And we haven’t even touched the sketchy history of flip-flops, textual variants, and etc regarding scripture. Not to mention the moral atrocities committed by these normative authorities throughout history regarding “unauthorized” translations, copies, and canons.

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4 weeks ago | [YT] | 141

Metaphysics Mike

Catholics and Orthodox have LOST the plot! They have altogether become Pharisees, holding traditions of men over the commandments of God.

The Gospel is Christ and His kingdom + nothing.

The Christian does not stand before a council, a bishop, or a tradition on judgment day. He stands before Christ.

Any authority that stops pointing to Christ and starts requiring submission to itself has become a rival.

Christ does not share his mediatorial office with anyone.

The church is not the Savior’s replacement. It is supposed to be the Savior’s witness.

A true church leads you to Christ. A false church makes itself the gatekeeper to Christ.

At the end of the day, God made us with our own mind, conscience, and will. A true servant of Christ knows this.

He does not seek to control another man’s conscience, to input himself between you and Christ; but to patiently and loving aid it.

The goal is not dependence on men, churches, or tradition. It’s in the power of God that changes you into righteous works, and faith, and preparation for the kingdom to come.

Matthew 11:28 — “Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.”

John 14:6 — “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”

1 Timothy 2:5 — “For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.”

Acts 4:12 — “There is salvation in no one else…”

John 5:22–23 — The Father has given judgment to the Son.

2 Corinthians 5:10 — “We must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ.”

Romans 14:10–12 — “We will all stand before the judgment seat of God… each of us will give an account of himself to God.”

Colossians 2:8–10 — Don’t be taken captive by philosophy or human tradition; believers are complete in Christ.

Hebrews 4:14–16 — Because Christ is our great high priest, we approach the throne with confidence.

Hebrews 7:25 — Christ is able to save completely because he always lives to intercede.

1 month ago | [YT] | 294

Metaphysics Mike

Many Trinitarians aren't recognizing the relevancy of informal logic in argumentation right now! Even if your argument is formally valid, informal logic evaluates whether your definitions are coherent, your terms are equivocal, and your assumptions are justified.

They want us to wholesale accept the Trinity as logical purely based on formal consistency; but as this video demonstrates, we can make total nonsense follow from the premises.

Nonsense, mind you, that informal logic literally evaluates, having it's own set of fallacies.

In this example, the QUA operators indexes a predicate to the natures, which is a fallacy of reification (misplaced concreteness | informal fallacy).

O(j) @𝒹
│ │ ↑
│ │ └── THIS is the indexing to the divine nature
│ └──── argument (Jesus)
└────── predicate (omniscient)


¬O(j) @ₕ
│ │ ↑
│ │ └── THIS is indexing to human nature
│ └───── argument (Jesus)
└────── predicate (omniscient)

Both are still predicated to the person! That's P ∧ ¬P, especially when the informal fallacy is removed. Jesus is not two persons, and therefore we have one subject with contradicting predicates even with the QUA operator.

Saying Jesus ‘fetches’ properties from a nature turns predication into a mechanism, and treats natures like property vaults. But predicates are true of a subject, not retrieved from somewhere else. So that language doesn’t resolve the tension, it just moves it into mysterious territory.

What purpose does the QUA operator serve exactly if not to try and index away from the same person (same respect) and contradict itself?

Q( j , HN , D )
↑
subject = Jesus

Q( j , DN , ¬D )
↑
subject = Jesus

Show SLIM some appreciation for giving me the recording like she said she would! Apologies to TRXENT where I misunderstood him as switching from monadic to polyadic predicates.

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Metaphysics Mike

So it’s 1am, I’m warming up some of my wife’s excellent soup, and scrolling TikTok lives. Suddenly I come across this clown ‪@beartheimage‬ arguing Jesus knows the day and hour of His return, in denial of Matthew 24:36 & Mark 13:32, hooting and hollering like a big shot on some poor guy who isn’t very educated or good at debating. So I decide to join and in thirty seconds I rocked this guys whole fairy tale by displaying on screen the definition of “know” in Greek from the BDAG (Greek English Lexicon of the New Testament), which literally means to have knowledge of something.

He panics and tells me to wait, and we did in silence for minutes 🤣 for him to come up with an argument.

This man ignores the lexicon, brings up bible hub where it says “to see” (which is just a synonym for knowing) and said the following parable of a master returning home proves Jesus knows because he’s a “master.”

Putting aside the obvious that the parable is a teaching about being ready for Jesus coming because we don’t know what time he will return, not a denial of, or further explanation of, Jesus not knowing, this guy just drops me.

Then he calls me stupid, a dummy, etc and brags about his channel being bigger than mine. I can hardly believe this is real.

This is the kind of apologetics that makes the online space toxic while also presenting a terrible witness for Christianity.

Some of these guys refuse correction no matter how much evidence is put in front of them. The moment their arguments are exposed, they shut the conversation down, remove you, or retreat instead of engaging honestly.

As Christians, we are called to show love, grace, and forgiveness. But let’s be honest, this pattern is cowardly, and unworthy of anyone who claims to be a teacher of truth.

So consider this a formal callout. I am willing to debate him publicly, formally, and on a respected channel. Let’s see whether he is willing to defend his claims outside of his echo chamber.

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3 months ago | [YT] | 128

Metaphysics Mike

This is true most of the time. 😭

3 months ago | [YT] | 180

Metaphysics Mike

And meme of the week goes too... 😂 I try and not get too theatrical; but sometimes it's hard. Live panel debates are back every Wednesday night at roughly 8:00PM.

Have you seen the replay of debating three popular Atheist on DNA as evidence for God (uploaded today!): https://youtu.be/URabDMJHI8o

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4 months ago | [YT] | 93

Metaphysics Mike

Trinitarianism didn’t break the bondage of drug addiction over my life.

Believing Jesus is God didn’t empower me to stop looking at corn.

Thinking the Holy Spirit is a person rather than Gods power doesn’t make me a better husband and father.

Tell me O wise man — what is the “form of godliness” that denies the true power?
(2 Timothy 3:5)

What is the “striving about words” which profits nothing; but to ruin the hearers?
(2 Timothy 2:14)

What is the “vain philosophy” which depends upon “human tradition?”
(Colossians 2:8)

The power in the Christian life is not found in the profession of dogmas, the keeping of sacraments, or the acceptance of mystery..

It’s found in a simple, genuine faith, that results in repentance, and in love.

It’s in the hope for the resurrection that changes you and how you live in light of, and preparation for — an eternal kingdom to come.

This isn’t to say correct doctrine doesn’t matter.

It’s to say even the demons believe God is one, and tremble. (James 2:19)

Not all doctrines produce the same fruit, and you shall know them by their fruits.
(Matthew 7:16)

I'm posting unique content on X! Come help me reach Trinitarians here: x.com/metaphysicmike?s=21

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5 months ago | [YT] | 283

Metaphysics Mike

3 questions a child can answer that adult Trinitarians like ‪@MadebyJimbob‬ can’t. 🍎🏀🇺🇸

“Of” is a genitive of possession which grammatically distinguishes Jesus from God.

In every single one of these alleged proof texts for Jesus being fully divine, his divinity is PREDICATIVE of the Father!

I guess “house of David” means David is house. 🏡

“Sword of Gideon” means Gideon is sword. 🗡️

And “boat of Simon” means Simon is boat. 🚤

Not even children are this ignorant of their own basic intuition. Truth is, I actually like JimBob; but he’s been crying on X.

Did you see the short recap of PDH Al Garza getting toasted during my cross exam: https://youtu.be/aCJNUmTNqfk?si=xR6Lt...

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5 months ago | [YT] | 187

Metaphysics Mike

FACT CHECK! Where did Bishops at the Council of Nicaea in 325AD get the term "homousious" from for the Nicene Creed?

Get a visual with AI: https://youtu.be/pgR83Rr3kmk?si=t4my7...

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