Toto

No, I have not opened to door to a discussion of moderator actions in thread.

Yes, I meant that we try not to close threads where people are still posting, but there may be exceptions which are up to the informed discretion of the moderator.

Any other comments about moderation are off topic.

Jeffrey Gibson

May I ask -- so that I and all others here might gain insight into this matter and be better informed about how we can avoid violating list rules -- what in past cases "the informed discretion of the moderators" has determined the nature of these exceptions to be? Note please that this is a question about something, not a discussion of, let alone a comment upon, or a critique of, moderator actions "in thread".

Please forgive me, but I fail to see that a question about whether you personally see any reason for this thread to continue is a comment about moderation.

What am I missing?

Jeffrey

Toto

The point. Again and again.

Didymus

I've made no contribution because it's been obvious since your first message that your main interest is in provoking an argument that will revolve around you, as indeed this one has. I suppose you can claim a victory on that score.

Contrary to what you seem to think, repetitions of the same illogical proposition do NOT constitute contributions. And ungrammatical, incoherent sentences don't count for much either.

At this point, reason has won the day several times over, and this pitiful thread should be taken out of its misery.

aa5874

You have nothing to contribute why waste time?

My post are about Origen, I claim he was a literalist.

It is bogus and false to claim my post revolve around me. Read all the posts on this thread, and you will see all those who, instead of dealing with my claim, has tried to derail the thread, or make false claims about me.

You may not be the last to do so.

And, just saying my posts are illogical is useless unless you can point out what you actually find to be so. You could have joined the discussion and made some meaningful contribution but instead you have done exactly what you have erroneosly claimed.

Please, do not talk about me, discuss my position. What you say about me, in no way whatsoever can alter, derail, or divert my attention from the information found in the NT or the church writings.

Oreigen was a literalist, even things that were considered figuatively or philosophically, like the words of God, light, wisdom and truth were considered by Origen to have been living as a God called Jesus and was crucified in the days of Pilate.

See Contra Celsus by Origen, De Principiis by Origen, and the writings of Rufinus.