Penny for your thoughts?

[kaminomusume]

I was thinking about this as I drove home from work tonight, and wanted to see how others reacted. I presume that not everyone here is from the same denominational background, and not everyone grew up studying Scripture (Perhaps there is someone reading this who isn't Christian at all). With that in mind, I'm not looking for "The Answer", I simply

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[napoleonofnerds]

Therefore the fallacy of equivocation is bad. We are not Christ's body as a man and wife are one flesh, even though marriage is (among other things) an icon of the relationship between Christ and the Church. I'm not married, but I'm going to go out on a limb and say that being in communion with the Church, whether institutionally or not, is a very different experience to the unity of man and wife. The most telling sign that no conclusion can be drawn from these facts is that it omits the plain witness of scripture that the Church is both the Body of Christ and the Bride of Christ

[kaminomusume]

Yes, I know the "if A than B" arguments are absolutely riddled with flaws. I tip my hat to you. "no conclusion can be drawn" indeed! Not to worry, I'm not a Mormon.
Thank you much! ^_^ Appreciated the metaphysics argument.

Logic: symbolism ignores it

[napoleonofnerds]

I was really only talking about the metaphysics for logic, but there are potentially logical arguments about the symbolism in the ground I alluded to about the Church being both Body and Bride.

[susannah]

We may not become *all* of who God is but we may still become part of the One as God shares even God's own awareness with us

[napoleonofnerds]

Participating in the divine life is not the same as being what God is.

[susannah]

Agreed.

[kaminomusume]

You have a beautiful way with words! Thank you.