Jesterss Posted September 19, 2011 Posted September 19, 2011 http://en.wikipedia....on_%28period%29How would you define "period in history"? I would define it as a period of time starting at a certain date and ending at another.You must add the word "period" to it to describe it.. Alone it has no substance as a standard of time..You say, Dispensation. I say, what dispensation? You say Dispensation period, I say oh ok, but still, which one? You say, the Jewish Dispensation, I say oh ok, I know what you are talking about (when the Jews received their commandments from the lord), and we know when that occurred because we know that you are now talking about a certain time that the jews received this dispensation, so I can now infer what time period you are talking about..You say, generation. I say, which one? You say, your generation. I say, oh ok, I know what time period you are talking about... So yes, in a round about way Dispensation can be used to express "theological" time frames based on the fact that we can deduce the inferred information given the full context of the situation. But to simply say that Dispensation is a period of time, in itself, isn't true.. It takes more than that..
Jesterss Posted September 19, 2011 Posted September 19, 2011 That was never my view. I meant that they are interchangeable when used to describe dispensations of the gospel. Bad choice of words on my part.But you are incorrect, still. "Dispensation" can be used to refer to a period of time (i.e., the theology of dispensationalism), which is why "dispensation," "generation," "age," and so forth all mean the same thing in certain contexts. I don't know why you keep denying this. "An act or instance of dispensing" is only one definition.It wasn't?Generation and dispensation can, therefore, be used interchangeably.and I already gave you the definition of generation, we can see that dispensation and generation cannot mean the same thing..
altersteve Posted September 19, 2011 Posted September 19, 2011 (edited) It wasn't?and I already gave you the definition of generation, we can see that dispensation and generation cannot mean the same thing..No, it wasn't. Like I said, that was a bad choice of words. I meant that they are interchangeable when used to refer to dispensations of the gospel. They can, however, mean the same thing. I don't know how many times we have to go over this. A dispensation is a period of time; so is a generation. Both words, of course, have other meanings, but they can be synonyms in certain contexts. I have already provided sources for this on the last page, which you simply dismissed.Nevertheless, this is an absurd argument. Let's get back to the topic of the thread please: the Civil War prophecy, and other prophecies of Joseph Smith. If you want to keep hopelessly arguing that one definition of the word "dispensation" is not "time period," then start a new thread and we'll discuss it there (although there's not much left to discuss). Edited September 19, 2011 by altersteve
Jesterss Posted September 19, 2011 Posted September 19, 2011 No, it wasn't. Like I said, that was a bad choice of words. I meant that they are interchangeable when used to refer to dispensations of the gospel. They can, however, mean the same thing. I don't know how many times we have to go over this. A dispensation is a period of time; so is a generation. Both words, of course, have other meanings, but they can be synonyms in certain contexts. I have already provided sources for this on the last page, which you simply dismissed.Nevertheless, this is an absurd argument. Let's get back to the topic of the thread please: the Civil War prophecy, and other prophecies of Joseph Smith. If you want to keep hopelessly arguing that one definition of the word "dispensation" is not "time period," then start a new thread and we'll discuss it there (although there's not much left to discuss).Yeah, definitely hasn't been a productive sequence of discussion to say the least..
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