If one argues like a Catholic, talks like a Catholic, thinks like a Catholic, then it must a Catholic.How many times do I have to tell you that I am not Catholic, nor do I pray to or for the dead?
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If one argues like a Catholic, talks like a Catholic, thinks like a Catholic, then it must a Catholic.How many times do I have to tell you that I am not Catholic, nor do I pray to or for the dead?
JPS and Masoretic text are the same.False, as I took if from the Jerusalem Text, which is in Hebrew.
Body of Christ.BTW, I noticed that you didn't answer my question as far as your church affiliation is concerned. That surprises me not as I have asked many others who troll through here with their "my way or the highway" approach, and when I ask their affiliation I almost never get an answer.
So, are you going to answer my question or not, and if not, why not?
Arrogant tactics? Not really! You used worldly arguments and I used the Bible, that’s not arrogance, that’s the truth and if you can’t accept the truth then you are the arrogant here and not me. Ignorance is just lack of knowledge and not an insult.I've explained the theology on this, but all you do is to resort to the same ole same ole tactics of your know-it-all approach, and that anyone who dares to disagree with you is ignorant. Here at RF, we've see many who come through here using the same condescending and arrogant tactics. It gets really old after a while.
What, do you think you need a Bachelor Degree in Philosophy and Theology just to understand what the Bible is saying, that only God is omniscient and omnipotent, that only God can hear those who worship Him in spirit and in truth, that dead can not in any way hear your petition because they are not God?Not if you actually studied theology, including early church history, to see where these "fables" actually come from.
And that gives you the qualification or the authority but look who’s getting schooled here.I took courses in theology in college during my undergrad years, covered various aspects of theology in both my anthropology and comparative religious courses, and have literally read maybe 200+ theology books over the last 50 years, plus more magazine articles than I could even estimate. I've done more than my share of homework on this.
God/Word became flesh, right? Mary, became the mother of Jesus in the flesh, right? Therefore, Mary is NOT the mother of God but the Mother of Jesus in the flesh, right? So, calling Mary the mother of God is a blasphemy, right?I have no idea whether you understand it literally or acknowledge the high Christology in John's gospel. Either way the Word took on flesh and was born of a woman whose name was Mary.
If you are a Christian already you should have passed the stage of crucifixion already and hoping or waiting for the redemption or the resurrection of your body just like Christ.There is not one without the other.
There is always the shadow of the cross, without which there is no Resurrection. Its a given, the Crucified lives.
That doesn't answer my question and you know it. This is the bigotry you constantly delve into as you can criticize another denomination and yet you won't even admit where you attend services.Body of Christ.
Oh, so my statements that come from the study of theology are "worldly".You used worldly arguments and I used the Bible
It helps if one studies, which is what theologians actually do. Now, I don't profess to being theologian because my credentials are no where near what a serious theologian does to get informed.What, do you think you need a Bachelor Degree in Philosophy and Theology just to understand what the Bible is saying,
Keep telling yourself that as you have literally presented nothing that you can verify as you continue to confuse your "opinions" with "facts", which no serious student of the Bible would ever do.And that gives you the qualification or the authority but look who’s getting schooled here.
Now that is truly an off-the-wall statement, especially in light of what I have already posted about myself and where I'm coming from. By making such statements, you demean yourself in the process because it indicates that you would rather fabricate and perpetuate lies than tell the truth.If one argues like a Catholic, talks like a Catholic, thinks like a Catholic, then it must a Catholic.
You guys celebrate the ascension of Mary, NOT in the Bible, but NOT the ascension of the Lord Jesus that’s in the Bible.
The crucifix that you have with the false image of Jesus is a form of idolatry.
Seriously, I belonged to the Body of Christ. Criticize has a negative connotation while telling the truth sometimes has the same connotation but there is a big difference between the two and you will know or understand this if you start to read the Bible.That doesn't answer my question and you know it. This is the bigotry you constantly delve into as you can criticize another denomination and yet you won't even admit where you attend services.
Not aligning with the Bible is what I meant.Oh, so my statements that come from the study of theology are "worldly".
The Bible is for everyone and NOT only for theologians.It helps if one studies, which is what theologians actually do.
Giving too much credits to theologians is what makes people think that the Bible is not for them to read so they just follow along whatever these theologians were saying or teaching to them, but they were wrong because God did not intend to select only a few who could read the Bible.Now, I don't profess to being theologian because my credentials are no where near what a serious theologian does to get informed.
God did not intend to select only a few who could read the Bible.
I think you are confused with what the word confuse really mean. I presented nothing from my opinion only but from the Bible while you, et al. presented cut and paste on which you guys did not really understand at all what you were cutting and pasting like 2nd Timothy 1:18Keep telling yourself that as you have literally presented nothing that you can verify as you continue to confuse your "opinions" with "facts", which no serious student of the Bible would ever do.
Anyhow, since you really have nothing to offer, I guess it's time for me to move on to have discussions with those who actually do study and who don't confuse "opinion" with "fact".
You read the word “WAS” and presumed Onesiphorus was dead so you could pray for the dead, right? NO, not at all, and what was your response to this?However, here from 2 Timothy “may the Lord grant him to find mercy from the Lord on that Day -- and you well know all the service he rendered at Ephesus...”
Notice that Paul is appealing to God for the mercy of someone who has died.
Defending rcc’s doctrines with cut and paste theology and when confronted with the REAL FACTS, and NOT opinion, you cried out “I am not Catholic”!!! Who is confused now?How many times do I have to tell you that I am not Catholic, nor do I pray to or for the dead?
Instead of arguing with more cut and paste theology who “took courses in theology in college” you resorted or took refuge again to your habitual quick escape and hoping no one will notice that you are attacking a strawman again.I've explained the theology on this, but all you do is to resort to the same ole same ole tactics of your know-it-all approach, and that anyone who dares to disagree with you is ignorant. Here at RF, we've see many who come through here using the same condescending and arrogant tactics. It gets really old after a while.
[/quote]How do you define theologians?Do you believe that God selected the 'few' who penned the Bible and interpreted his word for all? The sacred writers of the Gospels were theologians.
Blasphemy? No, not even by the logic you are using.God/Word became flesh, right? Mary, became the mother of Jesus in the flesh, right? Therefore, Mary is NOT the mother of God but the Mother of Jesus in the flesh, right? So, calling Mary the mother of God is a blasphemy, right?
Sorry. I find it hard to believe you were ever really Catholic if you say all prayers at mass were directed to Mary and the saints.It's true that all prayers were directed to Mary and the saints knowing or hoping that they will pass it on to God. "Directly to God" via Mary and the saints