Posted on 07/26/2013 2:57:13 PM PDT by Alex Murphy
In the beginning was the Word. The Word was with God and the Word was God. His Word will last forever (unlike denominations). Do you suppose Heaven will be divided up with Baptists over here and Catholics over there? Is that what you think?
We won’t hear any more of it. :)
wow..
please tell me where in the old testament you can just leave your wife and screw whoever you want whenever you want..
tell me where a marriage in a church, recognized by god, can be set aside just because you feel like it..
please, point out the old testament passages..
until then, i do not care what you say..
quote all the bible passages you wish, and please be sure to take them out of context, like most protestants i have met and discussed this with..
catholics have been studing the bible for millenium..
your so called pastor has his own interpretations, derived from his own feelings, and manipulted to suit whatever needs or discussions he needs to make..
give me a break pal...
Don’t hold back. tell us how you really feel.
No, what I think is that you’re evading an important question. Why do you believe the Bible is from God?
Evading questions have just become second nature to me I guess. I’m still getting a buzz from joe fonebone. The Bible claims to be revelations from God to His sheep. It either is or isn’t. I made an independent decision, based on the evidence, that it was. Good enough? Or do I need to throw in the minutes of some Councils meetings from years past?
Please name a Catholic who wrote any of the Old Testament.
Yes, 1 of the NT gospels said Jesus told Peter that Peter would build his church.
Peter founded the catholic church..
... and the Eastern Orthodox also venerate Peter as the 1st patriarch.
all who followed Peter wrote the bible..
Seems to me the Eastern Orthodox have an equally valid claim.
1. Epistle of James - James, the brother of Jesus
2. First Epistle of Peter - Apostle Peter
3. Second Epistle of Peter - widely considered not to have been written by him
4. First Epistle of John - John the Apostle
5. Second Epistle of John - John the Apostle
6. Third Epistle of John - John the Apostle
7. Epistle of Jude - Jude, the brother of Jesus and James
8. Revelation - John the Apostle or John or Patmos
the bible was held sacred by catholic until around the 15th century..
Typical RCC dismissal of the Eastern Orthodox, Jan Hus (burned at the stake by the RCC for heresy), Ulrich Zwingli, and Martin Luther.
when the king of england wanted to screw everyone and everything with a vagina that came his way...
True statement in and of itself, but too simplistic an explanation. The Protestant Reformation had already washed ashore in merry olde England and was emerging as the English Reformation. While once a vital denomination, the Church of England is now apostate and is in the process of being pruned from the vine of Christianity.
pretty simple really, if you are willing to just follow the timeline...
Not as simple as you would like it to be.
Wouldn't that mean that if someone was going to eventually end up in the OPC everything would be made clear to him in the fullness of time?
The Koran claims to be revelations from God. So does the Book of Mormon. Why aren’t you Muslim or Mormon? Or Marxist?
You are ok betting your salvation on a self authenticating document? Wow.
The Baptists will be mixed in with the Pentecostals, so that they can learn to dance in Heaven!
(Sorry, a brief attempt at humour as the level of discussion on this thread has dropped to a very nasty level.)
It's the one which will never let you go. THEY consider you still family.
The evidence does not support the Koran or BOM to be anything other than spurious. The self authentication is what spurred me to prove to myself whether it was what it claimed to be or not. I’m okay with betting my salvation with Jesus. He died for me, I must live for him.
All christians believe in predestination. Depending on the version of the Bible you are reading, the word predestined is used 4-5 times.
The question is how do you define the term?
Hey, humor is the lubrication of a clogged argument. Especially in a religion topic in which every one puffs up and loudly . . . no I’m not going to post what I was going to post. But I do like civil discussions among the learned and unkempt.
Couldn’t have said it better myself.
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