Posted on 06/19/2018 8:43:07 AM PDT by amessenger4god
It's fascinating that the Greek Orthodox endorse most of "Romanism's many fallacies". This is clearly due to their defective knowledge of Greek.
Clearly, there's a Baptist heaven, and a Lutheran heaven, and an Episcopalian heaven, and a Presbyterian heaven ... (we might let the Papists slip in there someplace) ... and a Church-of-Christ heaven, and a Pentecostal heaven, and ...
Because God has many brides and is therefore a polygamist? Are you agreeing with Joseph Smith, Elsie?
I assume that you mean "not only a set of rules" - because there certainly are rules in most mainstream Judeo-Christian traditions.
Or were are you suggesting that it's some sort of "free-for-all?"
Well, neither is the religion of the Fungo-Fango Tribe "only" a set of rules.
Regards,
Faith does not serve Reason. I believe because I choose to believe, not because God has been proven to me. Or because He HAS to be. Or even CAN be.
The proof is unnecessary. Faith alone is enough.
I think that sparklite2 was quite clear in his statement:
I disbelieve in one more religion than you. You disbelieve 99.9% of the religions, while I disbelieve 100%.
I can't speak for him, of course, but it appears that he's saying that he adheres to no religion (i.e., to no faith-based belief system).
Regards,
Like the Romish clan, they add a lot to what the Bible has to say. Or ignore it. It has already been shown that the Orthodoxen do not match up with Rome in doctrine.
LOL. Where did that come from? Certainly not from Aquinas.
Summa Theologica, Question 85, Article III:
Article 3. Whether weakness, ignorance, malice and concupiscence are suitably reckoned as the wounds of nature consequent upon sin?I answer that, As a result of original justice, the reason had perfect hold over the lower parts of the soul, while reason itself was perfected by God, and was subject to Him. Now this same original justice was forfeited through the sin of our first parent, as already stated (I-II:81:2; so that all the powers of the soul are left, as it were, destitute of their proper order, whereby they are naturally directed to virtue; which destitution is called a wounding of nature.
Again, there are four of the soul's powers that can be subject of virtue, as stated above (I-II:61:2), viz. the reason, where prudence resides, the will, where justice is, the irascible, the subject of fortitude, and the concupiscible, the subject of temperance. Therefore in so far as the reason is deprived of its order to the true, there is the wound of ignorance; in so far as the will is deprived of its order of good, there is the wound of malice; in so far as the irascible is deprived of its order to the arduous, there is the wound of weakness; and in so far as the concupiscible is deprived of its order to the delectable, moderated by reason, there is the wound of concupiscence.
Accordingly these are the four wounds inflicted on the whole of human nature as a result of our first parent's sin. But since the inclination to the good of virtue is diminished in each individual on account of actual sin, as was explained above (I-II:1:2), these four wounds are also the result of other sins, in so far as, through sin, the reason is obscured, especially in practical matters, the will hardened to evil, good actions become more difficult and concupiscence more impetuous.
Due primarily to their defective knowledge of their own language, compared to late Renaissance Western Europeans. No doubt.
The Protestantish clan loves to invent history, and comes up with long screeds (like the OP) which cite few or no primary sources, but pontificate about "what must have happened" instead.
You want to drive this discussion by substituting another basis, and I’m not buying. The article defines the articles of faith and practice of a truly New Testament assembly of Christians. This is a culture that rejects adding to or taking from what is clearly taught in the Bible. If you want to object, that’s fine, but I lack the time or desire to argue with you.
Always good to check in with Aquinas. Reading Aquinas is excellent preparatory work for thinking right. Good for high school students.
Or Catholic??
HEAVEN-The Mormon church teaches there are three levels of heaven (three "degrees of glory"):
Well; it was NOT evident from the text that you poste:
The "holy scriptures" of the Fungo-Fango Tribe on the island of Bango-Bango all contain "common" (for Bango-Bango) concepts such as "Don't eat squid during a Full Moon," "Spit three times if you see a dolphin," "Kill your new-born babies if they have six toes," "Never forgive your enemies," etc.
It appears that MOST of the world agrees with you.
I believe the Bible does too. Or, more accurately, I agree with it.
Catholic? Well, Augustine very much believed in predestination so you tell me.
You mean: You erroneously assumed that about the Fungo-Fango Tribe's religion because I didn't explicitly mention it.
I can see that you'll have to first read all 2,389 "Sacred Scrolls" on the religion of the Fungo-Fango Tribe before we can have an intelligent conversation about your salvation!
Regards,
No; I merely pointed out a LACK of any evidence shown.
May his noodly appendage have mercy upon you.
Something I would add to this part:
Not only did the Dead Sea Scrolls disprove that claim, showing that the Old Testament we have today is equivalent to the one used by Christ and His disciples, but they also provided rock-solid evidence that certain prophecies about Jesus Christ were written before He was born.
We can also know the Old Testament Messianic prophecies were written before the birth of Christ because the Septuagint existed two hundred years before. The Septuagint was the Greek translation of the Hebrew Old Testament books in addition to several other non-inspired ones.
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