Posted on 08/27/2010 11:45:13 AM PDT by Hank Kerchief
Breathtaking. But be careful....There are a lot of names on the supersecret Vatican list....
You might want to rethink It's the Catholics on this thread who have been insisting (in the face of opposition from the Calvinists and possibly others) that God is love. . How are they insisting? Do their posts support that?
I know I've posted on it several times in this thread. I'm pretty sure stfassisi posted on it too. Kosta has also contributed the EO view. With over 13,000 posts, it's hard to remember everyone who might have.
Since you know God and have grown to know Him better, I have no doubt you understand how darkness hates light.
I know at least that he who says he loves God and "hates his brother" is, not to put too fine a point on it, a liar. And I still find it impossible to see how anyone reconcile the commandment to love one's neighbor with the doctrine of Total Depravity. Of course, I believe the commandment was given to be obeyed.
Wouldn’t you think that lack would be cause for concern to a Christian?
The only concern I have is a lack of Scriptural knowledge of the four Gospels and Hebrews. That is the problem with most Bible Believers (tm). If there were real truth in advertising, you guys would be forced to call yourselves Bible Snippet Believers (tm), and not Bible Believers (tm).
Wasn’t 13,572 an admission?
you have quite the propensity for projecting vices onto people
Thanks, dear Dr. As one of “the OTHERS”, I’m CERTAIN you got my point...;)
Yes, there are some denominations who are now going this direction.... but as far as Confessing to anyone in the clergy.....I do not, have not, nor will I confess before anyone but Christ...he alone can forgive, empower, and is the only one who paid the price for my forgiveness.
Who said how we act does not affect our salvation?...it's because we are saved...”all things have become new in Christ”....our “action” was accepting that His work is finished, we are free because the son set us free, and for this our desire is for Him and what He might require us, which is always a choice. We can cooperate with His will for us and or oppose it. But the choice remains ours because we are free...free from the law which bound us to sin...we are now free to serve him and enjoy the relationship with Him he desires.
I would not attend a church that openly supports the sexual limits Christ established...nor have I attended such in the past. These are indeed sin and not for a church or Pastor to support.....
As for woman being in places of Ordination within a church...that has been an issue for years both in the Catholic church and the Protestant churches...I have no problem with a woman ‘temporarily’ filling a Pastors place if there are no men capable of doing so..but I do not support woman Pastors, nor would I attend a church which has ordained woman Pastors. That just is not going to happen for me..but I could see woman as teachers within the church but they must meet the requirements of a teacher to do so.... It is no secret the family of believers churches are under attack Wagglebee....no church is exempt now. All are getting hammered from within and without. Could very well be the "sifting" of Gods people from those who are not has begun...and what we are seeing these days.
Priests pray in public.
There are always plenty of people praying in public on Saturday afternoons doing their penance after their interrogation by the priests.
Or don't priests dole out penance any more?
Do people not go to Catholic churches to pray any more?
Jesus wasn't opposed to prayer in public.
Luke 18:9-To some who were confident of their own righteousness and looked down on everybody else, Jesus told this parable: "Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee stood up and prayed about himself: 'God, I thank you that I am not like other men—robbers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all I get.'
"But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, 'God, have mercy on me, a sinner.'
"I tell you that this man, rather than the other, went home justified before God. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted."
Imagine that. The tax collector who prayed in the temple, in public no doubt since the pharisee saw him, was commended by Jesus. How does that fit in with your misinterpretation of Matthew 6?
Matthew 21:12 & 13 Jesus entered the temple area and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the benches of those selling doves. "It is written," he said to them, " 'My house will be called a house of prayer,' but you are making it a 'den of robbers.'"
How could Jesus call the temple a house of prayer for all nations if He taught against praying in public?
Do I? I'm sure that there is no vice that I could project onto the good Dr.
And no matter how you want to excuse it or justify your actions, you DID change the subject from why Protestants go to church to making it about prayer.
Does is bother you that we’re free in Christ while you’re in bondage to the dictates of a man-made religion?
That would make a great tagline.
I should have included you - since you were accused of something you didn’t do. Post # 13,613.
Really? What did I post that was information, rather than a question? Man up yourself and answer that question. The last one wasn’t.
Excellent reply!!!
*welfare was never meant to be a career choice.* It beats looking for work, and then one can post online 24/7
Well there is some truth is what you stated....It is true we can and do speak to God...thru His son, who is our mediator...and there is no need for a human between us. This opens the way for complete honesty with the Lord, nothing hidden and sharing with Him how we see whatever it is we are placing before Him.
However, A Priest cannot absolve me of sin...only Christ has that authority...the veil was torn in half opening the way for us to enter before God...the Priesthood was abolished by Christ himself as He fills the Position of our Great High Priest.
Further... The scriptures tell us He "loves the fruit of our lips." He desires and awaits for us to meet with Him and share our hearts and minds with Him.....................
.......... Christ said..."Come,... let us reason 'together', though your sins be as scarlet I shall make them white as snow".... He does wait to hear from us...and that is a beautiful inviting thing...it is a relationship with Him.
You've finally got my attention, Mark. After trying to avoid your idiotic, stupid and Scripturally-illiterate posts for awhile now, I find I must ping the RM to your filthy accusation.
Your cohort, Natural Law, said he had invented a drinking game called DRECK which called for a drink every time I used the term "Rome." I posted "Rome," and Natural Law responded with "Cheers." This, even after he told us his parents were both alcoholics.
So I posted to him Wikipedia's entry on "alcoholism." It doesn't look like the type of thing one should be joking about, especially considering the fact he is the child of alcoholics.
For the record, I do not drink. An occasional glass of white wine at New Years Eve puts me to sleep. I prefer caffeine.
Not that any of this is your business. But your ugly, lying, foul, disgusting remarks on this thread need to be called out for what they are -- insanity.
It's been brought to my attention you have recently lost your job. Perhaps that's why you post so belligerently. Who knows? I'm not a mind-reader. Just a reader. And your posts cross the line and break the rules of the FR Religion Forum over and over and over. You call everyone names and make really snotty personal comments. I've had dozens of FReepmails in the past few days wondering if you're trying to get the thread pulled, no doubt because the RC apologists here have given such a paltry defense of their faith.
I'll pray for your employment, Mark.
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