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To: CynicalBear
Does scripture say Sarah is our mother like it does say "But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all."?

I have no qualms with the belief that the Jerusalem above is the mother of us all. However, scripture repeatedly references people having multiple fathers. Does this extend to mothers; can we have multiple mothers?
1,314 posted on 09/30/2014 8:45:11 PM PDT by ronnietherocket3 (Mary is understood by the heart, not study of scripture.)
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To: ronnietherocket3
However, scripture repeatedly references people having multiple fathers.

It does? Do you want to name them?

1,317 posted on 09/30/2014 8:56:48 PM PDT by daniel1212 (Come to the Lord Jesus as a contrite damned+destitute sinner, trust Him to save you, then live 4 Him)
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To: ronnietherocket3; CynicalBear
I have no qualms with the belief that the Jerusalem above is the mother of us all. However, scripture repeatedly references people having multiple fathers. Does this extend to mothers; can we have multiple mothers?

Perhaps so.

But there's a difference between believing that as a personal opinion, and making something either not addressed by Scripture or not being capable of clearly or easily supported by Scripture into a doctrine or dogma and making it binding on the believer.

Believe it if you want, but don't pass is off on the same level of Truth as God's word.

1,348 posted on 10/01/2014 2:01:28 AM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: ronnietherocket3

You can make up whatever you want ronnie. After all, the criteria seems to be that if scripture doesn’t specifically say it isn’t so or didn’t happen Catholics can make it dogma. Just get the demigods in the magesterium to declare themselves temporariily infallible. Pick a nice looking pagan practice, baptize it with some water that has had the evil boiled out of it and you’re good to go. Then make a plaster image of what you think it might look like and generate some holy smoke to wave at it.


1,365 posted on 10/01/2014 4:50:01 AM PDT by CynicalBear (For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus)
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