Posted on 03/24/2015 1:30:58 PM PDT by RnMomof7
Greater than Eve. Greater than Sarah. But dear relatives nevertheless.
I don’t have to ask Him re: Mary. I do not need Mary for my salvation, only Yeshua.
So questioning pagan practices of a group is “kicking” them?
If Mary is no closer to God than any other person...
then Jesus isn’t God.
Are you suggesting the divinity of Jesus hinges on acceptance of Mary?
But the way the born agains are all high and mighty, I equate them with Shiites who think they KNOW the way for everyone else.
That sounds a lot like the Catholics when they claim ownership over the Bible and “status” as “the one true church.”
So there isn’t this nonsense you claim about the translator from 500 years ago and 3x translated texts. You display a lack of knowledge of the historical origins of the Bible.
How strange that the Catholics claim to have “written” the Bible yet know so little about how the Bible was translated and continues to be compared to ancient texts such as the Dead Sea Scrolls to verify it’s accuracy.
Please show the scripture that shows the apostles teaching that Mary is the mother of us all.
Really, you come in four days later and you want to get all started up again.
Go sell your intolerant garbage somewhere else. I’m not buying today.
Oral traditions go back thousands of years. Go read Gilgamesh.
Go read about Mithra. Saturnalous.
It’s the message in the story, not the story. You guys should remember that. Instead you get hung up on the “words” not the “word.”
Some FReepers strictly limit their "kick a Catholic," observances to days that end in, "-y".
We reject the Pagan Mary-goddess worship of Catholicism. Many Catholics can’t get over that and make every day “kick Christians day” and pull out their “long knives.”
Funny how all of that seems to work both ways?
The thread came up on the feed. Since the thread was not locked I was able to respond.
If differing perspectives are so bothersome perhaps you’d be better off limiting your activities to the Catholic Caucus threads where you won’t be exposed the opinions of others.
This website is not an “echo chamber.”
I’m not even catholic. I really dont have an opinion either way on their worship of her.
What ticks me off is how others are so intolerant of any other view of religion.
Many on here are so narrow minded and ego centric, they cannot see the forest for these dogmatic trees.
It is as if many of you make yourselves feel better by denigrating someone else. I just don’t understand that.
But I grow tired of hearing the one sided nastiness. The good thing is that most of those people spend all day Sunday rolling around on the ground with snakes and what-not...so we do not have to put up with them online.
Have a blessed day.
This web site is exactly an echo chamber. For the extremists that come on and bash anyone who is not only not in the “right” genus, but who is not in the “correct” species.
The AOG and Non-denominational Christians on this site like nothing more than to spout out and put down any other religion.
It is almost as good a listening to Shiites and Sunni going after each other. I would not be shocked to see those folks start pulling swords to make their points against the Mormon and Catholics. Not to mention what they would really want to do to the Jews—whom you “love” in public, but really hate in private. Been there, seen that.
We are fighting so much evil in this world, I cannot believe that there are so many wasting so much energy promoting who they worship. Those people are the evil ones.
This web site is exactly an echo chamber. For the extremists that come on and bash anyone who is not only not in the “right” genus, but who is not in the “correct” species.
I’ve noticed it’s mostly those “tolerant” Catholics getting their posts deleted by the moderator. Have you criticized any of them?
I don’t think you are where you believe you are. Maybe you ought to go back to your “happy place.” The owner seems to have a very different concept for HIS website.
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It is almost as good a listening to Shiites and Sunni going after each other.
Let me know when you see some stonings or beheadings.
I am right where I think I should be.
I am strong in my faith. I am strong in my moral conviction.
I am a Christian, but not a Catholic.
I AM tolerant and interested in understanding why people do things, why and how religions have evolved. More from a sociological standpoint, rather than a personal salvation standpoint. The more I learn about religious origins the more I am amazed at how some have stayed remarkably close to their roots—and how they have done it
Two examples are Judaism and Islam. The Jews have maintained their structure through strict laws and the process where every member of the church is expected to read Hebrew. In Islam, the same is accomplished by the reading of the Koran in Arabic. Their rigidity is what gives them context. A dog in Arabic in 870 is the same as it is today.
Some might suggest that the religions longevity are due to those restrictions, but that their sizes are limited due to the assimilation of their people into the local culture.
Traditions, language, and culture are very important in the development of religions—and nations for that matter.
Except Christianity. Christ wanted his word spread around the world. So we publish bibles in different languages, from different translations. We read the words and we have to be careful to understand the context in order to understand the meaning.
Over the centuries what Christians have been taught has changed due to language, and cultural context. The message is probably pretty close to what Christ and Paul wanted (as he was the author of most of the significant Christian New Testament (aside from the Gospels of course.)
Today there are as many Christian “sects” as you can count. What I do not understand is why certain parts of that culture cannot tolerate, or as Jesus said, “love”, their enemies or even their neighbors. Its like some members of Christian sects simply cannot help themselves.
I have made no personal attacks on your, but on your “species” of Christianity in general. The intolerance and indignation that spews from you all is interesting. It is certainly not Christian. It would be easy to either explain your views, explain why their’s is wrong, or just be quiet.
Yet, day after day when someone posts any type of religious article that defends or explains an alternative view, you all jump on them, insulting their faith, insulting their religion—even when its a species of the same genus.
Usually, bodies that share a genus (say a wolf and a common dog) can live in peace, while attacking a different genus altogether. For example, how dogs will hate on cats.
But here, the genus “AOG” or any other “born again” denomination or non-denomination cannot see that they are from the same Genus “Christian.” You are animals that do not allow that another species might be more robust, long lasting, or even “right.”
Conservative does not mean intolerant. Conservative does not mean rude. Conservatives allow other religions to live, and thrive, among them.
Conservatives love their Creator. They love their country. They love their families. They are constructive members of their communities. They protect their offspring and the weak.
Yes, I am in the proper place to have discussions and examine alternative views of the world.
Perhaps it is you and yours who have picked the wrong place to express yourself.
When Jesus therefore had seen his mother and the disciple standing whom he loved, he saith to his mother: Woman, behold thy son. [27] After that, he saith to the disciple: Behold thy mother. And from that hour, the disciple took her to his own.
You’re joking right? There is no way that can be made to mean that Mary is the mother of us all.
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Unfortunately, he’s not.
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