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To: BipolarBob

Your comeback, flinging Matthew 15:9 at Catholics for Sunday worship and demanding a biblical command for it while claiming the Sabbath was made for all mankind, is a weak attempt to dodge the truth with recycled Adventist nonsense.

You accuse me of obsessing over White while ignoring that the Adventist Sabbath fixation and anti-Catholic venom scream her influence.

You cite Matthew 15:9—“In vain they worship Me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men”—to slam Catholic Sunday worship as a human invention. Your hypocrisy is staggering, and your exegesis is a joke.

Context of Matthew 15:9: Jesus rebukes the Pharisees for prioritizing their oral traditions (e.g., Corban rules) over God’s moral law, like honoring parents (15:3-6). Catholic Sunday worship isn’t a “commandment of men”—it’s rooted in apostolic practice, celebrating Christ’s resurrection (Acts 20:7, 1 Corinthians 16:2). The Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC 2174-2176) explains Sunday as fulfilling the Sabbath’s spiritual purpose, guided by the Church’s God-given authority (Matthew 16:18-19). Early Christians, like Ignatius of Antioch (Letter to the Magnesians, c. 110 AD, Ch. 9), worshipped on Sunday, not Saturday, because of the resurrection. Your accusation is baseless.

SDA claim to follow God’s command, but the Adventist salvific Sabbath obsession comes from Ellen G. White’s The Great Controversy (p. 605-612), not Scripture.


Where’s the New Testament verse mandating Saturday worship for Christians?


Colossians 2:16-17 calls Sabbaths as “shadows” of Christ; Romans 14:5-6 grants freedom in worship days. Acts 15:28-29 omits Sabbath-keeping for Gentile converts.

The SDA Sabbath dogma is a human invention, born of false 19th-century fiction, not God’s Word. The Adventists are the ones worshipping “in vain,” chained to a false prophetess’s lies.


242 posted on 07/12/2025 9:54:41 PM PDT by Cronos
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To: Cronos
You are repeating lies you have been indoctrinated in. You are hopeless. You are lost. If plain Scripture does not move you there is no further reason to debate. But you lies . . . Do you know what happens to liars?
Rev. 21:8 But the cowardly, unbelieving, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.”
This is what your death cult will cost you.
246 posted on 07/13/2025 6:08:00 AM PDT by BipolarBob (I tried pushing the envelope but it remained stationery.)
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