Posted on 01/11/2005 6:18:33 PM PST by malakhi
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What does your statement say about Yehoshua death on the cross?
Guess you better hope you're never in a plane crash or an incident like 9/11.
That's the difference between my G-d YHWH and your god Yehoshua. The G-d I believe and trust in doesn't have limitations.
SD
Hey, you guys cold over there today? It was 34 this morning. Almost got out the winter coat again!
Can you support your position with any verses? I don't recall any verses that said 'tend your fires well, for if you catch fire and burn up, you have no place in the world to come.'
Maybe I missed it, could you please post it for me.
It is 47° right now, going up to around 60 today. Still a little breezy, but not a cloud in the sky. Down into the low 30s again tonight, but then highs for the next several days are forecast to be in the low to mid-60s, with lows in the 40s.
I think Dave is pulling your leg, ET.
47And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out: it is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire:
OBviously, Jesus is saying that it is better to enter Heaven maimed than it is to go to hell with all of your eyes and feet and hands intact. This demonstrates that we go into Heaven with whatever body parts we have when we die.
SD
Catholics believe that human remains should be respected and not scattered to the wind.
This is not, as you believe, the same thing as saying we believe God lacks the power to Resurrect such a scattered body.
Neither do we teach crippled children that it's gonna suck having polio for all eternity. (Though I hold out the possibility that those who deliberately maim their own bodies may find themselves wishing they didn.t)
SD
Yeah, I considered that, too and thought I'd see just how obtuse he was going to be. That contorted verse interpretation clinched it for me. :)
What you or the catholic church thinks, teaches or believes is nothing. Not worth spit. What matters is what YHWH desires. His will is ALL.
We've gone almost 5 days without any rain, and there's none on the 5 day forecast. That's quite unusual. Last weekend was gorgeous, now temps are right about where they should be: high 50s. Sure seemed cold after it being near 80 the other day.
Can you point to me where YHWH calls for cremation and scattering of ashes. What does the Law say about handling the dead?
SD
In other words, the church could say and teach that people that ever wore the color red are in a state of mortal sin and it would mean ablsoultely nil. So, just because you or the church thinks that scattering ashes is disrespectful, doesn't make it so.
There is no command to cremate, and I never said there was. You show me where the command to not cremate is. If it were so important that we not cremate, YHWH would not have left it out of His Commands. He commands us not to steal, so why wouldn't He command us to not cremate, if it were that important?
Those handling the dead are impure and that goes for those touching and burying the dead, too.
Over 2,400 posts and no Limahl.
What does the Law say to do with the dead?
Those handling the dead are impure and that goes for those touching and burying the dead, too.
What does the Law say to do with the dead? I presume it says to bury them, but I don't really know. Can you point me to the relevant passages?
Here is an instance where cremations took place, followed by burials.
A lot of people were burned to death by the church as witches and or heretics. In cases where the person was wrongfully accused and burned, do you hold the church responsible for depriving that person of heaven?
Which is exactly what I am arguing is the proper thing to do. If you cremate a body, bury what remains. Don't scatter it.
SD
Is there really?
A lot of people were burned to death by the church as witches and or heretics. In cases where the person was wrongfully accused and burned, do you hold the church responsible for depriving that person of heaven?
No one was ever wrongfully burned. If she wasn't a witch, she would not have burned.
SD
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