Joe, care to comment? I’ve looked at your page and your links and Hank seems to have the right of it.
I wonder just where you got the notion that God needs YOUR help to establish His Kingdom here on earth? What Scripture can you cite as that authority? ‘Cause the best I can find is where Jesus tells the believers to go and be WITNESSES to the world, showing them a much better way to live and to die: as the saved ELECT, who will then live with Him on high. Can’t find word ONE where He wants someone to establish a theocracy in His Name. Can you point it out to us?
My understanding is that Salvation is pretty much an individual, voluntary thing... though the Roman Catholic Church HAS done some pretty ugly things in the past. Things which, viewed through the lens of the Bible, would appear to be totally CONTRARY to the letter and SPIRIT of His Message. How do you reconcile that past behavior and your current beliefs with the clear meaning of the Bible?
Well, I waited, but I’m not surprised you haven’t heard from Joe. You won’t. He has no interest is rational discourse, but at least you know what he is up to—and he’s not the only one on FR.
Thanks for pinging me to this.
All my best,
Hank