Somewhere way back during the time I was on vacation, the Religious Moderator asked us to wrap up this thread. We are now over 4,600 posts of various positions and I do believe, like Luther and Erasmus which started this, we have all respectfully documented our theological views (over and over and over). I do believe we should respect the RM position and I would request the RM lock this thread so that our positions remain until judgment day or the hard drive crashes; whichever comes first.
Thanks everyone for their contributions and I look forward to pointing out the theological errors on other threads. ;O)
Oh brilliant! Lock this one so that we can continue on another one — this is a Forum for discussions; if people want to continue a discussion, why lock it? Anyone is free to come or leave as he/she pleases. When there are no more interested individuals to engage in a discussion, the thread will die a natural death; no need to kill it.
Besides, what difference does it make if we continue to beat the same dead horse on one or a dozen threads in succession?
I urge the Religion Moderator to leave this discussion until its flames have extinguished themselves naturally.
How about this thread, my friend, which was probably designed to illicit discussion among the Monergism/Synergism Protestant camps?
Blessed Easter to all of you, and to all on the thread.
Perhaps next go 'round we can take a cue from Johnny Carson, and the amazing Carnac: state the answer, then expect the poster to guess what the question was? Wouldn't that be a hoot?
I'm off to my parents home (in the country village) tomorrow for a few days, so I'll see y'all when I get back.
I'll think of you as I take my walks along Clinton's Ditch (Clinton, the Good, that is), where I'm bound to see red-tail hawks soaring, and maybe even witness a great blue heron's ungainly get-away, though it maybe too early for that.
And finally, some trivia for anyone interested in the history of the Erie Canal. It was of course, dug mainly by the Irish, but the story is that following a 12-hour day of digging the Irish would box one another. Like bull-riders; an entirely different breed.
And really finally, from one of our Greatest Presidents, Theodore (Gift of God) Roosevelt, aka "Steamroller in Trousers" to our Soldiers and to all:
In his brief message to the soldiers he explained, “Do justice, and therefore fight valiantly against those that stand for the reign of Moloch and Beelzebub on this Earth. Love mercy, treat your enemies well, succor the afflicted, treat every women as if she were your sister, care for the little children, and be tender with the old and helpless. Walk humbly, you will do so if you study the life and teachings of the Saviour, walking in His steps.”