No I didn't,but it is becoming quite clear that you are not interested in truth,especially when you attribute to me things I never said.
If you will refer to Uncle Chip's entry into the discussion,which is post #5,you will see that he was never interested in anything but being argumentative.Initially,I was going to respond to his comment until I recognized that it was written by a person who was invincibly ignorant or looking for an opportunity to create some mischief,neither of which I had any interest in continuing.
These times are perilous for Christians throughout the world and it seems to me incredibly sad that rather than heeding Jesus and trying to be one with the Father as He was,Christians are arguing and splitting more and more.
God made us in his image and consequently we have a mind to know Him,a heart to love Him and a body to serve Him on earth so that we can live forever with Him in heaven. He established a Church and chose 12 men to whom He gave information,authority and charisms to develop it and said the gates of hell would not prevail against it. He told them to go out and baptize all nations and teach them what He had commanded them.
It seems to me that if we all were tasked with the very same thing and were promised the Truth/Comforter/Paraclete would be with each of us at all times if we just said we believed,He would have spoken thus to the multitudes. He didn't,He told the Twelve and clearly gave Peter the lead position.
NOT AT ALL.
Any Scriptural phrase or sentence about which there are multiple plausible explanations . . . on the part of earnest authentic Believers . . .
Cannot very well be included in the set 'abundantly clear' by any stretch of the imagination . . . except perhaps for those for whom bias has clouded all standard definition of "clear."
As has been thrown at me a lot hereon . . . "clear" is inaccurate because of multiple plausible alternative definitions, explanations . . . THEREFORE, WHAT'S PRESUMED TO BE CLEAR MUST NOT BE CLEAR BECAUSE 20,000 FOLKS (and sects--don't forget the sects--those dirty nasty little groups) DIFFER on what clear is.
So, now, via Billdo Klintoon, we have THAT DEPENDS ON WHAT THE MEANING OF CLEAR IS . . . entered into the discussion log.
LOL.