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"I say again, I have no interest in debating the rights-or-wrongs of the Assumption with you, or whether I am right or wrong in being tolerant of other Faiths such as the Catholics, or my rationale for being so, or to be preached at, thankyou."

"I say again, I have no interest in debating the rights-or-wrongs of the Assumption with you,"

You seem to be a very, very confused person.
Not once in any of my previous posts did I ever discuss or ever mention the Assumption.
Show me in any of my posts where I discussed the Assumption with you or anyone else !!

"or my rationale for being so,."
So you’re saying you can make unsubstantiated claims and no one has the right to question you ??

"or to be preached at, thankyou"
Oh you can be assured if you come into the Religion Forum and say that Jesus will bless a false teaching, I or someone else will be giving you Jesus words regarding the matter.

"I do not want your brand of religion"
I don’t have a brand of religion. Jesus dislikes religion.
I'm merely a Christian, a follower of Christ.

"You are unfamiliar with Herodotus and Hippocleides: perhaps you need to read wider."
No thanks. I put my faith in Jesus, the Son of God, and God Himself.
Not into any mere mortal man.

One question for you ....
Is your faith in Hippocleides and Herodotus ??
That’s the second time you’ve mentioned Hippocleides.
Wikipedia says Hippocleides was a drunk who stood on his head at a Greek party.

My goodness.
I think it’s time you define to all of us exactly what your faith or religion is.
I’ll betcha Freepers would be curious as to what it is.

"One more thing: Welcome to the Free Republic."
Thank you !!

KenTone,

I really do not want to argue with you on this thread. You have written:

> You seem to be a very, very confused person.
Not once in any of my previous posts did I ever discuss or ever mention the Assumption.
Show me in any of my posts where I discussed the Assumption with you or anyone else !!

Perhaps the confusion lies with your incorrect terminology, for you did indeed discuss the Assumption.

From markomalley's Original post:

>> Protestants as well as Catholics believe that the Body of Jesus Christ is now in heaven...
>>
>> ...This doctrine is called the Ascension and is explicitly revealed in the Bible.

and

>> ...After that, however, Protestants and Catholics part company, for Catholics believe that the body of the Blessed Virgin Mary is also in heaven. We call this doctrine the Assumption.

And from your post #18:

> The bodily ascension of Mary is not in the scriptures !!

"The Ascention" in Catholicism refers to Christ going to Heaven. "The Assumption" refers to the Virgin Mary doing the same. You can readily see that 1) your terminology was incorrect in that the two got mixed up in your post, and 2) you did indeed discuss the Assumption with me using your incorrect terminology -- and used that as your launching pad for a discussion that I really do not want to debate with you.

It drags the thread way off-topic to start talking about pagans and heathens. And, for that matter, climing all over me for quoting Herodotus to convey to you in terms that cannot be mistaken: "I Do Not Care" for this discussion -- about as much as Hippocleides did not care about disqualifying himself from marriage.

Enjoy your time on the Free Republic. I suggest paying good attention to the Moderators, and perhaps lurk a wee while to learn the flavor of what goes on in the various forums.

This particular thread is about the Virgin Mary, and most of the people here seem to be supportive of the idea of her Assumption -- or, in my case, tolerant of the concept without necessarily accepting it at face-value as a "historical fact".

Why spoil our fun?

*DieHard*