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***”The Apostles and the writers of the Epistles serve as witnesses enough for me and for Bible Believers.”

But only because of the authority of the RCC, right?***

The Church gets its authority from Jesus. The NT Scripture writers testify to that authority. If you would dismiss this, then to be consistent you must dismiss the entire Bible.

***”You did not. Would you please restate your position?”
(Oh yes I did!)

Ok, lets go over it again.

You said: “Interesting. I thought that the man who is condemned to hell is sent there immediately.”

To which I replied: “When I wrote condemned I meant hell bound, something that was plainly obvious.”***

Go back a couple of posts. I was asking what you meant by the condemned man not being able to follow Jesus. Do you mean literally, or spiritually? I didn’t get the point that you were trying to make.

***”You mean without the tinfoil hat?”

NO!
NEVER TAKE OFF YOUR TINFOIL HAT!
THE ALIEN MIGHT STEAL YOUR ABILITY TO REASON!
(I was too late, wasn’t I...)***

Oh, Lord, not another one.

***When I use the terms RCC and Catholic Church, I am not referring to any distinguishing differences.
(i.e. I’m using the two names interchangeably)***

They are not interchangeable.

***To learn what the meaning of ‘edifice’ is, follow these three easy steps:
1: Go to Google.com
2: Enter the word ‘edifice’ into the search box.
3: Press the enter key, or click the search button.
4: After the page loads, click the link called ‘definition’ in the top right area of the page; it will look like: edifice [definition].
5: Read.
This should give you some basic definitions of the word ‘edifice’***

I am not asking for Google’s definition. I am asking for yours.

***

“Exactly so: Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. Peter and Paul had some too, as I recall. How many pages has your Bible been reduced to?”

I think the real question is, how many pages has your bible been expanded to?***

Expanded? Does your Bible not contain the Gospel of Jesus or the writings of Peter and Paul? Impressive. The Church has set the canon and we are instructed to neither add nor remove anything from that. There are not many Protestants courageous enough to admit that they have removed Scripture, or else approve of the removal. Congratulations.

***”I’m not interested in your feelings.”

Haha!
I’ve found me a nerve!***

Not really. I am just not interested in your feelings.

***”We only have the witness of the Holy Spirit. Sorry if it will not suffice. Who is your witness by the way?”

The Holy Spirit is an excellent witness.

Would you like to do the honors and call it to testify?***

Are you calling the Holy Spirit ‘it’?

Mark 3:

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Amen, I say to you, all sins and all blasphemies that people utter will be forgiven them.
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But whoever blasphemes against the holy Spirit 11 will never have forgiveness, but is guilty of an everlasting sin.”

You have a fascinating theology. Would you care to expand upon it?

Sorry for the long delay.
(Major rewrite of my JavaScript FR post composer.)

"The Church gets its authority from Jesus. The NT Scripture writers testify to that authority. If you would dismiss this, then to be consistent you must dismiss the entire Bible."

According to you, the bible is just another church document.

Documents testifying of the authority of their author is no testimony at all.

Thats why a Birth Certificate not issued by the state can land you in jail, or Mexico.
(i.e. forgery.)

"Go back a couple of posts. I was asking what you meant by the condemned man not being able to follow Jesus. Do you mean literally, or spiritually? I didn’t get the point that you were trying to make."

See, this is what you get for taking your tinfoil hat off.
(You should have listened!)

I never said that a man who was hell bound could not fallow Jesus around.

I merely said that walking around with Jesus would not profit a hell bound man.

"Oh, Lord, not another one."

Hey, I warned you to not take off your tinfoil hat!

"They are not interchangeable."

Tough.
I'm using them interchangeably.

"I am not asking for Google’s definition. I am asking for yours."

Do I look like a dictionary?

"Expanded? Does your Bible not contain the Gospel of Jesus or the writings of Peter and Paul? Impressive. The Church has set the canon and we are instructed to neither add nor remove anything from that. There are not many Protestants courageous enough to admit that they have removed Scripture, or else approve of the removal. Congratulations."

In case you haven't noticed, I don't give a hoot what a group of men in Italy have to say. ;)

"Not really. I am just not interested in your feelings."

Yep, theres a nerve there.
I'll try to be more careful of it in the future. ;)

"Are you calling the Holy Spirit ‘it’?"

No, if I was, I would have used quotes like you did.

I was only referring to it in general.

Better not use quotes, you wouldn't want to be guilty of blasphemy!

"You have a fascinating theology. Would you care to expand upon it?"

I'd love to, but I doubt your ability to understand me.

It requires the ability to think for your self to comprehend it.