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To: Salvation
The Bible is the authority here -- not us.

Absolutely! Without the Bible we wouldn't know what God's will for us is. Acceptable "works" are the result of our "faith" that God is and will do what He promised in the Holy Scritpures.

4 posted on 02/08/2010 8:04:36 PM PST by Ken4TA (The truth sometimes hurts - but is truth nonetheless!)
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To: Ken4TA

Welcome to FR!


6 posted on 02/08/2010 8:26:45 PM PST by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: Ken4TA
You expressed your opinion. The authors of the article though presented the scripture and then showed how the Church summarized it. They did not simply stated what their opinion is.

So, is there a reason other than your personal opinion, why you disagree with the article?

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I looked at your profile and your site today, www.kenfortier.com. Let me echo Salvation in welcoming you to FR, before I have reasons to regret doing so :)))

You don't know me, but I know you from my exchanges with Truth Defender, who numerous times referred me to your site.

I am saddened to know that Truth Defender is no longer with us. I pray for his immortal soul.

I believe that you are a very original thinker. In my opinion, -- I am bringing to mind my conversations with Truth Defender about immortality of souls, -- the reference to God's ability to destroy the soul He created in Matthew 10:28 does not say that God actually destroys the reprobates, but rather that He could do so if He wanted. The point of bringing this possibility up seems to be not to state it as a fact, but to underscore the absolute sovereignty of God.

Anyway, that is not the topic of this thread. We may have a chance to discuss it further at some point. The religion forum always benefits from a good debate, so let me encourage you to post your writings and not be disappointed by unpleasant posts. Before you do so, study the caucus rules posted at the Religion Moderator profile; it might give you possibilities to better represent your views.

Myself, I am a very committed lay Catholic, so you are not likely to find me in theologocal agreement with much of Protestantism. However, I like people with opinions, and in that spirit, welcome to FR.

7 posted on 02/08/2010 9:51:29 PM PST by annalex (http://www.catecheticsonline.com/CatenaAurea.php)
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