Knowing the neighborhood.......
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MB, I am NOT looking for personal information. I do not want you to answer those questions. They are for the purpose of making a point, not of making it personal.
God knows that I would hope that you would answer them in the honorable way and honestly that’s what I would expect out of you.
The point is for comparison and illustration only since true believers are the Bride of Christ and the adopted into His family as sons. The parallels are ones God has used for us to understand our relationship with Him, and so valid in their application.
Later......
Catholicism and a relationship with Jesus Christ are not mutually exclusive. Try reading the Desert Fathers sometime.
http://popekirillos.net/EN/books/Sayingsd.pdf
Or buy a copy of the Philokalia because it describes the proscriptions of scripture in action.
http://www.christianbook.com/Christian/Books/cms_content?page=1784515&sp=85684
Catholicism and Scholasticism are not the same thing. Scholasticism presented an ossified Christianity that deteriorated because it created an imbalance between faith and reason.
Very good; that's the way I took it.
God knows that I would hope that you would answer them in the honorable way and honestly that’s what I would expect out of you.
I have already answered them. The record is there.