Posted on 12/25/2005 10:09:32 AM PST by churchillbuff
If your intent is to promote bigoted idiots, feel free. The fact reamins that Paisley is an incredible bigot.
"Thanks for helping me to get www.exorthodoxforchrist.com to the attention of more people."
My pleasure. Intractable ignorance is a particularly pernicious trait when one purports to proclaim the Gospel, given that such a person or group is dealing with people's souls. To the extent that Christian people read websites like the ones you linked to, they can see what groups like these are really up to. And the preaching of ancient heresies, well, I suppose that has its own particular "reward".
I hope your inclusion of me in the replies for this is not indicative of a belief that you think I have.
"I hope your inclusion of me in the replies for this is not indicative of a belief that you think I have."
You're in the Latin Church; I'm Orthodox.I suspect we hold common beliefs in regard to these websites> :)
Just making sure, my Orthodox cousin. :) And yes, we do hold them in the same reagrd.
There are many reading these pages that would be very interested in Paisley's European Institute for Protestant Studies.
"Intractable ignorance is a particularly pernicious trait when one purports to proclaim the Gospel, given that such a person or group is dealing with people's souls."
Can you, in several lines, present the Gospel, which, if men were to believe, they would have eternal life? Would you be honest as to your view of those who believe on Christ but who will not involve themselves in your religious apparatus?
Well, Luther did subtract from the Bible...
"Can you, in several lines, present the Gospel, which, if men were to believe, they would have eternal life?"
In a few lines? No, that is far, far too simplistic, unless of course one wants to set up excuses for preaching heresy.
"Would you be honest as to your view of those who believe on Christ but who will not involve themselves in your religious apparatus?"
I've done that dozens of times here on FR and in life. Your question, however, is really impossible to answer because you haven't told me why these believers choose, if in fact they do, to reject the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church. In the case of those who knowingly preach heresy, that is to say, those who knowingly and intentionally preach strange doctrines contrary to what The Church always and everywhere has believed, I suspect they have condemned themselves, as the Fathers say. As for others, well, most Orthodox people would say we simply don't know since we have no way of knowing whither the Holy Spirit goes and its not our place to speculate on that.
"Well, Luther did subtract from the Bible..."
I can't think of an example, but I don't doubt he did.
The only truly infallible man I know of is Christ (and He cheated, being fully God and all LOL.).
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