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That is what I mean, I wasn’t merely inferring- I am stating as a fact that Abraham was an idolater (based on Joshua 24), which we disagree on, I believe it states it, you don’t. Abraham needed justification as a sinner, just like we do, He is after all “the Father of us all”.

That is what I mean, I wasn’t merely inferring- I am stating as a fact that Abraham was an idolater (based on Joshua 24),

I really don't believe that you can make such a blanket statement of fact like that based solely on Joshua 24. God makes the specific statement that Terah (Abraham's Father) was, in fact, an idolater but God does not specify that Abraham was, IN FACT, an idolater.

1 Cor 4:6 (ESV) I have applied all these things to myself and Apollos for your benefit, brothers, that you may learn by us not to go beyond what is written, that none of you may be puffed up in favor of one against another.

Without going beyond what is actually written in the scripture, can you state AS A FACT that Abraham WAS an idolater?

Or are you making a factual conclusion based solely upon an inference?

Also can you point to any other scripture in the entire Bible that makes the statement that Abraham was an idolater?

Thanks again.

Marlowe