Hard to believe, isn't it?
Posted on 01/14/2011 5:57:52 PM PST by topcat54
Evangelical book catalogs promote books such as Planet Earth: The Final Chapter, The Great Escape, and the Left Behind series. Bumper stickers warn us that the vehicle’s occupants may disappear at any moment. It is clear that there is a preoccupation with the idea of a secret rapture. Perhaps this has become more pronounced recently due to the expectation of a new millennium and the fears regarding potential Y2K problems. Perhaps psychologically people are especially receptive to the idea of an imminent, secret rapture at the present time. Additionally, many Christians are not aware that any other position relative to the second coming of Jesus Christ exists. Even in Reformed circles there are numerous people reading these books. Many of these people are unaware that this viewpoint conflicts with Scripture and Reformed Theology.
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Yeah, Proddys, I know. I know.
It identifies each and every Proddy on FR in a horrific and clearly personally assaultive, way.
And, it may well be that Nurse R and however many cohorts will successfully cluck their tongues and shake their fingers however energetically year in and year out this side of eternity.
Thankfully, God knows and we know the truth . . . about ourselves and about Scripture. It's sad for those who don't.
INDEED TO THE MAX.
I'm amazed that nobody shares their personal information with you after you've asked so sweetly.
Hard to believe, isn't it?
That statement is so strange-— just by posting I know most every Protestant’s church denomination or I can narrow it down if I talk to them long enough. anytime I had to ask, they told me. Now Catholics on the other hand want to hide behind “Catholic”, yet we now know there are hundreds of sects of “Catholics” and they wont reveal which one is theirs, especially the pentecostal Catholics.
It’s a good thing she didn’t “triple dog dare” you. Then you wouldn’t have a choice!
Well, our faith is not church-centered but relationship-centered, which is why evangelical unity transcends denomination. But re. IDs, its not 1555, when Paul IV issued a canon (papal law), Cum Nimis Absurdum, by which the Roman Ghetto was created. Jews were then forced to live in seclusion in a specified area of the rione Sant’Angelo, locked in at night, and he decreed that Jews should wear a distinctive sign, yellow hats for men and veils or shawls for women. The papacy, the Jews, and the Holocaust - Page 29, Frank J. Coppa http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cum_nimis_absurdum
“Nor are we fools. We are exercising discernment.”
That’s good because I really don’t care where your recliner is located in the den.
It only serves to emphasize that each one of you considers what you interpret to be guided and correct.
What is also underscores is the fact that because each one of you(plural) considers yourself(plural) to be soley guided to make that sole interpretation and consider it WITHOUT ERROR that we know that each one has to hide the DISCRETE DIFFERENCES within each and every aspect of the interpretations, and there are difference in the interpretations because some are not Nicene, others omit other things and add some others that don’t belong to any other group.
You all claim Justification by faith alone, but the details are what count.
There are many things that a Christian must believe. Deviate and claim one of them is false or not according to their particular interpretation and
THE WHOLE EDIFICE IS BLOWN OUT OF THE WATER.
You can’t claim that YOUR interpretation that is guided by the Spirit is correct but your non-Catholic cohort’s is not
and be in accord with the Spirit’s guidance.
Some of the more colorful posts are so horrifically offensive and personally assaultive, we have bite hard not to reply.
Nevertheless, I like my existence to be peaceful, boring, and predictable.
I can turn off the computer any time and escape the harassment I encounter here any time I wish. Can’t do that if someone knows who I am, where I live, and who my family is.
I’ve more people to think of than just me.
Discernment of what? Certainly not Scripture.
As much as prods accuse Catholics of presenting a moving target, the duplicitous ones are the prods who are afraid of having their denomination looked at.
As far as privacy goes? Please. Nobody cares who any of you are.
I did ask sweetly. Then I asked persistently, and got reported to the mod for it, because SOMEONE was afraid they would be identified if they put their denomination on line.
I’m not asking sweetly anymore. Prods hide behind lack of identification, so their denominations can’t be challenged the way THEY challenge Catholics. That’s cowardice.
Really? Then why the heck do you keep asking?
I don't know that I've ever seen anyone say that their interpretation is without error, although maybe I wasn't looking or on the right threads.
There are some things that are not critical to salvation and those are the things that are non-issues. Some people believe in pre-destination, some in free will. That's not a salvation critical issue.
Likewise speaking in tongues being evidence of the filling of the Holy Spirit.
Infant baptism is a matter of choice.
Outside of the basics, salvation by grace through faith in Christ alone, there are hardly any more significant differences than exist between some of the Catholic rites.
EO, from what I've gathered based on statements made on FR, seems to be closer to Protestantism than Roman Catholicism, and yet the RCC considers them (somewhat errant) Catholics.
Catholicism is not so united in doctrine and theology as they like to present either.
Some simply avoid giving too much personal information out over the net. It’s just not a good idea.
The question of the ages.......
Oh, yes, and identifying your denomination tells all of that. Yep. You bet. I don't want to know, I DO know that you have nothing to say regarding Catholics that has any meaning whatsoever, due to the incredible ignorance of the Church that you display. I still say anyone who refuses to tell their denominiation is a dirty yellow coward. Definitely not someone a Catholic could have a theological discussion with.
Oh, well, then, I’m a former Catholic. What I am now is no one’s business. Got it?
I’m not sure what kind of reaction you’re looking for. How about I pat you on the head and give you a cookie?
I don't keep asking. The last time I asked, LAST MAY, Miss MetMom went whining to the Mod that I was trying to invade her privacy, like anybody cared. I just find it difficult to hold a discussion about religion with someone who won't identify theirs. Ya know? That's why I don't discuss religion with Miss MetMom any more.
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