Did you give one of these fakers money too?
Posted on 02/22/2011 2:53:04 PM PST by Natural Law
An alarming trend is developing in the Free Republic Religion Forum in which a caucus identifier is being claimed for non-existent or impossibly defined groups. With the caucuses being self defined we see nonsense like the Sola Scriptura Caucus. Of course it doesn’t mean all Scripture, only the thread initiators or Forum Moderators definition of Scripture. Jews who believe in the Scripture of the Old Testament are excluded. Mormons, Seventh Day Adventists, and Jehovah’s Witnesses are excluded even though they believe in the sufficiency of their own versions of Scripture. The not so transparent purpose of these faux caucuses is clearly to exclude a group of FReepers in a modern day repetition of “Whites Only” and “Irish Need Not Apply” prejudice. If this is allowed to stand what will we see next; caucuses so narrowly defined so as to only include one’s bridge club or to exclude an individual FReeper? How about a caucus designation for everyone but citizens from New York? How about a men’s only caucus? How about a caucus for those of us who drive BMWs? And what is being discussed in these faux caucus threads? Critical doctrinal issues such as ruggedized aircraft, home schooling, and civil unrest in Egypt. Give me a break!
And you get this one wrong. He said that those who call themselves members of a particular church tend to be more liberal. Are you unaware of what this means, or should I dumb it down for another exemplary member of the United States educational system?
That's something you've demanded of us, IIRC. To be called "Catholic," and not Roman Catholic.
Where have I demanded anything of you, Dr. E.? I expect nothing from you, demand nothing of you, and have my expectations fulfilled with every post.
If you're speaking of me, I feel like Elijah facing the false prophets of Baal.
Good luck, kiddies. Your “daddy god” is trifle bit too small if you can keep him boxed up at your beck and call. I think you need to catch Jesse's E-Ticket gondola ride to heaven.
Earlier I said that was a "strange question for a Christian to ask." But it's probably even more peculiar that someone who says they're an Orthodox Presbyterian is compelled to ask that question.
What does your church teach you about the indwelling Holy Spirit and the work of God within Christ's sheep?
Please be specific. I'm interested in your opinion. "Has the Holy Spirit ever filled you inside and used you to duct His work?"
What exactly in that post was “well said?”
>> “I feel like Elijah facing the false prophets of Baal.” <<
Take ‘Elijah facing’ out and the bell rings.
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ARMENIAN. Armenia was the first country to adopt Christianity as the state religion in the 4th century. They used the Antiochine liturgy of St. James said in the Armenian language. At that time Armenia was located in eastern Turkey. After it was destroyed in the 11th century it moved to Cilicia (southern Turkey). That is why to this day the Patriarch of this rite is known as the Patriarch of Cilicia of the Armenians. The Armenians also fell into heresy after the Council of Chalcedon. The Council of Florence in 1439 declared reunion with the Armenians, and Pope Benedict XIV confirmed the first Patriarch in 1742. The Turks massacred roughly two million Armenians at the end of World War I. Most members of this rite live in Lebanon.
| 5. ARMENIAN | Armenian | Classical Armenian | Patriarch of Cilicia of the Armenians | Armenia |
From this thread: THE RITES OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH -- There are many!
Did you give one of these fakers money too?
AMEN! AMEN! AMEN!
THX FOR YOUR KIND REPLY.
LUB Penguin Gal
Some posts are too good for merely bookmarking. I put this one on my profile page.
It has been said...”we move...He doesn’t”
FR friend I am ALWAYS full of the Holy Spirit that I received when I was saved.. 100% full
The issue is not His absence but our sin
Thanks for your kind reply.
Maybe semantics are not fully capable.
You’re on the religion forum, and have mad your post about an individual.
Shame on you!
Love it!
Hoss
Evidently at some
visceral . . . deeper levels . . .
my personna is somehow threatening to those who feel such an addicted compulsion to trash me in order to stand on the presumed rubble of my pretended shredded identity . . . therewith to feel better about their own feeble self-worth.
Tis a common phenomenon. Given their desperate assaults . . . evidently their NEED to do such is quite large.
Perhaps you should take up golf, then.
All kinds of men and apartment owner as well?
... With you, you don’t draw a line, you just swallow it all and tell us ‘the church’ is the authority.
I posted here the Scripture that gives the authority of the Church as given by Jesus. Men alone are like the Eunuch - staring blindly at the words; or else like the first millennium heretics - making it all up as they go along.
And if you doubt what I’m telling you, doa word study of the origins of ‘Lucifer’ in Old Testament translations. [HINT: was invented in second century AD when translating Isaiah 14, not found in the original texts; a whole mythos on Lucifer as satan has been invent over the centuries.]
Certainly, the Church massaged the original books into the form that you wave around now. Matthew 28:19 (the Trinitarian formula), and the Comma Johanneum (to emphasize the Trinitarian formula) were not inserted into Scripture until late second or early third century, as well. And numerous other examples. So, does that mean that you will reject that Bible in your hand, which is created by the authorized men of the Church?
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