Posted on 01/06/2013 3:56:49 PM PST by NYer
We know that there are no perfect eggs in that carton either. That is what is meant by treasures in earthen vessels and that is why the Popes and Magisterium have the Paraclete to guide them.
That Protestants expect the Catholic Clergy to be something more than flawed humans shows the level of subliminal esteem they hold the Church that they cannot completely suppress.
Peace be with you
your intellectual level is on display......
I saw the pictures of your goat barn....My father would have more than a little upset with me if our geat barn was EVER in that condition....you could have at least cleaned it before you pictured it. Barns and stables should be clean, fresh straw for the animals to lie on, manure removed at Least daily...I assume that you produce goat milk....to be consumed by humans......Uhhhhh
I’m still looking for the synergy of Mary’s assumption with scripture. Can you help?
We have you beat by 32 chickens, 1 duck, and two turkeys. You have us on goats........so far.
“Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God? Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.” John 6:28-29
Almost daily I see Protestant threads and posting affirming the doctrine of the Rapture. How is Mary's Assumption not Rapture?
ROFLOL!!!!! You obviously haven’t been on some of the farms I have been on.
Aside from the hygienic detractions I saw the perfect examples of the kind of manger (stall or pen) I referred to in my post #1716. I guess it is hard to recognize something that is right under your nose if you have to keep your nose pinched.
Peace and blessings
Not scriptural. So there is no “synergy” with scripture and Mary’s assumption?
So you agree with the Catholic Church that Rapture is not Scriptural, good. You have begin the journey home.
Peace be with you.
That seems to be a Catholic problem. Injecting a meaning that they know is not there. I suppose like minds.
We live in dairy farm country and it gives a new meaning to *country fresh air*.
Clean as humanly possible?
I suppose that that could true to some extent, but what is humanly possible in regards to keeping any farm clean is well, not impressive.
Animals are dirty.
Mary probably picked the manger to lay Jesus in because it was the cleanest place available in a barn or stable.
Scripture says that Mary laid Jesus in a manger because there was no room for them in the inn.
Now, unless she gave birth out in the open, or in public, she did it in a stable or barn, and I’d say it’s a pretty good bet that she did not give birth IN the manger, so it had to have been on the floor.
Not pristine.
WHO do you know that has deny free will? And then SHOW ME where I denied it.
A few chose God and many chose man. So you won't be the last to make the wrong choice.
"This day I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life, so that you and your children may live".
I hear and obey God only - I choose life.
Those who choose death - choose curses as they put man before GOD and/or even imply they are equal. Either God's Word is the FINAL authority or man's is. Catholics, Mormons, Muslim chose man/curses. They aren't the first nor last to chose wrongly. They need to humble themselves TODAY, tomorrow is not promised to anyone.
"Enter through the narrow gate. For WIDE is the gate and broad is the road that leads to DESTRUCTION, and MANY enter through it."
"But small is the gate and NARROW the road that leads to LIFE, and only a FEW find it."
It wasn't a barn or a stable. It was a portion of a house, probably similar to a modern lean-to that would be used to keep young animals at night, the Passover lamb for the three days before its sacrifice and be available to rent during the high holy days when the population of the area grew 4X. We know it was in a house because Matthew 2:11 says of the Wise Men; "And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother..."
Peace be with you
Are they doing it as a 'remembrance'? Why not REAL animals?
Ironically, in Orthodox Jewish homes this was the place the Paschal lamb was kept from the 10th of Nisan until the 14th of Nisan.
Ironically, Constantine changed the calendar and inserted Easter and got rid of The Passover. As usual, 'man' thinks he has a better way even down to creating their own bible.
It doesn’t say how old Jesus was at that point.
Don’t forget that Herod had all the boys two years old and younger killed based on the time the wise men gave for His birth.
Mary and Joseph could easily have gone back home after the census, when Mary had recovered enough to travel.
If they were at home, she would not have laid Him in a manger. I have no doubt that a carpenter would have been perfectly capable of building a cradle for a baby. They did know how to count in those days so they’d know when to expect the baby.
Hold that thought...
I’ve heard that goats can be house broken; but mine are so stubborn I don’t think I’d have the patience for that.
Luckily; their poop is just damp pellets; not all runny and messy like a cow’s.
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