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To: JCBreckenridge

“Arguing that you do not like the evidence I provided is one thing (because it doesn’t fit your arbitrary rule), arguing that I provided no evidence whatsoever for the doctrine is quite another.

You have provided no evidence that directly connects the cultic practice with anything that was practiced by Christians for the first 300 years.

“The strongest scriptural evidence in favor of the communion of Saints is the fact that Christ himself proclaimed (when speaking of Abraham), that God was not a God of the dead but of the living. He argued that Abraham, though he had died, was presently alive.

That saints are alive is a separate issue from whether they can hear you, whether they pray for you or whether you should pray to them. Each of those issues is an argument from silence that you have not supported.

Each time you shift to change the discussion. Post with integrity if you are a Christian please. If you are not, it is pointless to interact with you.


1,010 posted on 07/17/2013 7:48:43 AM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion ( The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws. - Tacitus)
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To: aMorePerfectUnion

“the cultic practice”

What evidence do you have for a cultic origin to the Communion of Saints?

“That saints are alive is a separate issue from whether they can hear you”

No, it’s not. It’s all part of the same doctrine. You should examine the doctrine first before attacking it’s origins.


1,032 posted on 07/17/2013 9:40:46 AM PDT by JCBreckenridge ("we are pilgrims in an unholy land")
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