aMorePerfectUnion wrote:
No. I consider Breatharians to be a false belief system. They appear to gravitate toward verses and pictures about breathing. They also appear to post the same things, spamming threads. I do not know why.
This is the newest attack on the Catholic faith here at FR. Mocking the great commands of Our Lord:
“Jesus said to them again, ‘Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, even so I send you.’ And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and said to them, ‘Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained.’ “
See - repetition about breathing.
Greek FRiend. learn it. use it.
The second part of each conditional clause in this verse is in the passive voice and the perfect tense in the Greek text.
The passive voice indicates that someone has already done the forgiving or retaining.
That person must be God since He alone has the authority to do that (Matt. 9:2–3; Mark 2:7; Luke 5:21).
The perfect tense indicates that the action has continuing effects; the sins stand forgiven or retained at least temporarily if not permanently.
Or, you could just keep repeating the same breathing verses and artworks endlessly. Either way.