Posted on 11/24/2014 7:50:29 AM PST by Salvation
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Referring to the “Real Gospel,” do you those written by Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John? Those are the ones I read and believe.
The wedding ring is a pagan tradition.
To what are you referring?
the number of clowns who pretend they follow Scripture and then turn around and spread the lie that Cana was all about glorified Kool-Aid is painfully staggering.
Well, you may check the Greek text. It is your English publisher that added "The Gospel..." The text says, "According to Matthew", "According to Mark", et al.
And, no, I suspect you don't do those things described by Jesus in those texts. Check Matt. 5:48, for one. For that matter, read the so-called Lord's Prayer. Are you sure you are doing it? Or the so-called Golden Rule? That clearly says it is the "Law and the Prophets"...not the Gospel of Jesus Christ. And, if you are a Gentile, you are reading someone else's mail if you are trying to "do" Matt. Mark Luke & John, my FRiend.
The bunch that supports a group of Papist pedophiles is even more disgusting.
That is spot on!
“The word “trinity” isn’t in the Bible.”
So what. However, it is clear from the Bible that God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit are three in one.
There is so much error here, it is difficult to know where to start. But, I will try. First, the Scriptures do actually say to "Believe the Bible". II Tim 3:16ff, "All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work." Again, please read that Bible...the RCC does not teach what is in it.
And, again, you are incorrect about the Bible existing 400 years after the resurrection. The entire Hebrew text existed during Jesus' day. He referred to it multiple times. The balance of the texts were done no later than 92AD (likely I II III John). But, the descriptions of the "real Gospel" are clearly mapped out by Paul in Romans (circa 57AD). And, by this point we Gentiles are grafted in and the material is directly pointed at us (notice Eph. 2).
But, I still ask you which of the errant doctrines I mentioned as promulgated by the RCC is actually taught in the Scriptures?
I'm not surprised.
Wait till he hears that the Catholic Church says they serve the same god as Muslims.
And people use that in their worship of God how exactly?
Go for the jugular!
Satan can do nothing unless we, with our free will, freely give in to his enticements.
He can’t drag us into hell against our will because that would mean that Christ died in vain.
Wow, if it weren’t for your baseless criticism, I don’t know what I would do with myself. Thank you for being smarter than 2000 years of Christianity, scholarship, and belief.
Wow, do you have a newsletter I may subscribe to?
Would you then show the scriptural reference for the apostles teaching the assumption of Mary?
Surely you know that the Catholic Church admits to incorporating Babylonian paganism into it's beliefs and rituals.
The use of temples, and these dedicated to particular saints, and ornamented on occasions with branches of trees; incense, lamps, and candles; votive offerings on recovery from illness; holy water; asylums; holydays and seasons, use of calendars, processions, blessings on the fields; sacerdotal vestments, the tonsure, the ring in marriage, turning to the East, images at a later date, perhaps the ecclesiastical chant, and the Kyrie Eleison, are all of pagan origin, and sanctified by their adoption into the Church.[Cardinal Newman - Development of Christian Doctrine, pg 373]
Well, if you are going by years of error, then you should be a Jew (3500 years since Moses) or one of the Asian cults (they all claim conflicting start dates). The RCC did not even get off the ground until approx. 300AD with the established “religion” of Constantine. The first century gatherings did not look anything like the cult-like operation of Rome, my FRiend. And, no, there is no newsletter...it already exists in the Bible. Read it and pay close attention to the entire story line.
It is not used in their worship of God, simply pointing out that it’s of pagan origin.
You are making my point for me. There are many inferences made by the books of the Bible that support certain beliefs. Secondly, much of what happened in the life of Jesus was NOT written, please see John 20:30. So, for the Bible to be the ONLY explicit source suggests anything else done by Jesus is of no importance.
However, there has been great debate over the centuries about the divinity of Jesus, the triune God-head, and the Holy Spirit. Ask the Orthodox! Read what Arius taught, etc, etc.
While few Christians today argue either the concept of the Trinity, or the divinity of Christ, it took several hundred years to really iron that out.
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