Replies

In other words, you make a personal decision about the motivations of others who criticize your personal beliefs. Even when people have told you the name of their denomination in the past, you continue to badger as if they never have - apparently forgetting they ever did. Instead of asking for a denomination in the first place, why not realize what Springfield Reformer and others have been trying to tell you all along? What someone specifically believes comes across in what they SAY on these threads. Knowing the name of a church they worship in won't reveal that since, if you are being honest, EVEN Roman Catholics differ with each other on many areas of faith and morals.

On this very thread there has been disunity among Roman Catholics on an array of subjects. For example, is St. Peter the rock Jesus would build His church upon or was it the FAITH Peter expressed that Christ's ecclesia is built? Was the universe created in six literal days or is evolution responsible for a creation that took eons? Is there such a place as Purgatory or not? Does physical suffering take place there over untold lengths of time or is it a swift, instantaneous jaunt through a spiritual "car-wash"? All those personal preferences you condemn in non-Catholics are every bit as present within your OWN religion, maybe you just don't see it.

So this personal revulsion you express towards not-Catholic Christians because they may not agree with your own personal interpretation of Scripture is all just a bunch of hot air. It's a sidetrack to avoid going deeper into a conversation, a diversionary tactic intended to cease responses. As you can see, they don't work. All it does is make you look foolish, petty and anything BUT Christ-like.

It seems to me these, your comments, were better addressed to yourself.

I remind you again, according to the Apostle to the Gentiles, a woman is not to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man. I regard such attempts as contrary to Sola Scriptura. It seems to me if a woman teaches a man doctrine she should clearly identify the denomination, sect, faith group, or cult sponsoring her and eschew the doctrine of Sola Scriptura.

Next time you get the kind of inspiration to post to or about me, remember and own your words. Do not post to me (bold emphasis below mine) or about me (backbiting).

December 31, 2014 at 3:24:41 PM EST · 4,403 of 4,958
boatbums to af_vet_1981
I feel like you are just baiting me now. I feel like you don't really care what I believe as long as I believe something contrary to what you believe. I feel like this dialog is pointless and I waste my time trying to explain to you what I think and believe after you pepper me with questions. I feel like the Holy Spirit is telling me to pray for you more and post to you less. Buh-bye!

Using Scripture to bludgeon someone into silence and submission to their dictates is despicable.

This isn’t the first time you’ve tried to shut down debate with a woman who is pounding you theologically by that kind of reprehensible tactic.

Next time you get the kind of inspiration to post to or about me, remember and own your words. Do not post to me (bold emphasis below mine) or about me (backbiting).

Hey...I'm getting that "feeling" again. ☺ It seems fitting, though, that I repeat my earlier comment since you don't seem to comprehend it yet:

So this personal revulsion you express towards not-Catholic Christians because they may not agree with your own personal interpretation of Scripture is all just a bunch of hot air. It's a sidetrack to avoid going deeper into a conversation, a diversionary tactic intended to cease responses. As you can see, they don't work. All it does is make you look foolish, petty and anything BUT Christ-like.

And...last time I checked, you aren't my husband (shudder). A man using Paul's restrictions on women pastors to stomping his foot and refusing to HEAR what a woman on an internet site has to say, is pretty misogynistic. How's that attitude working out for you in real life?

I remind you again, according to the Apostle to the Gentiles, a woman is not to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man. I regard such attempts as contrary to Sola Scriptura. It seems to me if a woman teaches a man doctrine she should clearly identify the denomination, sect, faith group, or cult sponsoring her and eschew the doctrine of Sola Scriptura.

No you don't. You only regard it that way if it's a non-Roman Catholic who is trying to elucidate her beliefs. I seriously doubt you would have ANY problem at all accepting teaching from the women "doctors" of the Roman Catholic church like Catherine of Siena and Teresa of Avila. Then there were Térèse of Lisieux and Hildegard of Bingen. Nope, like much of what you assert here is, like I said, hot air. This faux faithfulness to Holy Scripture when it can be pushed out to hide behind so you can avoid having to actually defend your doctrines is blatantly obvious and fools no one. You aren't the first man to try it.

It makes me wonder if you ever let your wife read what you say to women you don't know on an Internet forum? Would she approve of you discussing religious topics for weeks on end with women and then, when you get stuck, you play the "do not suffer a woman to teach" card? Pitiful!