[Heart-Rest]

"I'm not betting you, but I'd like to know if this is this another RC trick question"

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boatbums, you have to follow along with the discussion, in order to know why something is pointed out.    Here is the flow of that particular discussion in this thread:

1. An anti-catholic poster said in post #648:   "The apostles weren't with Christ on the cross nor were they 'in my Father's kingdom'. Do Catholics not EVER check with scripture to see if what they are being told is truth?"
   
   
2. In post #903, I replied to that poster:   "Tell me the exact Bible text that says that the apostles were not with Christ on the cross, as you claim in your post."
   
   
3. Then, in response to my post there, another anti-Catholic poster said to me in post #1012:   "You never read it eh??? Have you read any scripture at all??? You're trying to teach us about God and you don't even know what God says...WoW..."
   
   
4. In response to that, I replied to that poster in post #1231:   "In my post to another poster which you were replying to here, I was making the simple point that the Bible does not tell us that the apostles were not at the crucifixion (like that poster had claimed in his post), when Jesus received that wine on His cross.    If you believe I am wrong about that, then I'll be happy to make you a friendly public wager right here and now.   If by the end of the day tomorrow (1/28/15), you can show me a Bible text that says that the apostles were not at the crucifixion, I will immediately donate an additional $100 to Free Republic, and if you can't, you will immediately donate an additional $100 to Free Republic.    Do we have a wager?"
   
   
5. Later, a couple other anti-Catholic posters piped in with comments about that simple wager offer, and so I asked them if they wanted to take that wager.    None of them took me up on it.

There was no trick question, just a pointer to truth, in response to another poster's post with a scripturally unsupported claim.

[boatbums]

I think there is far more evidence that the Apostles all deserted Jesus during and after the crucifixion than there is that they stayed with him as he endured it all. It was only John and the women we are told in Scripture that were there. The others were afraid for their lives and hiding from the authorities.

[metmom]

Do you really think that using the term *anti-Catholic poster* exempts you from the need to courtesy ping someone when referencing their comments?

Have Catholics no integrity?

They’re the first to whine if they are not courtesy pinged and yet, almost without fail, don’t practice what they preach.

So, courtesy ping to CB and Iscool to let them know that they were talked about without the courtesy of a ping.

[Elsie]

None of them took me up on it.

I was one of them; who pointed out what you had typed.

(Just in case some folks can't figger how to go BACK to see what was said to BEGIN with.)