[CommerceComet]

Once again we are treated to an outstanding example of shallow Bible Christianity...This superficial thinking that comes from an absence of serious theological study is evident...Are we here in kindergarten logic? This is the kind of foolish reasoning that would get one kicked out of class in elementary introduction to either logic or theology...Over and over again, what we keep getting here is sophomoric interpretations on a cascade of scriptural citations let loose by followers of a heresy without any of the coherence of the great theologians...Challenging Bible Christians to the soaring heights of theological discourse is perhaps not fair. But surely it must come as a surprise when they cannot even assimilate the scholarly work of their own leading Protestant scholars...Maybe Elise, metmom etc all need to spend some serious study time before embarrassing themselves with the commentary they offer.

For a post which accuses others of lacking substance, the above is a whole lot of nothing. Simply insulting people is not "the deep end of the pool." You claim the logic isn't up to the level of an introductory course. Ironic (or hypocritical, if you prefer) given your post is a textbook example of ad hominem arguments, in particular, guilt by association.

You get to crack open the pages of the Bible assembled under infallible Petrine authority under Pope Damasus at the Synod of Rome in A.D. 382

Are you planning to provide a substantive response to the earlier challenge on this assertion about the Synod of Rome? I saw an earlier response in which you were correctly accused of dodging the question. Did I happen to miss another response?

[DeprogramLiberalism]

>>>Are you planning to provide a substantive response to the earlier challenge on this assertion about the Synod of Rome? I saw an earlier response in which you were correctly accused of dodging the question. Did I happen to miss another response?<<<

No, you didn’t miss it. Steelfish is still researching his response. [wink]

[aMorePerfectUnion]

"Once again we are treated to an outstanding example of shallow Bible Christianity...This superficial thinking that comes from an absence of serious theological study is evident...Are we here in kindergarten logic? This is the kind of foolish reasoning that would get one kicked out of class in elementary introduction to either logic or theology...Over and over again, what we keep getting here is sophomoric interpretations on a cascade of scriptural citations let loose by followers of a heresy without any of the coherence of the great theologians...Challenging Bible Christians to the soaring heights of theological discourse is perhaps not fair. But surely it must come as a surprise when they cannot even assimilate the scholarly work of their own leading Protestant scholars...Maybe Elise, metmom etc all need to spend some serious study time before embarrassing themselves with the commentary they offer."

"For a post which accuses others of lacking substance, the above is a whole lot of nothing. Simply insulting people is not "the deep end of the pool." You claim the logic isn't up to the level of an introductory course. Ironic (or hypocritical, if you prefer) given your post is a textbook example of ad hominem arguments, in particular, guilt by association. "

The "shallow end of the pool" appears to be occupied by someone posting empty slogans and unsupported claims...