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>> “Why do you persist in these lies?” <<
Because he inherited lies, just as you and I did, sitting in a pew listening to man made religion that replaced the word of Yehova and his son in the mid 4th century.
When the ancient scriptures were cast aside, a wall was built between man and the renewed covenant with the House of Judah and the House of Israel (Jer 31:31-34)
Until Yehova’s Torah is written on your heart, it will be lies that are spoken, because as John explained “the truth is not in him.” (1John 2:4)
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I was Lutheran for over thirty years, I can assure you between that and the Independent Baptists my parents were I heard all kinds of lies that all started and ended with individuals each deciding for themselves what the Truth was rather than obeying the subset of Scripture they claimed they accepted.
The Synagogue of Satan, that's what has expanded into a great deal of the US Evangelical community.