Who is the Whore of babylon

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You gave me four sources that quote each other (or plagiarize each other except fr one), but you did NOT quote the source of Dr. Johnson's words.
Soooo - the other TWO DOZEN or so Greek Scholars don't count??
All YOU came up with was ONE . . .
Do your words ooze with love for me and others? No. All you do is mock and belittle people.
I mock and belittle asinine accusations and moronic lies - NOT people.
 

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Soooo - the other TWO DOZEN or so Greek Scholars don't count??
All YOU came up with was ONE . . .
You are the one that brought up that one after I told you that I agree with them all in rejecting the JW's position, but that they did not address my understanding of John 1. Since you singled him out, I wanted to know the source so I could read it for myself. You obviously don't know the source

I mock and belittle asinine accusations and moronic lies - NOT people.
You mockingly called two of us "Einstien" as a form of self-exaltation. That is a personal attack on the intelligence of others. You also called two people ignorant, more personal attacks on people. Then you lie about not mocking or belittling people.
 

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You are the one that brought up that one after I told you that I agree with them all in rejecting the JW's position, but that they did not address my understanding of John 1. Since you singled him out, I wanted to know the source so I could read it for myself. You obviously don't know the source
I simply told you that he claimed NOT to be a Trinitarian or even a Christian, for that matter.
His arguments are the same as the others . . .
You mockingly called two of us "Einstien" as a form of self-exaltation. That is a personal attack on the intelligence of others. You also called two people ignorant, more personal attacks on people. Then you lie about not mocking or belittling people.
Actually, that's an ignorant statement. You obviously don't understand the difference.
Allow me to educate you . . .

During our conversation, it has become obvious that both of you don't know what you are talking about. You "lack the knowledge" on the subject. This is what "ignorance" is. It's not an insult - it's an observation based on fact.
Now - if I were to refer to you as an "ignoramus" - then THAT would be name-calling and would be a "personal" attack.

See the difference?
 

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During our conversation, it has become obvious that both of you don't know what you are talking about. You "lack the knowledge" on the subject. This is what "ignorance" is. It's not an insult - it's an observation based on fact.
Now - if I were to refer to you as an "ignoramus" - then THAT would be name-calling and would be a "personal" attack.

See the difference?
You think I lack knowledge on the subject because I disagree with your false teaching. That is not ignorance on my part, but on yours. If you even bothered to understand my view, you would not have posted against the JW's view thinking their view was my view as well. If you are going to argue against my view, then address MY VIEW, not someone else's view.

BTW, calling people "Einstein" is a personal attack.
 

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You think I lack knowledge on the subject because I disagree with your false teaching. That is not ignorance on my part, but on yours. If you even bothered to understand my view, you would not have posted against the JW's view thinking their view was my view as well. If you are going to argue against my view, then address MY VIEW, not someone else's view.
No - I think you lack the knowledge because the 2 dozen or so Greek scholars I produced say you're wrong.
The argument against the JW view can be used against YOUR view as well because you're BOTH denying the deity of Christ.
 

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No - I think you lack the knowledge because the 2 dozen or so Greek scholars I produced say you're wrong.
The argument against the JW view can be used against YOUR view as well because you're BOTH denying the deity of Christ.
Wake up BOL! They are addressing "the Word was a God"! I teach the "logos" was not a person, but a thing until it was made flesh. Their commentaries have NOTHING to do with my view and you have offered NOTHING yet to refute my view. The Scriptures declare that everything was created by YHWH as He spoke them into being with the breath of His mouth. You teach everything was created by His Son because you read the Son into John 1:1-4 and because you allow trinitarian translators to manipulate the correct understanding of Scripture.
 

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I've been told multiple times that the whore of babylon from revelation is the Roman Catholic Church and the vatican yet I have read revelation 17 and 18 multiple times and a better match seems to be pagan rome which took place in the time revelation was written, why do people keep claiming that the whore of babylon is the catholic church when alot of the evidence suggests pagan rome

Hi Andrew - I just began understanding Revelations. I still have a long way to go, but Walter Veith is a professor that someone else introduced me to - you can find his videos online and watch them for free. My understanding is still muddy but I know God is leading me to a study of it. I think we're in very unusual times. What I found shocking was the demonic and Islam symbolism throughout the Catholic church. I happened across this site that has a lot to say about the Catholic church. I don't know if it will help at all but it really exposes a lot about Catholicism:

Catholics in Ireland and becoming more and more Demon Possessed!
 

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LOL! And I would have thought you would at least TRY to refute my view.
@BreadOfLife has already done that. You want me to publicly embarrass you also?

Let me know....I will oblige.

Curious Mary

PS....thank you for acknowledging that what you wrote was your “point of view” instead of a true interpretation of Scripture. A POV is not the truth.....
 

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Hi Andrew - I just began understanding Revelations. I still have a long way to go, but Walter Veith is a professor that someone else introduced me to - you can find his videos online and watch them for free. My understanding is still muddy but I know God is leading me to a study of it. I think we're in very unusual times....
Hi SG....

Revelations was written 1900+ years ago. Do you feel that you are going to discern something from it or have a better understanding of it that no one else has had in the last 1900 years?

When you do feel like you ‘understand’ stand how will you know your interpretation is accurate?

Curious Mary
 

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Hi SG....

Revelations was written 1900+ years ago. Do you feel that you are going to discern something from it or have a better understanding of it that no one else has had in the last 1900 years?

When you do feel like you ‘understand’ stand how will you know your interpretation is accurate?

Curious Mary

Hello, Curious,
Christians are all on the same road...true, repentant Christians. But, we are not all at the same mile marker...some I know have been "following the Lord" for decades and are no further than when they first began...no growth. Then you have those who have been following Him for two years and are way beyond the other one in faith and growth, hence further up the only true path. I believe God opens our eyes to His truth according to our faith.
MATTHEW 9:29
"Then touched he their eyes, saying, According to your faith be it unto you." I believe God open our eyes when we are ready and humble enough to receive His truth...a little at a time depending on our FAITH! ♥
 
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Hello, Curious,
Christians are all on the same road...true, repentant Christians. But, we are not all at the same mile marker...some I know have been "following the Lord" for decades and are no further than when they first began...no growth. Then you have those who have been following Him for two years and are way beyond the other one in faith and growth, hence further up the only true path. I believe God opens our eyes to His truth according to our faith.
MATTHEW 9:29
"Then touched he their eyes, saying, According to your faith be it unto you." I believe God open our eyes when we are ready and humble enough to receive His truth...a little at a time depending on our FAITH! ♥
Thank you for joining the conversation Nancy.

Sooooo are you suggesting that someday, when SG’s faith is strong enough, God will open @Soverign Grace eyes to His truth or the Truth of Revelation?

If soverign grace’s truth ends up being different than the 100 men before SG’s then what makes SG’s truth THE TRUTH and the other 100 men’s truth a false teaching?

Curious Mary
 

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@BreadOfLife has already done that. You want me to publicly embarrass you also?

Let me know....I will oblige.

Curious Mary

PS....thank you for acknowledging that what you wrote was your “point of view” instead of a true interpretation of Scripture. A POV is not the truth.....
No thanks. I am not interested in any RCC POV. I came out of that organization a long time ago.
 

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Wake up BOL! They are addressing "the Word was a God"! I teach the "logos" was not a person, but a thing until it was made flesh. Their commentaries have NOTHING to do with my view and you have offered NOTHING yet to refute my view. The Scriptures declare that everything was created by YHWH as He spoke them into being with the breath of His mouth. You teach everything was created by His Son because you read the Son into John 1:1-4 and because you allow trinitarian translators to manipulate the correct understanding of Scripture.
John 1:1 declares that everything ewas created by GOD, which includes the Word, who is the Son, who is Christ, who is and always WAS a Person.
ALL of the scholarship I provided attests to that fact - so YOU are just as wrong as the JWs - albeit, for different reasons.
 

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John 1:1 declares that everything ewas created by GOD, which includes the Word, who is the Son, who is Christ, who is and always WAS a Person.
ALL of the scholarship I provided attests to that fact - so YOU are just as wrong as the JWs - albeit, for different reasons.
You break a basic rule of Biblical interpretation by reading the Son into John 1:1-4. Something Tyndale and other translators refused to do in versions preceding the KJV. Your eisegesis creates major confusion and false teachings about the Son. I refuse to use that method.
 

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Thank you for joining the conversation Nancy.

Sooooo are you suggesting that someday, when SG’s faith is strong enough, God will open @Soverign Grace eyes to His truth or the Truth of Revelation?

If soverign grace’s truth ends up being different than the 100 men before SG’s then what makes SG’s truth THE TRUTH and the other 100 men’s truth a false teaching?

Curious Mary
"Sooooo are you suggesting that someday, when SG’s faith is strong enough, God will open @Soverign Grace eyes to His truth or the Truth of Revelation?
I would say this should be a "yes" to all Christians. We cannot please Him without faith, and He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him. I believe He will only allow the Truth to come through when He sees fit as, "I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now." John 16:12. And, correspond that verse with
Hebrews 5:11-14
Of whom we have many things to say, and hard to be uttered, seeing ye are dull of hearing…" AND Mark 4:33
"And with many such parables spake he the word unto them, as they were able to hear it."
We do not see all things the same way at the same time. It depends on how much we empty ourselves to Him so He can fill us. IMO.







 

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And you came out in total ignorance . . .
I knew exactly why I came out of the RCC. I know exactly what her false doctrines are. She is an organization pregnant with idolatry, murders, and sexual immorality among the clergy and the laity. If I was ignorant of all that I would never have come out just like you.
 

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Hi SG....

Revelations was written 1900+ years ago. Do you feel that you are going to discern something from it or have a better understanding of it that no one else has had in the last 1900 years?

When you do feel like you ‘understand’ stand how will you know your interpretation is accurate?

Curious Mary
No I don't. I personally just began learning about it.

That's a good question. I have to think about that.
 
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