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Sin is willfully disobeying God. For example, breaking one of the 10 Commandments. Infants and small children do not have a clue what God wants them to do or not do. They're not developed enough, yet, to rebel against God. According to Scripture, Mary was not a sinner. In fact, that's a...

So, you claim that Jesus sinned. And all infants and children under the age of reason. Right? Do you know what sin is?

Personal interpretation of Scripture is nothing more than conjecture. Rom. 3 is not to be taken as an absolute. This is easily proven by just pointing to one exception. Jesus. However, there are literally millions of exceptions. Infants and children before the age of reason, who cannot...

When little babies are born, sometimes they aren't given a name for a day or so. That little baby is still the same person, regardless of the name given him or her, right? Simiarly, Christ founded one Church only. This Church, from very early on, was named the Catholic Church. Reference St...

It doesnt sound to me like you have any idea what the Catholic Church teaches or doesn't. God is infinitely just. It would be unjust to old someone to a standard they were not capable of meeting. For example, infants, children before the age of reason, the mentally retarded, someone who has...

There is one Church that has the fullness, unchanged teachings of Jesus Christ. That is the original one, the Catholic Church, founded by Jesus Christ. Jesus promised, “I will build my Church and the gates of hell will not prevail against it” (Matt. 16:18). This means that His Church will...

"CORE BELIEFS" imply that only some things that Jesus taught are necessary to believe, not all. Those things from Scripture you disagree on are okay to be in error. (The logic here is that if you disagree on what Scripture means, only one, at most, can be correct. Like a class of 100 2nd...

Referring to "Core Belief" implies that error is okay in the rest? And where in Scripture does it outline what "Core Beliefs" are vs. beliefs that are up for grabs? I must've missed that, yes? :)

Correction, my position is contrary to your personal interpretation of Scripture. BIG difference. Do you declare yourself to be an infallible interpreter of Scripture?

Adrift, my apologies. I didn't outline the logic you were using so you could understand clearly. My fault. Here is what I got from your previous post above: IF a Church has a sinner in it, especially if they are a leader, then they cannot possibly be Christ's Church and must be condemned and...

How about authentic Cajun chicken and smoked sausage gumbo? Here's my recipe: 1 cup flour (NOT self-rising) 1 cup olive oil 1 large onion, diced small 1 large bell pepper, diced 4 ribs celery, diced 2 lbs chicken, cut up 1 lb smoked sausage, cut into 1/4" slices 3 quarts of chicken stock 1/3...

I would think it would have been very hard for Hitler to have repented before he died, because his last action was to commit suicide. He died as soon as he pulled the trigger, shooting himself in the head. That act was a sin.

Arguing is about one person vs another person. Me against you. You against me. Win/Lose. Debate, on the other hand, is my idea vs your idea. A mutual search for the truth with an exchange of facts. There is a distinct difference between the two.

So, you must not be a Christian at all, then, right? According to your logic, nobody should follow Christ because one of His first followers, Judas Iscariot, betrayed Him unto death. Am I right? Do you walk around telling everyone that Christians betray their friends and cannot be trusted...

So, if reading the word Given by God was a sure way to know His truth, why are there literally tens of thousands of different-believing Protestant denominations, all reading the same Word, all claiming to be led by the same Holy Spirit in their interpretation? The Holy Spirit is not the spirit...

So, you're claiming that Divine Revelation didn't die with the last Apostle, but picked up again after the Reformation? Where else would Martin Luther have learned his faith other than from the Catholic Church? If the unchanged teachings of Christ were taught for the first 16 centuries, then...

So many seem confused... Sigh. Jesus was one person with two nature's, one human and one Divine. His human nature was like us in all things but sin.

That's a good question, but to answer it, one has to look at the grammar used in the context of the statement. Not only does it imply that Mary was "full of grace" at the time that the angel said so, but it means it was a permanent state, from the very beginning of her existence. That would be...

Roland, keep in mind what sin is. IF you take a statement from Scripture in an absolute sense, then all one needs to do is provide one exception to prove that the absolute sense is in error. The "all have sinned and fallens short of the glory of God" is such a case. Jesus never sinned...

Today's atheists aren't the intellectual atheists of yesteryear. Today's atheists aren't talking about the same God we are. I would tell today's atheists, "Well, I don't believe in the God you don't believe in, either." God is not one more cause (thing) WITHIN the universe. God is the very...