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I said regarding what we are/were talking about here, namely soteriology, the doctrine of salvation. Many would agree with you, in the same vein as Pelagius and Jacobus Arminius, as I said. Not nearly all Protestants ~ especially here in the West ~ follow the principles of the Reformation or...

Okay, well, very well. Neither am I (regurgitating anything), and so did I (gave the reasons for what I asserted), and neither did I (quote a Catholic source... or a Protestant one). Oh, and regarding what we're talking about here, merely branding what I'm saying as "Protestant doctrine" is...

I... don't think you do... :) Well, they wrote what they wrote... As I said, the Word of God is what it is. I... decided what to accept about what is written, yes. In the very same sense in which you speak here, I would assert that you are "regurgitating" what your Catholic men have taught...

Okay, well... not intentional... Well, which law are you talking about, Mary? And if you see that as evading your question, I would refer you back to my previous post (#135), which may cause you to see the relevance of my question here. I did. I referred to what Paul also said in Romans 11...

LOL! <eyeroll> LOL! The Word of God is what it is. Like Dave Mason sang, there's only you and me and we just disagree. :) And that's... okay. :) Grace and peace to you.

One of them, yes. But you referred to what James said. And I would assert that Paul did not contradict what James said, nor did James contradict what Paul said. My men... LOL! Paul was a man, yes, and so was James... LOL! Ah yes, context. Yours? :) What you assert that context is? :)...

In that verse, Scott... well, I'll just quote it and then comment and a question: "No one born of God makes a practice of sinning, for God’s seed abides in him; and he cannot keep on sinning, because he has been born of God." (1 John 3:9) Comment: One can do something without actually making...

Ah, James. Yes, so it should be very clear that works honored by God are a result of the faith through which we are saved given them by God in His mercy and grace, rather than a means of receiving it, a means of meriting it, because in that case, God's grace would not be grace ~ unmerited favor...

No, I'm just not sure what you mean by "a gathering"... what you're referring to. There are... many gatherings, described in varying degrees and for various purposes, all throughout the Bible. But again, I'd have to know what you're specifically talking about, or referring to. Ah, you're just...

Well, I have, many times, but you seem incapable of just congenially disagreeing with anybody. Well at this point, with what you keep coming back at me with, all I can do is laugh... and I'm being quite serious in saying that. And honestly, Rebuilder, in many, many ways, you've brought it on...

Hmmm... Maybe so... Hmmm... I might point out Ezekiel 11:19-20 and Ezekiel 36:26-27 ~ and Hebrews 11 ~ and disagree with what you say here based at least on that... Grace and peace to you.

LOL! Sigh... You mean where on earth? I mean... <eyeroll>... The meek will inherit the earth... There will probably be lots and lots and lots of post-judgment gatherings... :) Yeah, now I have no idea where your mind is going. And don't care, really. Well, it depends on what...

Okay. No. To you also. Grace and peace.

So you think, I'm sure. I've been speaking to you regarding the very Scriptures you have been talking about. You have other Scriptures that you think back up your take on Genesis 6 and 7? Other than what Jesus says in Matthew and Luke concerning the days of Noah and Lot, respectively? Come...

Again... really ~ no offense intended ~ missing the point I was making. And in view of that point, in a certain sense, you are drawing a contrast where there is no distinction. In... my opinion. :) Grace and peace to you.

I don't really disagree with you here, FotG, but I was actually speaking (from Ecclesiastes, of course) much more generally regarding sin ~ but with a nod to anti-semitism, which is one outward form or expression of racism, as one manifestation of such. And, frankly, I do think it very...

There is truly nothing new under the sun. Grace and peace to you, RDB.

Hm, well, after reading his posts in various threads, I'm really wondering if he actually thinks about anything he says before he says it, because, to put it mildly, he's absolutely all over the place... totally scattered. :) At any rate, one thing I'm sure of is that the skies are very...

It means they never were of Israel... God's Israel, which is different from what it appears outwardly to be. Grace and peace to you.

Ah, so, they chopped their own heads off "as a witness to Jesus"? Agreed... Wow. Yeah, "interesting"... Grace and peace to all.