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Nope, I'm not regurgitating anything. I clearly gave the reasons for what I asserted. And I didn't even quote a catholic source.

Thank you for your opinion. Have you any facts to back it up? I gave mine.

Got it.....so Paul and James did not interpret that part of Scripture for you which means you interpreted it yourself OR you are regurgitating what your Protestant men taught you. I stand by my statement: It appears you are referring to Ephesians 2:8-9 as your proof text to back up what your...

You trust in you.....are you not a man? You trust yourself because you have told yourself to trust yourself. o_O Think about it.....

I provided context. You didn't. Would you care to provide context?

You have me a bit confused PinSeeker. Do you or do you not believe Paul was talking about works of the law and not good deed works in Ephesians 2? Mary

Read post #127.

Oh...I see. Paul and James appeared to you, and they told you what they meant by those passages? You didn't get your interpretation from anyone else? :vgood:

If that Catholic preacher is teaching what The Church has approved then yes, we are to believe him.....period. HOWEVER, if YOU disagree with what your elders have taught you then YOU will always be right and YOU are never wrong which means you are violating Scripture (Hebrews 13:17) I feel bad...

Lol...MY doctrine, which has been taught for 2,000 years is false but YOUR doctrine, which has been taught for 500 years isn't..... :contemplate: Yes, Jesus and the Apostles taught that we must be born again thru water and Spirit. When we believe we are baptized with water the Spirit descends...

Hey PinSeeker, It appears you are referring to Ephesians 2:8-9 as your proof text to back up what your men have taught you. Putting that verse in context, and if you were to continue reading OR your men continued reading, Paul is talking about boasting, circumcision and the Jewish/Gentile...

Hey Rita, Yes, one can produce works without the Spirit. An atheist can do good works. No, that does not make sense. We work towards salvation by doing good deeds until our last day. On that last day if we have not done the good deeds God will repay according to what we have done OR not done...

Hey Scott, You have articulated your interpretation of that passage (1 John 3:9) very well. Thank you. It seems many THINK they are saved, but they really may not be AND we will never know IF we are saved until our last day. Mary

Lol...Acknowledge who's truth? YOUR truth? ;)

Christianity must be a cult then: For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.

Dear, Dear Taken, You can continue to lie to yourself all you want. IF/Then was NOT a sufficient response. Only YOU knew what it meant. It wasn't until you articulated your theory (misinterpretation and partial quoting of Scripture to support what you believe) in a different post that I better...

Dear Taken, I am not speaking for @Illuminator and I suspect he will give a more articulate answer than I will since he is more well read, but here is my 2 cents worth: No, The Catholic Church is not the lone Christian church that adheres to the traditions that were taught by the Apostles...

Yes Taken....Our "clerics", thru Apostolic Succession, adhere to the 2,000-year teachings/doctrines of The Church. They got the memo....... Do your clerics adhere to that memo? (I already know you are not going to answer, but maybe you will surprise me and actually try to have a conversation)...

Hey Taken, What have your men taught you about this passage; 2 Peter 3:16? How do YOU decide who is twisting Scripture? Example: When YOU have different interpretation of Scripture than what your men have taught you.........Are YOU twisting Scripture OR are they twisting Scripture? Is it your...

You have been corrected multiple times by me, @Illuminator and @BreadOfLife.