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I don't know why so many posts have centered on fundamentalism as being a barometer of one's passion for Christ. One can be on fire for the Lord and not be a fundamentalist. One has absolutely NOTHING to do with the other. One post here got it right. Fundamentalism in every religion is a...

I know you do, for the very reasons I laid out in my last post. You think it's ok to take people's money by force and redistribute it. You absolutely LOVE Obamacare because it forces people to buy a product, thereby giving government the appropriate power over the individual you believe it...

That's the problem with prosperity preaching. God doesn't necessarily want people to be rich or even well off. In fact, many people can't handle it. People with money insulate themselves from problems....and from people, and become woefully attached to material possessions. The most pious...

That's a shame. I was giving him (or her?) an opportunity to educate me.

Easy. Most "pro lifers" are fake pro lifers. I've written about this before, the kind of "pro lifer" who thinks abortion is wrong, but doesn't think that it should be outlawed....which means it's only kinda wrong, doesn't it? The Democrat pro choice position accommodates perfectly their...

I agree with you, RANDOR, though I hardly think the Republican Party glorifies God either. But Democrats are pushing gay marriage, legalizing drugs, abortion, euthanasia, communism, tyranny, and a welfare state that weakens us as a country. And that's not even getting into the transgender boys...

You're exactly right and when I look at these mega churches with their fancy toys and well paid staff, I think something is amiss and we've gotten too far away from the Old Rugged Cross. I see pastors who pressure for tithes in the same light as the televangelists who similarly abused Scripture...

I hear the claim that Buddhism isn't a religion, it's a philosophy, and as such doesn't necessarily conflict with Christianity. There are Christian Buddhists, Hindu Buddhists, Muslim Buddhists, etc. I honestly don't know what to think, being largely uneducated on the convergence/divergence...

RANDOR, if you ever go into a Catholic church, as you enter the sanctuary, before you do anything else, look to the very back of the church behind the altar and beside the tabernacle. You'll see a very special candle, perpetually lit aflame and in a clear RED vase. To us it means that Jesus is...

May I never quench the Spirit or dowse anyone's Holy Spirit joy! That's certainly NOT my intent and I apologize to RANDOR if I came across that way. There's no greater thrill on earth than to be SOLD OUT to Jesus, overflowing with supernatural verve and just bursting to share it with others...

The bigger the font, the weaker the argument. That's all I'm saying. This thread certainly doesn't disprove this theory.

This thread has gotten pathetically banal. Even the OP's vacuous author forgot what the thread was about.

Of course I'm Catholic. That's never been concealed. But I'm also extremely familiar and well versed in the controversies that occupy the protestant and evangelical circles. And you didn't even attempt, using the Bible, to refute my biblical arguments; you just retched empty persiflage about...

The LDS church has to cover up a lot of embarrassing statements by their leader, especially seeing as he was an "apostle" and a "prophet" which implies a certain element of infallibility to what he says. Joseph Smith was a corrupt, philandering, lying con artist who said a not of crazy things...

You're right about the unique and exclusive guild called the apostles. They were 12 in number, but then lost one when Judas betrayed Jesus and died, but then gained one when Saul of Tarsus was called. The qualification to be an apostle was very distinct. One had to be called to be an apostle...

Wow, that was a big post! And in all of that, and I read every word, you've failed with flying colors (literally) to address the fact that requiring a tithe, or even insisting it's the right thing to do, is unbiblical, as I argued in my first post. Your posts are all flair and no substance...

Now THAT's an insightful post, especially the last statement which is the historical and most widely accepted understanding of election.

Not quite true because even those who suggest multiple authors can't name multiple candidates. The Pentateuch was written in a single time period with a singular prosaic style and at a time when that level of literacy was an extremely rare skill, the candidates are very few indeed. Besides...

This is the problem with Calvinism, they ignore any part of the Bible that is unflattering to their well tended garden of TULIPs. The passage you cite is one of many throughout scripture that grants the gospel and the chance of salvation to ALL PEOPLE EVERYWHERE, not just the "elect". But...

I'm not angry at you, Randor, I'm just noting that you can't address my argument that your tithe is unbiblical. Now let me clarify, it isn't unbiblical for you to pay it, it's unbiblical for you to require it of others, or any pastor of any church. I laid out a strong biblical case for my...