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The condescension is yours, not mine. Neither my education nor my vocation nor my vocabulary are relevant. You are throwing ad hominems instead of dealing with the issues I bring up.

In dealing with Scripture, especially in the NT it is important to have a modicum of understanding of grammar. It carries over to common English writing, also.

So snarkiness is the proper response when confronted with a clear directive from Scripture? You see, I am aware that y'all are upset at me because I insist in adherence to what Scripture says. In reality though, I am not your enemy. I am merely a messenger. Collectively, your anger is at God...

Incorrect assumption. I posted an adjective "pious" describing the noun "pablum". Your response created a noun, "piety" describing a state of existence. Therefore your reply was really off topic.

In other words the other poster says, "I cannot understand big words, so I imagine a personal attack, and send out gratuitous insults in retaliation."

If you neglect to comprehend what I post, I cannot help you As to the continuous ad hominems it tells me and others that you are incapable of having a civil discussion. I refuse to deal with boorish behavior.

Your post assumes much; all of it wrong, and some of insulting dogmatic? Hardly. God did not stutter when His servants write Scripture. He said what he means, and means what he says. Evidently, you may not like that, but that is irrelevant. All of us will be judged by what we have done with...

I gave you the answer as one of my first posts here, but you did not like it. That explanation was congruent to what the Bible teaches, upholding both the sovereignty of God and His omnipotence.

That is a canard, and it is exactly what the cults do, and the name of the game is "Say the Magic Word and I will believe it." Thus while the word "trinity" is not in the Bible, so are there other theological words that are also not mentioned in the Bible. However the absence of those words...

It is common sense, and the name for this doctrine being true is "perspicuity" The adjective perspicuous means plain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation.

You are incorrect. that is an apologetic axiom. In the many years of dealing with the cults on another site, no one proved me wrong on that statement. For example, you cited John 3:16 as being "out of context" It is not. So I ask you if you know the meaning of the word context and then supply...

Seriously?????????? I am not the one making things up, nor am I doing any undefined "ill behavior". All I did was to point out several erroneous assumptions inherent in the post. What the heck is the matter with that? You made the ad hominem accusation in the above post. You are invited to...

Thanks for the heads up. As long as it did not get flagged by spell check, I usually let it pass. :-P You are correct, and this is what Merriam-Webster says: Both adverse and averse are used to indicate opposition. Adverse, usually applied to things, often means "harmful" or "unfavorable" and...

According to the history and teachings of Joseph Smith, y'all are not Christian. He hated Christianity, and the HJS proves it. That is the truth, I stated it plainly, and without rancor. You may not like what I posted, but your opinion of truth posted "thoughtfully and with respect"...

You would do well to read again, and more slowly what I ACTUALLY posted. Also the "allusions" were in quote marks, indicating that I did not consider them to really refer to Scripture. You are thus in error on several counts: It is the obligation of the one making the claim that what was...

My stating that there was no Scripture reference was another way of asking a cfr. In my schooling, I was taught to test everything by the standard of Scripture. I STILL do not know to which post you refer. As I stated above it was a CFR. You see, I am highly adverse to opinion being posted...

No, I did not miss the "allusions" but I could not find Scripture supporting those "allusions". Do you somehow object to another poster requesting another to back up what s/he posts using Scripture? If that is the case, it may be that some here equate unsubstantiated opinion with Scripture in...

Generally speaking: If I post truth, I am not a troll If I post seeking clarification, I am not a troll. Specifically speaking: I have no idea of the specific post to which you refer, and IMO it is not wrong to seek understanding of fuzzy phrased posts. Actually, I am doing what I have...

All you posted in uninformed, non Scripture-based opinion. As such, you have no other foundation other than "I think that.........." From that, and from your previous posts, it is reasonable to assume that you know neither the love of, nor the mercy of the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. As...