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You have to be kidding! :wub: Could someone be on a high when that article was written? What people will do to promote their ideology! Oz

Sword, There are a few principles that need to be kept in mind in dealing with this topic: 1. What happened on the Day of Pentecost (Acts 2) was that people heard tongues in their own languages (Acts 2:6). 2. That is not what happens in 1 Cor 12-14. Paul taught the Corinthians that...

Richard, Mark 16:9-20 is not considered to be part of the original NT because it is not in the earliest Greek manuscripts. There are various endings of parts of vv. 9-20 (see the ESV footnote prior to Mk 16:9). Your language of 'I believe' provides your opinion and does not deal with the...

FHill, There's a good reason why 'unknown' is left out of the English translation of 1 Cor 14:13-14. That's because it is not in the Greek text. See Mounce's Interlinear of these verses and you'll see that glwssa is used, which means 'a tongue' and NOT 'an unknown tongue'. The Greek text for 1...

Sword, You've asked a couple of good questions here. The Bible provides answers to your questions, but you need to understand the Greek grammar that is used in 1 Cor 12:28-30. The Greek text of I Cor 12:29 begins with μὴ πάντες (me pantes) the me expects a negative answer. Not all are...

BoL, When you talk about the Catholic Church, are you referring to the Roman Catholic Church? Oz

tabletalk, Forgive yourself is something I learned (and rejected) from the self-esteem movement of secular psychology. Oz

Richard, Jesus had a very different view: Oz

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Excellent response by a RCC apologist! :lol:

BoL, If HIV/AIDS was bad among RC clergy 16 years ago, what gives you the impression that it would be better now when there is such a proportion of gay RC clergy and we know the susceptibility of the anus and rectum to infection? Here's a 2013 report, Catholic Priests: It's 'Empirical Fact'...

BreadofLife, I showed NO prejudice against the RCC in the stats I provided as I gave you links to Protestant bodies as well, where sexual abuse has happened. However, it is a horrific statistic that in Australia 20% of RC priests are alleged paedophiles. These are not stats I've invented. They...

BreadofLife, You do have a bit of heat in your response. In Australia right now, there is a Royal Commission into sexual abuse in the churches. Yes, it is happening in Protestant Churches, however by far the greatest percentage is in the Roman Catholic Church. This news item from a month ago...

Zachary, You take one clause from my paragraph, '... you have the audacity to state that ...', and make it state what I did not state. I stated in #22, 'You accused me of stating that Eph 2:8-9 says nothing about "alone". But then you have the audacity to state that in these 2 verses, "It...

Zachary, Have you been living in a vacuum all of your life? Unless you have had zero influences on you down through the years, there is no way that you (or anyone else) can conclude that they have 'absolutely NO previous biases or doctrines'. For you to make this kind of statement means that...

Zachary, You don't like the teaching of GodQuestions? on this topic because 'it is just man's opinion'. So what do you give? Just your opinion! You have given a self-defeating (or self-refuting) statement. You have made a statement that fails to meet your own standard of being opposed to 'just...

I found the article, 'Do Christians have to keep asking for forgiveness for their sins?', to be helpful in understanding this topic.

Amazing. :wub:

I suggest that you learn the nature of a red herring fallacy HERE. There it will be explained how you presented a red herring fallacy. Giving an example from Rom 8:12-14 doesn't prevent your promoting a fallacy in your reasoning.

It's time for you to get real and start talking to children (some have grown up now) who have been abused by RC priests and their lives have been wrecked. Your faith in Christ isn't shaken, but theirs is. Some of the alleged 'chosen' men have turned out to be rogues who took advantage of...