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After several paragraphs and personal attacks, you end with where you should have started, in agreement with a valid point. I don't think you are fully reconciling the 45,000 denominations with the 10-12 you acknowledge. A bit of white washing there. I never heard it quote expressed that way...

Deception is how evil always first reveals itself.

I don't get your objection.

You're post indicates an axe to grind, wholly lacking specifics or definition. What does guaranteed beliefs even mean? There is a different among: (1). accepting what needs to change; (2). Not knowing something and (3). Defending what you believe. Yet, you lump them together for what end? If...

What in your opinion are the 10 major differences in these 10 major different denominations?

Why don’t you explain what Jesus needed redeeming from?

What is someone who follows Jesus called? In the alternative to ostracizing those who you don’t agree on every doctrinal point, you could just acknowledge the legitimate points made - even if you don’t agree with it. For instance, I told a newbie that Scripture explicitly says what day Adam...

Certainly. Why would anyone rely on the worst translation available in English? Agh! To rely on error in the worst translation. Odd play for the Trade Federation.

Another double standard is making the distinction of being inhabited by a demon is NOT said to make the person a 2-person person.

Yes, yes I know what my problem is; interacting with your contempt. So, I’ll fix my problem by putting you on ignore. Keep worshipping the Lord with that mouth.

What is it with some people who seem to have it out for certain denominations? Phil 4:8 tells us to focus on good things. Why the obsession over doctrinal differences - real or perceived? Jefferson said a man who believes in 10 gods or no gods neither picks my pocket or breaks my bones. I’ve...

I don’t understand the significance of the question to Seventh day Adventists or what the significance of being a Papists is?

Indeed, "case closed" is a conclusion not an argument. It's a way to declare victory without having to take on the burden of ... you know ... winning. sml When I win an argument, I like to linger on the winning argument, not declare it over. For instance, at work recently we put in a new...

I make this point all the time. Many translations render it in-dwelling, implying Jesus is like a container. A container is different from what it contains. This is not merely non-Scriptural but anti-Scriptural. Jesus said the Father is greater than he and the father is stronger than anyone...

Facts are facts. Are there: like 10 really distinct denominations. The rest are just various local churches names, but without a real difference in theology or structure? 45,000 denominations? Maybe this should be its own thread.

This deserves its own thread!

Another point of Biblical truth is who the savior is, or rather, who the saviors are. In the Bible, agents are frequently invoked. One person doing things through another person. I use the analogy of drowning at sea to explain. Imagine you are on a ship that begins to sink. Finally, it goes...

You're imposing your dogma onto the text. Not made through "him." That is a very bad translation and analyzing this is the only thread I ever started on the Ancient Greek houtas, which means that. There is no verse in all of Scripture that states that Jesus is the word of God. John 1:1 does...

I imagine it has sentimental value.

What makes it illegal?