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Memory can play tricks, especially after such a long time. I was an altar boy for many years. I could recite by heart most of the mass in Latin. I remember in the pulpit was a massive Bible used by the priest when delivering his sermon. But that pulpit... And the Bible in it, was out of bounds...

As it stands. Now you're going to ask me, how can the Son be God yet there be one God? Does not that make two? No. Because Jesus Himself said, I and My Father are one. The Weymouth New Testament translates John 5:18 this way “On this account then the Jews were all the more eager to put Him to...

Chief over the angels... Literally archangel. But not a created angel liked those under Him. Certainly He pre-existed, the evidence is overwhelming unless of course you have an over powering preconceived bias against such an idea. Like your president. Biden I believe is commander in chief of...

We choose whom we surrender to.

I'm not a trinitarian in a creedal sense. I simply read scripture and accept it as it reads. And try very very hard not to go beyond what is revealed there. We as humans were created in God's image. Created to breed, as are the animals, and bring forth life after our own kind. If we read in...

Thinking about this again this morning, I am thinking that perhaps(it was 65 years ago) I was more afraid of my grandmother than the Bible itself... Or a bit of both. Why afraid of my grandmother? Maybe I was characterizing her the way I had learned of the priests and brothers who taught me. I...

I am sure you are right. But not even remotely? Let's call it an hyperbolic illustration to make the point that if Jesus' genetic roots came from anywhere other than the Father, we would be identifying Jesus as such. Whether it be a Martian or from Ganymede. We know He was from Mary in the...

I can think of a very long period in history, continuing to this day, when a number of powerful people in authority are actively trampling truth into the mud.

No. He was right... Not too kind. :) Always refreshing to read such transparent honesty.

I was educated throughout by Catholic education. I didn't know what a Bible was until I saw one on my protestant grandmother's book shelf. For some reason it scared me. I was about 14.

Our children come from us... That makes them human. We originally came from nothing. So no, we aren't God. Jesus came from the Father. Like begets like. Law of nature. Not my law, but the Creator's.

Did anyone of us actually claim Jesus was an angel???? You telling me to validate something I never proposed. What do you mean.... Also? I don't read anything symbolically unless the text demands it. If literal doesn't cut it, then symbolism is the go to. The woman for example is not Mary...

Anyone believing catholicism has been a consistent advocate and example of godly love and compassion, always with the best interests of others in mind, and a passion for the gospel and maintaining an apostolic like church, has limited, seriously limited, perception of reality and knowledge of...

But never like 'that'. :mad:

Not exactly representing Himself as an angel per se, but then He never did in the OT either did He. He was and is always the Son of God, Michael if you wish, the Lord of hosts, the Archangel. Not a created angel as the JWs persist with, nor beginning His existence at the incarnation as most in...

LOL. No, he didn't. No, it isn't. Yes, he did.

There is a unity between Father and Son (John 17:21-23) which is evident as you well know. That unity pre-existed creation, as scripture attests to. A unity encapsulated also in 1 Cor.8:6. A relationship wherein divinity and deity is shared. This must be so, for if the Son came from any source...

Revelation 12:7 And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, 8 And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven. 9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which...

He did that? Boy, did I ever come into this thread too late. I had no interest in debating or even discussing gun control. But hey, I'm a Seventh Day Adventist. And I always wanna talk about the Sabbath;) and Desmond, well, he's a hero on every level. His faith and practice (not his view on...

KJV Luke 3:22 22 And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him, and a voice came from heaven, which said, Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased. KJV Mark 9:7 7 And there was a cloud that overshadowed them: and a voice came out of the cloud, saying, This is my...