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As an ex Catholic with friends and family who have little Mary shrines in their homes with candies and pretty pictures and statues I felt I needed to contribute. "Mary" had been known to appear to Muslims from time to time.

There are two major issues with this entire thread. First, most Protestants cannot effectively argue against Mary's supposed mediatorial because like Catholics, they believe the "soul" goes immediately to heaven thus disregarding the need to wait for the resurrection. Praying to the dead, even...

You profess to be agnostic yet so positive in your understanding of the character of God. Your profession is a lie. You do believe in God. Except the God you believe in doesn't exist. So I understand you confusion.

Oh. So you do know all the secrets of the infinite God? I know I don't. I'm one of those cockroaches and I know nothing of t everyone here as the Magellan cloud. Just that it's there. I would very much like to enlighten everyone here as to the nature of God and how the three persons of the...

Quote... The Pharisees attributed to satanic agencies the holy power of God, manifested in the works of Christ. Thus the Pharisees sinned against the Holy Ghost. Stubborn, sullen, ironhearted, they determined to close their eyes to all evidence, and thus they committed the unpardonable sin 5BC...

I still have a copy of a 15 yo newsletter from a group publicizing the Medjugorje apparitions I "borrowed" from the vestibule of the local Catholic church. In this newsletter there are several quotes from "Mary" which I am not surprised that even the Vatican would be dubious over...me, I'm more...

I love the fact that I still have the same tyres on my car from two years ago, and the tread on all of them looks like lasting another two years. Yep, an expense of retirement much curtailed. Just wait until lockdown is over though, I'm driving to Perth just for the sake of it lol.

Solomon says there is nothing new under the sun. Everything that happens today or tomorrow, also happened yesterday. History repeats. When Jesus walked the streets of Jerusalem, He was in a social atmosphere of religious and political conflict. There were armed insurrections...the political...

Conspiracy theory? No, just con.

I also remember videos of people collapsing in trains, restaurants, offices. Hospitals crowded with panicking people demanding attention then collapsing before doctors could attend to them. It was horrifying, dramatic, and yeah, I believed it. For a minute. But didn't see it in America. Or...

So many finite mortal flawed intellectually deficient men and women believing they have such an understanding of the infinite that is infinitely, eternally perfectly formulated and intellectually sound that only theirs is worthy of acceptance, so much so that others thoughts are...

Remember, we're talking about Nations. Beasts are Nations, empires, kingly realms. Most of them have crowns on their horns of power. (Not the land beast note). It was the first beast, the composite beast, or sea beast, that temporarily died. Note that the four beasts of Daniel 7 also rose from...

I've been wavering back and forth over the concept of the Trinity/Godhead for several years now. At times I would find myself firmly on the trinitarian side, then firmly anti trinitarian. Right now, simply because the Bible does not elaborate on the actual nature of God at all, and most of our...

Welcome. We're all on the same journey. We all come from different backgrounds but heading hopefully to the same place. As you navigate your way around the forum you will discover that many people here will offer you directions and counsel, maps and formulas that you ought to follow in order...

Interesting comments. We have a slight differently nuanced understanding of the other horn. The beast itself is now alive and well and both horns present, just one not being utilised. When it does get utilised it will result in religion legislated by the state...a union of church and state...

I have no doubt you are correct. Doesn't it bother you that regardless of what party is supposedly 'in "power"', the general direction of government has gone in the same direction? And continues to do so? How much of the "swamp" has Trump drained? Fascism, or any ideology, can and will change...

I would suggest that in some churches the music itself is designed and used as a means to hypnotise and place people in a state euphemistically called 'in the spirit'. If that ain't witchcraft I don't know what is. I don't expect to make many friends with that statement. You're all welcome to...