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Can you see how ludicrous your statement is?... No more ludicrous than the Catholic listening to the local priest and trusting that he is telling the truth because...oh, he's a priest. He went to seminary. And at seminary they are taught doctrine from the Bi... Teachings of other priests who got...

There is a rapidly growing opposition to and resentment of her overtly blatant socialist policies. Legislation allowing for police to enter your home without a warrant. And more. You think Andrews a dictator? There are some who think Jacinda and her party are equally dictatorial...

Just to broaden the discussion somewhat, I was thinking that the greatest demonstration of fear that still impacts is today took place some 5000 odd years ago when the descendants of Noah decided to build that tower at Babel. You may not recognise the fear, but those folk knew the flood had been...

I think if fear is the absence of anything, it would be the absence of faith.

I can sympathize with Mary because sometimes it seems there's that many here.

Sorry, I meant to quote the following as part of the above post... KJV Romans 6 3 Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? 4 Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the...

Now who's lying? You asked me to show you from the catechism, where the church officially sanctioned persecution. I never claimed it was a catechism tenet. I said z yes, church policy, which I proved was indeed a fact. And many Popes and their underlings carried out that policy to great...

Indeed, for whatever Bible was derived from Rome came from the hand of an awful individual, Jerome. An offensive rude egotistical bad tempered fella whose Vulgate was a disaster. Meanwhile, the churches in the wilderness, those which were not in league with the empire and Constantine's political...

I think that if self preservation was the foundation principle that guided someone's actions, it would have profound affects on gaining salvation. As you quoted, he who saves his life shall lose it, but he who loses his life for my sake and the gospels, shall save it. Elsewhere we read that...

Concerning this baptism thing. When I read the following, I understand the verses as saying that baptism isn't so much a metaphor for cleansing, but rather death, in which case I would prefer to be buried than just sprinkled. I have been to Catholic funerals... Served as an altar boy at Requiem...

No that's not what I meant. I was asking if you deserved death because of being a sinner.

Even more dumb are the ones who actually accept that such a stupid concept was one of their beliefs, as opposed to one made up by their enemies to justify their extermination to a gullible and superstitious populace. And to think we are so stupid to accept this stupidity as one of their core...

First, I didn't say that the catechism taught that persecution was okay. Church policy and erroneous interpretations of scripture and a wrong understand of the character of God led to wrong decisions which became traditions which affected church policy. Some of the writings of the church fathers...

Self preservation.

What Made You Join This Forum Can't remember. So long ago but I do remember struggling at Worthy with the narrow mindedness and struggling at CF with the massive numbers, the format, and the ads. Here is nice. Friendly, open, tolerant ( man, sometimes I hate that word), and such a wide range...

Could it be that the eradication of many diseases is the result of education and learning regarding actual lifestyle changes, not necessarily medicine? In which case for someone seeking prayer for example for something like diabetes, should we expect instant miraculous healing without a...

The difference BoL is that the SDA Church doesn't teach that any of things are okay. It doesn't follow a policy of allowing their members to perpetrated those crimes, not does it follow a policy of permitting them to be ignored, not does it defend them and pretend to justify them. Even less so...

I guess it's these bits you don't agree with.... And yet those bits agree with this.... I'm essentially saying the same thing.... So, I ask again... And by your stance I can only conclude that you believe as I've presented below... That you think God cannot overcome the sin in your life...

You still haven't specified what is so objectionable about what I wrote. Care to comment on what I actually wrote rather than generalised hints and insinuations?

Yes, it is so about what God is doing... Preparing His bride. That is what my entire post leading this thread is about. The power and grace of God working in His people to prepare them for His coming. I see no cause for you or do rise to object to anything I've presented... And I notice you...