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According to whose interpretation? Oh. On that basis then only Nicodemus needed to be born again. Depends who's listening. And God does give some more insight than others... That's why they are teachers. Not everyone is as open minded as others... Not everyone is as ready for truth as others...

KJV John 14 26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you. And your church interprets scripture through the lens of tradition. In fact, in some cases...

Within those scriptures you claim as being established by the church, has a principle character, Jesus. From Genesis to Revelation He is revealed as our Lord... Our Brother... Our pastor... Teacher... Savior... And more. He gave us, through His own example and counsel, the means by which we may...

I think a little perspective is required here. The Protestants, in denying Catholics power, were protecting the realm from a foreign power. Catholics in those days did not recognise any Protestant rulers as their own and were willing to commit treason to establish a foreign king to rule over the...

Bro, I have to vehemently disagree with you in your thinking that something you are doing... Love... Saves you. It doesn't. Not one bit. Your salvation was accomplished 2000 years ago in and through the death and Resurrection of Christ. There is nothing, not one thing, that you can add to that...

Let me muse a while, see if you can follow where I'm tracking. I think you all would be familiar with scriptures that would validate my thoughts... There is power, creative power, in God's word. As we read and study God's word, we are changed. Jesus said in His prayer to His Father that we are...

God didn't need to use the church to spread the good news. He could have used any other means, but He chose the church. And if there's a select group in the last days to finish that work, that doesn't mean the church is redundant, because the church, throughout the last 2000 years, has...

KJV Romans 2 13 (For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified. KJV Romans 3 20 Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin. KJV Matthew 12 37 For by thy words thou...

You are still advocating that our works save us. That is not the gospel. We are saved by faith in Christ... In the shed blood at Calvary. Now while I wholeheartedly would say that without the love you speak of none will be saved... Our love does not save us. There is a difference. KJV Matthew...

Read posts 306,7, 8. Everyone has been told something, and so very little any of us learn is not handed down to us from others. With regards my views on Catholicism, I rely on Catholics themselves and their own teachings. As in those posts above. Am I not to believe them? mmm. The thing is, what...

Depends. Do they defend and practice their own beliefs and allow me freely to live according to mine? Or do they just tolerate my belief system until such time as they have the power to destroy it?

The question was asked, "are Protestants saved?". Like I've been saying repeatedly, if you ask the average Catholic, the answer would be no. That's based on history and the numerous indictments and bulls issued against the millions of Protestants throughout many centuries as well as the wars...

The question you should be asking if yourself is "do I know the one Who is Truth'.

No, I don't think you do. You may know some who are anti-Catholicism... The sleight of hand by Catholics such as yourself to turn the debate into a perceived personal hate trip by those you disagree with reveals your paucity in grounded arguments. I grew up Catholic until my mid twenties. My...

Individual Catholics may it may not accept Protestants as Christians. Depends on who you ask. And when you asked it. You say Catholicism has changed... No. Catholicism doesn't change. If there is any acceptance of protestantism at all, ( eg the agreement between Lutherans and the Vatican,) it is...

Ummm, seriously? What were the crusades about? Not just the ones to the middle East, what about the Spanish Armada?

You think SDAs are anti-Catholics?

I think if you did a little deeper you would also find the motives very different between the Protestant and Catholic actions during those times. For the Catholic hierarchy, the extermination of protestantism was as I've said previously, based on papal supremacy. The Protestant rulers actions...

Did you realise there was more than one?

More than considerable improvement...a gargantuan about face in policy. What happened to papal infallibility when Popes would pronounce judgement and condemnation upon entire Nations and all within is borders with bulls and declarations of condemnation and threats of eternal damnation and even...