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  1. Matthias

    Were Jesus's brothers born of another woman?

    I’m not the one telling him what he must believe. The Catholic Diocese of Tyler (representing the Catholic Church) is. What Catholics think is of no importance in these discussions? It is to me. I wouldn’t bother speaking with him if it wasn’t.
  2. Matthias

    Were Jesus's brothers born of another woman?

    You could contact the Catholic Diocese of Tyler, Texas. I’m confident they would respond to you if you did. https://www.dioceseoftyler.org/2022/07/01/what-catholics-must-believe-about-the-blessed-virgin-mary/
  3. Matthias

    Were Jesus's brothers born of another woman?

    “Judaism has always been rigorously Unitarian.” (Jewish Encyclopedia, “Deism”) https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tje/d/deism.html
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    The happy thread

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    The happy thread

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    The happy thread

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    The happy thread

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    QUOTE for the day

    “The hypocrite carries the Bible under his arm but not in his heart.” - Thomas Watson
  9. Matthias

    Were Jesus's brothers born of another woman?

    His God is only one person, the Father. *** For readers interested in learning about Jewish monotheism: https://www.academia.edu/2905444/Jewish_Monotheism_in_the_First_Century
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    The happy thread

    * I-80 in Wyoming. Known as the “Highway to Heaven”. *
  11. Matthias

    Oklahoma orders first shipment of Bibles for use in public school classrooms

    Will the Bible be taught as nothing more than literature? Some* of the online courses I’ve taken through Hillsdale College are taught in this manner. They were excellent. Doctrine? Not a whit. Perhaps that will be the Oklahoma model / experience. *Other online courses offered by Hillsdale...
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    Oklahoma orders first shipment of Bibles for use in public school classrooms

    The Bibles, originally, were to contain the US Pledge of Allegiance (which is not taught in the Bible), the US Declaration of Independence (which is not taught in the Bible) and the Bill of Rights (which is not taught in the Bible). A mixture of Bible and nationalism. Any concern about that...
  13. Matthias

    Oklahoma orders first shipment of Bibles for use in public school classrooms

    Something that we mustn’t lose sight of: the Oklahoma experiment in public schools teaching the Bible is, at the moment, limited to Advanced Placement classes. These are courses offered in high school which can provide students who enroll in them to simultaneously earn high school credit and...
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    Oklahoma orders first shipment of Bibles for use in public school classrooms

    Religious composition of adults in Oklahoma, according to the Pew Research Center. https://www.pewresearch.org/religious-landscape-study/database/
  15. Matthias

    Oklahoma orders first shipment of Bibles for use in public school classrooms

    The area of the state that I live in (Kentucky) is predominantly Catholic (about 80%). The majority of public school teachers in the county are Catholic. The local school board would approve the Catholic viewpoint on what the Bible teaches. Protestant Bibles would not be used in the classroom...
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    Oklahoma orders first shipment of Bibles for use in public school classrooms

    Does it matter what the class teachers believe and say about what the Bible teaches? Teacher is an atheist? Students and parents okay with what the atheist teaches about the Bible? Teacher is an agnostic? Students and parents okay with what the agnostic teaches about the Bible? Teacher is a...
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    The happy thread

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    The happy thread

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    The happy thread

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    The happy thread