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- Below is a list of sins for which the law-- that Yhvh's people agreed upon with God as per Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy --mandates the death penalty. Murder (Gen 9:5-6, Ex 21:12-14, Lev 24:17, Lev 24:21, Num 35:31-34) Assault and Battery upon parents (Ex 21:15) Kidnapping (Ex...

- †. John 8:6-9 . . Jesus bent down and started to write on the ground with his finger. When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them: He among you without sin, let him be the first to throw a stone at her. . . . Again he stooped down and wrote on the ground. At this...

- †. Gen 9:5-6a . . But for your own life-blood I will require a reckoning: I will require it of every beast; of man, too, will I require a reckoning for human life, of every man for that of his fellow man! Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed; The important thing to...

- An incident recorded in the 8th chapter of John is sometimes appropriated to suggest that Christ opposes capital punishment. But the incident is actually better appropriated to show that Christ is a stickler for due process. Long story short, a woman was brought before Christ accused of...

- There's always a number of people out and about who truly believe that Christ wasn't obligated to comply with the covenant that Yhvh's people agreed upon with God as per Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy. Take capital punishment for example. I encounter people all the time who...

- An incident recorded in the 8th chapter of John is sometimes appropriated to suggest that Christ opposes capital punishment. But the incident is actually better appropriated to show that Christ is a stickler for due process. Long story short, a woman was brought before Christ accused of...

- Beatitude (09) †. Matt 5:11-12 . . Blessed are you when they insult you and persecute you and utter every kind of evil against you (falsely) because of me. Rejoice and be glad, for your reward will be great in heaven. Thus they persecuted the prophets who were before you. The kind of abuse...

- I attended Catholic catechism as a youth roughly 60 years ago in the decade of the 1950's. My siblings and I were not given the full blown catechism to study. We were given little handbooks that contained just enough information to get us past First Holy Communion and Confirmation. As a...

- COMMON ATTITUDE: Although there are many things about which you speak that I cannot refute; deep down I know you are wrong even though I can't prove it. And anyway, all you've really done is manipulate the Scriptures to support your own personal beliefs. I will never leave the Roman Catholic...

- Rome's New Eve Because of Eve’s disobedience to God and Adam’s cooperation with her, they lost sanctifying grace for themselves and their offspring. Like Eve, Mary was created full of grace. But unlike Eve, Mary remained obedient to God, just as Christ, unlike Adam, remained obedient to God...

- Beatitude (08) †. Matt 5:10 . . Blessed are those persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. The koiné Greek word for "persecute" is dioko (dee-o'-ko) which means: to pursue; viz: to hound. The kind of persecution particular to that beatitude is malicious in...

- There's always a number of people out and about who truly believe that Christ wasn't obligated to comply with the covenant that Yhvh's people agreed upon with God as per Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy. Take capital punishment for example. I encounter people all the time who...

- OBJECTION: Shouldn't you take into account the controversy between Jerome and Helvidius, written around 380ad, regarding Mary's perpetual virginity? RESPONSE: I consider it much more profitable to consider the controversy between Rome's fantasies and the Bible's realities. †. Matt 16:23 ...

- Roman Catholicism, like so many other religions, is very insecure. I never knew for sure from one day to the next where I'd be after passing on. Well; that's not the kind of Christianity taught in the New Testament. For example: †. 1Pet 3:15 . . Always be prepared to give an answer to...

- When I was a young single guy of 24 years old in 1968, and living solo in a tiny rented room in a family home's daylight basement in Portland Oregon; I had lots of time to myself to think about things since I had no friends, nor any kind of social contact whatsoever other than at work. I...

- Beatitude (07) †. Matt 5:9 . . Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God. The koiné Greek word for "peacemakers" is eirenopoios (i-ray-nop-oy-os') an ambiguous word that can indicate people who effect peace, and also people who are peaceable in nature. Precisely which...

- Q: What about Ste. Jerome's reason that: What bigger blessing could two Moses-trained Jewish adults wish for than the Messiah? Surely they would neither want, nor need, any additional children. A: That is truly an amazing statement coming from a religion that doesn't believe in birth control...

- I am not a member of the Holy Roman Catholic Church; and the paragraph below from the catechism makes it okay for me to be this way. CCC 1782 . . Man has the right to act in conscience, and in freedom, so as personally to make moral decisions. He must not be forced to act contrary to his...

- You've been deceived by semantics, and should be ashamed of yourself for the way you acted. The "gift of the Holy Spirit in Baptism" refers to an anointing obtained by baptism performed by the Holy Roman Catholic Church. The "Christian Church" refers to the Holy Roman Catholic Church. The...

- †. Matt 5:8 . . Blessed are the pure of heart, for they will see God. Webster's defines "pure" as: (1) free from dirt, pollution, contamination, or disease, and (2) unadulterated. This is yet another beatitude that wasn't new with Christ. He took it from the Old Testament. †. Ps 24:3-5 ...