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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...

Might I suggest that a lot of the medical problems if those days were very different from today. Today, lifestyle issues would be more of a problem I think.

At the moment the medical industry is not focused on making you healthy. It is focused on keeping you alive... Barely. Many of you I guarantee are not well... Some of you perhaps very sick . This is not God's will. His plans for the human race did not include sickness and death. When Jesus...

What is actually taking place here BoL is that people are exposing your church. This isn't a new thing. It's been going on for centuries... And you are angry because you can't stop it. You are defending the indefensible.

To those determined to defend the church and claim it is Christ's church... His body. Read the gospels. What's your overwhelming perception as to Who Christ is. Who said the following... The devil comes but for to kill, steal, and destroy. I am come that you might have life, and have it in all...

I tend to agree. To the extent that I now strongly suspect that the violence and the extreme behaviors we are witnessing were in fact organised prior to the death of Floyd. I have seen videos of pallets of bricks delivered to the front of buildings for mobs to help themselves to. Who organised...

I considered you to be a fair and just debater. One who steps away from the belligerence and silliness that so often is associated with your more zealous friends in the church... But the above comment gives me cause to reconsider. At least with regards the silly part.

In addition to the above numbers one could include those killed in wars instigated by the papacy, beginning with those against the Arians , the Goths and Vandals being the chief, and continuing down through the centuries even to include the civil war and Vietnam. Then, to add to the numbers of...

A small study of the history of church state union in the early to late middle ages in Europe would be hard pressed to find anything positive about that relationship. And it matters not whether the church rules the state, or the state, the church. Any union, agreement, Treaty etc between the...

As evidence of the number of “heretics,” Brownlee states “These Waldenses,” says Rainerus, “were in nearly every country.” “They are multiplied through all lands,” says Sanderus. “They have infested a thousand cities,” says Caeserius. “They spread their contagion through almost the whole...

Figures related to papal persecutions aren't limited to just the inquisitions. Currently about a third of the world population professes Christianity. The world population is estimated to have grown from 200 million in 600 AD to 545 million in 1600 AD. One third of this population would have...