Search results

The thing is this. And it's related to another thread on the authority of scripture. Satanism in the Vatican... The head quarters of the largest religious organisation on the planet and claiming Christian roots and ethics a is a big deal... If true right? And what we have here is really hearsay...

Some have been saying in this thread that Satanism in the Vatican is a recent phenomenon. But how long ago was this built.... Are not solar wheels occult... And that phallus rising from the center... But Satan has nothing to do with the occult right? Just harmless fun and a little architectural...

But Satanism in the Vatican? How is such a thing possible? Unbelievable. Oh wait...

Sounds like Luther had a long way to go at that time to fully extricate himself from the Catholic mindset. Those quotes could come from any pope, or council, from the early middle ages to the present day. Later reformers such as Roger Williams had come to a much less judgemental mindset and his...

I guess people have different nuanced understanding of what Sola scriptura means. For me, it means two things. First, it is the final authority on doctrine. Anything presented by man that contradicts scripture, should be cast aside. That said however, we should not limit God to the scriptures...

You don't think God believes your church worth defending? What is wrong with prejudice exactly?

There will be many people in the new Earth who have never heard of the Bible, let alone read it. There will be many who have never heard of Jesus and how atonement works. They will be like the one who asks, What are these wounds in thine hands? Then he shall answer, Those with which I was...

Did you know that the USA isn't mentioned by name in the Bible, but China is? And not as a nation to be judged but rather as one favored?

We must have a lot of skinny people on this forum.

All this on just one page... And this somehow is not a personal attack on anyone's character?

:eek:

The way I approach the Bible is that it is thought inspired, not word inspired. It isn't dictated word for word from God to man. God didn't dictate every word and have man meticulously write it down. Good spoke to men through dreams, visions, inspiration, and men wrote what he heard and saw in...

Yes, I was alluding to that a couple of posts previous. Can't wait to hear her answer after hauling me over hot coals for reversing the order of Peters state of dress while fishing.

And yet after 7 pages you still haven't found anything to criticise concerning 'my religion', even though I am sure you were looking. So my quoting scripture that says love is the fulfilling of the law was the best you could do? Being changed into the image of Christ as was the focus of the...

Having a more enlightened perspective of the character of God gives us an image of God that is so much more beautiful than an authoritarian law giver. Love is the fulfilling of the law. By beholding we are changed. We behold perfect undying unconditional love in the face of Jesus and we become...

You are getting your nose out of joint because I suggest that the scriptures are written in a form more in tune with songwriters, musicians, poets, lyricists and story tellers rather than the many who think it a text book on theology? I wasnt equating hippies with the Bible writers by way of...

I have absolutely no idea what you just said.

Are you sure about that Mary?

If it doesn't matter what you think the Bible is, then what are you doing with it? Yes, it is about relationship. A relationship which at times took turns for the worse. A relationship shaped by and large through a deficient understanding on one side as to who the other side is, and what He was...

and yes, I got that wrong. But again, you denigrate hippies because in your opinion they were generally regarded as shabbily dressed which you considered an insult to a fisherman who worked naked. You done of being unemployed in a derogatory fashion as if it was somehow connected to character...