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I have read all of the posts on this thread and so I also read about the young lady and her tatoo. That does not change my opinion. For some people it is following God that leads them to places I and many others could never go serving Him. Each of them and each of us still needs to hear His...

Negociation, no, and in this case not even discussion. Everyone agrees that the Bible says there is only One God, but when we start trying to describe God using only the Bible, the disagreements abound. Why argue what we cannot prove to the satisfaction of everyone? Believe what you believe but...

Yes, but do not presume as to who it is that the Father has given to Jesus. Don't presume as to who it is that will be rooted up. You have missed something important: what it means to be led by the Holy Spirit. Without that there will be nothing good, which means like God is. "For as many as...

You go in circles with me, but one more time... Scripture contains all that a person needs to approach God, but the bare bones of the Bible are like the dry bones of Ezekiel 37 before God caused breath to enter into them bringing them to Life. The breath was and is the Holy Spirit. What happens...

I can see from this point of view why people have become sincere atheists. In your arbitrariness even the scientific method is left behind. Any good, honest historian knows that written history must be accepted with great caution. Undoubtedly, it contains truth, but who other than God is able...

Perhaps you did not say a person "ought" to get a tatoo. But... as you continue to pursue this thread and invite and reinvite people to join you here to discuss it, to me, it seems that is where you stand. There really are not many real Christians around [meaning people who are really striving...

You are effectively saying that that which is heretical to Christendom is also heretical to God. That would only be true if the ways of Christendom were always equal to the Way of God. In my experience they certainly have not been.

Not a wrong answer, but it does not completely answer the question. People in countries where they cannot, because of laws or circumstances, own a Bible or people who have never learned to read their own language are not automatically without Hope because they were not born some place like the...

No, not a single family member now. I know one lady in fellowship at church who had a small one prior to being saved. It is on an ankle where, unless she wears an opaque sock or other covering, everyone will see it. I know that she regrets it, but she does not let it hinder her serving God...

Without a doubt. The love of money is one and lots of Protestants join with lots of Catholics on this one: "For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows." I Tim 6:10

But are only Roman Catholics ever guilty of idolatry?

Are there not countries still today where it is illegal to own a Bible presuming that one could be found for sale? Aren't there still people today who are illiterate?

What happens if you don't have and cannot obtain a Bible? What happens if you cannot read [illiterate]?

And for the person who is illiterate and for the person who has no access to a written Bible, then, is there no Hope?

Except of course for you when God is speaking though you or me when He speaks through me or anyone else when He speaks through them.

Just as long as it is not heresy according to God!

@Frank Lee Give God all the glory my friend!

@101G Thank you for the explanation in post #159. It is as I guess that I understand it although expressing it in words may be difficult. When I hear someone else say it sometimes it helps clarify my own vision even though it may remain in a measure "through a glass darkly". Give God the glory!

Thank you!

I do not disagree, but neither have you said anything new. I was hoping for a new insight or other verses of scriptures regarding this. Thank you