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Now there's an intelligent answer . . .:rolleyes:

Scripture gives us both explicit and implicit instruction Sorry for the big words. So, if you want to continue avoiding His Church - then keep doing it. And while you're busy displeasing God - you might wanna invest in some REALLY strong sunscreen . . .

You're not to forsake the Assembly (ekklesia) - the Church. It's no wonder you're so confused . . .

You don't even understand what "semantics" means, either. A little advice: BEFORE you crack open a Bible - read a dictionary . . .

WRONG. I never tried to define what the Church is. I left it up to Scripture - but YOU didn't like it. It ALWAYS cracks me up when anti-Catholics come up against an outspoken and educated Catholic. You guys are so used to running the show with your lies, myths and historical revisionism that...

I hope you have a better answer for God when He brings this up . . .

I never said that - did I?? I said that Lone Ranger Christianity is condemned and is NOT encouraged. Heb. 10:24-25 and let us consider how to stimulate one another to love and good deeds, not forsaking our own assembling together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another; and all the...

Wrong. If you claim to be a Christian and are not a Catholic or belong to the Orthodox Church - you are a Protestant whether you like that moniker or not. I can name MANY of your beliefs simply by which Catholic beliefs you disagree with - which is to say "most." Let's make this easy: What...

No - the Church doesn't "own" God. God only recognizes the Church as HIS own. the rest will suffe3r the following fate . . . Matt. 7:21-23 “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven. Many will say to me...

No you're not. There is nothing universal or according to the whole about your beliefs. They are simply one of the tens of thousands of perpetually-splintering sets of beliefs from the disjointed mess that is Protestantism.

By whom?? God didn't "tolerate" Judas. Judas was simply weak enough in his faith to fall into the role he played in God's plan for salvation. Unfortunately for him - that role was him being used by Satan. Besides - WHY are you modeling yourself after Judas?? STUDY your Bible . . .

How does this show "worship" of the dead? Apparently, you don't have a clue as to what "worship" means

And, how is that, Einstein? How did I make his case?

And this is a weak and asinine a response as your initial deceitful post . . .

That's what I thought . . .

Ignorant nonsense. Is the First Lady "worshiping" a casket - or showing love for her dead husband? Is this woman "worshiping" a photo - or showing love for her son?? The only difference between the pictures I presented and the ones YOU presented - is that you're being dishonest and I'm...

Face it - you're not leaving this conversation for ANY reason other than frustration, due to the fact that you cannot support your position with Scripture - and I can. Instead, you make up this nonsense that I have "personally" attacked you by telling you to study the Bible. That is not an...

Sure it is. Your question is loaded and baseless because God never forbade the creation of images. He only forbade the creation of images for the purposes of WORSHIPING them. It's astounding to me how you can't grasp this.

Heresy. I would never accuse you of being a heretic - just espousing heresy. You can't be a heretic if you're not part of His Church. As for what God said about creating vs. worshiping images - it's 100% clear in Scripture. Only the WORSHIP of images is prohibited. If images themselves were...

No, He didn't Einstein . . . James 1:27 Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world. As for His Catholic Church . . . Acts 9:31 talks about how the Early Church grew...