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“their worm dieth not” = “the immortal soul” = you think of your soul as an immortal worm? “The fire is not quenched” = “eternal punishment” = a much better, and a more sound, concept than eternal punishing in my mind, but do you make a distinction between “eternal punishment” and “eternal...

We don’t agree. The High Priest of my faith has offered the sacrifice. The sacrifice he made is a one time offering. It’s not repeated. Low priests aren’t able to offer the sacrifice the High Priest offered. What do you think about the priesthood of all believers?

I don’t consider myself fundamentalist but I’m opposed, in general, to the state killing anyone for their religious beliefs and, in particular, the Church working through the state to have persons not of the faith of the Church killed for their religious beliefs. If I closed my eyes and didn’t...

Catholic interpretation of scripture.

I am.

I believe Jesus is the Messiah. “And David said to all the congregation, Now bless the LORD your God. And all the congregation blessed the LORD God of their fathers, and bowed down their heads, and worshipped the LORD, and the king.” (1 Chronicles 29:20, KJV)

My favorite hymn.

When you read or recite Matthew 6:10, do you instinctively hear / think “your kingdom came” instead of “your kingdom come”?

Despots. I think you’d be whistling a different tune if you lived in a nation which prohibited you from practicing your faith.

Jesus of Nazareth acted / acts as God but he is a man. He was / is subject to the Father, his God. Jesus of Nazareth is the visible image of the invisible God. The invisible God is his God, the one God, the Father.

How did I trace my family that far back? I didn’t. Someone else did. In fact, many others did. I’m relying on their research. I can give you the dull version or the fun version. I’m feeling like the fun version. Have you ever watched the movie Braveheart? My mother’s family lineage is quite...

The Messiah is a Jew. In the Messiah’s doctrine.

I’m about to log off for the evening but I was thinking about a humorous conversation I had with a very good friend of mine not too long ago. He’s a trinitarian. We were discussing, among other things, the passages referenced in the OP, and he, not surprisingly, took the standard trinitarian...

The feeling is mutual. Thank you.

Okay. Thanks. I think you’re terribly wrong in applying it has you have - which should come as no surprise to you - but I don’t doubt your sincerity, and I have nothing but respect for your zeal. As I said, when I was a trinitarian I would have applied it just as you have. You’re consistent...

Is the doctrine of the Deity of Christ of greater importance, equal importance, or lesser importance than the doctrine of the Trinity? When I was a trinitarian I would have said they are equally important, inseparable, essential. Anything less would have been unthinkable. The times they are...

So a large number of unitarians, and all binitarians, pass this particular spirit of antichrist test then. Presumably, there’s additional spirit of antichrist tests which would be necessary to account for the non-trinitarians in this group. What do you hope to accomplish with the spirit of...

No. I reject the dogma, not the scripture. “Let him be anathema.” * I hear an echo of the Athanasian creed * Do you see the connection between this and treason against the Trinity? I never thought I would reverse engineer this particular dogma to prove treason against the Trinity! You’re...

If I were in your shoes, as I once was, I would believe and say the same thing. I’ve already put your post to good use, both on and off the forum. It has been helpful. I have three questions I’d like to ask you about it. 1. What does your spirit of antichrist test do in regard to those...

I don’t have an issue with Esther being a type of Mary. I was looking online for a Catholic source on Joseph typology. I haven’t found one yet but, in the meantime, here’s a link to a non-Catholic trinitarian website that discusses it. How is Joseph a Type of Jesus?