SDA: You are Ellen White and upon this Ellen White I will build my church in 1860, and the gates of hell shall prevail until then.
Not a clue who Ellen White is ??
Perhaps an example?
However, Thee Church IS clearly Christ Jesus' Church. Christ IS the Foundation of His Church. "ANY" of mankind "WHO" trusts to believe IN "Jesus IS the Christ" AND "attest" To That Belief, (from the TRUE testimony of Their HEART), such person Becomes a Member of Christ's Church, As Christ IS the immovable, unwavering, everlasting, ROCK Foundation OF "HIS" Church, and Added Members, cause the EFFECT of the continual BUILDING OF Christ's Church.
I got a rule violation and you didn't. And I know why.
I have never claimed to be an expert apologist.
Irrelevant comment, since I never mentioned that.
Rather, I find you and BOL promoting yourselves as experts in Catholicism.
We do, however, have the freedom to defend and explain our faith within our sphere of competence.
Sure you do, and a Protestant has the same liberty to promote Jesus' Teachings, Jesus' Church, and The Understanding of "Thee" Holy Father; God Himself.
Admonishing the sinner is one of the Seven Acts of Mercy.
If you HAVE A List of "these mentioned" SEVEN ACTS.... What are They?
And When have you identified you are Admonishing a person, according TO anything specific .... Identified with your so-called LIST?
Anti-Catholicism is a tradition of men. Most Protestants are not anti-Catholic.
Is your term "anti-Catholic" on your List of "Seven acts of mercy"?
Does you being Pro-Catholic make YOU anti- Protestant?
"Disagreement" has nothing to do with repeating the same lie 50 times, or false histories.
What is your evidence that the same LIE has been repeated 50 times?
And what specifically Is this LIE you are speaking of?
"That" degenerates even further with cults, and certain brands of evangelicals and fundamentalists.
"THAT" is your Accusation, toward what you call CULTS and evangelicals and fundamentalists.....without identifying the supposed LIE.... and Who "from" such cult, evangelical, or Fundamentalist are You charging?
You seem to overlook...
You are the one making the claims for others;
You have decided to declare the terms;
Anti-Catholic, evangelical, fundamentalist, cult......AND? WHO has made those claims for THEMSELVES, for "you" to make those claims, when a person himself hasn't?
There are religions whose primary target is the Catholic Church,
So? The Catholic Church is not unique. Many religions and places of Worship are rejected as being inline with ones own Church and religion.
Who is your "target" when you call people "anti-Catholic" ?
and most of their resources are committed to spreading lies.
I wouldn't know about that. What I do know is what I have learned from MEMBERS of other religious affiliations, and have no interest in what they promote, thus reject the idea of consideration to become a MEMBER of "their" religious sect....
I do not agree with Islamic teaching, Buddhist teaching, and a great deal of Catholic teaching....thus I have no interest in being a MEMBER of their religious organizations.
Matt Slick, and the SDA come to mind.
Don't know him, and have not seen him on this forum or seen anything promoting him.
June 11, 2014
Pope Francis received a delegation of 15 US Protestants and Mormons at the Vatican on June 5.
Westmont College President Gayle Beebe wrote, “The Pope invited the Protestant leaders to discuss the question: ‘Can we find common ground in order to advance the life and ministry of Jesus so more people can experience the joy of Christian faith?’”
Why would you think your "holy father" extending an invitation to a few men be a highlighted interest to me?
Members of the delegation included Sen. Mike Lee of Utah, former US Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, and televangelist Joel Osteen.
That's nice a few US governmental reps accepted an invitation to meet with your pope. I hope the American People did not provide the FUNDS for this exclusive invitation.
“I just felt very honored and very humbled,” said Osteen, according to a Christian News Network report. “It was amazing. And even to go back into that part of the Vatican-- there’s so much history there, the place that they took us through. You feel that deep respect and reverence for God.”
That's nice, how Osteen felt to have the opportunity to view the hoards of priceless artifacts the Vatican has collected and it made him feel the reverence for God!
Personlly, I don't require observing hoards of artifacts to feel the reverence for God.
..and the conspiracy theorists go nuts.
That's a funny comment.
God Bless,
Taken