Quote (kerwin @ Sep. 23 2009,17:24)If you believe that prophecy then why do you believe that a man, even if he is a priest, is required to teach you; or for that matter me?  Should not God's Spirit that is within those that believe Jesus is the Anointed One Teach each of us?  If we do not have the Spirit then we need to get it.You'll have to e…[Read more]

Quote (thethinker @ Sep. 23 2009,14:00)My point was that the Bereans recognized that Paul was an oracle of God. So you cannot invoke them and say that they did not practice sola scriptura. You give elaborate arguments in reply to others and yet you can't reply to thethinker's common sense argument?thinkerI think it is hilarious that you referred…[Read more]

Quote (georg @ Sep. 23 2009,10:52)I don't knoiw if I ever said this.  Since your thinking is that Tradition also makes a difference in what you believe, I will say this:” in Math. 15:9 ” But in vain  do they worship Me, teaching for the doctrine and commandments of men.”Wake up.Peace and Love IreneI don't remember if I ever said this to you.  …[Read more]

Quote (georg @ Sep. 23 2009,10:52)I don't knoiw if I ever said this.  Since your thinking is that Tradition also makes a difference in what you believe, I will say this:” in Math. 15:9 ” But in vain  do they worship Me, teaching for the doctrine and commandments of men.”Wake up.Peace and Love IreneI don't remember if I ever said this to you. S…[Read more]

Quote (thethinker @ Sep. 23 2009,09:33)CA said:Quote The Bereans, on the other hand, were not adherents of sola scriptura, for they were willing to accept Paul’s new oral teaching as the word of God (as Paul claimed his oral teaching was; see 1 Thess. 2:13).CA,Nonsense! The Bereans lived during the time that new covenant truth was being r…[Read more]

Quote (kerwin @ Sep. 23 2009,09:15)CatholicApologist wrote:Quote The Bereans, on the other hand, were not adherents of sola scriptura, for they were willing to accept Paul’s new oral teaching as the word of God (as Paul claimed his oral teaching was; see 1 Thess. 2:13).What?Why do you believe that the teachings of Jesus the Anointed One add to t…[Read more]

The Bereans, on the other hand, were not adherents of sola scriptura, for they were willing to accept Paul’s new oral teaching as the word of God (as Paul claimed his oral teaching was; see 1 Thess. 2:13). The Bereans, before accepting the oral word of God from Paul, a tradition as even Paul himself refers to it (see 2 Thess. 2:15), examined the S…[Read more]

Quote (kerwin @ Sep. 22 2009,22:06)CatholicApologist wrote:Quote Let me state this…that the man who declares that he accepts only the Bible as his authority in religious matters does not really mean it. For he really believes in what he himself thinks any given passage of the Bible to mean, which might not be what the Bible means at all. For…[Read more]

Quote (Nick Hassan @ Sep. 23 2009,07:25)Hi WJ, So the trinity dogma spawned by the deceived 180 years after their Master had left them.It has yet to be found in scripture and Jesus warned us about such deceivers.Nick,As moderator, you should know and respect that this thread is not about the Trinity. It is about whether the Scriptures are the…[Read more]

Let me state this…that the man who declares that he accepts only the Bible as his authority in religious matters does not really mean it. For he really believes in what he himself thinks any given passage of the Bible to mean, which might not be what the Bible means at all. For such a person, the only ultimate authority in religious matters is…[Read more]

Quote (princess of the king @ Sep. 22 2009,12:32)regarding syncretism,  so it could be taken that the 'truth' had been fused with paganism and came out with what the call the catholic/universal church, hence creed's, cannon's, celebrations, triad worship, idols ect, ect, for one to call any worldly thing indefectible, the truth is not in them.But…[Read more]

Quote (princess of the king @ Sep. 22 2009,13:33)Quote (CatholicApologist @ Sep. 22 2009,10:17)Thanks!  May God bring you to truth as well.cursing is not allowed on this forum, wolf.If you consider the act of asking God to bring another to truth cursing, then what am I doing even talking to you.Maybe I should ignore you like I do Nick and Gene.…[Read more]

Quote (princess of the king @ Sep. 22 2009,13:49)wolf, don't recall anybody bowing down to the serpent…….oh wait……there you are showing how is it done……. ra ra !!!!it was destroyed anyhow, just as your's will…….Glory, Glorynow where were we………..Jez,I DO recall people looking upon the serpent in hopes of receiving a healing.…[Read more]

Quote (WorshippingJesus @ Sep. 22 2009,13:24)Quote (CatholicApologist @ Sep. 21 2009,20:38)Quote (WorshippingJesus @ Sep. 22 2009,12:32)WJ,Well, I'd sure like to know then where the folks who agreed with you were for the first thousand years of Church history.If you are right, Christianity disappeared for more than a millennium.I don't believe…[Read more]

Quote (princess of the king @ Sep. 22 2009,13:13)Quote (CatholicApologist @ Sep. 22 2009,12:06)Quote (CatholicApologist @ Sep. 19 2009,17:46)Quote (princess of the king @ Sep. 19 2009,15:30)Quote ****post it note for me: venerate/worship okay, a easy verse to understand……..no graven imagesActually “no graven images” is not the interpretation…[Read more]

Quote (WorshippingJesus @ Sep. 22 2009,12:32)WJ,Well, I'd sure like to know then where the folks who agreed with you were for the first thousand years of Church history.If you are right, Christianity disappeared for more than a millennium.I don't believe this is possible.CAI think you are missing my point, probably because I did not clarify hoping…[Read more]

According to ScriptureBy Tim Staples”If a teaching isn’t explicit in the Bible, then we don’t accept it as doctrine!” That belief, commonly known as sola scriptura, was a central component of all I believed as a Protestant. This bedrock Protestant teaching claims that Scripture alone is the sole rule of faith and morals for Christians. Diving dee…[Read more]

Quote (CatholicApologist @ Sep. 19 2009,17:46)Quote (princess of the king @ Sep. 19 2009,15:30)Quote ****post it note for me: venerate/worship okay, a easy verse to understand……..no graven imagesActually “no graven images” is not the interpretation of the passage.  Maybe if you wanted to generalize you could say “no worship of graven images”.…[Read more]

Quote (thethinker @ Sep. 22 2009,08:11)Where did I say that every eye did not see Him or that the dead did not rise? I believe it was all fulfilled. Now you say that you let words mean what they say. So how about this:Matthew 16:27-28 (King James Version):27″For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he…[Read more]

Quote (princess of the king @ Sep. 21 2009,12:48)syncretismSyncretism is the process by which elements of one religion are assimilated into another religion resulting in a change in the fundamental tenets or nature of those religions. It is the union of two or more opposite beliefs, so that the synthesized form is a new thing. It is not always a…[Read more]