Quote If not, then the Greek manuscripts we have must have been tampered with.  Um…but there is still time for you to ask Mohammad.(joke…no…seriously…don't ask Mohammad)Have you ever heard of a xylophone?  It's an instrument made of wooden sticks.The instrument of Jesus death was referred to by the words “stauros” and also “xylon.”  …[Read more]

Quote I'll post something in the violence thread for you.–CAYour link doesn't seem to work. And even if it did, I don't know that it would answer my questions. Why can you not just answer my questions?david

Quote (david @ Aug. 26 2009,11:02)Quote Here is a common objection that I would like to discuss.Jesus told his disciples to return their swords to their place.  He said to “love your enemies.”The Belgian newspaper La Dernière Heure relates that during the war Roman Catholic Cardinal Amette of Paris said this to the French soldiers:“My bro…[Read more]

When Jesus’ ministry brings him to his hometown of Nazareth, his former acquaintances recognize him. “Is this not the carpenter’s son?”they ask.  “Is not his mother called Mary, and his brothers James and Joseph and Simon and Judas? And his sisters , are they not all with us?”(Matthew 13:55, 56) THESE BROTHERS AND SISTERS ARE NOT JESUS’ COUSI…[Read more]

Quote (CatholicApologist @ Aug. 26 2009,07:17)Quote (david @ Aug. 24 2009,18:09)While engaged in the preaching work (Matthew 28:19,20, etc) I used to speak with a Catholic, whose name was Mary and who adored Mary (Jesus' mother.)  From her, I learned that some Catholics do study the Bible and are interested in it.  The one topic that she told me I…[Read more]

Quote Here is a common objection that I would like to discuss.Jesus told his disciples to return their swords to their place.  He said to “love your enemies.”The Belgian newspaper La Dernière Heure relates that during the war Roman Catholic Cardinal Amette of Paris said this to the French soldiers:“My brothers, comrades of the French army and of…[Read more]

Quote (david @ Aug. 24 2009,18:38)LUKE 1:32“This one will be great and will be called Son of the Most High.” (How did the angel announcing his birth refer to him?  Compare Ps 83:18, where it says that Jehovah alone is the Most High.)LUKE 1:34“For that reason also what is born will be called holy, God’s Son.”MATTHEW 3:17“Look! Also, there was a…[Read more]

Quote The point is for a religion to say that the proper pronunciation of God is Jehovah You know, Jehovah's Witnesses, at least, not for a very very long time, if ever, have they said “Jehovah” is the “proper pronunciation of God.”Our Insight on the Scriptures book (like an encyclopedia) says:What is the proper pronunciation of God’s name?In t…[Read more]

Quote Exactly!You call him Jehovah, fine, so do I.–WJJust out of curiosity, have you ever done so on this forum?

Quote You have never heard me say that Jesus cannot be called Yeshua, or YHWH Jehovah!I know, WJ and never said you did. But you go and say: “hurray, bravo” when someone mentions “Jehovah” and yet, CA can use the word “Jesus” a thousand times and you won't say a peep.Is that hypocritical?

Here is a common objection that I would like to discuss.Jesus told his disciples to return their swords to their place.  He said to “love your enemies.”The Belgian newspaper La Dernière Heure relates that during the war Roman Catholic Cardinal Amette of Paris said this to the French soldiers:“My brothers, comrades of the French army and of the…[Read more]

]]Quote Hi WJ,Scripture should not offend you.Alignment with it will not include man made trinities.Oh, Nick, you are so right. You are such a genius and WJ is so wrong. He knows this.

Quote David already knows this but he refuses to let go of the falsehoods that his religion has taught him while accusing others of the same!But I'm not hypocritical about it. WJ, you should point out that no one ever called Jesus “Jesus.” You should point out to him Yahshua or Yaheshua or however you want to spell it in Hebrew took a rather odd…[Read more]

Quote (CatholicApologist @ Aug. 25 2009,13:12)Quote (david @ Aug. 24 2009,18:38)LUKE 1:32“This one will be great and will be called Son of the Most High.” (How did the angel announcing his birth refer to him?  Compare Ps 83:18, where it says that Jehovah alone is the Most High.)LUKE 1:34“For that reason also what is born will be called holy,…[Read more]

Quote You're not going to like this…but “Jehovah” isn't a correct Hebrew term.  The tetragrammaton is YHWH.–CA#1.CA, Here is a fun quote:””Jehovah”, the proper name of God in the Old Testament; hence the Jews called it 'the name' by excellence, the great name, the only name.” –Catholic Encyclopedia 1913, Vol. 8, p. 329″…Yahweh (Jehovah), is…[Read more]

Quote But the scriptures says the “Lord is the Spirit” not the Lord has a Spirit!But when the Bible says things like:And it occurred that, when God’s spirit came to be upon Saul…” do you think this is God himself or “God's spirit” that came upon Saul?And God’s spirit itself enveloped Zech·a·ri′ah and he saw descending like a dove God’s spirit…[Read more]

Quote For David….Quote Did jesus have the same spirit as believers?The confusion is that the word “spirit” is used in a great variety of ways.“God is a spirit” the Bible says, in the same way that we are humans.But, God also HAS his holy spirit, and the majority of cases in the Bible that refer to spirit are referring to God’s spirit or God’s…[Read more]

Indeed, how can one 'love his enemies' and at the same time kill them? How can Christians have love “among themselves” and go to war with other countries and kill their brothers?There is of course, one war that we do condone….Gods war of armageddon.

Quote (david @ Aug. 24 2009,18:52)Quote Jesus was God in her womb.  She is the Theotokos (God-bearer)To confess any less is material heresy.–CAHi CA.What if I confessed that he was the “Son of God”?1 JOHN 4:15“Whoever makes the confession that Jesus Christ is the Son of God . . .” According to John, if we are to remain in union with God, what…[Read more]

CA, also, if this is the case:Quote “Son of God” occurs dozens of times the Bible.”God the Son” occurs…. zero times.Why even use that non-biblical expression “God the Son” when the Bible writers themselves spoke of him as the “God's Son” or the “Son of” God?CA, even if he was God the Son, many people use that non-biblical expression so often…[Read more]