Quote (Stu @ April 24 2008,20:00)Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!Stuarti've watched the martin luther film and i saw one colleague of martin luther burned alive. does it have historical facts?

verse they say explains the diety of JesusCol. 2:9 “For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form”

Another verse, as a matter of fact, one of the many favorite when i'm in discussion with my trinitarian friends. 1Jn 5:20 And we are certain that the Son of God has come, and has given us a clear vision, so that we may see him who is true, and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.who is the…[Read more]

a link given to me by a trinitarian:The Biblical Basis of the Doctrine of the Trinity: An Outline Study

and yet they have this: Tomb of the Virgin Mary, Jerusalemhttp://www.sacred-destinations.com/israel….ary.htm

Graham Philips, author of The Marian Conspiracy:Do the Vatican’s secret archives contain evidence of a medieval cover-up concerning the final days of the mother of Jesus Christ? This is the quest to solve one of the greatest unsolved mysteries in Church history: the true location of the tomb of the Virgin Mary.What became of the Virgin Mary after…[Read more]

if the Father is YAHWEH, the Son is YASHUA, how about the Holy Spirit? tnx.

hi nick. as usual, always the first to reply on my questions. tnx for that. so my question is still left unanswered. do we need traditions?

thou shall not bow…..is kneeling a form of worship? and what about this verse:1 Samuel 24:8 “Then David went out of the cave and called out to Saul, 'My lord the King!' When Saul looked behind, David bowed down and prostrated himself with his face to the ground.”

tnx for those inputs. how about this verse:Joh 1:1 In the beginning was the Word: and the Word was with God: and the Word was God. some say that “theos” must have an article. kindly explain it. tnx.

HERE's the verses used by those who believe that is God.Old and New Testament Parallels of God the Father and God the SonExodus 3:14 – God says “I AM who I AM” – John 8:58 – Jesus says “Before Abraham was, I AM” in reference to Himself.Deut. 4:2; 12:32 – the Lord God commands that we not add or take away from His word – Rev. 22:18-19 – Jesus so…[Read more]

From catholic encyclopedia:Relics – The word relics comes from the Latin reliquiae (the counterpart of the Greek leipsana) which already before the propagation of Christianity was used in its modern sense, viz., of some object, notably part of the body or clothes, remaining as a memorial of a departed saint. The veneration of relics, in fact, is…[Read more]

hi nickso how are we going to tell them if mary is in heaven or not? the scripture is silent on this topic that's why they can claim that she is indeed in heaven and the queen of heaven.i'm just wondering why a very high position such as a “queen” was not even mentioned in the bible.

when i talk with catholic friends about the assumption of mary, they usually point me to this link:How to Argue for Mary's Assumptionthey are using biblical verses to support the assumption.

Catholics use this verse to support the baptism of newly born:John 3:5 “'Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.”

This is accdg to catholic friends why they consider the Holy Spirit as God:Ignatius of Antioch”o the Church at Ephesus in Asia . . . chosen through true suffering by the will of the Father in Jesus Christ our God” (Letter to the Ephesians 1 ). “For our God, Jesus Christ, was conceived by Mary in accord with God’s plan: of the seed of David, it is…[Read more]

woman symbolizes the church and israel too. so how come it is mary?

upon discussing with catholic friends if Mary is really in heaven, they used this verse:Rev 12: 1-5: A great and wondrous sign appeared in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet and a crown of twelve stars on her head. She was pregnant and cried out in pain as she was about to give birth. Then another sign appeared in…[Read more]

thanks a lot IM4

they claim that Mary is the “Queen of Heaven”. but when I asked them where in bible states that Mary is already in heaven to have that title, they would simply tell me this “where in the bible states that Mary is not in heaven?”Is she really a “Queen” because the Son is “King”?