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For most of us, that policy would probably be unnecessary; but there must be some people who, because of age or infirmities, could be misled and even panicked by hearing such sounds coming to them over the radio. Some version of the proposal might be worthwhile, therefore, perhaps just dealing...

You're right that the people standing behind him in that photo appear to be similarly shiny, and perhaps even somewhat tinted, although I'm not sure about that last part. The text states that the pic was taken during a rally. He surely doesn't wear such make-up, if that's what it is, on other...

He probably thinks he looks better with a tan, as also with hair that has some color. Given the condition of the leader of the other party, it shouldn't be surprising that the Democrats (and Haley) are doing their best to question Trump's physical status from several different angles. For...

Sure. I'll explain. Your wording, "very high burden of justification" isn't at all specific, you know. And then you compromised the position you are now saying was yours when you then went on to conclude with this statement-- The idea of banning any reading in a library because "it contains...

The example I used was about stocking a book that advocated mass murder, not that bombs can kill. Anyway, the point there was that most people understand that a public library should have some limits on what's being explained or promoted. Until recently, we all took this for granted. If another...

Okay. In a public library, we'd probably expect information about how to make bombs or books that advocate mass murder would be banned, therefore, and not just because one person (to use your example) filed a formal objection. Is such a policy, therefore, improper? Does it follow that...

...and it is often the case that the clergy, knowing the truth about some alleged Marian miracle, nevertheless look favorably on Catholic laypersons reverencing and believing in those things. They think that devotion to the Virgin Mary is good and appropriate, so they won't make an issue about...

Unfortunately, yes. And that includes commercials for people who haven't yet declared as candidates! There is an awful lot of money being spent these days on the campaigns of individuals (as opposed to parties or causes), most notably for President of the U.S.

After the Crucifixion, that is. At the time they died, hundreds of years prior to that, they were not allowed to go to heaven. That's the point of the Incarnation, Death, and Resurrection of the Son of God, our Savior, that humanity would become eligible for heaven. In the meanwhile, the...

That's fair. But it also means you didn't have any answers since what you gave me there didn't have anything to do with "Baptisms in the Holy Spirit" or, in some of the cases, with the Holy Spirit at all. Yes, he does say that; but you understand that this isn't the "Baptism with the Holy...

Yes. So? There's nothing about Jesus receiving a "Baptism with the Holy Spirit" in that. No reference at all to the Holy Spirit there. Again, nothing about the Holy Spirit, let alone the Baptism in the HS. Ditto.

You are referring to the Son of God being born of Mary as the Angel Gabriel announced, but this does not mean that Jesus was "BAPTIZED IN THE HOLY SPIRIT" with all that is meant by that term and as you've described to us. Those are two different matters altogether. Where'd you get that notion...

Agreed The Old Testament saints who had already died? There is nothing in the Bible that suggests Jesus was baptized in the Holy Spirit. Being God himself, that would not have been necessary for any reason. The usual reasoning of people who follow this false theory of Jesus being baptized in...

That seems undeniable, doesn't it?

But wait a minute. I seems like the picture is changing. To pray for someone's healing is not what a faith healer is all about. We all know to pray God for healing for ourselves or someone else. There's no controversy about that. BUT we here had been speaking of people who you said could perform...

I see a lot of bad fruit. Some of these folks are certainly unorthodox in their confession/beliefs. So, wouldn't that be cause for caution when dealing with others of that sort? Okay, so then...? But this is either Jesus himself or his church doing that healing. You said at one place or...

Let's get this clear. WHO has the "gift of healing?" HOW do we know it's genuine? So...valid churches, not any individual making claims on his or her own, and not some cult built upon a Jim Jones kind of leader. That's Jesus! It's not the many people we encounter in daily life who are making...

I'd think we all should be able to answer without hesitation. The Devil is the ruler of this Earth only because God allows it. Obviously, a god who is omnipotent--as we proclaim that the god of the BIble is--cannot be some sort of an equal with his opposite number, which is what some other...

"Those were only for the early days of the church, Calvin said.” Calvin was right about that much. ;) The extremists of the Reformation era were denounced by all the other Protestant groups because they amounted to what we'd today identify as cults. Most of today's charismatics would be...

Your mind is made up, I see. But the thing that occurs to me as I read these posts that seems the most peculiar is that you take inspiration from the miracles or tongues-speaking that the early Christians were known for, but at the same time you feel no reluctance to boycott (because it's...