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Why do YOU .. ,Josiah, want mary to be called "the mother of God " when Even the lord NEver gives her that title ?
-and pass the popcorn
As you know, I've stated MANY times that I could care less what you or anyone calls anything or anyone. If you READ that, you'll have your answer to this "question".
I have NEVER said ANYTHING about what anyone should or should not be called. You attacked these two teachings as "false, wrong and blasphemy" promoting instead the heresies of Arianism and Nestorianism. I'm defending the truth of Matthew 1:18 and Titus 2:13 against your heresies of Arianism and Nestorianism. I'm disagreeing with what you yourself stated is your ASSUMPTION of an invisible, non-stated point " number 3" that isn't there except in your wild, amazing imagination. If you READ the posts (and the Scriptures) - the words - you'd figured this out way back on page one. But because you seem to pay no attention to words, since you admit that your whole point is based on ASSUMPTIONS of your own wild imagination, strawmen of your OWN creation, invisible things not stated... well, this has gone one for 58 pages.
Josiah said:Let's try this..... please READ each of the words here. Please do NOT read any invisible "words", only the ones that actually appear here. ASSUME nothing. Just READ the words, the words as they appear. And yes, I will be using English words because we use English on this website.
You have had two apologetics AGAINST these teachings:
1. The teachings of this title are "false, wrong and blasphemy."
There are two (and only two) teachings in these words, in this title:
1. Mary bore Jesus and may be correctly called his "Mother"
For this: See Matthew 1:18. What, specifically and verbatim, does Matthew call Mary in this verse?
2. This Jesus whom Mary bore may correctly be called "God."
For this: See Titus 2:13. What, specifically and verbatim, does Paul call Jesus in this verse?
For your apologetic #1 to be correct, the two teachings would need to be shown to be "false, wrong and blasphemous." But actually, they have been shown to be biblical, true and correct. Furthermore, your rebukes of these (coming verbatim from two ancient, universally condemned heresies - Arianism and Nestorianism) are indeed false.
2. We are forbidden to use terms, words and titles that JESUS did not specifically use in the Bible.
You have presented nothing to support this claim. Nothing.
And it seems unlikely that you regard it as anything other than silly or that you follow your own mandate here. If you have EVER used words that you can't prove JESUS used (such as "Bible, Trinity, Evangelical, Protestant, Sunday School, Bible Study, Praise Band, Website, Internet, Automobile, Television") then obviously you don't agree with yourself.
Now, you have TRIED at times to absurdly CHANGE the title. Here is your fundamental problem of not reading the words.... of paying no attention to what is actually said but rather deleting that and substituting instead your enormous, incredible ability to ASSUME. Crazy, laughable things such as "Mary - The Creator of the Creator" or "Mary - the Source of the Trinity" and other equally amazing, absurd things that no one has EVER actually said or written (again, the problem being your seeming inability to READ). Several of us have posted to you that NO ONE has EVER said or written or believed or affirmed or even dreamed up such crazy ideas or titles - but I don't think you READ any of those posts.
And you've TRIED to change it into other things, too. Such as "Jesus - The Goddess Mary's Son" As if the title is saying MARY may be called God when if you would just actually READ THE WORDS, it clearly is indicating that Jesus is the one who may be called "GOD." Here too, the problem is not with the Bible. It's not with Matthew 1:18 or Titus 2:13. It's in your inability or unwillingness to READ.... and perhaps the heresies of Arianism and Nestorianism that you keep alluding to and promoting... maybe you have a teacher(s) who is teaching you those heresies, I don't know. But the problem is not with these truths. It's with you.
And again: I NEVER said that anyone should or must call Mary anything. I wish you would actually READ THE WORDS written to you. I'm defending the theology against your Arianism and Nestorianism, I'm defending the words against your (absurd, laughable) substitutions, I'm disagreeing with your protests of what Matthew and Paul do in Scripture, but I've never remotely told you or anyone what they should or should not call anyone. It's SO frustrating when you don't READ THE WORDS but in stead of them, in lieu of them, in place of them, create your wild "assumptions."
I hope this helps.... But all this has been said MANY, MANY times over the past 58 pages.
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Josiah
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