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The Universal/catholic Church is all believers in Christ who are are filled with the Holy Spirit and have faith in Christ. The Greek for word "church" is ecclessia which means "assembly" or "gathering". In this case, the gathering of believers. You could literally swap out the word assembly...

The infallibility of the Catholic church is itself a man made doctrine created by the Medieval church.

They were falliable men who believed a legend to be truth.

Literally no one here is saying Mary was not a virgin when Jesus was born. They are not questioning her virginal motherhood. And exactly how does having relations after Jesus was born affect the "truth that he was both fully God and fully man"? All you did was...

What Martin Luther, John Calvin and John Wesley thought doesn't help a bit. And re-posting what you have already posted certainly isn't helping. We already know what the said. Instead of quoting others, why don't you try to answer the question yourself, in your own words.

These forums are much better when it is a conversation with back and forth questions and answers. Copy and Pasting the same thing over and over again doesn't move the conversation forward. Anyone can copy and past be it from their own notes or from some apologist site. That may show the what...

Yes, and He continues to accomplish that for all who are "in Christ".

Thank you for an honest response. The way I see it. We live in a broken world. I believe the fall of man broke not only humanity but also all of creation. Bad things happen to all of us because of either our personal sin, the sin of others, or the consequence of the world being broken...

Okay, how about super sanctified or super holy.

Your just repeating yourself. I've already answered all of those objections. Instead of repeating yourself from what looks like a cut a paste why don't you try writing something yourself answering my objections one by one.

You know, I've ready many Catholic apologist who make this claim. They go to great lengths to show that Mary wasn't "Ordinary". However, to me personally, Mary being some sort of super human sinless person totally ruins the beauty of the incarnation. I find much more comfort in the fact...

As I said, sometimes "until" designates a time frame and gave my own examples similar to 2 Sam 6:23. However, anytime it is used that way, you know it being used that way. It is not ambiguous. And it is the natural understanding. The natural usage in Matthew 1:25 is the same as Acts 20:11...

If you don't believe all scripture is God Breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction and for training in righteousness, then what is the basis for your belief?

Matthew 1:25 In this context, the word "Until" is conditional on a change in action/status/event. That is not always the case, sometimes "until" just designates a time frame. (1 Corinthians 15:25, Phil 1:10, 1 Tim 6:14). However, most of the time the word Until is predicated by a change in...

Drink water from your own cistern, flowing water from your own well. 16 Should your springs be scattered abroad, streams of water in the streets? 17 Let them be for yourself alone, and not for strangers with you. 18 Let your fountain be blessed, and rejoice in the wife of your...

Actually we've both explained Luke 1:34 several times. It is present tense. Not Future tense. It is "I am a virgin and not having sex", not "I'll always be a virgin and never have sex".

I think Joel Osteen and others similar to him, are all about Joel Osteen and developing follower/givers to his empire by making people feel good about themselves and encouraging them that they can have better lives.

Wow, I totally disagree with this premise. God made the parts of the body that produce pleasure in sex. He could have made reproduction boring and numb, but He chose to make it pleasurable. I believe the joys and pleasures of married sex are a gift of God. This gift has been abused by...

I reread all his/her post in this thread. I don't see anywhere he denies the virgin birth. He does call perpetual virginity a myth. But not the virgin birth. Maybe he does but I can't find it. Could you tell me which post?

Not fundamentalist/evangelical Christians. And I don't see anyone making that argument in this thread.