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From Post #8 in this thread: Actually, we must thank the author of Post #8 (and the person who issued a “like” for that post), for highlighting three (until now implied) questions that were going to be presented later; the intention had been to build up to them. (They are not the only...

From Post #2: From Post #7: Well, it could very well be the other way around. The pagan myths may simply be distortions of the original history. It didn’t take man long to fall into idolatry even prior to Noah’s declining years. It never does. (Don’t forget that the lives of Noah and...

From Post #6 in this thread: That was in response to information presented in Post #1 and Post #5. ============================================================================================== However, in Post #1, I stated: Based on that, I now do have a question: What prompted that...

The Dead Sea? Does the Nicene Creed tell us that the dead see? :confused:

Post 255: I thank that Poster for pointing out my slip of the pen. Well, the Low Church Anglicans do not believe in baptismal regeneration, as do at least some levels of High Church Anglicans. Nor does the “Low Church” believe in praying to dead people (“saints”). (For East Coast Aussies: )...

...Continued In Post #1, we looked at the Scribes and the Sadducees. Now it’s the Pharisees’ turn. The Pharisees accepted both the Law and the Prophets (the Protestant Old Testament) as being holy writings given by God to them. They believed that rescue from death would be by a future...

As indirectly requested in Post #2 in the “Thoughts on the 'annihilationism' Thread” thread, Pedrito will now revert to the “first person” presentation style from now on. I ask for understanding if I lapse into the third person at times due to force of habit. The reason I felt compelled to use...

Actually, there is a third question. Post #1: Question 3. Why would Jesus need to bestow the Holy Spirit onto the disciples, for them to be able to tell people that "the unrepentant sinner refuses to repent and desires to remain in his sin, which is rejecting the grace given to him", and...

From Post #1: It would seem that Jesus conferred upon those present at that point, either the indwelling Holy Spirit or the power to exercise the remitting and retaining that follows. That sparks two questions. 1. How does that compare to what happened at Pentecost? 2. What did Thomas miss...

It may all depend on the base that the reason is built on. ============================================================================================== 1. There is reason based on observation of the fallen world around us. That naturally and obviously conflicts with faith. 2. There is...

Isaiah 61:1,2 [emphasis added]: 1 The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound; 2 To proclaim...

As indirectly requested in Post #2 in the “Thoughts on the 'annihilationism' Thread” thread, Pedrito will now revert to the “first person” presentation style from now on. I ask for understanding if I lapse into the third person at times due to force of habit. The reason I felt compelled to use...

Pedrito speaks in the third person because another poster was taken to task (by someone who didn’t like the thoughts he was presenting) for using the word “I”. Pedrito had formerly been accused (falsely as was proven) of flaming, for the same reason. From memory, both occurrences were before...

Reading this thread takes Pedrito back to the superficial teaching he received from the pulpits of his past. With one notable exception, all that was lacking then was any semblance of proper in-depth teaching about the Bible. Denominational dogma and practice were the emphasis, as was the...

As an outsider looking in, Pedrito cannot help but be impressed by President Trump. He has managed to slash a path through the jungle of the entrenched political establishment, and actually achieve much for his country and its people – as Pedrito had an inkling he might, when he was first...

Post #2: Post #4: If Pedrito understands correctly, the existence of only one archangel is ever acknowledged in the Bible, despite what church liturgy might state. That archangel can be found in 1 Thessalonians 4:16 and Jude 1:9. The name Michael is used of an angelic being in Daniel...

Post #258: Actually, only the “New Testament” would need to be thrown out based on that criterion. The canon of the Inspired Hebrew Scriptures was established before Jesus walked the Earth, despite what the Roman Catholic Church might like to claim. According to Pedrito’s investigation, the...

Pedrito was fascinated by the ‘annihilation’ thread. He did not begin to review it until it had reached an advanced state. Once he did, it seemed to raise more questions than it answered. It was shut down before he could post comments therein...

These thoughts are primarily for MarkFL’s consideration. Others in the CH community may find them discomforting. (The Post is long, but the thoughts are better posted as a unit, as opposed to being split.)...

Post 218: ============================================================================================== The so-called Athanasian Creed has been shown to have not been created by Athanasius, but rather composed in the 5th or 6th century. That creed appears to contain elements of the first...