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I asked "write a short account of Catholic baptismal theology." It replied Catholic baptismal theology is the teaching and beliefs of the Catholic Church regarding the sacrament of baptism. According to Catholic theology, baptism is the first sacrament of Christian initiation and is considered...

To prefer is not to insist. To express an opinion is not to insist.

"Born again" does carry the misunderstanding that Nicodemus held when he questioned Jesus' use of the term. Jesus said "born from above" and Nicodemus took him to mean "born again" and implied that a man cannot enter his mother's womb a second time to be born again. So Jesus had to explain that...

Yes, that is a term sometimes used for Protestant denominations and protestant derived independent groups. But many Catholics call Protestant bodies churches. It depends on what matters are under discussion. A good number of Protestants call Catholicism idolatrous and Catholics non-Christians...

Sect can be used as an insult thus: DEROGATORY a group that has separated from an established Church; a nonconformist Church: Or as a noun thus: NOUN a group of people with somewhat different religious beliefs (typically regarded as heretical) from those of a larger group to which they belong...

Aliens of the emoji kind are art work, those in the media are imaginary, and those in conspiracy theories are delusional figments of altogether too busy imaginations.

Use headphones, or maybe earphones, then the voices of those on the TV will not be loud enough to cause any echoes.

In the box labelled BIBLES ;)

I have quite a few bibles. I have read most of them cover to cover. This implies - accurately - that I've read the bible many times. Today's bible is the one that Catholics in Australia hear read in Church at the Mass. It is called "The New Catholic Bible" and it is published by "The Catholic...

Once upon a time, When computer technology shows were common. There was a work station maker called Apollo. And another named Sun. [Do you remember then?] Now there's CES. And "pee pebbles" are the technology of the day!

J I Packer's comment, above, is a faithful accurate representation of the L of TULIP. It is hard to differentiate this L description from saying that Christ's death is effective for all who believe the gospel acting on that belief faithfully.

In the west we have one central myth, true to history or not does not matter as far as its teaching power is concerned. Our great central myth is this: The creator of all beings, who is alone in being completely self sufficient and utterly ineffable, who created all things and sustains them...

Too long, I didn't read all 10.

Sins without repentance are not forgiven.

Baptismal regeneration is, in my opinion, something of a Protestant term. In Catholicism it is just baptism. Within Protestantism there are fundamentalists, Catholicism also has some people who are pretty close in mentality to Fundamentalism. And generally people who write on the subject seem...

No. Except maybe Nuclear arms and crazy dictators who own nukes.

I ordered a Lenovo Duet 5 Chromebook from Amazon. It isn't very expensive. It has 8 GB RAM and 256 GB storage. It has google support until June 2030. If it is still working and is still interesting to me after 2030 then it can take Linux for ARM. Do any people here have a Chromebook and use it?

I am content with acknowledging the Catholic Church to be the one that is discussed in the creeds. The one, holy, catholic, and apostolic church. What the rest of you do is up to you.

Is there just one?

I prefer "born from above" :)