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    There really are Protestants who say "The Bible is God"

    There really are Protestants who say "The Bible is God". I used to think that such claims were coming from Catholics and other people who had an exaggerated idea about what Protestants say about the bible and how they venerate it but evidently I was wrong. On the other forum, the one which many...
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    Could it all be a fraud?

    Who we think wrote this and that passage in the holy scriptures is based mainly on what the scriptures say themselves because external evidence about who wrote what is largely nonexistent for most of the bible. Is it possible that the whole thing is a fraud and that the books and parts of books...
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    Chat Memory

    I watched To Kill a Mocking Bird today and noticed old Miss Debose sitting on her porch knitting and yelling at the kids because they were impolite to her and it got me to thinking that in the story she'd be old enough to remember the civil war in the USA. Then I got thinking how memories pass...
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    Justification

    Most of the bible was written either in Hebrew or Greek. Some parts are in Aramaic and maybe a little Latin is present in this or that part of the four canonical gospels and there may be a phrase here and there of Persian or Babylonian or even Egyptian origin. But for the most part a scholar who...
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    Romans 5:12-21

    There's a thread about an allegedly biblical concept of original sin. Romans 5:12-21 ought to play a pivotal role in that discussion. What does Romans 5:12-21 teach and is "original sin" part of it? • 12 Therefore, sin entered the world through one man; and through sin, death; and later on...
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    Saint Bernadette

    My sister in law is named Bernadette in honour of saint Bernadette of Lourdes. This film is interesting and sweet at the same time. Like many films about saints it is unrealistic in many ways yet tells a story of value and moral worth.
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    Okd films

    I like watching old films. Many of the ones I like best were filmed before I was born. One old film that I enjoy is a sentimental Bing Crosby film called The Bells of Saint Mary's it is about a nun and a priest and the children in a school. It is also about prayer and faith and kindness. It is a...
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    Anger

    21 You have heard, that it was said to our people in the past: Do not commit murder; anyone who murders will have to face trial. 22 But now, I tell you: whoever gets angry with a brother or sister will have to face trial. Whoever insults a brother or sister is liable, to be brought before the...
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    Fulfilling the Law and the Prophets

    Jesus spoke about fulfilling the Law. There is a careful use of phrases in this passage so be careful to notice as you read. It can be revealing to notice how the author of Matthew chooses his words and the way he tells his story. Matthew 5:17 Do not think that I have come to annul the law and...
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    Some thoughts about the canon of the Old Testament.

    Catholics count 46 books as canonical Old Testament scripture and 27 as canonical New Testament scripture. Others have differing views. Here is some information about the canon of the Old Testament The canon of the Old Testament in the Church of the first three centuries The sub-Apostolic...
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    Why is he called the HOLY Spirit?

    It seems obvious why the Father is called father and why the Son is called son but why is the Spirit of God called the Holy Spirit? Surely the Father is holy and the Son is holy yet The Father is not often called the Holy Father nor is the Son often called the Holy Son. It may be significant...
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    Unforgiveable sin.

    Psalms 91 mentioned a phrase used by Jesus "the kingdom of God is upon you". It appears to be part of a discussion that revolves upon the degrees of sin and the existence of unforgiveable sin. Matthew 12:22 Then some people brought to him a possessed man, who was blind and mute. Jesus healed...
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    I am the light of the world.

    This thread is connected to what is being discussed in another thread called "You are the salt of the Earth". Jesus spoke of himself as the light of the world - a light that gives light to all men. Christ is the Light of nations. Because this is so, the Holy Spirit stirs up Christians to...
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    You are the salt of the Earth.

    In the sermon on the mount Jesus said to the disciples "You are the salt of the earth; but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trodden under foot by men. " I sometimes wonder how salt can lose its...
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    Calling.

    Jesus Begins to Preach • 4:12 When Jesus heard that John had been arrested, he withdrew into Galilee. 13 He left Nazareth and went to live in Capernaum, a town by the lake of Galilee, at the border of Zebulun and Naphtali. 14 In this way, the word of the prophet Isaiah was fulfilled: 15 Land of...
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    Temptation

    Jesus tempted in the wilderness (Lk 4:1; Mk 1:12) 4 • 1 Then the Spirit led Jesus into the desert, that he might be put to the test by the devil. 2 After Jesus fasted forty days and nights he was famished. 3 Then the tempter came to him and said, “If you are the Son of God, order these stones...
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    Why become a Catholic if you are a Protestant?

    If you are a Protestant and have a knowledge of the gospel while holding an active lively faith in God why convert to the Catholic Church? Here are some reasons that I like. The bible. The bible has more to say than the 66 books commonly received among Protestants says. Antiquity. The Church...
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    Refuge, immigration, the Law, and the Gospel

    There are lots of Syrian refugees in Europe, Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan and a host of other places because their country is torn apart by civil war and foreign troop incursions. It's been that way for seven years. There is no end in sight to the violence. In old testament times Israel was commanded...
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    The old testament

    Jews of our era read the old testament as their bible because they reject the new testament and Muslims of our era read the old testament and new testament as corrupted revelation from God that Jews first and then Christians changed and corrupted to take away the true message of God which...
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    Obsolete

    I wondered if I ought to write this post in the technology section rather than in the theology section but on reflection the topic is more theological than it is technological. With the progress we're seeing in computer simulated intelligence and the possibility of genuine artificial...
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