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  1. Faith

    JOSIAH

    Yes, but I never had a Lutheran confirmation. Was I supposed to?
  2. Faith

    JOSIAH

    If If a PASTOR and WE aren’t required to believe convention resolutions but only the Book of Concord and Small Catechism (I don’t think I’ve ever been asked if I believe them) then what’s the point of the conference and teaching, for that matter? in order to join my church I had to take a I...
  3. Faith

    JOSIAH

    I wasn’t confirmed as a Lutheran.
  4. Faith

    JOSIAH

    Don’t you think that those who believe in an old earth have plenty of reasons for believing that, too?
  5. Faith

    JOSIAH

    When I was confirmed I was a Catholic.
  6. Faith

    JOSIAH

    So, are you saying that the young earth belief in the LCMS isn’t doctrine? Or is it? Because the LCMS Q and A thing online says that the LCMS “does not have an official position on the precise age of the earth since the Bible itself does not tell us how old the earth is.”
  7. Faith

    JOSIAH

    Tells you what? That they have many more rules to follow?
  8. Faith

    JOSIAH

    I don’t know…the Catholic one is HUGE. but about the men who voted on teaching a young earth at the convention….were they educated just in religion? just educated in science? educated in both?
  9. Faith

    JOSIAH

    I just sometimes think it would be easier on me to just return to the Catholic Church. They’re strict on some things but science isn’t one of them.
  10. Faith

    JOSIAH

    Thanks for your reply, but besides you, were those voting educated in science, just religion or both? IOW, how educated were the voters in subjects outside of religion?
  11. Faith

    JOSIAH

    Sorry, I misspelled your name; I fixed it.
  12. Faith

    JOSIAH

    I’m going through my typical worrying about religion again, in particular, the LCMS teaching of a young earth. Since you were at the convention that they decided to uphold a young earth teaching, did they make an educated decision? Did they do their research on SCIENCE, or did they just decide...
  13. Faith

    Lutheranism and Job

    Yes, my pastor said that Job was historical but how much of the writing is word for word vs using creative and poetic flourish, nobody knows. But the writings are inspired by God.
  14. Faith

    Lutheranism and Job

    I could buy that it is a play of sorts based on a real person using poetic license.
  15. Faith

    Lutheranism and Job

    What is the Lutheran belief on Job? I’m reading it now. Do Lutherans believe Job was a real person? Do Lutherans believe that all the long winded speeches Job and the others said we’re actual, word for word what these men said?
  16. Faith

    Lotus Flower

    It’s a picture of what my daughter called a water-lily she took at a park. I don’t know if a water-lily or Lotus are the same thing or something different.
  17. Faith

    Lotus Flower

    I think the Lotus flower is pretty and had one on my Facebook page cover. But then I started thinking about how the Lotus is associated with Easten religions. Is it wrong to display the Lotus on fb, or on a permanent tattoo or other ways?
  18. Faith

    Enoch and Elijah

    Very true!
  19. Faith

    Enoch and Elijah

    I don’t mind speculation and in the case of my OP I wanted suggestions, but there’s a difference between speculation and acting like you have a definitive answer for everything. You know….”look it up in the catechism.” And more times than not the catechism didn’t answer my question, anyway.
  20. Faith

    Enoch and Elijah

    Yeah, it seemed to me, at least, that in Catholicism they had to have an answer for everything. But I’ve noticed my pastor sometimes saying “I don’t know”.
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