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  1. Albion

    Is Infant Baptism and Accretion?

    Maybe so. However, there still is no reason to deny baptism to children. Not just because, in the case of an adult seeking to be baptized, a confession of faith is expected. And, as I'm sure you know, any infant who is baptized has parents and sponsors who are believers and, also, promise to...
  2. Albion

    Faith

    Properly understood, the meaning of that verse is that Faith comes by being introduced to the Gospel. That could be because of reading it or by having it preached to you. What the verse is NOT saying, though, is that you are going to hear voices from the spirit world. And it's not saying that...
  3. Albion

    Is Infant Baptism and Accretion?

    That would be your own opinion, then, and that of 20% or so of the world's Christians. Elsewhere here, the discussion has concerned the facts which bear upon the two different views, and the Scriptural evidence supports the practice of baptizing without an age requirement. There is also no...
  4. Albion

    Is Infant Baptism and Accretion?

    I believe I made that point in my earlier reply, but there is a problem. The mode and manner of administering this sacrament was unsettled in the early years in a number of different ways, and we do not know if there was some standard way in the beginning. It appears not. This means that even...
  5. Albion

    USA Trump ordered to pay

    I think the decision is sure to be appealed to a higher court.
  6. Albion

    The wonder of myth

    I suppose the post was intended to be food for thought. According to "Vocabulary. com" -- "A myth is a story that's told again and again and serves to explain why something is the way it is." Other sources include the fact that the stories so described usually involve beliefs about gods.
  7. Albion

    What is the name of the Father?

    John refers to the "name" of the Father in several other verses, too. In all those instances, and likewise in the case of the Baptismal formula that was discussed at length here on CH, the meaning is not that of a "handle" but of his or its identity. That's similar to one of us saying "Stop...
  8. Albion

    Happy Birthday Josiah

    Happy Birthday, my friend!
  9. Albion

    Who is "him that justifieth the ungodly"?

    The reference was to this statement: "They are guiltless and sinless before God's Law and Justice, and that constitutes Justification before God without them believing, but solely by Christ's Death alone." Are you saying that you know "lots of churches that believe" that there are people who...
  10. Albion

    Accretions

    I guess here's where we have to ask what those false doctrines are, but the bigger point remains that your assessment is just one personal opinion among tens or hundreds of thousands of others just like it. By the way, what church do you belong to or attend? Knowing that would make the...
  11. Albion

    Completely legalizing marijuana

    Approximately the same in most of the USA (although I think only adults can buy from dispensaries), and that situation makes no sense as a policy.
  12. Albion

    Accretions

    I've heard this comment from quite a few people. Still, I have to wonder how anybody knows what every one of the tens of thousands of existing Christian "church groups" actually professes?? In reality, the speaker is guessing. And it's a guess based, I suppose, on the speaker finding fault with...
  13. Albion

    Accretions

    Are there actual instances in Scripture in which we see the ages of any of the people who were baptized? In your previous post, you referred to Christians who have to go by "human reason" in addition to Scripture in order to justify their beliefs concerning Baptism. That is exactly what I feel...
  14. Albion

    religious leaders who support abortion rights

    I wonder where that might be found in Scripture, especially since ours is a religion that believes a God who has told us that he "knew" us and commissioned us even before he formed us in the womb? (Jeremiah 1:5 "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you; Before you were born I sanctified you...
  15. Albion

    Accretions

    The details concerning baptism were in question for the first several centuries, until settled by the church. Interestingly enough, one item that isn't a concern to anyone anymore but once was a big issue was whether it is possible for sins to be forgiven if committed after baptism. The mode of...
  16. Albion

    Accretions

    Okay. I thought that if I'd watched the whole thing, that point might have been made clearer. As you know, some opponents of having images think the mere creation of them is against the Second Commandment, while other opponents are focused on the veneration of them or on what they perceive to be...
  17. Albion

    Accretions

    Okay, well, there is a lot -- a lot! -- on that video, and I didn't watch all of it. And then, too, there are a number of different ins and outs that relate to the matter of iconography, regardless of who is giving the lecture. You notice that Ortland was careful always to refer to the issue as...
  18. Albion

    Accretions

    "Take my pick??" You didn't have a list of possibilities in your post, so am I expected to create one--and then comment on the history of some or all of those beliefs? No, the message you gave us was correct as it stood. Some very well-known doctrines (of the Catholic and Orthodox churches...
  19. Albion

    Who is "him that justifieth the ungodly"?

    That's not my point. The point was that what you laid out for us is a personal theory and nothing that any significant branch of Christianity, whether current or historic, Catholic or Protestant, has agreed with. That fact is simply being noted. Other readers may have different reactions.
  20. Albion

    Accretions

    What you described is so well-known that the only possible issue would seem to be "WHICH innovations are we talking about?" :giggle:
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