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  1. Albion

    Why didn't Jesus die for the other thief?

    It's not Heaven. That's usually understood. This is the "place" in the afterlife otherwise called Abraham's Bosom, and its role has been discussed here before. So, the question isn't whether or not such a place existed but how Christ's reference to Paradise makes sense when he makes his famous...
  2. Albion

    Biblical understanding

    We'll just call that Christianity, then. 🥴
  3. Albion

    The best human trait

    Some of them no doubt were, but that doesn't do anything to make this a better or more correct formula than the wording that Jesus Christ himself told the Apostles to use. Immersion is never mentioned. Yes, it does. When entire households were baptized, as the New Testament says happened, then...
  4. Albion

    The best human trait

    Interesting. Until now, you've described faith as merely a by-product or incidental characteristic of the process by which a person is chosen to be one of the Elect. But now it's supposed instead to have the power to "purify" the recipient, whatever that might mean, and to enable the person to...
  5. Albion

    Biblical understanding

    I'm forced to agree. The steady repetition by our friend of what he has already posted, mainly statements and Bible quotes without any elaboration or application, doesn't get us anywhere. So, he's apparently a Roman Catholic and wants us to know that he agrees unhesitatingly with whatever that...
  6. Albion

    Biblical understanding

    Okay. You have not answered the questions, so we can only assume that, like any loyal son of the Roman Church, it is the Roman Catholic Church that you are referring to whenever you speak of "only one church," etc. So, you've narrowed "the church" down to the Church of Rome, all the Eastern...
  7. Albion

    Why didn't Jesus die for the other thief?

    Not a problem. This is just one more example of you placing your own interpretation over the actual one. So, it doesn't actually raise any theological difficulties.
  8. Albion

    The best human trait

    False. The (other) wording that Jesus himself gave to all of his Apostles is also in the Bible. And in that case, he told them that this was how it should be done. That isn't the case with the wording you prefer. And your theory suggests that the church should disregard the words and...
  9. Albion

    Why didn't Jesus die for the other thief?

    It's generally recognized that the wording can be taken in two different ways, but it's the second one that is normally considered the more plausible, considering that both of them died on the day that Christ spoke these words. For myself, I have never thought that it makes much difference...
  10. Albion

    The best human trait

    "The Just shall live by Faith." (Hebrews 10:38) Pretty clear, isn't it? The Just--that what it's all about, being justified, right? ...and it's by Faith that they shall live eternally, not anything else. Nothing else is included in that verse from Scripture. It's Faith.
  11. Albion

    Why didn't Jesus die for the other thief?

    That's true. There is nothing whatsoever in Scripture--or, for that matter, in logic--which supports the idea that Jesus's sacrifice excluded the other thief. So, we should file that nonsense with the other nonsense posted about orthodox Christianity actually being Pelagianism, and the Trinity...
  12. Albion

    Biblical understanding

    Well, that's certainly true, whether or not anybody thinks that the Roman Catholic Church is the one that's truest to the original faith and to Christ's directives. For certain, there was no belief among the early Christians that the bishop of Rome was intended to be the sole ruler of the...
  13. Albion

    Biblical understanding

    Are you saying that you ARE, in fact, a Roman Catholic but take exception to the wording ("have a church")? In practice, what does this mean...or how does it work? Meaning what in practice? What does humble subjection [sic] mean in real life; and what exactly are you referring to when you say...
  14. Albion

    How can you deny the Trinity was in the man Jesus?

    God didn't place the Trinity in the man Jesus. That sentence is wrong in several different ways and cannot even be answered except to say that the questioner knows nothing of Christian and Biblical doctrine concerning God.
  15. Albion

    Merry Christmas!

    and a joyous Christmas to all of you!
  16. Albion

    Why didn't Jesus die for the other thief?

    ...and so many other aspects of Christian belief. But you can see from the overkill, the absurd and deliberately insulting way that our friend denounces those ideas, that correcting an error or helping to increase anyone else's understanding is not his real purpose.
  17. Albion

    Why didn't Jesus die for the other thief?

    If it were actually easy, we wouldn't have people making it a point to come onto Christian forums in order to expose Christianity as a fraud. They would either take the path you consider easy and join the faith...or else they would think of the whole thing the way we think of Scientology or...
  18. Albion

    How do you handle persecution based on a lie?

    If you actually did careful study you wouldn't always be coming up with some crackpot theory and then pontificating on how stupid 2000 years of Christian wisdom and study has been. The Trinity isn't the Trinity to you, the message of salvation isn't accepted by you, Faith doesn't figure into it...
  19. Albion

    Why didn't Jesus die for the other thief?

    :sigh: But "others" HAVE touched this situation. Many times. You simply refuse to listen when they explain that NO ONE here whom you are accusing does, actually, believe what you've accused them of believing!! Still, all the careful explanations that have been given to you and were meant to...
  20. Albion

    The 5 points of TULIP for 1689Dave

    The verse from Luke says nothing about what it means to be a Christian. And as for the rest, you don't even understand the verse that says that the first time the disciples were called "Christian" is not saying anything about doctrine: it simply tells us when and where the name "Christian" was...
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