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  1. Albion

    The clergy loophole

    It's what we have been discussing here--the idea that if a priest in the confessional learns of crimes committed, he would have a legal obligation to report them and, with your own twist on that topic, also make himself responsible for correcting the damage done by the penitent. I explained why...
  2. Albion

    Who is "him that justifieth the ungodly"?

    Who ARE "the people Christ died for," then? The Bible seems to be full of passages that call on people to become disciples of Christ, and we remember that Jesus told his Apostles to go into the whole world making converts and then baptizing them. None of that would be needed according to your...
  3. Albion

    Who is "him that justifieth the ungodly"?

    I'm sure that your belief in this matter remains what it already was, but the information, the wording, that you've offered us more recently shows that your belief is mistaken. That's what I was pointing to. That's like saying the medicine that the doctor gave you didn't do anything and played...
  4. Albion

    Who is "him that justifieth the ungodly"?

    All that's being said there is that Faith is imputed and so serves to save the recipient. If this is still at issue in your mind, go to Romans 1:17 Commentaries: For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, "BUT THE RIGHTEOUS man SHALL LIVE BY FAITH."...
  5. Albion

    Who is "him that justifieth the ungodly"?

    Faith does not reveal some other, different, cause of our salvation AND AT THE SAME TIME function as 'the' vehicle God established by which we may be saved from our sins. Such a conflict as that would be impossible.
  6. Albion

    The clergy loophole

    ...and you're of the opinion that the child abuser is going to 1) see the error of his ways in the first place, and then 2) seek the forgiveness of a priest for actions that he intends to continue doing? :unsure: Only a very rare criminal would reveal his guilt if he knew or even suspected...
  7. Albion

    The clergy loophole

    You do remember that Jesus told one or more of his Apostles to forgive sins and that "whose sins you shall forgive, they are forgiven, and whose sins you shall retain they are retained," right? (Jn 20:21-23) We're talking here about the teachings and use of the Roman Catholic Church, so if a...
  8. Albion

    The clergy loophole

    It's because they believe that the priest has been given the authority by Jesus to forgive sin that having one of them say it to your face, as it were, puts them at ease. Naturally, this is at least partially dependent upon believing that Jesus' words apply to today's priests and, also, there...
  9. Albion

    The clergy loophole

    It's one of those things that agitate certain people although we're talking about something that's more about theory than real life. However, there are people who would say that even if a mere handful of criminals met justice this way, then doing away with the guaranteed privacy of the...
  10. Albion

    The clergy loophole

    I have heard of a few, but I would agree that the number of people who confess to a serious crime in the confessional booth right now when they know that he won't reveal it isn't very high. Well, the point is that they get the tangible reassurance that their sins have been forgiven. If a...
  11. Albion

    Ohio abortions

    That would be the crowd which firmly supported dismissing people from the naval academy and/or from military service, as well as from schools and employment... when they declined to receive a Covid "vaccination" for religious or other grounds. THEN "My body, my choice" was something they...
  12. Albion

    The clergy loophole

    On the other hand, very few wrongdoers are likely to confess to a priest if they know he will report them to the police straightaway. So, altering the law to make priests agents of the state would most likely not produce significant change, especially since it is the teaching of the church that...
  13. Albion

    Vote Democrat! Stop Hurricanes?

    Indeed. Your point is valid. This has been going on since the late 1900s. I was thinking of the more recent predictions made by various Democrat politicians, however.
  14. Albion

    Vote Democrat! Stop Hurricanes?

    Yes, and although this one was a big storm, the fact that hurricanes hitting the USA mainland have been fewer than normal for some years leading up to 2022 drew no mention from the folks who have predicted the end of the world occurring within this decade, thanks to "Climate Change."
  15. Albion

    Allah = Jehovah (Quran and Bible comparison)

    That's correct. It's not the use of the same terminology that matters in this case--or in the case of the word Allah when speaking of God--but the belief as it concerns the identity and nature of that being. "They" believe that Jesus was a prophet, but not God incarnate. That POV would mark...
  16. Albion

    Who is "him that justifieth the ungodly"?

    It IS Faith that saves, and of course that Faith is the means by which we appropriate the merits of Jesus' Sacrifice. The question then concerns how any of us is able to come by that Faith. It depends on whether you think God forces saving Faith upon anyone, by predestination for instance...
  17. Albion

    Who is "him that justifieth the ungodly"?

    Certainly, but it's all a matter of how we understand the words that are used. The sinner cannot, on his own, turn from his sin and accept Christ, but it is because of him embracing the Faith that God offers.
  18. Albion

    What or Who is the Church?

    There is only one church. That's true in the ultimate sense of the word. All true believers in the Lord are members of that one church irrespective of denominational affiliation and regardless of whether they are living or deceased. But it's wrong to claim that there is only one denomination...
  19. Albion

    What or Who is the Church?

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dispensationalism This article ^ should clear up questions about where and when this fringe theory we've been dealing with originated as well as what its pet theories exactly are.
  20. Albion

    Allah = Jehovah (Quran and Bible comparison)

    He does do such things, however. The Bible records him destroying people and cities because of various offenses, and he allowed his chosen race of people, the Hebrews, to experience many terrible episodes in history. And then also, he will condemn many souls in the afterlife. Looked at this...
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