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quote:Originally posted by Ronnie P.:
John 14:2
And the Lord spoke, saying "Save the drama for your mama"
Matthew 8:14
"It's Friday shouldn't you have something better to do?"
quote:Originally posted by Aude Sapere:
Holy writ says the world will end in fire, and science says one day our sun will expand as it uses up its Hydrogen and starts to fuse the next element on the table. This will eventually burn up the inner planets, earth included.
quote:Originally posted by Aude Sapere:
To address the Holy Anointed Eternally Secure One with the utmost deference and humility: you are full of crap. I don't know how the world will end, when it will end, and frankly do not care as it will be the end of the earth. I have "eternal security" in that I acknowledge and bewail my many and manifest sins regularly and orally in public and know that God Almighty will forgive me if I repent and turn from my wicked ways.
quote:When you were playing with your ouija boards, and consulting your wizards, I was on my knees in prayer to Our Lord. I was reading my Bible. I was sincere and still am in my faith and it has never wavered one iota. Even facing death twice, I was not afraid. When I was told I had Stage IV NH Lymphoma and looked the life expectancy, I was not afraid. Know why? Because I do not need a magic carpet ride to get to heaven when the going gets rough. I have faith in God Almighty.
quote:Originally posted by Aude Sapere: Note our friend in the wastelands of SoCal did not address our duties as Our Lord commanded by example in the Sermon on the Mount. He only called me a "bishop" which I am most certainly not. Nota bene that he changed the topic and mocked the Holy Writ which says that the world will not be destroyed again by water, but by fire, a fact which science bears out.
quote:Originally posted by Aude Sapere:
Now how about parsing the Arabic triliteral root kbr for us? You once claimed such supreme knowledge. I care not a whit about how, when, why the end will come. It is the end of the world. I cannot slow it down, speed it up, or stop time and the will of God. Nor do I care how life began: it is and we are here now. I do care about the life, passion, death, resurrection and example and commandments of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
quote:Originally posted by Aude Sapere:
Nobody knows because the book is purposefully coded. We do not have the key. Its meaning is like debating the number of angels who can dance on the head of Bill Gray.
Many claim to have the key. Good luck in proving that their reading is the correct one.
quote:Originally posted by Aude Sapere:
The Greek name of the book means "unveiling' which is nearly the same as "decoding." The whole thing is in riddles and obscure visions. Why does John have to ask if he clearly knew what stars and candle sticks were? It is clear that he did not, or was that a rhetorical device? Why should the rest of the book be any different? A sudden change of literary genre for the sake of daring?
quote:Originally posted by Aude Sapere:
What an utter waste of your time when there are the gays to attack on line. Very necessary holy things, indeed, like Jesus when he picked the largest rock for stoning the woman taken in adultery and threw first.
quote:Originally posted by vplee123:
Indeed! Art, don't you know that Bill rejects apostolic teaching, and Tradition? He waited patiently for the editors and writers to finish, a couple of editions, a few deletions of several books... THEN the work was finished, to be taken literally. But only sometimes. The happy fluffy parts where you are "SAVED" by virtue of faith alone, regardless of what you do, is the most important part: the rest of scripture is okay, but if it conflicts with "faith alone" then it is not as important, and not to be taken literally.
Then, he waited about 1000 years, the church broke off and started various and sundry "denominations" that could each put their own self serving "spin" on sacred word and tradition. Now then, the Bible, and the Church are complete. And perfect. But it took our fundy brother a very long time to perfect this, so please have patience with him!