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141 | Does the Father have a God? | John 1:1 | flinkywood | 137589 | ||
Sttil, Thanks for your replies. 1) What are "eternal realities"? 2) Could you please elucidate "life after death"? 3) What is the relationship of Gnosticism to John's use of "Logos" in John 1:1? Colin |
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142 | Does the Father have a God? | John 1:1 | flinkywood | 137582 | ||
Sttil, one other question: how do you know you're practicing Christianity and not Gnosticism? Colin |
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143 | Does the Father have a God? | John 1:1 | flinkywood | 137579 | ||
Besides Trinitarian doctrine, how else is Christianity tainted by Gnosticism? What parts of those scriptures we have today are tainted by Gnosticism? Colin |
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144 | Does the Father have a God? | John 1:1 | flinkywood | 137558 | ||
Thanks, but I was asking specifically about similarities between Gnoticism and Unitarianism. Or are you saying that Unitarianism is Christianity less tainted by Gnosticism? Colin |
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145 | Does the Father have a God? | John 1:1 | flinkywood | 137549 | ||
sttil, Are there similarities between Gnosticism and Unitarianism? Colin |
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146 | How to teach people to hear God's voice? | John 10:4 | flinkywood | 137369 | ||
Thanks, Doc. Colin |
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147 | How to teach people to hear God's voice? | John 10:4 | flinkywood | 137364 | ||
Aw, shucks, Hank. Colin |
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148 | How to teach people to hear God's voice? | John 10:4 | flinkywood | 137361 | ||
Hank, I wrote Doc that I've heard acounts of people hearing Jesus' voice. I know these seem antithetical to scripture, but the most credible ones are specifically to the person in question and un-prophetic. I'm not sure we can rule them out entirely. They also tend to be so beautiful and hopeful I can't help wanting to believe they're true. Colin |
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149 | How to teach people to hear God's voice? | John 10:4 | flinkywood | 137360 | ||
Doc, I've heard accounts of people hearing Jesus' voice; obviously, these are hard to confirm, but I can't disbelieve them; in fact, I want to believe them. That's just how I am. Colin |
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150 | How to teach people to hear God's voice? | John 10:4 | flinkywood | 137350 | ||
Doc, would you rule out entirely the possibility that since Christ's ascension someone, other than Paul, has heard the voice of Christ? Colin |
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151 | Is the Bible Alone Sufficient? | Matt 15:3 | flinkywood | 137314 | ||
Kalos, It's easy to defend the Catholics on this point. The Bible the Bereans scoured was the Septuagint. The New Testament didn't yet exist (the 1st word was probably writtten about AD50, the last between AD90-100). The Bereans would have been scouring scripture in order to qualify the new traditions emerging from the church of the New Covenant, checking to see whether they were so. The Bible had to have emerged organically from Sacred Tradition; as you know, Luke could not have written his gospel and the Book of Acts without diligent, Spiritual compilation of oral tradition (Luke 1:1). Until the canon was "oficially" determined in the 4th century by Catholic Councils and Catholic popes, there was tons of debate. Utlimately, the canon of the Bible was established, among other means, by prayer and meticulous, Berean-esque checking of the texts against Sacred Tradition, without which the authority of any NT scripture could not have been established. Without the decisions of the Church we couldn't have known which Bible books were inspired. Simply put, the Bible emerged from the Church, not vice-versa. Also, by whose authority did Luther extirpate the "Apocrypha" from the canon, especially in view of the fact that Paul himself quotes widely from some of these? Colin |
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152 | Tradition Or The Bible? | Matt 15:3 | flinkywood | 137301 | ||
Kalos, I've been studying Catholic theology a lot in the last year. Some notes on your citation from carm.org: 1) 2 Tim 3:16 says "profitable", not "necessary" or "essential" "for teaching, for correction..." I also thought this verse substantiated sola scriptura, but I can't say that it does anymore. 2) I've learned that the veneration of Mary goes way back to the very beginning. She is, after all, the Mother of God, of our Lord and Savior, and worthy of veneration (not worship). Surprisingly, Luther Calvin and Zwingli all accepted Marian doctrine full-on. 3) Catholics counter that the "Apocryhal" books aren't "additions", but are integral parts of the Bible accepted universally until Luther excised them 1500 years down the line. From the Catholic vantage, the Lutheran bible is a "subtraction". You're right, it is dumb to judge Protestant or Catholic theology on the bias, especially in light of all the amazing theology emerging from both camps lately. Colin |
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153 | Scripture, Tradition - Are They Equal? | Matt 15:3 | flinkywood | 137289 | ||
Kalos, Is it possible that Jesus' critique of Old Covenant oral traditions (ceremonial washings, the custom of dedication, stuff added on to the Mosaic Law) was that these traditions had been overstressed at the expense of the Law? Works vs. righteousness? If so, Jesus' admonition accords with both Col 2.8, "See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, according to the tradition of men, according to the elementary principles of the world, rather than according to Christ." and also with 2Th 2:15, So then, brethren, stand firm and hold to the traditions which you were taught, whether by word of mouth or by letter from us. These verses are complementary, not contradictory. You make a strong point, but I don't think you demonstrate either that Matt 15:1-6 undermines the Catholic "Tradition" thing or that the only valid Traditions are those recorded (in part) in the NT letters. Colin |
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154 | 2 Cor 4:4 | 2 Cor 4:4 | flinkywood | 137039 | ||
pdcaran, yes, that answers it, thanks, but I don't see what the fuss is about, since God is over all, whether He's worshipped or not. By the way, are you certain that God created everyone? Colin |
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155 | 2 Cor 4:4 | 2 Cor 4:4 | flinkywood | 137024 | ||
pdcaran, I was questioning your statement, "The Creator is certainly not the God of Satan and the demons." Are you saying that God is not the god of Satan? If so, is God only God to those who believe and act in faith in His name? Colin |
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156 | 2 Cor 4:4 | 2 Cor 4:4 | flinkywood | 137021 | ||
So, would you conclude that GOd is not their God? Colin |
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157 | 2 Cor 4:4 | 2 Cor 4:4 | flinkywood | 137016 | ||
Pdacaran, Okay, I'll withdraw from this thread. | ||||||
158 | 2 Cor 4:4 | 2 Cor 4:4 | flinkywood | 136964 | ||
Pdcaran, Is Satan a false god? Colin |
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159 | 2 Cor 4:4 | 2 Cor 4:4 | flinkywood | 136963 | ||
Mike, I don't see what the fuss is about Satan being a god. Is this merely semantics? Colin |
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160 | 2 Cor 4:4 | 2 Cor 4:4 | flinkywood | 136962 | ||
Mike, If God's not their god, why do they shudder? Colin |
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