... Sorry, Phil, but as already mentioned the verse says NOTHING about "external force, regardless of the power it boasts, that can wrest us from the hand of...
I do not know why a person abandons faith in Christ, Robin, to become one of Jehovah's witnesses or a Hindu or an atheist. I know that it happens. Phil ... New...
Must have succumbed to some of those "external forces" that Jesus is unable to protect His sheep from. Sean ... New Agers or something else.... ... saved. ... ...
Thanks Phil. I get it now. The contradiction in your theology is eliminated by the process of eisegisis. When Jesus says He will lose none of His sheep,...
Thank you Sean, I am humbly but quite pleased to be proven wrong on this account. In JMJ, Scott<<< ... __________________________________________________ Do...
... Maggie has been spoken to, were you not paying attention? ... Um, Sean, I threatened Maggie directly (and others indirectly) with moderation if the ad...
... Scott, in case you've missed it, what Rome teaches concerning the Christian faith and what Protestants have traditionally and historically taught are...
Dear Scott, I hope now you can see why I wanted to stop debating Sean. He is rude, crude, bigoted, and he thinks it is all 'rigorous' debate. But of course...
Laurie, well stated. It seems that certain false charges are being laid against myself with words being taken out of their context to claim that there was an...
For those who are actually interested in the truth, I am submitting the Nicene Creed. This is the Catholic Faith in a nutshell. "We believe in One God, the...
... Not true. Catholics and Protestants both fundamentally believe in Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior, hence both groups are referred to as "Christian."...
excuses, excuses Maggie. Robin ... From: maggieo.ohearn@... To: catholicdebateforum@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, November 02, 2007 6:45 AM Subject: Re:...
I don't know of a single person who was TRULY born again who ever did that. Robin ... From: Philip To: catholicdebateforum@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday,...
Your other posting, under the subject of "Pelagianism" went on into other topics, so I am breaking them out into a separate posting. It seems a tactic of...
... Maggie, The urine comment was not ad hominem; it was a bit crude and inflammatory, but not ad hominem. On the other hand, "Hey Stupid" was ad hominem. My...
Good points Laurie. Also, trust me - there's not an argument from Sean yet that I haven't already seen and have already answered from my nearly 20 years as a ...
It needs to be emphasized that the Inquisitions had a purpose in Medieval Europe. It also needs to be emphasized that very few people, as a result of those...
Robin, Stop goading Maggie. She's got you on a spam filter - so she's not seeing your messages. I deliberately did not quote your message to her so she would...
Scott, The point of the comment was to get across that I do not debate people who have no valid arguments. I am sticking to my principle of not responding to...
Thank you, Scott. You are right. I was trying to be one of the example of 1 Peter 3. My slip is noted and I will try to do better in future. As I said,...
Dana: Well you dont know everyone thats been born again. ... did that. ... saved. ... become one of Jehovah's witnesses or a Hindu or an atheist. I know that...
"I am also not responding to Jim until he apologizes for his own personal attacks that had been occurring over a period of time, and yes I do take the barrage...
Jim, saint Paul uses the imagery of the race and the prize several times and he also uses the analogy of a gift several times. I see no tension between the two...
As far as I know Jim, the Eastern Orthodox jurisdictions has valid apostolic succession.The split is/was political, cultural, and linguistic. It was and is a...
I don't think they are apostate. Neither do I think that Protestants are apostate. Both groups are interested in serving God and both are trying to do so as...
Isn't this more like a marriage? In a marriage who obtains who? It seems to me that there is an element of both obtaining Christ and of Christ obtaining....
Dear Chris, The image of marriage is very relavent here. Jesus used the image of a marriage feast in one of the parables about being received into Heaven....
Phil, that is correct. The Orthodox have valid succession. However, the remainder, from Anglicans onwards do not have valid succession. Maggie From: Philip ...
Well Robin, I reckon that you'd say that a person who converted from Christ to Hinduism or atheism was not "truly born again" so the issue is one of the...