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10 years catholic school hereI love erbb bible study.
I'm surprised that all the erbb nut jobs are also god fearing Christians.
Protection only went far as saving from fire, not a knife....seems fickle to me.Legend has it, when they lit the wood, a wind came up and protected him so the executioner had to use a knife.
You misunderstand providence.
1 I've not been nailed to a cross, but I have stepped on a nail more than twice (one time after jumping down from a concrete retaining wall in my 30s, and other time when I was a kid and running around a junkyard). The tetanus shot in hip (as a kid) and shoulder (as an adult) rounded out the experience. So while I can't say I know Jesus' pain, I got an inkling.Have you ever been nailed to a cross
and had thorny branches dug into your skull?
oh my god, it hurts like all holy hell
I thought maybe it was a commentary on contemporary mores? A slice of life? Maybe a Vorshtein?the seasons
Brah that's Hades, Persephone, Demeter, and the pomegranate seeds. Stop conflating different flavors of sh!t That Never Happened.the seasons
All of that is in vain if you don't repent, sigh.10 years catholic school here
6 years an altar boy
we had the parish priests to dinner
my uncle was a priest (until he left to marry my aunt, who had been a nun)
wife and I were pre-Cana host couple
We’re not involved with the Catholic Church any more
but I do find comfort in the death rituals of the Catholic Church.
It’s what I know
I would want to have the traditional wakes and funerals for any of my very close loved ones if they die before me
link? Oh never mind! Scratch that!The errors of the Catholic church are many, greivous and damnable, to wit, their assertion that you are saved from hell by Christ and synergistic cooperation with the Holy Spirit towards your salvation. I can't see how any of my efforts would meet the requirements of a righteous God and be of any comfort in the face of death. I think we made it to Romans chapter 3 in this thread, so I won't re-hash it.
When my parents died, I paddled out in front of my house and dumped their ashes while my sisters smoked cigarettes on the shore.I would want to have the traditional wakes and funerals for any of my very close loved ones if they die before me
That's what I hope to do when I lose my folks.When my parents died, I paddled out in front of my house and dumped their ashes while my sisters smoked cigarettes on the shore.
Then we went to the nearby bar and got fucking hammered.
That was our wake.
It worked.
I had their ashes on my hands for a week.
He was protected as far as his eternal state is concerned. Its not able to me that the proconsul was unable to even carry out an execution in the manner he wanted.Protection only went far as saving from fire, not a knife....seems fickle to me.
Thats a partial definition.
Christians don’t believe in fate.Also, if this was part of a plan, doesn't that sound like fate? Can you have free will in the face of fate?
We believe free will is bound to sin now:Isn't free will a large part of Christian doctrine?
You can know the mind of God through His works of creation and providence and his revealed Word.Still that seems like I am taking a chance trying to know the mind of god or making stuff up that isn't revealed in sanctioned text (or taking a liberal interpretation), and isn't that coming close to heresy?
I still don't get the whole "sacrifice" thing. If you knew you were going to resurrect yourself to live in heaven with yourself for eternity, what's the big deal?
uh, so I don't die? LOL. OK.Straight .......Jesus did not merely die so that we could live. That's what soldiers do. Jesus died in your place. He died instead of you .....and me and anyone who believes in him.
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We believe free will is bound to sin now:
WCF CHAPTER 9: Of Free Will :: The Westminster Standards with Video and Audio Teaching Resources
1. God hath endued the will of man with that natural liberty, that it is neither forced, nor, by any absolute necessity of nature, determined to good,thewestminsterstandards.com
I don't think Fecal's a Christian, and he's 3 of the biggest assholes here.two of the biggest assholes here are hard core Christians
you're not in the top15I don't think Fecal's a Christian, and he's 3 of the biggest assholes here.