Terribly sad. Ukraine is getting played like a fiddle by the West. I rue the day when both Russia and NATO recognize they're clearly in an open war …More
Terribly sad. Ukraine is getting played like a fiddle by the West. I rue the day when both Russia and NATO recognize they're clearly in an open war against each other.
How they proceed in a Protestant denomination. ''We will withdraw fellowship'', therefore being dechurched or disfellowshipped, that would be like excommunicated?
This kind of thing was done in the Catholic Church in the past - that is before John XXIII called for the "medicine of mercy" Just look at the Rule of …More
This kind of thing was done in the Catholic Church in the past - that is before John XXIII called for the "medicine of mercy" Just look at the Rule of St. Benedict where there are degrees of excommunication to shame the offender to repentance. Of course, there was a limit as well that a repeat offender could reach and not be allowed re-admittance to the community. No "todos,todos, todos"
Greece has legalized same-sex marriage, the measure was pushed through by Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ New Democracy party with the support of four left-wing parties.
First Orthodox Christian country legalizes gay marriage
Greek lawmakers have voted to legalize same-sex weddings in the country, despite staunch opposition from the Orthodox Church of Greece and almost …
Anyone paying attention to happenings in the Greek Orthodox world know that their leadership is ALL IN with the "gay agenda" as much as Francis! No …More
Anyone paying attention to happenings in the Greek Orthodox world know that their leadership is ALL IN with the "gay agenda" as much as Francis! No surprises.
One Christian Truth Calvinists CAN'T SAY —There are several useful points to extract from this presentation if you are dealing with Calvinist Protestants.
Genesis 6, verse 2 ''the sons of God seeing the daughters of men, that they were fair, took to themselves wives of all which they chose''. The Sons of God are not angels! Epistle to the Hebrews 1:5 …More
Genesis 6, verse 2 ''the sons of God seeing the daughters of men, that they were fair, took to themselves wives of all which they chose''. The Sons of God are not angels! Epistle to the Hebrews 1:5 For to which of the angels did God ever say: “You are my son; this day I have begotten you”? Or again: “I will be a father to him, and he shall be a son to me”? --------------------- Sons of God= Not angels= Men= Adam & Eve and their children= Us. ---Event B=Daughtersof men= Monsters created by men are breeding with men, the result is visible in the skulls classified as Homo Ergaster, Homo Erectus, etc.= Recent history. --- Implied Event A= Men impregnating female monkeys= Creation of monsters. ---Verse 4, not the exact same event described in verse 2! Event C= Genesis 6 verse 4Now, giants were upon the earth in those days. For after the sons of God went into the daughters of men, and they brought forth children, these are the mighty men of old, men of renown. --- Here is the …More
Genesis 6, verse 2 ''the sons of God seeing the daughters of men, that they were fair, took to themselves wives of all which they chose''. The Sons of God are not angels! Epistle to the Hebrews 1:5 …More
Genesis 6, verse 2 ''the sons of God seeing the daughters of men, that they were fair, took to themselves wives of all which they chose''. The Sons of God are not angels! Epistle to the Hebrews 1:5 For to which of the angels did God ever say: “You are my son; this day I have begotten you”? Or again: “I will be a father to him, and he shall be a son to me”? --------------------- Sons of God= Not angels= Men= Adam & Eve and their children= Us. ---Event B=Daughtersof men= Monsters created by men are breeding with men, the result is visible in the skulls classified as Homo Ergaster, Homo Erectus, etc.= Recent history. --- Implied Event A= Men impregnating female monkeys= Creation of monsters. ---Verse 4, not the exact same event described in verse 2! Event C= Genesis 6 verse 4Now, giants were upon the earth in those days. For after the sons of God went into the daughters of men, and they brought forth children, these are the mighty men of old, men of renown. --- Here is the …More
Thank you for that! I understand the Fathers of the Church to say "the Sons of God, "to be the offspring of Seth, and the "daughters of men," to be the …More
Thank you for that! I understand the Fathers of the Church to say "the Sons of God, "to be the offspring of Seth, and the "daughters of men," to be the others that were not righteous. It is conjecture to find a deeper significance than the simple fact, "[4]"Giants": It is likely the generality of men before the flood were of a gigantic stature in comparison with what men now are. But these here spoken of are called giants, as being not only tall in stature, but violent and savage in their dispositions, and mere monsters of cruelty and lust." Mankind lived longer and hence were naturally bigger.
I also wrote this comment, now removed by Normand Thomas, on the deleted page (Normand Thomas 53. God cannot curse). "For the author of Genesis, by …More
I also wrote this comment, now removed by Normand Thomas, on the deleted page (Normand Thomas 53. God cannot curse). "For the author of Genesis, by this biblical passage ... The author had not yet learned to distinguish between evil... '' Apparently, the fact that God is the Author of the Book of Genesis didn't come to your mind. ''We know that God cannot reprove, condemn, curse, this is absolutely not in his nature.'' Who is ''we''? God can send a curse on one’s flesh (Numbers 12:10). About the soul, God can condemn or curse someone following a sin or a life of sin. If one is still alive, there is always some hope for Salvation. One can escape from the Hell already present in his soul. The sentence or condemnation can be removed. The difference with a normal situation of a sinner is that the removal of a pronounced condemnation is difficult to achieve. But when someone has been thrown in the physical Hell that is not in this Universe, only then his condemnation is eternal.''God doesn’t …More
The pastor who said ''Have you actually read the Bible?'' died in November 2022, less than four months after this interview. He was somewhat speaking like someone we know in Rome (not ideology but …More
The pastor who said ''Have you actually read the Bible?'' died in November 2022, less than four months after this interview. He was somewhat speaking like someone we know in Rome (not ideology but inclusion).
What people seem to ignore is that all cultures are NOT equally pleasing to God! This anti-colonialism push is just a secular slant on the heresy of …More
What people seem to ignore is that all cultures are NOT equally pleasing to God! This anti-colonialism push is just a secular slant on the heresy of indifferentism - the belief that one religion is just as good as another!
I agree with @Kenjiro M. Yoshimori that most people there are foreigners and tourists. I had this experience when visiting Rome a year and a half ago …More
I agree with @Kenjiro M. Yoshimori that most people there are foreigners and tourists. I had this experience when visiting Rome a year and a half ago. The thing about being a tourist is, you don't want to make a scene or criticize the country your are visiting. Also the Vatican is swarming with security and police and anyone making a disruption will be promptly escorted out and detained or arrested. They are probably thinking Pope Francis is not worth the trouble.