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    Cruel and Unusual or just Unusually Cruel.

    And in thie quote you provided, clearly these are two different things.
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    Cruel and Unusual or just Unusually Cruel.

    Sure I did. It's true. Jesus did institute the death penalty.
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    Cruel and Unusual or just Unusually Cruel.

    Again, I have never said this, nor do I believe this. Why you would continue to insist this after I have explained this to you, I don't know.
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    Cruel and Unusual or just Unusually Cruel.

    Then what is the point of all of the posts condemning Christians for supporting the death penalty, which is a Biblical teaching? No, I've never made Jesus out to be a militant bloodthirsty monster. I don't know why I should have to explain something I've never said and don't believe...
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    Cruel and Unusual or just Unusually Cruel.

    Again, it has nothing to do with "bloodthirsty-ness". It's simply showing that Jesus is not the wimpy, pacifistic hippie that you guys are trying to paint Him as.
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    Cruel and Unusual or just Unusually Cruel.

    Since these things are well known in Christian teaching and since you don't believe the Bible, anyway, I don't see the point.
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    Cruel and Unusual or just Unusually Cruel.

    No, Jesus is not "bloodthirsty", but He does require that sin be punished. According to your avatar, you're an atheist. You don't believe the Bible, anyway.
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    Cruel and Unusual or just Unusually Cruel.

    You mean the same Jesus who instituted the death penalty? The same Jesus who stood before Pilate and told Pilate that his authority to carry out capital punishment on behalf of the state came directly from God? The same Jesus who ordered His disciples to go out and buy swords to protect...
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    Cruel and Unusual or just Unusually Cruel.

    I don't see why. After all, it was God who instituted the death penalty. For the record, we need to bring back public hangings. Let's march these jokers out in front of the state house and just get it over with.
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    I know we're not considered real Christians...

    Because it's a moderator who's causing the confusion by deleting my posts and threatening me with warnings for doing something that the board not only allows, but actually invites me to do.
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    I know we're not considered real Christians...

    I'm here to ask which is correct: The rules stating that I am allowed to ask sincere questions in a respectful and polite way, or the PMs I've received stating that I am not.
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    I know we're not considered real Christians...

    No one in that thread ever had a chance to answer. They were sincere questions and I am confident that they were asked in a polite and respectful way.
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    I know we're not considered real Christians...

    Actually, I've been told many times that protestants and Baptists are not considered to be accepted by God on the same level that Catholics are, but I'd rather not discuss that here.
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    I know we're not considered real Christians...

    Unfortunately, while I don't believe that I violated any rules in asking the questions I'm referring to, if I were to respond to this, I would be breaking rules, so this will have to be another discussion for another day. No, there was nothing trollish at all about them. They were perfectly...
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    I know we're not considered real Christians...

    ...but are non-Catholics allowed to ask questions about Roman Catholicism in a polite and respectful manner here? I'm a little confused. The intro to OBOB says: ...and yet, when I asked what seemed to me to be a very reasonable question my questions were deleted and I was threatened with...
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    The Virgin Mary Could Tell God What To Do.

    First of all, you can't prove a negative. If it's not in the Bible, then it's absence is the proof. Second, since you're the one who made the claim, it's up to you to demonstrate it, not up to me to disprove it. Which poster? What post #? Actually, they do contradict scripture. I'm...
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    The Virgin Mary Could Tell God What To Do.

    None of these things were taught by the apostles. I did answer your question, you just didn't like the answer, evidenced by the fact that, after I answered, you changed the question and claimed that I never answered it. No, none of these things are found in scripture. In fact, they...
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    The Virgin Mary Could Tell God What To Do.

    Other than the word of the pope, what do you believe supercedes the word of God? Actually, you did ask how God preserved the scriptures. Your exact words were: Alright, how did God ensure that we had the correct books, and ONLY the correct books? Papal infallibility. Purgatory...
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    The Virgin Mary Could Tell God What To Do.

    Scripture is the final authority for the Christian. That's not idolatry, that's obedience. By the Holy Spirit preserving and protecting His word. We don't. We simply speak up when we see Roman Catholicism teaching yet another man-made tradition that contradicts God's word. Actually...