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They keep asking the same questions because they can't answer the questions on which they are challenged. This is the classic Reformed tactic: ask questions, but never answer them. Answering questions requires thoughtfulness an substance...

I have already given my interpretation. I really can't be bothered to answer your questions, given that they are fundamentally skewed toward the end you wish to establish. If you have anything to add besides the same questions which you keep asking (and obnoxiously formatting), please share...

No, this is bad reasoning. Occam's Razor would limit the possible explanations to those which are within the bounds of the universe. Therefore, any explanation OTHER THAN the supernatural is a simpler explanation; a divine origin to the universe is the least likely, on the basis of logic, given...

The gospel is the good news to humanity that divine forgiveness and reconciliation are available to all. God has shown the depth of divine love by doing the impossible and becoming like us that we might become like God. God has embraced our humanity in Christ that likewise, in Christ, we might...

How about a synopsis? I don't have the patience for an 11-minute PowerPoint presentation.

How does this grant one a perspective from which to speak of humility? Personally, I find the need of the Reformed to "give glory" to God properly neurotic; I think the Reformed are way more interested in Gods glory than God is. Gods glory, BTW, is not increased or diminished by anything you...

Yes it does, so long as you insert all of the assumptions that you did (I don't, so I find your conclusions to be pure rubbish). Congratulations, though, on finding what you already supposed was there. That is some masterful exegesis...

Christology is the wrong place to start. To understand salvation, you first have to understand who God is, what God's relationship to creation is, what the nature of sin is....in other words, you have to properly identify the problem before you can speak intelligently about how Christ fits into...

"And all we know is what we're told And we were told what others know And all they know is what they're told And they were told what others know" ~ No God, The Dear Hunter

Agreed. Incidentally, I would argue that the Judaizer dialectic is one of the primary lenses through which Pauline writings should be approached. Without beginning with this context in mind, interpreters can come to some very ridiculous conclusions about justification, the nature of faith, etc...

Your quoter is broken...I didn't write what you quoted me as saying.

I never said I disagreed with Rome's interpretation of the Bible...

No. I am more Protestant than anything. However, I am aware enough of the history of the canon. and thoughtful enough in my estimation of human epistemology, to conclude than sola Scriptura is a theologically untenable concept. I realize you think the Scriptures are "sufficient" without all the...

No one is praising them, but it is the height of naivety to ignore the important part that humans had in the writing, formation, and composition of the canon. The Scriptures are inspired, but they aren't magic. And regardless of whatever tautological belief you have about "inerrancy", you still...

Yes, why believe in a historical tradition that gave you the Scriptures as you know them? That would indeed be silly since we all know the bible was magically lowered to earth for Protestants.

I tend to ignore Augustinian writings. Obviously he was massively instrumental within the early centuries of Christianity in shaping the theology of the coming centuries. However, the problem with Augustinian theology is that it is a pot-luck among modern interpreters. Everyone, at some...

< Staff Edit > And how is this worse than a God who can be satisfied? It seems to me that deities that need some form of satisfaction are cut from the same cloth.

How about some context for these statements? I'm no Catholic, but I tend to agree on the face of it. Perhaps not "heresy", but certainly deficient theologically.

Yawn. Repeating what I say is hardly an argument. Enjoy your myopia.