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Recent content by basilbear76

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    Questions regarding baptism

    Nowhere does the Bible mention "accepting Jesus as your savior," but it says quite a bit about water baptism.
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    Help with Certificate of Baptism

    Ask what the policy of your local Methodist church is. They will know more than random people here.
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    Praying/Gun Violence

    If you're interested in gun rights, remember that Someone greater than anyone who posts here said, "Those who take up the gun shall die by the gun." Or something like that.
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    Life Origins & Science

    And you think that God speaks in the way human beings do? Are you saying there is NO universe? How about other galaxies? I will say what I've said before on this issue: How our uncreated God's timeless, boundless, and unmaterial "Fiat" becomes effective in the created universe of time...
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    Would it be a sin to be in the military

    AND in the Orthodox Bible. AND in all the Bibles of the pre-reformation Churches. AND in the COMPLETE KJV.
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    Fellowship The "Old Timers" Music Thread ...

    Phos Ilaron was described as being ancient in the 4th century. Most of what is called "old time Christian music" is no older than the 19th century.
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    Life Origins & Science

    The earth can be only 6000 or so years old without stopping the universe from being much older. Both the Big Bang and Genesis 1:1 say the same thing: There was Nothing in the created universe, and then there was Something.
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    Would it be a sin to be in the military

    There are many saints and martyrs who were in the military. The Martyrs of Sebaste come immediately to mind.
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    I am Liberal what are you

    That's another reason I'm against capital punishment. I really think that most people, including me, are liberal in some things and conservative in others. Don't forget, there was a time that female suffrage was considered a liberal idea.
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    ICSI/IVF infertility

    I admit I'm uncomfortable with such procedures. But I cannot condemn a childless couple for doing so.
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    help with Statistical question

    Someone said, "There are lies, there are damned lies, and there are statistics."
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    Is God the greatest mass murderer ever?

    Try again. Jesus said in John 8, "Let the one without sin cast the first stone." Another reason I'm against capital punishment is that it is inimical to a pro-life ethic.
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    Christianity and blood sacrifice

    Not true. The NT shows bishops, presbyters (elders), and deacons, as well as minor ministers: "helps and administration" in ST. Paul's words. The only Marian doctrine I discuss on line is the truth that her Son is indeed fully God and fully man in one and the same Person. This is a new idea...
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    Do you support the Democrats trying to Impeach the President

    Arrogance is not an impeachable offence.
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    Do you support the Democrats trying to Impeach the President

    It's a big distraction from more important things. What do you think the grounds for impeaching Trump are? BTW--many people thing "impeachment" means removal from office. It isn't. In this case, it's the formal accusation by the House. The Senate then tries the President on the charges. It's...