Recent content by Dale

Sheila Davis: “Are we beginning to see these prophecy in the process of being fulfilled concerning the return of the sacrifice and the building of the third Temple.” Israel has no plans to build a new Temple on the Temple Mount. The Orthodox Jews in Israel have no plans to build a Third Temple...

Valletta: “In fact the Lollards taught that Baptism was not necessary.” I’m not sure exactly where that came from. It is true that being opposed to “superstition” was one of their basic points. They regarded the notion of a parish priest turning water into Holy Water as a form of magic...

On peasants, or serfs, having to pay money for baptisms, I am going to quote a source I can’t link to. “Wycliffe was a metaphysician and a theologian, and had to invent a metaphysical theory-the theory of Dominium-to enable him to transfer, in a way satisfactory to himself, the powers and...

Simon_Templar excerpt << This is beside the point of the political conversation here, but one of the problems with Protestantism is that it makes ever person their own Pope. Catholics have one Pope. Protestants have a hundred million. My point being, why is Wycliffe or Hus right about what the...

I was trying to point out that it is virtually impossible to respect individual choice in matters of religion when we have both Bible reading and prayer as classroom exercises. You say that you don’t believe in separation of Church and State or object to “established” religion. Great Britain...

When I was in the second or third grade, if a student refused to recite the grace prayer at lunch or to recite the Lord's Prayer in class, a teacher would probably have taken this as willful refusal to cooperate. In the fourth grade, we did have students volunteering to read something from the...

Maybe you have absorbed the British viewpoint here. The American colonies were not well governed under the British. One reason is that the British did not have enough currency in circulation for the economy to function. The colonists tried to make up for this in at least three different ways...

Simon_Templar: “However, I don't think that having prayer in schools is coercive. I don't think that having religious symbols and elements publicly present is coercive.” When you are compelled to participate in a set prayer, that is coercive. When you are ordered to recite a prayer, that is...

You didn't give any quotes. I have cited two news stories about Donald Trump in this thread.

Hazelponi: "Let me inform you of the error. The Muslims won't be happy until all the Jews are dead, closely followed by the Christians." I agree. If Moslem terrorists could kill the last Israeli, they would switch to killing Americans. That's one of many reasons for wanting Jews and Israelis alive.

Donald Trump isn't noted for having mild disagreements with people. He doesn't search for middle ground. He has a Me vs. Them mentality and goes ballistic if he says anything. This is one of many reasons he shouldn't be President.

Kiwi: “To say Americans care about Armenia means little because they don’t care about that country or its people. The American government didn’t protest Azerbaijan invading Ngorno Krabakh and forcing Armenians there to leave. Nor would I suspect American would do anything if Armenia was invaded...

I’m sure Americans do care about Armenia, even if it isn’t a centerpiece of foreign policy. As for American self-interest, consider this. Right now, the Houthis in Yemen, backed by Iran, are attacking shipping in the Red Sea. That includes American ships, and other ships carrying goods being...

Israel has freedom of religion. Saudi Arabia does not. That is among the many reasons I support Israel. If you think Israel is belligerent, you are overlooking the thousands of missiles their Moslem enemies have fired at them in the last ten years, and before. If you are a Marxist, you should...

I don't believe there is any prophecy in the Bible that requires the Temple to be rebuilt. Most Israelis don't want it to be rebuilt, and most of the rabbis in Israel oppose rebuilding it.