Recent content by Karl.C

I agree... In short, when it is convenient to your personal convictions, you identify as a Calvinist! So obviously, as you claim to be a bible believing Christian, when scripture convolutes (contradicticts) Calvin, which is near to 100% of the time, then you reject Calvinism. Defies...

Could be! Especially, in circumstances when there is no one to converse with intelligently! But obviously you listened...

If you read through the finality of the Council of Trent, the verdict was the ordained Augustinian Monk, whom protestants worship beyond the scriptures, who is known as Calvin, was grossly in error in his opinions = totally unscriptural!!! One thing you should note about the RCC & even the...

Already defined, unless you are as thick as a brick! For your benefit, a translation: There are limits to what you want to do or aspire towards. Seek yourself first, your aspirations will finally come to nought!

Actually I composed the post very rapidly, from memory. Your perception of "it took so long to compose" was caused from you posting on Wednesday, but I didn't check my private email until late Sunday, which is where I got notification of your post. I'm very busy most weeks, and as a general...

Thou shalt not kill is underscored in the Noahic commandments which is what the first Council of Jerusalem instituted (Acts) as the requirement for communion with Gentiles. Imu, this was the norm for Gentiles living in any dominant Jewish society. No! Have a read of Jesus' sermon on the mount...

And yet many people self-identify as Calvanist yet know nothing of what Calvin taught, and his dependence on Augustine and neglect of scripture. I don't. I identify as RCC because it simplifies life, and often avoids a lot silliness - contemplate the parable of the good Samaritan = an outcast...

Obviously Jesus wasn't talking about Moses' ordinances! He and his disciples were regularly accused by the religious leaders of his day of breaking "the law" (more correctly = lore = traditional superstitions & what observances went with them). If you have a close read of Exodus, you should...

Pick a so called Calvanist ekklessia & their propagada books & pamplets, youtube, TV etc! It is notable that in the very verbose Vol. 1 of his institutes Calvin only applied two scriptures, and only did so to give credence to the philosophical opinions of Plato & Plutarch. Calvin in his...

The apostle John, whom you cite, advises "Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets have gone out into the world". (1 John 4:1). A.John's advice is very wise when one considers that followers of the way / path = Islam...

You really need to watch the news! Or read a newspaper. Preferably from a non-USA source (many USA news outlets tend to severally edit (censor) their reporting so you guys only get half the story most of the time - I can only presume that in the USA the events left unreported there but reported...

Jesus went to hades/sheol for the time period between his burial & resurrection. Biblically, until the resurrection (second coming) that is where we all end up. In the scriptural metaphor "as if asleep". Before I was baptised as an adult this is where I thought I might diverge from RCC teaching...

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No mention of duration or extent of the torment except that a finger tip dipped in water could relieve "the Rich Man's" torment. So you are obviously working from a false premise. There is no mention of "eternity", "hell", "immoral soul" etc. And none of those idea were universally accepted by...

Whilst I think you and I agree that "the Rich Man" is readily identifiable as a High Priest of Jerusalem, your appeal to Mt 26 would defeat such a representation. According to A.John, Jesus was dragged off to Annas' mansion & trialed by an (illegal) assembly of the Sanhedrin, who convicted...