Recent content by Ripheus27

The RCC justifies its doctrine of Purgatory by reference to a constellation of passages (one of which does not show up in the reduced canon IIRC) and their implications. Debates over annihilationism and ECT and so on rage based on prooftexted translations. So what if the solution to those...

So, the Catholic afterlife has an extra dimension compared to Protestant/similar denominations, namely Purgatory. Based on my reading of Dante's Purgatorio, I came up with an idea for how Mary might be described as a "Co-Redemptrix" in such a way as does not imply equality with Christ or even a...

In one of his books (either The Defense of the Faith or A Christian Theory of Knowledge, I don't remember which one right now) Cornelius Van Til says something about using "atomic" weapons on "the natural man," or the "fortress of the natural man," or some such thing. He was being metaphorical...

You can't be deliberately misquoting me, so I will give you the benefit of the doubt and explain myself once more. (I also know from experience that ex-members of some faith groups get sort of oil-colored glasses over their eyes when it comes to anyone trying to say anything nice or neutral...

Regardless of the issue of Bible copyist errors or BoM translation errors or whatever, it is still dubious for Joseph Smith to have claimed that the BoM is the most true book in the world, will lead one to God better than all other books, etc. First off, why would the D&C or the Pearl of Great...

I stand corrected, http://emp.byui.edu/satterfieldb/quotes/Telestial.htm says the quote I offered is "apocryphal." Nevertheless, telestial glory (supposedly) surpasses our understanding, so again, not a heck of a lot to worry about (and recall, that's not what Christians will get (according to...

Confucius wasn't real? Or would we say that Confucianism isn't a religion? Or what? [I think I might message the moderators to have this thread moved.]

All I'm saying is that even if Mormonism were true, we Christians wouldn't have much to worry about.

Not every religion involves prophecies, though. (Of course the word "religion" is perhaps not helping us understand the question.)

That being said, Mormons don't think we're going to be tortured in hellfire forever, even if we're Catholics or Protestants or what. Most of us, according to them, will probably end up spending eternity in a realm where we will be visited by Jesus Christ, so I wouldn't worry too much about their...

Depends on what you mean by "evidence," and what the actual beliefs (not stereotypes) of other religions are, etc. Now before this goes anywhere, though, why is this not in the "Debate Other Religions" subforum?

My bad, I was going by the demographics, so to speak. "Non-Trinitarian" usually overlaps "Unitarian," and in previous years when I posted on this site, it was mostly in that context.

The LDS position is that the principles of mercy and justice are just as primordial as matter and spiritual intelligence (or something worded like that). If having multiple wives leads to innocent women becoming heartbroken (as the objection to the practice goes, in the Book of Mormon) and is an...

God is not powerful enough to turn the hearts of evil men? But now anyway, ever hear of Le Chambon, or the Rosenstrasse protests, or Denmark's resistance at the time?

IDK, does that mean that it is hypothetically possible for God to sanction gay relationships or pedophilia or inappropriate behavior with animals or whatever? I don't mean that flippantly, but a whoredom is a whoredom and an abomination is an abomination, so...