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  1. Simonline

    To My fellow Catholics. We can learn alot from our separated protestant brethren

    Sorry, but Protestants, whilst being non-Roman, are definitely not 'non-catholics'. Furthermore, baptismal regeneration is unscriptural. Water baptism is an integral part of initiation into the body of Christ but water baptism (ex opere operato) does not save one in and of itself. Simonline.
  2. Simonline

    To My fellow Catholics. We can learn alot from our separated protestant brethren

    Actually, it makes perfect sense. Whether those people are active members of the Roman Church or not does not alter the fact that the Roman Catholic Church does not have a monopoly on authentic believers and as an authentic Christian (as distinct from a nominal Christian) one should never affirm...
  3. Simonline

    To My fellow Catholics. We can learn alot from our separated protestant brethren

    Because one would then be affirming something which is not true. Rome simply does not have a monopoly on authentic believers. Whilst there are authentic belivers maintaining the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace (Eph.4:3-6) accross the denominational divides it simply is not true that...
  4. Simonline

    What are your views on the Serbia-Kosovo war?

    Have you ever read Saga - Israel And The Demise Of The Nations by Ramon Bennett http://www.amazon.com/Saga-Israel-Nations-Ramon-Bennett/dp/9659000030 ? Well worth reading (as are all Bennett's other books) Simonline.
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    Patrick Stewart speaks out: Defends Christian bakers

    Good for Patrick Stewart! Personally, I would like to see someone enlist the support of the NI Equality Commission in defending their right to challenge the imperialist colonialism of authentic Islam (and Islam's policy of dhimmitude toward non-muslims who refuse to convert to Islam but who are...
  6. Simonline

    To My fellow Catholics. We can learn alot from our separated protestant brethren

    With respect, I object to your incorrect assertion that Protestants are not Catholic. We may not be Roman Catholic but we are definitely catholic in the true sense of the word (as the Apostles' creed declares). I absolutely refuse to concede to Rome the exclusive use of the word 'catholic'...
  7. Simonline

    Who is God?

    Irelevant! God has told us not that He thought His Creation into existence but that He spoke His Creation into existence (Gen.1-2). Was God lying? Simonline.
  8. Simonline

    To My fellow Catholics. We can learn alot from our separated protestant brethren

    The term 'flogging a dead horse' comes to mind. It really doesn't matter whether the unregenerate reprobate is a Roman Catholic or a Protestant Catholic, as long as they remain an unregenerate reprobate then all the encouragement in the world won't make the slightest bit of difference. Only...
  9. Simonline

    Who is God?

    No. God spoke (and God said...) and it was. Simonline.
  10. Simonline

    Dead Threads

    Fair enough but those which don't (and even some which do) should be deleted? Simonline.
  11. Simonline

    Best Argument For or Against God's Existence

    Not true. Israel was miraculously created by God approximately 4000 years ago. The United Nations had absolutely nothing to do with the creation or modern day establishment of the state of Israel. It was the League of Nations (the forerunner of the United Nations) which agreed that the Jewish...
  12. Simonline

    Best Argument For or Against God's Existence

    What, over 4ooo years?! I don't think so?! Since the Fall people have tended not to last the entire duration of history?! There is absolutely no way that this could have happened without God. History is littered with vast political empires each in their turn have sought to eradicate the Jewish...
  13. Simonline

    Something I can never understand - can anyone help?

    Look around you. The problem is not a lack of evidence but the intransigence of your will in refusing to acknowledge that the Creation is evidence of the Creator. I have absolutely no intention whatsoever of wasting my time and effort presenting evidence in support of the Truth simply for you...
  14. Simonline

    Something I can never understand - can anyone help?

    Yes. Without God as Creator nothing else can exist. Absolute reality dictates that the Universe is neither self-existent nor self-sustaining and the only reasonable explanation is that the universe was brought into existence by an infinite Personal Creator. If this is not the case then how does...
  15. Simonline

    Something I can never understand - can anyone help?

    It means that it is self-existent without any assistance from any other quarter. In reality, only God Himself (being both Eternal (Isa.48:12; Rev.1:8; 21:6; 22:13) and Immutable (Mal.3:6; Jas.1:17)) can possibly be Self-Existant and Self-sustaining. Everything else that exists does so because it...
  16. Simonline

    Something I can never understand - can anyone help?

    The way it is being used it is an attempt to cut God and the supernatural out of the equasion predicated as it is on a militant secular humanistic/materialistc worldview. Simonline
  17. Simonline

    Something I can never understand - can anyone help?

    Your belief doesn't have any basis in reality and one could argue that you are insane for holding to such a belief? But the absolute nature of reality, such as it is, insists that our beliefs cannot both be true. One of our beliefs is wrong. Either the Infinite Personal God brought the...
  18. Simonline

    Something I can never understand - can anyone help?

    OK. Let me spell it out to you so that it is completely idiot-proof. Only God Himself is both Eternal and Immutable such that He does not (nor can He) have a definite point of origin. ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING ELSE THAT EXISTS MUST HAVE HAD A DEFINITE POINT OF ORIGIN SINCE ABSOLUTELY NOTHING (GOD...
  19. Simonline

    Something I can never understand - can anyone help?

    I don't have to explain from where God came because He didn't come from anywhere, but you have to explain from where the universe came if not from God creating it (and your explanation has to be metaphysically coherent and internally consistent)?! If you're just going to sumarily dismiss...
  20. Simonline

    Something I can never understand - can anyone help?

    Firstly, I have NEVER assumed that anything which exists must have had a point of origin since I know that not to be the case?! Whilst the entire Creation has to have had a definite point of origin that cannot be true of the Eternal God who brought the entire Creation into existence ex nihilo...