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Politics. Interesting. Well, It happened at the beginning. The law of death found in our members obstructs the will from serving the Law of God. Paul taught about it. Romans 7 21 I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me. 22 For I delight in the law of God after...

Amen. Like a child.

One should think of salvation history as a process of maturation relative to God. The OT documents the childhood of the people of God. Children lack reason to avoid the things that should be avoided. Parents introduce consequences the child will fear so they avoid those things until reason...

This is an interesting mystery. The New Earth is not subject to decay. Other animals die but its not refered to as death. Corruption, decay, futile life but not death. Death is what happens to us. Animals groan to share in the glory of the Children of God. But the other animals are defined by...

That he could deny something so tragic and painful ever happened without the information to be sure should put him out of the info business permanently.

I believe that animals were always killing and eating each other. The universe is entropic. I don't believe the new one is It's possible the fish in the new earth would live forever until caught Then reproduce accordingly.

Can there be decay, corruption, on the new earth? decay and corruption is part of God's creation since it began. But... Nothing had to die for humans to live in the Garden of Eden.

Jesus cooked and ate fish with his resurrected body.

@TedT Hmmm. God can't wish that no one ever sinned even though we did? I see no contradiction on God's part. All I see is our fall and God wishing we didn't. Don't mock what you don't understand.

If God chose to filter out those who would reject Him, that would make the truth about human nature permanently unknowable. Not only that but unable to will the acts that realize human potential. That would mean being made in the image and likeness of God would remain unknowable, would make...

Yep. look like one too. :)

As much as my Protestant brothers and sisters deny it, Baptism is a work of God just as the creation of each soul is. Both are birth experiences. The supernatural change that happens is invisible and subject to ambiguity. The rite is a visible sign that guarantees the invisible part has...

It's not an opinion so much as a historical reality that has been happening since the Apostles. Ir makes sense to me that the laying on of hands is the conduit of the Holy Spirit to pass down the tools necessary. So Apostolic Succession is the conduit.

Well, to be entrusted requires authority over what is entrusted. Not all who call on the name are given that mission. Paul prepared Timothy for that duty and authority. A supernatural charism to accomplish that mission is given by the Holy Spirit as well.

You mistake discipline and punishment for morals. Temporal tradition that is changeable vs. moral teaching which is not. The moral teaching in your example is about marriage and stealing. Without the moral compass of religious teaching we need only to see what's happening now.

Has anyone noticed the decline of the influence that religion has on secular society? That civil law is increasingly at odds with the morals long established by religion? Civil laws used to fall in line with the moral teaching of religion. Not so much now. The reason? The spiritual war at the...

The Gospel is the Deposit of Faith. The Public revelation. Plus the authentic development of faith. I was referring to a few centuries ago as recent.

Every Christian was wrong then untill recently? The Gospel according to who?

So....we are discussing infants

Baptize the baby.Cleanse it's soul from the original sin The child will have faith oF it's own before it's three. A child will believe what it's parents believe.