[handmaiden]

Re: Why do atheist...?

Because my opinions are correct, and your interpretation of what are the opinions of God are incorrect and fly in the face of 2000 years of Church teaching.

If everything the Catholic Church has taught in the past 2000 years is correct, then anytime that some Pope or other has corrected/altered/amended anything taught over the 2000 years, He has been correcting something that was correct in the first place.


Was the Church correct in burning people at the stake? Is that something they should be doing in these modern times? If it was sanctioned by the Church in the past, it should not present a problem today.


When I was a child, females had to wear headcoverings during mass and we couldn't eat meat on Fridays. But they changed that. Why was it important then, but not important now?

[Brother Gonzalez]

Re: Why do atheist...?

Why? is because the Bible is not that easy to interpret. Phrases taken out of context can lead to error. For example, Apart from Jesus did anyone else ascend to heaven?

• No (John 3:13)
• Yes. And Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven (2 Kings 2:11)

So you rely on a bunch of rapist and ring kissers to interpret the Holy Text. Nevermind the heresy (you are claiming that God made rules that are difficutl to interpret, so people had to create an special group to interpret them), you are also claiming that God has chosen the worst kind of scum to be their voice on Earth.


So what happens when Catholic dogma and Bible are in contradiction? What to do there?


And more important: why do you keep derailing my thread with your papist nonsense?

[tomdstone]

Re: Why do atheist...?

Exactly what everyone has been saying. For Catholics, "tradition" >>> BIBLE.

What the True Christians™ and I want to know is: WHY?

Why? is because the Bible is not that easy to interpret. Phrases taken out of context can lead to error. For example, Apart from Jesus did anyone else ascend to heaven?

• No (John 3:13)
• Yes. And Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven (2 Kings 2:11)

[Elmer G. White]

Re: Why do atheist...?

Because my opinions are correct, and your interpretation of what are the opinions of God are incorrect and fly in the face of 2000 years of Church teaching.

Finally! We have now established from whence your assertions ooze from! You are correct because you say that you are correct!



2 Timothy 4:3
For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;

So, your claims are based on:

• An appeal to personal authority (a fallacy).
• An appeal to tradition (btw, also a fallacy)
• An appeal to me being incorrect (without proof and references it becomes an ad hominem fallacy).

I am so glad this this was finally revealed and acknowledged by you. Irrefutable proof: You're correct because you say that you're correct and because you say that the things that you believe in are correct and because those who do not agree are incorrect.

This case is now closed.


Yours in Christ,

Elmer

[Didymus Much]

Re: Why do atheist...?

Because my opinions are correct, and your interpretation of what are the opinions of God are incorrect and fly in the face of 2000 years of Church teaching.

Exactly what everyone has been saying. For Catholics, "tradition" >>> BIBLE.

What the True Christians™ and I want to know is: WHY?

What part of your brain goes, yeah, this is what the Scriptures say in plain English, but guy in frilly dress says "nvm all that, we really would have preferred you not look at that at all, it's really complicated, see, much too complex for someone like you, here have a cookie", and you go, k ty?

[tomdstone]

Re: Why do atheist...?

Dontcha think that justifying Catholic doctrine with the Catholic Encyclopedia (your link, i.e., Catholic doctrine) is kinda begging the question/circular reasoning?

In the KJV OT, the word mediator appears 0 times. In the NT it appears 6 times, in Galatians, 1 Timothy, and Hebrews. It refers to Jesus there.

Hebrews 12:24
And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel.

1. Why should we accept your ideas of mediators rather than what is written in the Bible? (that was a question you can answer).
2. Why would your opinions based on the Catholic Encyclopedia be more reliable than the Opinions of God in the Bible? (that was also a question that you can answer)

Yours in Christ,

Elmer

Because my opinions are correct, and your interpretation of what are the opinions of God are incorrect and fly in the face of 2000 years of Church teaching.

[Elmer G. White]

Re: Why do atheist...?

Jesus is Our One True perfect mediator. However, others may cooperate in uniting God to man. For example, the prophets of the Old Testament were called mediators. In the new Testament, Jesus asked his apostles to do this in remembrance of me, which indicates that He wanted them to be his ministers of the Sacrament, and as they are cooperating with Jesus, they may be called mediators of God and men although in a sense subordinate to that of the Perfect Mediator.

Dontcha think that justifying Catholic doctrine with the Catholic Encyclopedia (your link, i.e., Catholic doctrine) is kinda begging the question/circular reasoning?

In the KJV OT, the word mediator appears 0 times. In the NT it appears 6 times, in Galatians, 1 Timothy, and Hebrews. It refers to Jesus there.

Hebrews 12:24
And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel.

1. Why should we accept your ideas of mediators rather than what is written in the Bible? (that was a question you can answer).
2. Why would your opinions based on the Catholic Encyclopedia be more reliable than the Opinions of God in the Bible? (that was also a question that you can answer)

Yours in Christ,

Elmer

[tomdstone]

Re: Why do atheist...?

Of course you do! In the memorare prayer you're specifically asking for this woman to help you!
You are asking in this highly popular prayer that is distributed all over on Papist websites for Mary to be the mediator for your needs. You're asking for her mercy. That is worship and that is blasphemous.

1 Timothy 2:5
For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;

Now that Jesus is firmly established in heaven as God, you're asking for Mary to mediate. How do you define worship if not by devising specific prayers for this woman asking for her mercy and assistance by doing the go-between jobs between your petty concerns and God. One God. One Mediator. Not two. Not Mary.


Yours in Christ,

Elmer

Jesus is Our One True perfect mediator. However, others may cooperate in uniting God to man. For example, the prophets of the Old Testament were called mediators. In the new Testament, Jesus asked his apostles to do this in remembrance of me, which indicates that He wanted them to be his ministers of the Sacrament, and as they are cooperating with Jesus, they may be called mediators of God and men although in a sense subordinate to that of the Perfect Mediator.

[Elmer G. White]

Re: Why do atheist...?

He was not the Mother of God. BTW, Catholics, (whether they be roman, Eastern or Oriental) do not worship Mary.

Of course you do! In the memorare prayer you're specifically asking for this woman to help you!

Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known that any one who fled to thy protection, implored thy help or sought thy intercession, was left unaided. Inspired by this confidence, I fly unto thee, O Virgin of virgins my Mother; to thee do I come, before thee I stand, sinful and sorrowful; O Mother of the Word Incarnate, despise not my petitions, but in thy mercy hear and answer me, Amen.

You are asking in this highly popular prayer that is distributed all over on Papist websites for Mary to be the mediator for your needs. You're asking for her mercy. That is worship and that is blasphemous.

1 Timothy 2:5
For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;

Now that Jesus is firmly established in heaven as God, you're asking for Mary to mediate. How do you define worship if not by devising specific prayers for this woman asking for her mercy and assistance by doing the go-between jobs between your petty concerns and God. One God. One Mediator. Not two. Not Mary.


Yours in Christ,

Elmer

[tomdstone]

Re: Why do atheist...?

Why do you not worship Him as well?

He was not the Mother of God. BTW, Catholics, (whether they be roman, Eastern or Oriental) do not worship Mary.

[Elmer G. White]

Re: Why do atheist...?

Except for Mary, none of them are the Mother of Our Divine Lord. Jesus was God and Mary was His Mother. There is only one woman in the whole universe who can claim that She is the Mother of God.

Luke 23:43
And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise.

The first person Jesus chose to accompany Him into Heaven was a malefactor executed on the next cross. Except for him, none other was revered in such a grandiose manner by or Divine Lord! Jesus was God and the Malefactor became His bestest friend. There is only one man in the whole universe who can claim that He is the Last and Bestest Friend of God.

Why do you not worship Him as well? He was also 100% special.


Yours in Christ,

Elmer

[tomdstone]

Re: Why do atheist...?

There are a number of figures in the Bible whom The Lord has blessed.

Except for Mary, none of them are the Mother of Our Divine Lord. Jesus was God and Mary was His Mother. There is only one woman in the whole universe who can claim that She is the Mother of God.

[handmaiden]

Re: Why do atheist...?

You do believe that Jesus was God, right? And that Mary was His Mother? So Mary is the most Holy Mother of God and as such is blessed among women and the Lord is with Her.
Luke 1:28
The honor Catholics and E. Orthodox pay to Mary is not that of worship given to God. Why not believe the Holy Bible when it declares that the Lord is with Mary and that She is blessed among women?

Yes she is blessed among women. And what is the position of women according to the Bible?
Not one of worshipping, my friend. It is time for you to recognize your idol worshipping cult is failing you, and start your path to salvation.

Amen to that Brother G! There are a number of figures in the Bible whom The Lord has blessed. But we do not worship them in the sense of singing songs of praise to them or directing our prayers of supplication to them.


King David is known as "A man after God's own heart" but no Christian congregation sings songs to him, even if many of the psalms that he wrote are sung as musical praise-worship to God.


The Apostle Paul was charged by the Holy Spirit to write much of the New Testament scriptures, and this was after Jesus blessed him with a personal visit and blinding. Songs are not sung celebrating Paul's get-together with The Lord, and only deluded Catholics would think of praying to Paul.


The whole point of Jesus coming down here is so that worshippers could approach God directly, once cleansed in Jesus' sin-removing blood. Why would anyone claiming to believe in Jesus as the Redeemer invent a bunch of "gatekeeper" semi-deities to relay messages to God on their behalf?


I'm sorry Brother GZ for getting off track regarding your original question. But sometimes the denseness of non-True Christians™ requires a train full of dynamite to blow a clear path through the mountainside of false beliefs in order to let in the Light of the Word.

[Johny Joe Hold]

Re: Why do atheist...?

...believe that a child can be born with two fathers and no mother, nevertheless they deny that a woman can give birth to the Son of God without having sex?
Isn't that the maximum level of atheist stupidity?

I thought for several years we need a national holiday called, "Laugh at Atheists Day." We would all sit around and tell jokes like yours and have a good time. Maybe we could have parades with atheists as clowns followed by some fine picnics.

[Brother Gonzalez]

Re: Why do atheist...?

You do believe that Jesus was God, right? And that Mary was His Mother? So Mary is the most Holy Mother of God and as such is blessed among women and the Lord is with Her.
Luke 1:28
The honor Catholics and E. Orthodox pay to Mary is not that of worship given to God. Why not believe the Holy Bible when it declares that the Lord is with Mary and that She is blessed among women?

Yes she is blessed among women. And what is the position of women according to the Bible?
Not one of worshipping, my friend. It is time for you to recognize your idol worshipping cult is failing you, and start your path to salvation.