tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post3198657938481756143..comments2024-03-27T17:15:37.606-04:00Comments on Triablogue: Filtering Scripture While WaltzingRyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17809283662428917799noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-14323896515425612662008-08-28T18:46:00.000-04:002008-08-28T18:46:00.000-04:00Me: Are you saying that I have never acknowledged ...<I>Me: Are you saying that I have never acknowledged “mistakes”, or are you merely saying that I am unwilling to acknowledge YOUR recent charge to me of “lying” (now expanded to three)?</I><BR/><BR/>You're unwilling to admit that you lied. Unlike you, I don't try to wriggle out of it by equivocation, by changing my story.<BR/><BR/><I>“Of course, there's a hairbreadth of difference between an Arian and a Mormon these days”, is not even close to being true: </I><BR/><BR/>In the context of my statement, it's VERY true, David, for one false religion is identical to another in the end - both are atheist, for the Bible knows of no distinctions between atheism and idolatry. In the context of what I stated to you, David, you have exchanged one filter for another and remained an idolater, all to search for truth...and failed answer any of the questions posed in this thread.<BR/><BR/>Thanks, David, for demonstrating you are a typical Catholic after all.GeneMBridgeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10504383610477532374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-23745196339022209822008-08-28T18:06:00.000-04:002008-08-28T18:06:00.000-04:00Hey Gene,You said:>> Unlike you, David, I ca...Hey Gene,<BR/><BR/>You said:<BR/><BR/>>> Unlike you, David, I can own my mistakes...>><BR/><BR/>Me: Are you saying that I have never acknowledged “mistakes”, or are you merely saying that I am unwilling to acknowledge YOUR recent charge to me of “lying” (now expanded to three) ?<BR/><BR/>And, of course, you are owning up to the “mistake” that I pointed out to you, for it was patently, and unequivically false. Though, for the record, your statement: “Of course, there's a hairbreadth of difference between an Arian and a Mormon these days”, is not even close to being true: <BR/><BR/>Arianism – God the Father is the One and only Supreme God; Mormonism – God the Father is the Supreme God of this Universe, but this Father has a Father, who has a Father, who has a Father…<BR/><BR/>Arianism - nothing is co-eternal with God the Father; Mormonism – matter, the priesthood, and “intelligences” are co-eternal with Him.<BR/><BR/>Arianism – God through the Son created all things <I>ex nihilo</I>; Mormonism – God through with the Son and other high ranking pre-existent spirit children created <I>ex materia</I>.<BR/><BR/>Arianism – God the Father begot only one Son; Mormonism – God the Father (with a Heavenly Mother/s) begat millions of Sons and Daughters.<BR/><BR/>A “hairbeadth of diffence” ???<BR/><BR/><BR/>Grace and peace,<BR/><BR/>Fuzz-brainDavid Waltzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17966083488813749052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-43870455898406096632008-08-28T15:54:00.000-04:002008-08-28T15:54:00.000-04:00Here is Rome's filter...And what's the filter for ...Here is Rome's filter...<BR/><BR/>And what's the filter for the filter, and the filter's filter's filter...and so on?GeneMBridgeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10504383610477532374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-21670529043550452762008-08-28T15:43:00.000-04:002008-08-28T15:43:00.000-04:00Me: I have never been a Mormon (for the record, ye...<I>Me: I have never been a Mormon (for the record, yet again, I was a 4th generation JW)…are you “lying”??? If not “lying” perhaps a bit too much “fuzz” on the brain???</I><BR/><BR/>Unlike you, David, I can own my mistakes...<BR/><BR/>You were an Arian. Of course, there's a hairbreadth of difference between an Arian and a Mormon these days. So you were an Arian yesterday, a Romanist today...And this affects the rest of what was stated to you how, exactly?GeneMBridgeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10504383610477532374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-73369619770811658732008-08-28T15:08:00.000-04:002008-08-28T15:08:00.000-04:00Look David, you can't expect to waltz in here and....Look David, you can't expect to waltz in here and.... <BR/><BR/>I didn't even have anything to say.Claudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16705428441316701050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-12101838100617700962008-08-28T13:50:00.000-04:002008-08-28T13:50:00.000-04:00Hello Gene,You wrote:>>David is waltzing his...Hello Gene,<BR/><BR/>You wrote:<BR/><BR/>>>David is waltzing his way through a search for "truth." Yesterday it was Mormonism, today it's Romanism.>><BR/><BR/>Me: I have never been a Mormon (for the record, yet again, I was a 4th generation JW)…are you “lying”??? If not “lying” perhaps a bit too much “fuzz” on the brain???<BR/><BR/>“Why do you see the speck in your neighbor's eye, but do not notice the log in your own eye?” (Matt. 7:3 – NRS)<BR/><BR/>“Wriggle” time anyone…David Waltzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17966083488813749052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-82358484515243882852008-08-28T08:33:00.000-04:002008-08-28T08:33:00.000-04:00Easy enough to get around - just don't pick and ch...Easy enough to get around - just don't pick and choose that particular teaching. <BR/><BR/>UNITY! THE EUCHARIST!Rhologyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14245825667079220242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-58833315518728783312008-08-28T08:26:00.000-04:002008-08-28T08:26:00.000-04:00By the way, from the same source: Catholics do not...By the way, from the same source: Catholics do not have the right to pick and choose what they'll obey from among the papal encyclicals: <BR/><BR/>"Nor must it be thought that what is expounded in Encyclical Letters does not of itself demand consent, since in writing such Letters the Popes do not exercise the supreme power of their Teaching Authority. For these matters are taught with the ordinary teaching authority, of which it is true to say: "He who heareth you, heareth me"; and generally what is expounded and inculcated in Encyclical Letters already for other reasons appertains to Catholic doctrine. But if the Supreme Pontiffs in their official documents purposely pass judgment on a matter up to that time under dispute, it is obvious that that matter, according to the mind and will of the Pontiffs, cannot be any longer considered a question open to discussion among theologians."John Bugayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17728044301053738095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-46832897718313457442008-08-28T06:32:00.000-04:002008-08-28T06:32:00.000-04:00Here is Rome's filter:http://www.vatican.va/holy_f...Here is Rome's filter:<BR/><BR/>http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/pius_xii/encyclicals/documents/hf_p-xii_enc_12081950_humani-generis_en.html<BR/><BR/>"... theologians must always return to the sources of divine revelation: for it belongs to them to point out how the doctrine of the living Teaching Authority is to be found either explicitly or implicitly in the Scriptures and in Tradition."<BR/><BR/>From Pope Pius XII, "Humani Generis," reflecting the same theme espoused by prior popes.John Bugayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17728044301053738095noreply@blogger.com