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Mary is sleeping and waiting for the resurrection... SHE CANNOT PRAY FOR YOU.

SO THEN IT IS A SILLY THING THEY DO IT IS NOT A THEOLOGICAL DILEMMA PROVING THEY ARE NOT WITH GOD. SHEESH! Biblically, you shouldn't be discussing ANY OF THIS AGAINST THEM, but WHO wants the bible to get in the way of good ole fashion bigoted bashing.

Biblically, The Spirit makes intercession in our prayer.
THAT IS ONE, and ONLY ONE intercessory prayer.

[h=3]1 Timothy 2:1 ESV / 173 helpful votes[/h]First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people,

[h=3]Matthew 18:19-20 ESV / 129 helpful votes[/h]Again I say to you, if two of you agree on earth about anything they ask, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven. For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them.”

[h=3]Ephesians 6:18 ESV / 66 helpful votes[/h]Praying at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication. To that end keep alert with all perseverance, making supplication for all the saints,

[h=3]John 16:23-24 ESV / 36 helpful votes[/h]In that day you will ask nothing of me. Truly, truly, I say to you, whatever you ask of the Father in my name, he will give it to you. Until now you have asked nothing in my name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full.
[h=3]Matthew 7:11 ESV / 24 helpful votes[/h]If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!

Maybe you are referring to the translation of the "Sheol " in verse 10, Which can be substituted as "hell" and can also be used as "grave".

As I said, Mary is sleeping (dead) and waiting for the resurrection.

You don't know that. What does it take to make you realize you do NOT KNOW if Mary is sleeping or up there in heaven to Her sons, Right hand where the mother of the King would normally sit! YOU CAN CLAIM what you believe, but you do NOT KNOW. Stop pretending as if you do.

GO back and open your Bible, and read the verses that are pertinent here. You'll notice the one you took out of context and dropped on the screen, describes people who "went to hell", who went to the second death, or whatever you want to call it. People who were against Christ and God. DO you suggest mary was one of those people? YOU MUST if you want to claim that verse proves your point. DO you even read things before you post?

What is this teaching about the Catholic Faith, is this truth or lies? Do you believe in this teaching?
Catechism 966
966 "Finally the Immaculate Virgin, preserved free from all stain of original sin, when the course of her earthly life was finished, was taken up body and soul into heavenly glory, and exalted by the Lord as Queen over all things, so that she might be the more fully conformed to her Son, the Lord of lords and conqueror of sin and death."508 The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin is a singular participation in her Son's Resurrection and an anticipation of the resurrection of other Christians:

I'm not stupid enough to say it couldn't be true. You dont' know if she was or wasn't. If that is what they believe, in good faith YOUR BIBLE TELLS YOU NOT TO HARRASS THEM OVER IT! What do you do? You defecate on the Bible and do it anyway. WHY???? Because you have some perverse thrill out of it, NOT to serve God somehow.






Yes Jesus can forgive sins and has the Authority


REALLY? Just ignore the point that was made? Are yo ugoing to be that rude? You are very disrespective. The verse shows Jesus gave the MEN THE POWER TO forgive sin. YOU say it can't happen. JESUS HAD THE AUTHORITY TO MAKE THAT GIFT?CALL. YOU SAY HE WAS WRONG AND IT CAN NOT BE. What sort of LORD do you think HE is that you can just pick and choose the decisions HE makes to keep? You are trippin' dude.



There are things need to consider to understand this.
1. When did the apostles receives the Spirit, at that time or at the Pentecost? (john 16:7, Acts 1:4,8)
2. Did the apostles practice forgiving sins? (please provide a biblical verse)
3. we are told to forgive one another (Col 3:13)
4. Who can forgive sins but God (Mar 2:7,10)


There are things you need to read and answer before this conversation goes forward. So far you have just brushed aside and ignored my points. You might as well spit in my face. It's AS respectful.

Your arguments here simply ignore the verse above. If we take these as you present them, you prove Jesus is a contradictory idiot who don't know what he is saying. If we take it my way, they will all fit together. NOW until you go back and reconcile the verse I gave you, instead of evading it, we are not going forward. STOP being rude.




you guess too much.
Shwo me a guess. The more scripture I give you, the more you evade it. I've yet to guess in this discussion. That's one more evasion.

Your comment regarding High Priest shows your lack of understanding regarding Aaronic priesthood.

Biblically Christ is the Head of the Church.
the rest are members including Mary.

So, are you going to make your case for thse, "you are stoned out of your mind" claims? OR are you simply going to make a judgmental statement for EVERY argument I presented that you can't answer?

Melchizedek was before Aaron was a thought in his daddy's eye.
Christ is the head of a specific Church, one that was established BEFORE the laws of Israel, and before Israel AND before the jews which are part of Israel. You present me as ignorant, yet you repeatedly show you don't understand anything you say. IF CHRIST"S PRIESTHOOD is before the jews, how do you apply the jewish laws that came later to it? That's sorta stupid don't you think?f It's like saying the person was wet from the pool, before they jumped into the pool.


how you live your life is where your faith is.
THEN why are you more obsessed with what you KNOW than how you live? You are arguing knowledge not faith. You are very duplicitous.

Are you really sure you want to discuss this further????
discuss what? the more I show you the more you evade. You don't engage it, you don't answer it. You just repeat your views over and over as if yo uheld some DIVINE RIGHT to over ride the Bible and edit it for God.


????

Please read the whole story, The witch was not against it, She was saying about how Saul destroyed those who were like her and have banned them.

And the woman said unto him, Behold, thou knowest what Saul hath done, how he hath cut off those that have familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land: wherefore then layest thou a snare for my life, to cause me to die?

She tried to keep the laws of the land and not do what she should not do. Saul pushed her on anyway. Her reaction was.....
And when the woman saw Samuel, she cried with a loud voice: and the woman spake to Saul, saying, Why hast thou deceived me? for thou art Saul.
She did it at his command, and was angry/shocked/ticked/ whatever, but something from that family.

Do the Catholics pray to the dead (like Mary)?
You are praying to me now. The word means talk. It's not summoning a spirit from beyond as the Witch at Endor did. You are a sick and malicious man. They aren't similar circumstances at all. In essence you are trying to convict them on a lie. HOW is that Godly?

The laws serves as school master for the Jews to bring them to Christ that they may be justified by faith. (Gal 3:24-25)
Praying to the dead is not the same as praying to God.

Talking to you is like spraying water in the wind. It just blows back in your faith. I've answered this. YOu avoid the arguments and just repeat the same things over and over. Sticking your head in the sand and screaming the same thing over and over like a kid wanting a cookie with their fingers in their ears, won't progress the conversation.

Please share your wisdom as to WHY did Mary get the statements...

No, yo ubrought it up. You haven't read the history or the council's words. You have read one person's snippet of information. YOU read it, and learn what was actually said. I've wasted pages of pixels answering things you bring up that you don't even address. I'm not going to now do your research for you too.




I may sound like ANTI- MARY but definitely not Anti Christ, In fact I EMPHASIZE that the Man Christ Jesus is the only Mediator between God and men.

I showed how you were. I've shown you to stand against scripture, specifically in more than one place. You don't change, you just rant louder and repeatedly as if that justifies your behavior against Christ's words. You can go back to where I explained how you were Anti christ, and convince me by answering those issues.

If I were of a mind of going back and bringing back up all the things you don't address or handle if you address them, I'd run out of room.
 

1Jn 4:16 And we haveknown and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he thatdwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.
( have known and Believed the Love that God hath to us)
What is it that known and need to believed).. again this refer from vs 9 -15, that God sent His Son for the atonement of sins.
And the rest of verses follows...If you rely on that Love, it cast away fear..even the fear of torment and you have the boldness to stand on the right side at the day of Judgment.

Of course atheist, do not have that kind of love...


Why of course? You don't give any answer here. You just ASSUME and pretend your ASSUMPTION is the defining tool at work here... You don't have that authority. You TAKE that authority anyway.

You are exhibiting behavior that is antithetical to all the descriptions of that love. I have put them in the forum numerous times. You are without excuse. YOu don't care. You ignore them and continue with the bashing. Thus you are Ant Christ. Paul and Jesus both describes what that love looks like. YOU DO NOT EVEN ACKNOWLEDGE OR KNOW what that description is. How can YOU claim an atheist doesn't have it if you don't understand it.

FURTHER, EVEN IF YOU DID, how can you know their heart? That's hubris bub, and it will eat you alive from the inside.


To add:

Eph 2:8 For by suchgrace you have been saved through faith. This does not come from you; it is thegift of God Eph 2:9 and not the resultof actions, to put a stop to all boasting. Eph 2:10 For we are God's masterpiece, created in theMessiah Jesus to perform good actions that God prepared long ago to be our wayof life.

So, now you suggest PAUL is an idiot too.

THESE PEOPLE are the leaders of the Church.
And He gave some as apostles, and some as prophets, and some as evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers,

They are to help the people to do the WORKS OF SERVICE (see also gal 5:6, last parable in matt 25)
for the equipping of the fnsaints for the work of service, to the building up of the body of Christ;

And those works are to:
Build up the CHURCH/body of christ.
until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of thefnknowledge of the Son of God, to a mature man, to the measure of the stature fnwhich belongs to the fullness of Christ.

until the members (we all) attain UNITY OF THE FAITH

Knowledge of the Son of God (through WORKS... read it, read it slowly...)
UNTIL THEY ARE A MATURE MAN, (or PERFECT MAN if you are a kjv fan.)

How mature?

to the measure.
(if CHRIST'S maturity was measured with a glass, you would be the same size glass.)
of the stature (if CHRIST'S maturity was measured with a glass, you would be just as full in the glass.)

[FONT=arial, helvetica, sans serif]And, what are we measuring here??? THE FULLNESS OF CHRIST. [/FONT]

[FONT=arial, helvetica, sans serif]So tell me, how can EPh 2 mean what you say it means, and eph 4 mean what it says? Your view has Paul a duplicitous idiot. [/FONT]
[FONT=arial, helvetica, sans serif]The two verses really aren't even related for that matter. One is salvation, the other is Maturation. [/FONT]

[FONT=arial, helvetica, sans serif]But you'd [/FONT][FONT=arial, helvetica, sans serif]have[/FONT][FONT=arial, helvetica, sans serif] to know that there WAS maturation before we could go there. [/FONT]
 
In total reality; The only real true Christians, are those who follow what Jesus and his apostles taught word for word. If a church today does not teach that doctrine, and salvation plan, they are attending a church which was founded by a man, not The Lord...
If someone wants to argue this fact, then first read the entire book of acts, especially the first two chapters..Amen
 
The Catholic Church never has been the " Original Church". They may claim it is, just like I can claim I am a billionaire, but nothing to back up that statement. The Original and ONLY church founded by Jesus, started in Jersusalem on the day of Pentecost, in the upper room, in Acts Chapter One.
 
He was addressing his "Brothers" in the true faith/ Church. The Bible tells us we are to judge Righteous Judgement, which means by what the scriptures teach...
 
Jesus preach more in the reality of hell than love.
How would you know love?
if Muslims as per the bible are already condemned if they will not repent of their unbelief.
AND YOU KNOW THIS, AND BECAUSE YOU ARE FULL OF LOVE YOU WOULD NOT TELL THEM THAT THEY ARE DESTINED IN ETERNITY OF HELL.


IS THAT WHAT YOU CALLED LOVE?

I WONDER HOW YOU TREAT YOUR ENEMY?

Romans 2:4 Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?
 
Luke 6:37 Judge not, and you will not be judged; condemn not, and you will not be condemned; forgive, and you will be forgiven;

The least Christian people are people who go around judging and claiming they are more Christian than other people. If you are picking who to hang out with, looks at their actions. How do they treat the poor, the sick and the hungry? That’s says more about who they are than what church they go to.


LOL the irony by your post is that you are judging her by saying that she is one of the 'least christian people and people going around judging' therefore you inadvertently fall into that category yourself!
 
The Catholic Church never has been the " Original Church". They may claim it is, just like I can claim I am a billionaire, but nothing to back up that statement. The Original and ONLY church founded by Jesus, started in Jersusalem on the day of Pentecost, in the upper room, in Acts Chapter One.

They were a part of the Original Church. That is not deniable.

And, it's not about Salvation. That's only part of it.
 
Jesus preach more in the reality of hell than love.
How would you know love?
if Muslims as per the bible are already condemned if they will not repent of their unbelief.
AND YOU KNOW THIS, AND BECAUSE YOU ARE FULL OF LOVE YOU WOULD NOT TELL THEM THAT THEY ARE DESTINED IN ETERNITY OF HELL.


IS THAT WHAT YOU CALLED LOVE?

I WONDER HOW YOU TREAT YOUR ENEMY?

So, just HOW MANY CHAPTERS OF THE BIBLE have you eliminated from the book to say such a silly thing?

Seriously, you lost ALL credibility with that post.
 
John 7 v 24

" Judge not, according to the appearance, but judge Righteous Judgement"

Translation: You can judge by what the Bible says, but Jesus told us not judge people in his church, except by his word. An unrepentant sinner has not been cleansed In the blood until they convert....
 
One of my favorite verses...but Apostle Peter never was a Catholic, or a Pope.
How is this so? Very simple....Peter preached the first message at the first Christian service in Jerusalem where Jesus told them to go, and begin the ministry ( read; Luke 24 v47-49).

Then please turn to Acts chapter two, to the first church service. When Peter filled with the Holy Spirit finished his message to the Jewish converts in the
Service; they asked him in Acts 2 v 37 " Men, and Brethren, WHAT SHALL WE DO"?

Peter told them all this (Acts 2 v 38) " REPENT and be Baptized everyone of you, IN THE NAME of JESUS CHRIST, for remission of sins, and you shall receive The Gift of the Holy Ghost".

Does the Pope, or any Catholic Priest, Cardinal, Bishop, or lay minister teach this go
 
John 7 v 24

" Judge not, according to the appearance, but judge Righteous Judgement"

Translation: You can judge by what the Bible says, but Jesus told us not judge people in his church, except by his word. An unrepentant sinner has not been cleansed In the blood until they convert....

IF that is to me, I didn't judge anyone.

the man said Jesus preached more hell thanLove.

I'll accept that challenge, to meet it HE must remove a lot of Bible.
 
One of my favorite verses...but Apostle Peter never was a Catholic, or a Pope.
How is this so? Very simple....Peter preached the first message at the first Christian service in Jerusalem where Jesus told them to go, and begin the ministry ( read; Luke 24 v47-49).

Then please turn to Acts chapter two, to the first church service. When Peter filled with the Holy Spirit finished his message to the Jewish converts in the
Service; they asked him in Acts 2 v 37 " Men, and Brethren, WHAT SHALL WE DO"?

Peter told them all this (Acts 2 v 38) " REPENT and be Baptized everyone of you, IN THE NAME of JESUS CHRIST, for remission of sins, and you shall receive The Gift of the Holy Ghost".

Does the Pope, or any Catholic Priest, Cardinal, Bishop, or lay minister teach this go

YES, they do preach that.

Why did Peter speak for the disciples when Christ addressed the group??????

Don't you find that odd, to say he had no leadership role, but yet, he spoke for them all?
 
SO THEN IT IS A SILLY THING THEY DO IT IS NOT A THEOLOGICAL DILEMMA PROVING THEY ARE NOT WITH GOD. SHEESH! Biblically, you shouldn't be discussing ANY OF THIS AGAINST THEM, but WHO wants the bible to get in the way of good ole fashion bigoted bashing.

The dead cannot hear your prayers...


THAT IS ONE, and ONLY ONE intercessory prayer.

1 Timothy 2:1 ESV / 173 helpful votes

First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people,

Matthew 18:19-20 ESV / 129 helpful votes

Again I say to you, if two of you agree on earth about anything they ask, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven. For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them.”

Ephesians 6:18 ESV / 66 helpful votes

Praying at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication. To that end keep alert with all perseverance, making supplication for all the saints,

John 16:23-24 ESV / 36 helpful votes

In that day you will ask nothing of me. Truly, truly, I say to you, whatever you ask of the Father in my name, he will give it to you. Until now you have asked nothing in my name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full.
Matthew 7:11 ESV / 24 helpful votes

If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!


Have you not notice, Most of the verses you refer talks about the living praying for the living..


You don't know that. What does it take to make you realize you do NOT KNOW if Mary is sleeping or up there in heaven to Her sons, Right hand where the mother of the King would normally sit! YOU CAN CLAIM what you believe, but you do NOT KNOW. Stop pretending as if you do.

GO back and open your Bible, and read the verses that are pertinent here. You'll notice the one you took out of context and dropped on the screen, describes people who "went to hell", who went to the second death, or whatever you want to call it. People who were against Christ and God. DO you suggest mary was one of those people? YOU MUST if you want to claim that verse proves your point. DO you even read things before you post?

I'm not stupid enough to say it couldn't be true. You dont' know if she was or wasn't. If that is what they believe, in good faith YOUR BIBLE TELLS YOU NOT TO HARRASS THEM OVER IT! What do you do? You defecate on the Bible and do it anyway. WHY???? Because you have some perverse thrill out of it, NOT to serve God somehow.

This I know biblically,

1. all believers will be raised on the last day (including Mary)

Jesus said...
Joh 6:39 And this isthe will of the one who sent me, that I should not lose anything that he hasgiven me, but should raise it to life on the last day. Joh 6:40 This is my Father's will: That everyone whosees the Son and believes in him should have eternal life, and I will raise himto life on the last day."
EVERYONE who sees the Son and believes in him should have eternal life...

and I will RAISE him to life on the last day....

Does the above statement includes Mary? If Yes, then she will also be raise to life on the last day.

2. John (who wrote revelation) only see the Man-Child caught up in heaven

What ever the interpretation of the rest of revelation 12.
Most interpret the man child as Jesus, and he was the only one snatched away and taken to God.

Rev 12:5 She gavebirth to a son, a boy, who is to rule all the nations with an iron scepter. Buther child was snatched away and taken to God and to his throne.
3. Christ is the Head of the Church and the rest are members (including Mary)

Eph 5:23 For thehusband is the head of his wife as the Messiah is the head of the church. It ishe who is the Savior of the body.

1Co 12:27 Now ye arethe body of Christ, and members in particular.


Paul knowing Mary, did not even mentioned her as the Mother of the Church in any of his letters.

John, Paul, Peter and the rest of the apostles including Mary are all sleeping and waiting for the resurrection.



REALLY? Just ignore the point that was made? Are yo ugoing to be that rude? You are very disrespective. The verse shows Jesus gave the MEN THE POWER TO forgive sin. YOU say it can't happen. JESUS HAD THE AUTHORITY TO MAKE THAT GIFT?CALL. YOU SAY HE WAS WRONG AND IT CAN NOT BE. What sort of LORD do you think HE is that you can just pick and choose the decisions HE makes to keep? You are trippin' dude.

You were asked to provide where did the apostles practice in forgiving sins, but you can't ...because there ain't any, Did Jesus contradict himself...NO...Maybe as to how you interpret his words.

but let me tell you this.
Act 2:38 Peteranswered them, "Every one of you must repent and be baptized in the nameof Jesus the Messiah for the forgiveness of your sins. Then you will receivethe Holy Spirit as a gift.

to those who repented and baptized. they freely can say..."Your sins are forgiven".

There are things you need to read and answer before this conversation goes forward. So far you have just brushed aside and ignored my points. You might as well spit in my face. It's AS respectful.
Your arguments here simply ignore the verse above. If we take these as you present them, you prove Jesus is a contradictory idiot who don't know what he is saying. If we take it my way, they will all fit together. NOW until you go back and reconcile the verse I gave you, instead of evading it, we are not going forward. STOP being rude.

I have deal with your comment with all respect, but your response are full of DUNG. MAYBE THAT WHAT IN YOUR HEART.



Shwo me a guess. The more scripture I give you, the more you evade it. I've yet to guess in this discussion. That's one more evasion.


So, are you going to make your case for thse, "you are stoned out of your mind" claims? OR are you simply going to make a judgmental statement for EVERY argument I presented that you can't answer?

Melchizedek was before Aaron was a thought in his daddy's eye.
Christ is the head of a specific Church, one that was established BEFORE the laws of Israel, and before Israel AND before the jews which are part of Israel. You present me as ignorant, yet you repeatedly show you don't understand anything you say. IF CHRIST"S PRIESTHOOD is before the jews, how do you apply the jewish laws that came later to it? That's sorta stupid don't you think?f It's like saying the person was wet from the pool, before they jumped into the pool.

I hope you understand the reason why Jesus is our High Priest.

It is because THERE is ONLY ONE HIGH PRIEST, Who can access the Holy of Holies, (Aaronic Priesthood) by the looks of it, you do not understand it.


And the woman said unto him, Behold, thou knowest what Saul hath done, how he hath cut off those that have familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land: wherefore then layest thou a snare for my life, to cause me to die?
She tried to keep the laws of the land and not do what she should not do. Saul pushed her on anyway. Her reaction was.....
And when the woman saw Samuel, she cried with a loud voice: and the woman spake to Saul, saying, Why hast thou deceived me? for thou art Saul.
She did it at his command, and was angry/shocked/ticked/ whatever, but something from that family.

good try...but not too close...
The witch is in hiding because she was not to be in the land because those like her are banned from living in the land. They are detestable to the Lord.


You are praying to me now. The word means talk. It's not summoning a spirit from beyond as the Witch at Endor did. You are a sick and malicious man. They aren't similar circumstances at all. In essence you are trying to convict them on a lie. HOW is that Godly?

I can pray for you as you can pray for me...but the dead cannot pray for any of us.



Talking to you is like spraying water in the wind. It just blows back in your faith. I've answered this. YOu avoid the arguments and just repeat the same things over and over. Sticking your head in the sand and screaming the same thing over and over like a kid wanting a cookie with their fingers in their ears, won't progress the conversation.

Do you still want to discuss?
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No, yo ubrought it up. You haven't read the history or the council's words. You have read one person's snippet of information. YOU read it, and learn what was actually said. I've wasted pages of pixels answering things you bring up that you don't even address. I'm not going to now do your research for you too.

Let just leave it like that then...unopposed.


I showed how you were. I've shown you to stand against scripture, specifically in more than one place. You don't change, you just rant louder and repeatedly as if that justifies your behavior against Christ's words. You can go back to where I explained how you were Anti christ, and convince me by answering those issues.

If I were of a mind of going back and bringing back up all the things you don't address or handle if you address them, I'd run out of room.

I think this comment is directly referring to yourself.
 
They were a part of the Original Church. That is not deniable.

They may have been Original Members of the First Century Church, I won' t deny they might of been, but they went off and started a different Church (Religion). Even Apostle Paul warned the members of the original church about Wolves in Sheep's clothing" ( Acts 20 verses 25-31) Point being, The First Century Church is still going strong in the 21st century, beleiving and doing the same things taught in The first Century. The Catholic Church is a break a way Church
And, it's not about Salvation. That's only part of it.

Not about Salvation? Surely you jest! Are you trying to tell us salvation is not important?
 
One of my favorite verses...but Apostle Peter never was a Catholic, or a Pope.
How is this so? Very simple....Peter preached the first message at the first Christian service in Jerusalem where Jesus told them to go, and begin the ministry ( read; Luke 24 v47-49).

Then please turn to Acts chapter two, to the first church service. When Peter filled with the Holy Spirit finished his message to the Jewish converts in the
Service; they asked him in Acts 2 v 37 " Men, and Brethren, WHAT SHALL WE DO"?

Peter told them all this (Acts 2 v 38) " REPENT and be Baptized everyone of you, IN THE NAME of JESUS CHRIST, for remission of sins, and you shall receive The Gift of the Holy Ghost".

Does the Pope, or any Catholic Priest, Cardinal, Bishop, or lay minister teach this go
 


The dead cannot hear your prayers...


And you can not read english. Either you ignored what I said and just want to be a petulant brat, slam your heels and fists on the floor screaming MY WAY MY WAY MY WAY, or you deliberately spit on my reasoning, ignored it and just pretended it didn't exist.


Have you not notice, Most of the verses you refer talks about the living praying for the living..


Noooo really???? WOW! I assume you agree INTERCESSORY PRAYER IS NOT A SINFUL THING THEN?

GOOD, they are asking Mary to intercede. IF SHE CAN OR CAN NOT IS IRRELEVANT. They believe she can. They aren't worshiping mary. You don't ask someone/thing you worship to intercede with you to another. well unless you are a kid about to be punished, I remember asking god all sorts of things back then.



This
I know biblically,


The red, is where I started hving doubt. Just full disclosure.


1. all believers will be raised on the last day (including Mary)

Jesus said...
Joh 6:39 And this isthe will of the one who sent me, that I should not lose anything that he hasgiven me, but should raise it to life on the last day. Joh 6:40 This is my Father's will: That everyone whosees the Son and believes in him should have eternal life, and I will raise himto life on the last day."
EVERYONE who sees the Son and believes in him should have eternal life...

and I will RAISE him to life on the last day....

Does the above statement includes Mary? If Yes, then she will also be raise to life on the last day.


Doesn't mean she isn't in heaven. God is funny about doing things that man think is impossible. Ask Gideon.
You have to assume things, to do your bigoted bashing.


2. John (who wrote revelation) only see the Man-Child caught up in heaven

What ever the interpretation of the rest of revelation 12.
Most interpret the man child as Jesus, and he was the only one snatched away and taken to God.

Rev 12:5 She gavebirth to a son, a boy, who is to rule all the nations with an iron scepter. Buther child was snatched away and taken to God and to his throne.


The boy became the KING. The KING's THRONE is on earth after resurrection. Do you suggest he's waiting ON HIS THRONE in heaven until resurrection time? Ok, I'll agree, his mama is there too looking out of rhim. Your verse doesn't say eh's snatched to heaven. :}


3. Christ is the Head of the Church and the rest are members (including Mary)

Has ZERO bearing on the conversation. You could have talked about bananas and been closer.


Paul knowing Mary, did not even mentioned her as the Mother of the Church in any of his letters.


Where did he discuss the Parents of Jesus? HECK He didn't reference JESUS often in His letters. He usually described him in other ways. big deal? PAUL'S PURPOSE didn't have a ministy that needed to share the Jesus story. As often as Paul wrote against heresies, he would have said something. Absence of statement is not proof.


You were asked to provide where did the apostles practice in forgiving sins, but you can't ...because there ain't any, Did Jesus contradict himself...NO...Maybe as to how you interpret his words.


So, You call Jesus a liar. He gave them the power, I gave that verse. And you say it can't happen.

I'm done. Enjoy your self proclaimed GODLINESS.
 
Not about Salvation? Surely you jest! Are you trying to tell us salvation is not important?

Do you people deliberately misrepresent me or is this just how things are around here?

I said not ONLY about Salvation. And YES I AM DEAD SERIOUS.

Salvation is not the MOST important thing Jesus came to do.
That's a fact.

That's a biblical fact.

Do you think so much of yourself that you think God made you so he could save you? rofl. You were made for a reason that has crap to do with you being saved. Best figure that out and live with it.
 
People may think Catholics agree with Christians in many things. But when Exodus 20:23 and 34:14 shows up, all Catholics fall down. Because it reveals something Catholics don't want to grasp: that Mary was just a human being. Yes, she was virgin and lived in holiness before God as a virtuous woman. God chose her as the mother of the Christ and definitely she worshiped the Lord with her life. But she made mistakes. She failed sometimes in understanding her adoptive son. If the Mary of the Bible were here in this generation, she would have destroyed all her statues in pieces because she wouldn't allowed any worship to herself. The same goes for the apostle Paul. He's seen nowadays as a God, as if He hadn't committed any mistake at all because He's an idol that many people worship. And that's sad because Paul spent His whole life exalting Christ at all times.

Catholics are not true believers. They can be generous, understanding and nice people, but faith in Jesus Christ means obeying ALL THE PRECEPTS OF GOD and not just one part, and that also includes stopping idolatry. The wide path is full of nice and cool people, there are many of them walking there. Catholics wanting to walk in the narrow door with Christ must be willing to leave EVERYTHING behind and to obey Christ even if that means rejection.

When the Holy Spirit comes to our heart, we will see Mary as she really was: a obedient and bold woman who dared to obey God despite the adversities. A woman willing to raise the Son of God with no hesitation. A woman who humbly accepted her mission.

We as Christians love people, no matter their religion, but we can't justify and accept a doctrine that teaches me that Mary is my intercessor when Jesus Himself declared He is our advocate and intercessor to the Father. I'm sorry, but we must understand Christianity is not inclusive but exclusive: many people are called, because God loves the world so much, but few are chosen. This means not many people will accept the demands of Jesus. This means not many people will take their crosses to follow Him.
 
Salvation is not the MOST important thing Jesus came to do???????????????????
That's a fact.

That's a biblical fact??????????????????????