Recent content by ViaCrucis

I don't know what Paul means here, and neither do you. So, in this conversation? Yes it is irrelevant. I tell you what, explain why the word water should be in the text. -CryptoLutheran

We're going to go in circles if you're not going to answer my question. How does God unite me to Jesus; how does what Jesus did become mine? How does the objective work of Christ become subjective--how do I, personally, benefit? -CryptoLutheran

Irony isn't just an experimental joint replacement. -CryptoLUtheran

My following question is not me saying you're wrong here; but I am confused how you make the connect between the two. How would that be a matter of separation of church and state? -CryptoLutheran

What about after the babies are born? Is it a Christian virtue that post-born babies have a right to life? I've read my Bible, and there's a lot in there about the life of the post-born. No mention of abortion in the Bible, which isn't a problem--I don't insist that it has to be in the Bible...

When did he mock his own Church's beliefs? Can you provide an example? -CryptoLutheran

So for everyone who has been whinging at supposed antisemitism by college protestors against Israel's genocide in Gaza I have a question. Since you care about antisemitism so much, where were you when literal Nazis were chanting "Jews will not replace us" at the Unite the Right rally several...

This, of course, is a lie. -CryptoLutheran

Biden hasn't tried to abuse the Christian religion for selfish and personal gain. That's certainly a lot more than could be said of Trump. The best thing a politician can do for Christianity is to leave it alone and let Christianity just be Christianity. -CryptoLutheran

Well, now we get to talk about the difference between these two scenarios. In one, land was taken, the native inhabitants were slaughtered, and it was a literal invasion. In the other we are talking about people who are coming and contributing to the general society they are entering into...

Irrelevant. -CryptoLutheran

Since you are the one using the word "contradiction", I'll use it for your sake. Why is the contradiction which you believe ok, but the contradiction which I accept not ok? I believe that baptism is necessary, but not absolutely necessary. So God is perfectly able to save anyone, and does. As...

That's not my problem. You just said it was necessary, then you came up with an example of how someone can be saved anyway. All I've done is demonstrate that you hold onto the idea that something is necessary for salvation, and yet not absolutely necessary. I've nothing to wriggle out of. I've...

And we've seen these things for the last two thousand years. There's been no shortage of false messiahs, false prophets, and fake signs and wonders since the day our Lord ascended. There was a false messiah just a few years after Jesus' ascension, a man by the name of Theudas, mentioned in the...

So it is necessary to believe 1 Corinthians 15:1-4 to be saved, but those children will be saved anyway? Do you know what necessary means? It sounds to me like you need to answer your own question before I answer it for you. -CryptoLutheran