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You should watch at least one of these videos: How Marxism Invaded the Church: Trevor Loudon- Enemies Within The Church- (9/14/22) Prepare yourself to do something about it.

Can you please give links to those writings you're talking about?

If you focus on the word only and leave out all the context around it, then you can make it mean any of the stated definitions. But what I am saying is in the context of all the fabricated exaltations of Mary, which I consider idolatry, especially in light of the worshipful things that people do...

What you're saying is a reason why it is controversial. However, in my view, many people (Catholic or otherwise) who venerate Mary with what I consider false narratives about her being a perpetual virgin, and leading ultimately to calling her "Queen of Heaven", praying to her, etc. is idolatry...

Regardless of all this, I say again: by the narrative and the miracles described, it appears at best an embellished story, and at worst completely fabricated. After reading the narrative, I wouldn't classify it as gnostic, but I would classify it as a false writing - not written by the apostle...

I thought I was quite clear explaining it. The people who said it were neighbors for almost 3 decades, and knew the family. But apparently it takes a rocket scientist to figure this out. You're trying to get me to accept "consensus" which I will never do, because it is contrary to the plain and...

It's not an obsession. But how is this any different than any other controversial issue? People misread scripture quite often, so scripture should be used for correction, should it not?

This link says: "Essentially, we should understand Mithraism as the Zoroastrian Gnosticism." https://ordoabchao.ca/articles/mithraism-zoroastrian-gnosticism Maybe the Mithraic overtones is questionable. But by the narrative and the miracles described, it appears at best an embellished story...

You don't think that is obvious from the narrative? The people state the obvious, which is typical of those ignorant of spiritual matters. They obviously knew the family. ECFs were not infallible, and their writings were not inspired of God. I take my doctrine from scripture, not from...

FYI, the 1st link has this statement in it: "The Nativity reported as taking place in a cave, with its Mithraic overtones..." Mithraism was integral to many gnostic teachings in that time period.

No, that would be jumping to a false conclusion. When the apostle Paul says "you are not in the flesh" he is saying that the Spirit has changed the disposition of our heart, so that we no longer have the mindset of an unbeliever. The Holy Spirit works through the gospel and our conscience to...

There were also others besides the gnostics who invented stories about Jesus and His followers and His mother. The gnostics were a problem in the early church in the 1st Century, and is partly the reason behind the epistles of James, John, and Jude. Anything with gnostic content tells me it...

Paul clearly states in Rom. 8 that we who have the Spirit of God dwelling in us are NOT "in the flesh." Therefore, we must make a distinction, and not confuse terms. Sin is a term used for failing to please God; that is, failing to do God's will. Flesh is a term used for the natural body and its...

The people in the crowd knew them socially, did they not? They were stating the obvious, that Jesus' brothers grew up with him in the same house. They used the term "brothers," not "cousins" or "relatives." So then, they were siblings. But it surprises me that you never stated that they might...

"Law of the flesh" is not a phrase that appears in the Bible. Are you talking about the "law of sin"?

I take it, yes, as I did the same thing in response to him. But "free" is also an adjective.

There is a difference between freewill from the human point of view and freewill from the spiritual point of view. Human-human relations seek to make autonomous choices in that regard, and to loathe tyranny or coercion of any kind. However, the nature of our relationship with God as Christians...

God works in mysterious ways (and surprising, too!). I have been surprised many times in my life how God communicated to me. But mostly through His word and my conscience. However, I remember 2 times when He just literally spoke words into my mind just like I was hearing someone next to me...

Not sure what you mean by "law of the flesh." In the context of Gal. 5, when Paul uses the word "law," he is talking about the 10 Commandments and all of the statutes and ordinances designed around it. Most translations render v. 18b as "you are not under the law." It means that Christians are...

Conservatives have been saying for years that the current admin's weak foreign policy is weakening our stance among the nations, and this is proof of it. Since it is so obvious, the "conspiracy theory" idea that Demos claim is behind the "weaponization of justice" is clearly false. Yet, Biden...