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Recent content by BobRyan

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    AI search says Adventists are the largest single denomination holding to Sola Scriptura

    Actually my criteria objective was simply to avoid "federations" of independent groups aggregated as if they were a unified single church when in fact they are not
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    AI search says Adventists are the largest single denomination holding to Sola Scriptura

    Interesting that AI's answer on your machine above appears to somewhat ignore this part of the q - "do not list groups that fail to satisfy all the criteria". In the result window explanation it first lists 3 failures then the one single success example at the end. In any case its "short...
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    Asking AI to explain Sunday observance when NT has no such command

    Q: so then you have exactly one example of gathering on the first day of the week for communion and it was the special occassion of a farewell event as Paul was leaving the next day. There is no record of the Acts 20 gathering being held on the Lord's Day. Since this is the one and only record...
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    Asking AI to explain Sunday observance when NT has no such command

    Fresh session window. Q: using strict rules according to the Bible who changed the Sabbath from Saturday to Sunday AI response: According to the Bible itself, no one ever changed the Sabbath from Saturday to Sunday. Q: According to the Bible were gentiles who heard the gospel in Acts 13...
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    Asking AI to explain Sunday observance when NT has no such command

    true. but it can look up texts
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    AI search says Adventists are the largest single denomination holding to Sola Scriptura

    I agree the experiment you show does show failure in every case. My prior post shows success but you have to post my Q as I give it above and be in a fresh session window on your browser so it is not tainted
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    AI search says Adventists are the largest single denomination holding to Sola Scriptura

    In a fresh session window this works identify the largest Trinitarian Christian denominations that (1) claim its doctrine will pass a "scripture alone" test (2) has global management of doctrine for the entire group, (3) maintains one unified set of binding official doctrines for all members...
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    AI search says Adventists are the largest single denomination holding to Sola Scriptura

    try this explicit request where I deal with the fact that "explicit rules" for defining a denominations teaching did not translate in AI-speak to "Using *only* the explicit, official, and published statements of Christian denominations themselves" If using EDGE Identify the largest Trinitarian...
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    I have a question and I’m confused

    Using strict rules, identify the largest Trinitarian Christian denominations that claim (1) scripture is a sufficient test of doctrine and no extra-biblical document is necessary for testing all doctrine, (2) possess a single global administrative authority, (3) maintain one unified set of...
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    I have a question and I’m confused

    "Use AI" Using strict rules, identify the largest Trinitarian Christian denominations that claim (1) scripture is a sufficient test of doctrine and no extra-biblical document is necessary for testing all doctrine, (2) possess a single global administrative authority, (3) maintain one unified...
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    Asking AI to explain Sunday observance when NT has no such command

    Then AI gave this "Biblical Context" remark Biblical Context The Sabbath was established by God at creation (Genesis 2:2–3) and is explicitly commanded as the seventh day, Saturday, in the Ten Commandments (Exodus 20:8–11; Deuteronomy 5:12–15). Jesus Christ observed the Sabbath and taught that...
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    Asking AI to explain Sunday observance when NT has no such command

    I don't argue that at all. So then the question is how did we get to the state today where many people suppose that the first century church taught Christians that they need to have Sunday services, ignore one of the Ten Commandments (exactly 1), etc. And no command to not take God's name in...
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    I have a question and I’m confused

    Using strict rules, identify the largest Trinitarian Christian denominations that claim (1) scripture is a sufficient test of doctrine and no extra-biblical document is necessary for testing all doctrine, (2) possess a single global administrative authority, (3) maintain one unified set of...
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    Asking AI to explain Sunday observance when NT has no such command

    I don't argue that at all. So then the question is how did we get to the state today where many people suppose that the first century church taught Christians that they need to have Sunday services, ignore one of the Ten Commandments (exactly 1), etc. And no command to not take God's name in...
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    Asking AI to explain Sunday observance when NT has no such command

    Mark 7 Jesus equates "Commandment of God", "Moses said" and "Word of God" in the same teaching. Mark 7 “Rightly did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written: ‘This people honors Me with their lips, But their heart is far away from Me. 7 ‘But in vain do they worship Me, Teaching as...