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Recent content by JSRG

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    Hundreds of psychiatrists diagnosed Trump as having Malignant NPD. If the Administration got sick of him, who enacts the 25th? When? How?

    There is no "violation" of the 25th Amendment in allowing any living person to remain President or to run for President. In the first place, the 25th Amendment only applies to someone who is President, so obviously it says nothing about someone running for President. But even after becoming...
  2. J

    Is Fiction Becoming Fact?

    Seems very unlikely. I don't agree with everything in it, but its overall points seem quite valid.
  3. J

    Why do we do things not written in the Bible?

    Well, in the first place, looking into the work, multiple sentences are cut out from your quote... without any ellipsis to show they were cut out. But there are some errors in this. Unfortunately, there have been some notable errors about this issue of Christmas's date that were even being...
  4. J

    Why do we do things not written in the Bible?

    No, your sources aren't good. I just went through them in detail and pointing out the major problems with them, namely that they make claims that are flatly false. This is why they avoid offering any evidence, because they're made up. Likely the people who made them think they are true, but...
  5. J

    Why do we do things not written in the Bible?

    But you're not getting your information from history is the problem. You're getting them from places that make claims without evidence, and indeed make claims that are flat-out false. What I asked for was evidence, particularly primary sources. You didn't offer any. That's the problem. If...
  6. J

    Why do we do things not written in the Bible?

    It could have. Here's an excerpt from Exposition of the gospel according to Matthew by William Hendrickson, page 182: In a letter dated January 16, 1967 the New Testament scholar Dr. Harry Mulder of The Netherlands writes (my translation from the Dutch): “During the brief Christmas vacation my...
  7. J

    Why do we do things not written in the Bible?

    Here you are just copying what someone else said. Now, you are giving credit, so that's not the problem, but rather the fact that just because someone else says something, doesn't automatically make it right. What matters is on what basis they say it. So, does this source offer any evidence...
  8. J

    Women should take their husband's name

    The problem I see with this article is it takes too Anglocentric of an analysis. Sure, in English countries the tradition is for a woman to take the husband's name upon marriage. But plenty of countries--and yes, Christian countries at that--have longstanding practices of the wife not taking...
  9. J

    Why do we do things not written in the Bible?

    "Old matters"? The Easter stuff from a week ago in this very topic. That's not old. The Christmas discussion was a little older, but still in this topic and less than a month ago. And the problem is that you have such a recurring tendency to post claims, have people point out there's not...
  10. J

    Last Secret of Fatima

    Leo never revealed anything about the third (and last) Secret of Fatima as far as I am aware. The one who revealed it was John Paul II back in 2000. Here it is: The third part of the secret revealed at the Cova da Iria-Fatima, on 13 July 1917. I write in obedience to you, my God, who command...
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    Why do we do things not written in the Bible?

    It has been demonstrated to you in this topic that your claims about Christmas and Easter are false. I find it problematic that you are continuing to assert this even though your errors have been demonstrated. It would be one thing if you had any kind of response to them, but you don't--you have...
  12. J

    NT texts inspired outside the protestant canon

    I am not sure as to whether this was meant seriously or satirically--but in regards to the question of why Acts ends with Paul under house arrest without going any further, one frequently suggested answer, which I think is likely the right one, is simply that's because Acts was written at that...
  13. J

    List of Totally or Partially Omitted, Transposed and Interpolated Bible Passages

    Except the Received Text isn't the Majority Text, for the reasons I've given. Parts of it, including things you cited as things omitted from Critical Text-based bibles, go completely against the Majority Text and are downright indefensible on Majority Text principles. I'll cut to the chase and...
  14. J

    List of Totally or Partially Omitted, Transposed and Interpolated Bible Passages

    I'm not sure what you mean by "one that I can read also"--are you referring to one that has been translated into English, or just one that is available? I can't help on the translation front, but in terms of stuff easily and freely available, I think this is the best you get: Bibliorum Sacrorum...
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    List of Totally or Partially Omitted, Transposed and Interpolated Bible Passages

    I meant to respond to this earlier. I have to disagree with the claim that "the arguments for the KJV are essentially the same as those used for the Majority Text". You'll certainly find KJV advocates using some of the kinds of arguments that are used for the Majority Text because there's...