Posted on 01/02/2010 3:32:55 PM PST by NYer
No, I am saying that the selection of new testament writings occured in the 4th century, after the first century witnesses were dead.
Here are some homework questions for you:
The councils were convened when?
The Emperor retained the position and authority of Pontifex Maximus until when?
The Bishop of Rome was given the authority of Pontifex Maximus by who, and in what year?
LOL. Scientism is excommunicates scientists who question the orthodoxy of faith-based macro evolution.
Then why argue this? Why not argue something basic, like Intellegent Design, or Jesus vs. world religions?
An interesting book is “The Sacred Mushroom and the Cross” by John Allegro. He asserts that Mark is a text that encodes and protects the secret of how to prepare and consume the aminita muscaria mushroom (fly agaric) to have religious experiences (see sounds and hear colors type).
John Allegro was one of the less productive members of the committee that produced the “Revised Standard Version” and was just in time to justify some of the drug cultures of the 1960s.
Scientism only excommunicates those who have not done their experments yet.
Would you be so kind to spell out your abbreviations?
I have read every post up to yours, and I have yet to see anyone claim Mary is divine.
And are there no connections to humanity through Mary? None whatsoever, however miraculous that seems? I would think that Jesus's life and birth are both a combination of miracle and natural, it seems to be the way God often worked in scriptures. Any theophany in the OT is an example.
I presume you mean “Intelligent Design”...
That is another interesting subject, but I rarely start these threads. I believe that the Catholic position on Evolution is that it is a correct statement of how G-d created the current diversity of species. I actually agree with Evolution, but coming up with valid experiments is quite challenging.
But we have it on good authority that she is free of original sin...
On the other hand when Pelagius promulgated his list of people who were free of sin (Mary, Elijah, Elisha, Enoch, who was translated, others) he was excommunicated.
Oh gosh, sorry for being so far off the mark! LOL!
And Tertullian was a heretic as well, yet much of his writing is used in the Church. This sounds like the nazi-phallacy. Not everything a heretic says is untrue, if I asked Pelagius who the emperor was at the time of his reign I'm sure he'd give an honest answer.
The other fun heresy is Arianism. According to Wikipedia, “Of all the various disagreements within the Christian Church, the Arian controversy has held the greatest force and power of theological and political conflict”.
We all have to believe Wikipedia, don’t we?
Well, not on this site.
Nice obfuscation. No experiments are necessary to doubt the unproven faith article of macro evolution.
Excuse me but my post was not directed to you.
In Science, you are supposed to doubt.
Descartes said “I think, therefore I am.” But that was his second syllogism. The first was “I doubt, therefore I think.”
All scientific truths are subject to doubt, and the really interesting part is when something you thought would be true ain’t so.
Other than the general principle of scriptural inerrancy, there is no defined Catholic position on Evolution. There is only private opinion of individuals.
Don’t use potty language on the Religion Forum
Well, they say even a blind pig finds a few acorns every now and then.
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