I would like to remind you of the post that this response addressed. In It you said: "But if I ask you to explain, for example, James 2:24, or John 6:54, you will do exactly what I say you do: "by explaining that it does not really say what it does".
So when I asked you to explain John 3:16 you gave your answer of what you think it means yet I know that that is not what your religion really DOES teach. If it did, we would not be having these disagreements about faith alone vs. faith and works for salvation. Do you really believe, as John 3:16 says, that we HAVE eternal life by believing in Jesus Christ? Because I think some additional explaining will have to be done and it will end up being "it doesn't really say what it does". Right?
Yes. Of course. In 5130 did I say anythig different? We know that those who believe in Jesus Christ will have everlasting life. You believe in some statements made by Jesus Christ, ignore others (I showed which) and add your own tenets that contradict the Gospel.
You cannot say that you believe in Jesus Christ unless you believe in everything the Jesus Christ said. More often than not, you don't. You spin Matthew 25 away, you spin the words of Institution away, in Luke 18:18-25 you make Jesus a liar out to trick an honest questioner, -- the list is long. The Protestants do not believe in Jesus Christ according to their Protestant faith; if they do, that is because from time to time they ignore their pastors. Catholics believe in everything Christ said, if they are good Catholics.