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To: rzman21

Biblically sound.

There are NONE that are good, no not ONE. ALL have fallen short of the Glory of God (Except Mary?)


69 posted on 12/08/2011 11:06:48 AM PST by RoadGumby (This is not where I belong, Take this world and give me Jesus.)
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To: RoadGumby
Biblically sound. There are NONE that are good, no not ONE. ALL have fallen short of the Glory of God (Except Mary?)

Er... first of all, you've mis-quoted Romans 3:10: "as it is written: None is righteous, no, not one"; it doesn't use the word "good". And the rest of the Scriptures (i.e. context), along with the Sacred Tradition from which the Scriptures were made, make it rather clear that a mere "word-matching/cut-and-paste" approach to this Scripture verse won't work:

Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation; Noah walked with God. (Genesis 6:9)

There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was blameless and upright, one who feared God, and turned away from evil. (Job 1:1)

I, Tobit, walked in the ways of truth and righteousness all the days of my life, and I performed many acts of charity to my brethren and countrymen who went with me into the land of the Assyrians, to Nineveh. (Tobit 1:3)

But beyond this: are you seriously asserting the idea that, for example, unborn children are guilty of sin? What sorts, do you think? (Drinking too much amniotic fluid?) What of the unborn who die by abortion? Are they "sinners"? What of the profoundly mentally handicapped? Are they "sinners"? Sin requires a free choice to violate the law of God; surely you know that? And unless you're now willing to admit the reality of Original Sin, I don't think your case can be maintained, here.
102 posted on 12/08/2011 1:02:23 PM PST by paladinan (Rule #1: There is a God. Rule #2: It isn't you.)
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