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To: rusty schucklefurd

39 posted on 01/05/2014 6:18:33 PM PST by narses (... unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you do not have life within you.)
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To: narses

Nice fractal image, but the title and statement are absent of any argument, just a “you’re wrong, you’re wrong, and you’re really, really, really, wrong!”. I realize, of course, that it was meant to be some kind of humorous insult, but to be an insult (or even funny) there has to be some essential truth within the context of the insult - but, there isn’t in this case - only the “you’re wrong and really, really wrong” idea.

As I said before, I have no anger toward Catholics, in fact, I appreciate the contribution the Catholic church has made to preserving Biblical manuscripts, to helping the poor and destitute, to standing up for the sacredness of human beings from conception to old age, to art, music, and architecture.

We even share several essential doctrines: Who is God, what is man, who is Christ, what was His mission, His Incarnation, His life, crucifixion, burial, and Resurrection, and that it is through Christ alone that salvation and reconciliation is possible with God.

The Transubstantiation doctrine is one of those non-essential beliefs (from the protestant point of view) that will forever separate protestants and Catholics. We are still brothers and sisters in Christ because we hold the same view of Christ and the Trinity. My only reason for responding is because I disagreed with the thesis of the original article. I knew there wouldn’t be any resolution, but I couldn’t let something I thought to be erroneous in regard to Biblical theology just go without at least voicing an objection.


86 posted on 01/06/2014 7:19:12 AM PST by rusty schucklefurd
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