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To: FFIGHTER
Disagree with scripture?, No, just the philster distortion and interpretations of modern day Philistines. Insult? No, just observation.

Your ignorance of scripture seems to be the root of your vitriol. Perhaps at this Christmas time you might find time to spend some of it in the scriptures...and you will discover that believers in Christ are referred to as the saints...and none of the cases was a Roman pope involved as a prerequisite.

But honestly, it seems pointless to continue any sort of discussion with you on the scriptures as you do not evidence any familiarity with them nor any concern with the glorious truths God provides in them.

71 posted on 12/21/2005 7:08:11 AM PST by highlander_UW (I don't know what my future holds, but I know Who holds my future)
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To: highlander_UW

I am redemed by the blood of Jesus, not through sola scriptura. I will pray for your eternal soul.


73 posted on 12/21/2005 9:53:02 AM PST by FFIGHTER (Character Matters!)
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To: highlander_UW
Perhaps at this Christmas time you might find time to spend some of it in the scriptures...and you will discover that believers in Christ are referred to as the saints

Not a problem. The word "saint" simply comes from a Latin root meaning "holy" or "holy one". All Christians are holy. At the very least, they are set apart and dedicated to God by their baptism, even if they lead very unrighteous lives, and "set apart and dedicated to God" is one definition of "holy".

So, yes, indeed, all Christians are saints. But nothing about that precludes us from recognizing some Christians as having exhibited especially heroic holiness in their lives. Protestants do it all the time -- we just had a seemingly endless series of "brave and noble heroes of the Reformation" threads on the religion forum -- they just don't use the word "saint" to particularly designate such people.

86 posted on 12/22/2005 5:30:48 PM PST by Campion ("I am so tired of you, liberal church in America" -- Mother Angelica, 1993)
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