Bear with me. I want to respond to you but it’s going to take time to do your challenge justice. I am having to do a great deal more research because I am limited to the Old Testament in my appeals to authority with you. It is much easier to handle challenges from fellow Christians from differing traditions because at least we have the New Testament in common where all of this is easily explained.
Out of respect, I don’t want to just give you a simple, slip-shod answer.
Not a problem FRiend. That was a lot of material to digest...