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To: metmom
One final point:

Earlier I noticed a post (can't find it now) where you asked me where in the Bible the Noachide Laws may be found (yet another issue between Protestants and Catholics that has nothing to do with the claims of Judaism).

Where do you think the vowels and punctuation in the Hebrew Bible come from? Because there certainly aren't any vowels or punctuation in the written Hebrew Bible as dictated/inspired by G-d. The vowels and punctuation are instead part of the Oral Torah, just as are the Noachide Laws and hundreds of other things.

If you are going to reject everything not in the written Bible, you're going to have to deal with a list of consonants with no vowels or punctuation. And since all translations of the Bible are based on an acceptance of the trustworthiness of the Oral Tradition when it comes to vowels and consonants, then I guess you're going to have to get rid of all your Bible translations, since every single one of them is based not on the pure list of consonants alone, but on the "doctrine and commandments of men" which vocalizes and punctuates them!

Can't Protestants realize that not every opponent is Roman Catholicism and that anti-Catholic apologetics do not apply universally to arguments with other religions?

84 posted on 07/21/2016 8:29:26 AM PDT by Zionist Conspirator (Sof davar hakol nishma`; 'et-ha'Eloqim yera' ve'et-mitzvotayv shemor, ki-zeh kol-ha'adam.)
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To: Zionist Conspirator

Thank you for your use of formal logic in comments. That’s good information. My logic class was nearly thirty years ago. Maybe a review would be good when time allows.


93 posted on 07/21/2016 6:50:50 PM PDT by familyop ("Welcome to Costco. I love you." --Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy")
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To: Zionist Conspirator; metmom
What a ridiculous argument you make! There weren't vowels and punctuation in the Hebrew written Scriptures so you can pull out whatever you want because of an emanation of a penumbra (where have we heard THAT argument before)? You expect everyone to accept your religion based upon oral tradition then castigate Christians? Tell me, do you accept the Septuagint (the Greek translation of the Hebrew scriptures)? Were they able to translate from Hebrew to Greek by relying upon the written language?

Why is it you only see our arguments as "Protestant" vs. Catholic and unrelated to the arguments against your sect yet presume you are not doing the same thing? We are not "rejecting" everything not written in the Bible - as you should know that sola Scriptura means that the Divinely inspired Scriptures are the authority by which all truth claims should be measured. Jesus showed his followers THROUGH Moses, the prophets and the Psalms everything that was spoken of HIM. He proved he was who he claimed to be by the Scriptures. I guess you would conclude people that believed him were stupid and ill-informed back then but they saw his miracles, they searched the Scriptures, they saw the changes in others lives and in their own that he worked within them.

I don't expect you to take my words on faith, but you owe it to yourself to do quite a bit more research and praying before you jeopardize your soul for eternity. I'm praying for you. May God grant you to see the truth for yourself without the veil of confusion.

105 posted on 07/21/2016 8:31:24 PM PDT by boatbums (God is ready to assume full responsibility for the life wholly yielded to Him.)
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