@stephie
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I’m back! @whalekeeper I know you’ve got some snowballs…perhaps you might toss some my way and get me started again?
*runs frantically through the fight like an idiot*
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@loopylin Wow, that’s so good! I love how she looks almost protective.
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@the_lost-journal
Looks interesting! I am currently doing a few things:
-Adjusting to 10th grade (nightmare. Pray lol)
-Breathing 24/7
So I have no time.
Just kidding, I have time. I’ll be reading!
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I don’t know. If you can’t find it anywhere else….ask AI and tell it to cite its sources. Then you can just read the sources instead of whatever baloney ChatGPT spits out XD
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@whalekeeper exactly
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An interesting thing that my dad talked to me about is the possibility of the creation of a world with the appearence of age.
It seems that Adam and Eve were created adults. Did they have belly buttons? Weird question. But even if they didn’t, modern scientists probably could look at them (in an imaginary universe where imaginary modern day scientists could do imaginary studies on Adam and Eve) and tell us how they could have developed. But that doesn’t change that they’d still be pretty young.
So what if God made an Earth with the appearence of age? Then it would look like it could have developed for millions of years, but it would still really be quite young.
Of course, that’s not a belief, just a cool idea.
(And I’ve only ever tried to explain it to one person outside my family and she could not understand it. So it might be the way I’m explaining it. Or it might just not make sense and my dad and I are just a little bit wonky.)
In any case, a young Earth seems more probable and accurate according to the biblical account. But I’m not set on it. It’s not the most important thing to the faith. I’d die for Jesus, but not for young Earth.
On that happy note, I will now stop procrastinating and go to bed.
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Oooh yay I’m a knight in shining armor! *happy dance*
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What if the name (singular) of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit was Jesus?
The thing is, that argument can work either way, can’t it?
If the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit is Jesus, than wouldn’t baptizing in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit be baptizing in the name of Jesus?
If you did something in the name of sponge cake and ice cream covered in meringue and baked for a short time, wouldn’t you be doing something in the name of Baked Alaska?
And if you did something in the name of Baked Alaska, wouldn’t you being doing it in the name of sponge cake and ice cream covered in meringue and baked for a short time?
(Weird example but hey, a metaphor is a metaphor lol)
So isn’t that just saying that it doesn’t matter which way you do it?
I wouldn’t say that’s a good argument. I think it far more likely that baptism in the name of Jesus is a diferentiation from John’s baptism.
It would be pretty sad for so many good, sincere, devout people. . . finding out too late that since they weren’t buried with him they won’t be raised with him; that since they where never baptized into Christ, they where never clothed with Christ.
Hmm, I don’t think that’ll ever happen. There will be “believers” to whom Christ will say “I never knew you.” And I have hope that there will be some who, of no fault of their own, never knew the name of Christ, but He might tell them “For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’” Matthew 25:35-36
Οἴδαμεν ὅτι ὅσα ὁ Θεὸς ποιεῖ, ἀγαθὸν ἔσται!
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@trailblazer @koshka @the_lost-journal
Yeah, I mean once you’ve repented and been forgiven, the Bible says that as far as the east is from the west, so far has God removed our transgressions from us. If He’s not thinking about it anymore, why should I?
Amen! This is what C.S. Lewis said: “I think that if God forgives us we must forgive ourselves. Otherwise, it is almost like setting up ourselves as a higher tribunal than Him.”
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What is the name of the Son? ?
Jesus! Or if we want to be technical, we can go with the original ישוע (Yeshua).
The trinitarian formula comes from Jesus’ words in Matthew 28:18, when He tells the disciples to baptize in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
Some people (I don’t know if you’re one of them?) would say that we should baptize in the name of Jesus alone. They would cite verses like Acts 2:38 for example. However, I’d say that the author calls Christian baptism baptism in the name of Jesus just to diferentiate it from other forms of baptism at the time (in cults, the jewish mikveh, etc.) I don’t think the author would go against Jesus’ explicit command.
*shrugs* There are a lot of interpretations of the Bible in terms of how to baptize someone, what form of baptism should be used, full submersion or not, etc.
Εὐχαριστῶ ὅτι ἐρωτᾷς, ἔστω καὶ ἀμέσως. Ἐποίησας ἵνα ἐρευνῶ!
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I will also add to 7 that women shouldn’t be able to hold a position in the church higher than that of deacon.
In the Catholic Church, it would be a possibility to have Deaconesses but not woman deacons. They have, however, been found unnecessary since we no longer baptize people naked.
(It would be weird to have a man baptize a woman naked. Really weird. So deaconesses were a necessity for a long time. Technically, though, a layperson can baptize someone if it’s a really, really tight situation. And any baptism in the name of the father, son, and holy spirit is a valid baptism. I just Catechism Dumped. Sorry.)
As a female, I was having a hard time accepting the Catholic teaching about women. But then I read the theology of the body, which changed EVERYTHING. I finally understood the beauty of being a woman. Our value isn’t found in what we can and can’t do or what positions we can and can’t hold! We represent the Church, the bride of Christ, and that is a great honor and a beautiful vocation.
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Wyoh ate all my answers to my own questions.
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Alright so I have questions for everyone or for @the_lost-journal
1. What do you get out of church or Sunday service? (If anything? I don’t know)
2. How important is your denomination or lack thereof to you?
3. Do you think people can make mistakes interpreting the Bible? What would a solution to this be, if there is one?
4. Is there anything which your church or denomination teaches which you disagree with, and why or why not?
5. Ok, this one’s not really related to denominational stuff, but what kind of music, if any, do you like to listen to while in prayer?
6. What are some common misconceptions or misunderstandings about your specific denomination? What do you think could make a difference if people knew about it?
7. Okay, fiery question here. *takes a sip of water* What do you think other denominations get wrong? Why?
Note for question seven: Sorry.
8. What do you think of fasting? Feasting? Ascetism?
9. And finally, what do you think of baptizing infants?
In all seriousness… please… I don’t have an online fire extinguisher…
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@the_lost-journal
AS THAT QUICK ENOUGH FOR YOU>! ARE U STILL ALIVE.”?!??!?!?!?! AHHHHHHJHĦ!!!!!
I am–
*dies*
Jk I’m fine, I was trying to answer that before I had to go to school. It was like fifteen minutes before I had to catch the bus but I was NOT willing to leave it be. I started it and I was GOING to FINISH it.
Anyway.
I find this answer interesting, because you are a Catholic! And the Catholic church teaches that Jesus did not have ANY siblings. So the fact that you believe he did having siblings is interesting! But thank you for replying!
Oh, oops, maybe I should have made that clearer. I do NOT think Jesus had any siblings. I’m simply looking at it from a well-rounded point of view, saying oh, if I wasn’t looking at the bigger picture, or if I didn’t have the Church to help me out, I might think He had brothers and sisters, but as it is, I’m willing to believe that He was an only child. I think His “brothers and sisters” are His cousins, the children of Mary the wife of Clopas.
That is really cool! I find it so cool that you converted to christianity and left your old sinful life behind! (Not to say that you aren’t still sinful ?) but your story is a little like Mary Magdalene’s!
Have you seen The Chosen? It’s not completely biblical and takes some artistic liberties, but it gives Mary Magdalene such a delightful character arc.
Oh, I have never heard of that prayer before! But I’ll save it and use it for later times!
I hadn’t either until I actually took a better look at my Pieta Prayer Book. And then I was like what? There’s this cool poetic prayer specifically addressing the five false needs of humans? (control, perfection, having the answer, being there for others, approval.)
Funny story …. I used to think that Pentecost… and Holocaust… were the same event…. uhm…. NO FURTHER QUESTIONS!!!!!
Oh.
Oh.
For me it was dollar and hour.
Escalator and elevator.
Yes…………….. I was a dictator….. who destroyed life….. ?
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