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There's no accounting for stupid, I suppose. People are just weirdly dumb; entertainment oriented people in particular seem to have more than their fair share of stupidity.

Well, that's true of anyone who is an unbeliever. That doesn't really answer the specific question, though. Unbelievers in general reject God out of pride or ignorance, but if someone goes so far as to affirmatively worship Baphomet or Satan, that suggests a way more deliberate spiritual...

What exactly do these people get out of what we are calling "worshiping Satan". Do these people know that's what they're doing or have they been duped into thinking its something else? In any case, what is it that they think they're getting out of it? I don't get it.

I think that Paul was saying "I am praying for you to do what is right, not so we look good or seem successful, but because it is right in itself, even if we are wrongly judged or seen as failures." That is, seen as failures by others. I don't think he's saying that we're going to think...

Seem disqualified?

I'm not going to waste my time with someone who can't use the quote tags correctly. I've never seen someone so lazy. When you format your post correctly, I'll respond. Until then go find someone else's time to waste.

Interesting that you should be the first to respond. It is you and Catholics in general that I was thinking of this morning. "Standard Catholicism" and whatever it is it teaches, is your religion, not Christianity. The opening post is biblical Christianity. It is THE ONLY means by which we can...

They're much more offended by "homo" anyway.

It is a dangerous thing to mistake religion for salvation. You can join a church, memorize a creed, perform rituals, tithe, sing hymns, recite prayers, confess sins, and still die in your sins. You can be baptized, confirmed, ordained, and even canonized, and still remain as lost as Anton Levey...

No sir! It is not your audience's responsibility to not be confused by your sloppy use of language but rather your responsibility to communicate your message in a manner than can be received by your audience. You can use whatever terminology you desire but if people are confused by your...

I'm reminded of God "hardening Pharaoh's heart" in Exodus. How exactly did that happen? Did God sprinkle some sort of spiritual hardening agent onto Pharaoh’s soul? No. He performed miracles; acts of power that struck directly at Pharaoh’s pride. Pharaoh fancied himself a god, and when the...

By the way, I'm not 100% satisfied with the opening post. I keep making tweaks to the wording of it here and there. Not enough to change the point being made though. I've just been trying to add a little flair, a touch more eloquence, to my posts lately. It's just a new way to keep me engaged...

No they are not! The authority to enforce criminal justice is a delegated authority that is limited. God did not give the government carte blanche to do anything that God Himself has the authority to do. The government was not placed in a position equal with God in authority, not even close...

I swear it's as if you guys cannot follow what is a very linear and quite simple line of reasoning. If you killed someone (or a whole group of someones) in self-defense then it is you who would get the legal due process in order to establish that it was self-defense and that you had...

Again, my point was predicated on the lack of due process. You can make up stuff for the hypothetical all you want, it doesn't change the point. Those killed by the government agent without due process are murder victims. Please read the following... Moving the goalposts Are we talking about...

This sort of error is what happens when you don't let the bible dictate your doctrine. If Jesus died and was buried on Mount Zion (i.e. where the Catholic sites are located) then He wasn't the Messiah, He wasn't the Passover Lamb and Christianity is false. It's just exactly that big of an...

This is non-responsive. It's a hypothetical scenario. If there's no due process then my point stands, if there is then it doesn't apply. Which is why my due process point works. How is that relevant? We don't have mass executions of pedophiles either, right?

Well, using the term "work" is going to cause confusion in Christian circles but suffice it to say that you have to have the concepts correct, not just the words. It is precisely this issue that will find a lot of Calvinists and Catholics in big trouble on judgement day. Death is a separation...

Sanctuary cities (also called cities of refuge) were established in ancient Israel to provide temporary protection for someone who accidentally killed another person. The law recognized that emotions run high when someone dies. The avenger of blood (a family member of the victim) might...

Not without due process. They must be convicted of a capital crime before the government can kill them at all and even then it would be weird for the government to send out a posse to just kill them on sight, especially if it were a large number of them. 1 Thessalonians 5:22 Abstain from all...