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  1. Forever_Catholic

    How can you literally believe...

    All of that did happen in time, but of course it was much slower to spread than it would be today with mass media. Another thing to consider is that the great majority of people back then were illiterate, Many, many, many did communicate these things, but could only do it orally.
  2. Forever_Catholic

    How can you literally believe...

    You're right, except that they were not capable of pushing out the Romans. Those other things did happen. The Day of Pentecost, the Jewish feast celebrated 50 days after Passover, was also 50 days following Christ’s resurrection. There were crowds of people in Jerusalem from all over the known...
  3. Forever_Catholic

    Let's talk about Satan

    He hates God and he hates every human soul because each one was created in the image of God. Everything about him is like a negative image of God. Everything is in reverse. As people often say, "God hates sin, but loves the sinner." Satan loves sin, but hates the sinner. Satan is already...
  4. Forever_Catholic

    Let's talk about Satan

    Was an angel until he was booted out of heaven for his pride and refusal to serve God. The lower-ranking angels who sided with him got booted out at the same time. Now they're all known as demons, and Satan is chief among them. He no longer has assigned duties. He's his own boss for now, and...
  5. Forever_Catholic

    How can you literally believe...

    Some great miracles are recorded in the Old Testament, but that covers thousands of years, so it's not like they happened every day. When they did occur, it was always for a specific purpose that God chose to act in such a visible way. When Jesus came to earth, both fully human and fully...
  6. Forever_Catholic

    How can you literally believe...

    A disciple is a someone who is a follower of a person with whom he/she studies. The apostles were among Christ’s disciples also, but they were the chosen few who were given authority that the others were not given, and then sent forth to teach all nations, etc. Saint Mark was likely a disciple...
  7. Forever_Catholic

    How can you literally believe...

    "Read the canon properly," you say, meaning to read it for the purpose of redefining and/or disputing and/or rejecting it. To think that the Messiah came to earth and established a Church, only to have that very Church betray him by hiding or distorting his truth, is not even logical. It is...
  8. Forever_Catholic

    How can you literally believe...

    There is truth and substance in your posts. I think you're doing quite well, and I'm glad you're doing it. There are too few active members in these forums who are solid in their faith. In fact, many have no faith at all, or are in opposition to faith. So of course people will disagree with...
  9. Forever_Catholic

    How can you literally believe...

    To insert a quote by another poster into your post, highlight the text you want to quote, and then release the left mouse button. Then a little box comes up that says " + Quote | Reply ." Click on "Reply," and the highlighted text will pop into where you are writing your post, and it will...
  10. Forever_Catholic

    How can you literally believe...

    Such as those who wrote it, lived it, and demonstrated it. If you don't believe the bible, try studying early Church history for a fuller understanding. You must have misunderstood or never read this history. It had nothing whatever to do with military recruiting. Constantine already had a...
  11. Forever_Catholic

    How can you literally believe...

    The only thing you have proved to me is that you don't accept the validity or truth of the New Testament. Gnosticism from the very beginning has been all about arguing that Christ's message to the world was misrepresented by the Church, right?
  12. Forever_Catholic

    How can you literally believe...

    Coder, Since you are seeking, what would you think about the idea of going to an adoration chapel and praying before the Blessed Sacrament for understanding? Would you expect it to be uncomfortable? would you see it as a waste of time? Would you see it as a nothing-lost-in-trying thing? Not...
  13. Forever_Catholic

    How can you literally believe...

    That's both untrue and illogical. The gospels of Matthew, Luke, and Mark all record that Jesus said the Jewish temple in Jerusalem would be completely destroyed; that "there will not be left one stone upon another which will not be torn down." And in 70 AD, the temple was destroyed in the Siege...
  14. Forever_Catholic

    How can you literally believe...

    Yes, Helena -- she's among the saints in heaven also. It was his mother Helena, as I recall, who went to Jerusalem and led the actual work of verifying the location of Christ's tomb. It's interesting that she converted to Christianity before he did. I'd guess she must have had some influence...
  15. Forever_Catholic

    How can you literally believe...

    I'll say this: I miss Pope Benedict XVI.
  16. Forever_Catholic

    How can you literally believe...

    Coder, I've been meaning to point out that "Roman Catholic" is not an official term. It was never a term at all until about the time of Martin Luther (who may have invented it). Since then, it has been used by different people to mean different things. Here's a web page with some interesting...
  17. Forever_Catholic

    How can you literally believe...

    On matters of faith, you can find scholars who say whatever appeals to you, but there is only one truth. Who would I believe, writers such you have mentioned, or writers such as those who were chosen by Christ Himself? If you think that words of the apostles and their disciples (like Mark and...
  18. Forever_Catholic

    How can you literally believe...

    That statement means you can read Constantine's thoughts from the year 312 and hear an announcement he never made. Pretty impressive,
  19. Forever_Catholic

    How can you literally believe...

    I’ve been searching for info on Bishop J. W. Sergerus on the internet, and find absolutely nothing about him except for what is already obvious – that he was a crackpot heretic who called himself a bishop and wrote a book of anti-Christian BS and implausibly false history. He does not in any...
  20. Forever_Catholic

    How can you literally believe...

    What ecumenical councils would that be? There has never been ordination in the Catholic Church other than as conferred by a Catholic Bishop through the Sacrament of Holy Orders. It has been the same laying on of hands procedure that Christ established for the apostles to ordain and transfer...
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