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  1. Simplelogic

    Paul vs "the law" (can humans earn righteousness?)

    Ok. What if a group of men came along and added 10 more books to the Bible. Would that be the Holy Spirit too? Where is the proof that the NT selection was down by the Holy Spirit??
  2. Simplelogic

    Paul vs "the law" (can humans earn righteousness?)

    I agree with everything you said. But it doesn't explain why you believe every book in the Bible was placed there by God. The NT canon was created over 300 years after Jesus' life by gentiles in Egypt.
  3. Simplelogic

    Reason for income inequality. It's because there are people who work harder than you.

    Of course its not ridiculous….just naive.
  4. Simplelogic

    Paul vs "the law" (can humans earn righteousness?)

    Why?
  5. Simplelogic

    Paul vs "the law" (can humans earn righteousness?)

    Me too. Paul created Christianity.
  6. Simplelogic

    Paul vs "the law" (can humans earn righteousness?)

    This article has made a crucial error. This litmus test was clearly meant for the prophets of known false god's such as the ones the Canaanites worshipped. However it was not exclusively against these specific god's only. In fact, these god's were already well known and the Israelites were...
  7. Simplelogic

    Paul vs "the law" (can humans earn righteousness?)

    Keeping the Sunday Sabbath and calling random men "levites" does not validate Joseph Smith or the Mormon religion. We are prohibited from adding or subtracting from the commandments that God gave Moses. This means that if God told our forefathers to hallow the 7th day (not the first), thats...
  8. Simplelogic

    Reason for income inequality. It's because there are people who work harder than you.

    Every revolution pretends to be the answer to social injustice and inequality. Humans have been overthrowing governments and trying out new forms of Gov't since the dawn of man. Yet every attempt has resulted in the same conclusion. Slavery! Its because the majority of humans that crave...
  9. Simplelogic

    Reason for income inequality. It's because there are people who work harder than you.

    I think part of the problem in this discussion is that it starts with an illogical premise. Namely, the expectation for a fair system that honors "hard work" which is only a fairy tale that utopian westerners could conjure up.
  10. Simplelogic

    Paul vs "the law" (can humans earn righteousness?)

    Just want to clarify my earlier post. I thought you were saying that Deut 13 was wrong when you are infact saying that Joseph Smith is in alignment with this passage. Sorry for the confusion and dismiss my earlier comments about this. However I have a huge issue with suggesting that Joseph...
  11. Simplelogic

    Paul vs "the law" (can humans earn righteousness?)

    Did Jesus teach this or Paul?
  12. Simplelogic

    Paul vs "the law" (can humans earn righteousness?)

    Paul declares that he was commissioned. Peter and James never say this. Actually, none of the twelve apostles ever refer to Paul as an apostle. Nor does Yeshua ever call Paul an apostle…even in Paul's own vision accounts!! Re Joseph Smith: Your logic is backwards here. You seem to be rejecting...
  13. Simplelogic

    Paul vs "the law" (can humans earn righteousness?)

    Peter was commissioned to preach to the Gentiles. Only Paul claims this exclusive override of the Peter's calling and anointing: After there had been much debate, Peter stood up and said to them, "Brethren, you know that in the early days God made a choice among you, that by my mouth the...
  14. Simplelogic

    Paul vs "the law" (can humans earn righteousness?)

    Jesus's View on the Law. Jesus emphasized the validity of the Law up through the passing away of Heaven and Earth, thus confirming its inspiration and ongoing validity. In Matthew 5:17-19 we read: (17) Think not that I came to destroy the Law [of Moses] or the prophets: I came not to destroy...
  15. Simplelogic

    Paul vs "the law" (can humans earn righteousness?)

    The new covenant is the law of Moses written on our hearts. Not a different law. 31Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah: 32Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took...
  16. Simplelogic

    Paul vs "the law" (can humans earn righteousness?)

    Except Paul is not one of the 12 apostles and there is no mandate from Jesus to follow any other person after him. Therefor if ONLY Paul contradicts Jesus and the rest of the prophets then we know Paul is to be disregarded. There is no reason for why the 27 NT books were chosen by Athanasius in...
  17. Simplelogic

    Paul vs "the law" (can humans earn righteousness?)

    The Torah is comprehensive. Its not a pick and choose law with different dividing sections in it. Also, James 2 is all about the law of Moses and the context clearly shows this. BTW…even circumcision is still a valid part of the law which must be adhered to for all who wish to fully enter the...
  18. Simplelogic

    Paul vs "the law" (can humans earn righteousness?)

    Only Paul teaches this type of logic. Never mind the fact that it is an important part of the Law for man to know his place and humble himself! If people kept all the Law they wouldn't be boasting anyway. "He has shown you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do...
  19. Simplelogic

    Paul vs "the law" (can humans earn righteousness?)

    Worst argument ever. To suggest "good works" are somehow different from the Law of Moses is patently absurd and only shows how little you have studied the actual law of Moses. There is no mention of "ceremonial law" in the text, nor was this ever even a distinction in the Law like this. It is...
  20. Simplelogic

    Paul vs "the law" (can humans earn righteousness?)

    James' letter was a complete rebuke of Paul's specific teachings: Paul- 2:16; Romans 3:28: Justification is by faith not works of the Law. James - 2:24: Justification is by works not faith alone Paul- 3:6; Romans 4:3: Quotes Genesis 15:6, Faith made Abraham right with God. James- 2:22-23...
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