GG wrote:
"Blessed are the Peace makers..."

How is it that Independent Baptists have adopted these Roman Catholic rituals when they pride themselves in not ever having been a part of the RCC. Was it to try to “fit in” with the world?

Lance Eccles wrote:
It's amazing how some people are so consumed by their hatred for the Catholic Church, that no matter what the subject of the news item, they manage to find in it an excuse to attack Catholicism.
The risk with such obsessive hatred is that, when you come to the end of this life, the hatred may continue into the next.

The RC"C" is a false way therefore I hate it ... with a passion. This Godly hatred WILL continue into the next life and will be shared by Christ Himself.

But I have no hatred for you, Lance. You may yet be an unquickened saint ... as Paul the apostle was at one time.

jj wrote:
Once again sleeply professors have left the door open for just criticisim (this is one way cults get started. The time is long past due for God's people to forsake X-Mass.

In ref to your 11/23/08 12:47 PM post:

I wouldn’t have troubled myself to even respond to GG’s remark. It’s like letting the blind man express his opinion about color variations all he wants. But I sure did like your comment. Your third point and final BTW both expressed exactly what I was thinking as I opened this article.

Cheap PR has to be the motivation for that whore “church” publishing this garbage.

They’ve hijacked a perfectly good word, gay, and have misapplied it to their wicked “lifestyle”.

They’ve hijacked an ism – racism – and have misapplied that whole concept to their wicked “lifestyle”.

But what they practice is just that – a practice - a behavior. It’s something that can be changed or suppressed in a person by society for its self preservation.

The sin of murder is a behavior that society insists be changed or suppressed in a person.

Our society needs to wake up and return to the former days when murderers and sodomites were dealt with in the same way because their actions were rightly seen as equally sinful and destructive to our society.

No true Christian could have anything to do with this movement. Jesus uses extremely exclusive language when He says ‘the way’ and ‘no man’ in John 14:6. That means there is ONLY ONE WAY (and for anyone unable to grasp the concept - that means there is no other way) for EVERY SINGLE PERSON in the world.

father of three wrote:
May God have mercy upon our souls.

Neil wrote:
The US disestablished its state churches about two centuries ago

Well, here’s some more Spurgeon:

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The master-piece of Satan is Popery. Just as the gospel of the grace of God is the noblest display of the divine attributes, so is the Popish system the most subtle of all the works of Satan, wherein he manifests his utmost skill; and as the energy of Omnipotence is prepared to consummate the triumph of the Lord’s Christ, so is all the might of hell engaged to secure the supremacy of Antichrist. (The Sword and the Trowel, August 1866)
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Mr. Spurgeon would probably admit that he was a wretch (apart from Christ) but misguided? NO. Deceived into error by the traditions of men and the wiles of Satan? NO again. Your own accusation DOES fit you, though, Lance. I’m sorry for you but you have apparently been targeted as a recipient of the strong delusion from God that you might believe a lie and be damned. There is no way you can ever become un-deluded if that is the case and you won’t even be aware of having that state of mind. I pray that God has a point in time selected for you where you will be granted repentance and become a born again man.

This is an open forum which encourages freedom of speech (within reason). You would have it converted into a locked down, ID + password environment which is less useful.

GG wrote:
"Blessed are the peacemakers???", ever heard of it?