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"Only he deserves power who every day justifies it." - Dag Hammarskjold

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@PracticalTheolo @Brotherhoodoft5 I have no desire to continue when you've been presented with the obvious and have been unable to see it in front of you.

[☩ Beneficus ☩ @meltlemons]

@PracticalTheolo @Brotherhoodoft5 No, at the time it referred to God making an appearance, as I said.

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@Askwhyisit You're taking the story too literally. When you do that, of course such questions are reasonable and come to the forefront of the mind. And it's good to ask such questions, and ponder the meaning.

[☩ Beneficus ☩ @meltlemons]

@PracticalTheolo @Brotherhoodoft5 The "Word" or Logos doesn't mean something like "the message" in this context. At the time it was written, "Logos" was a concept that involved a tangible or visible manifestation of God. John uses it even more explicitly to refer to God who incarnated as a human.

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@PracticalTheolo @Brotherhoodoft5 John 1:14 says the Word became flesh and dwelt among them, and is the Son of the Father.

John 1:17 names him as Jesus Christ.

John 1:26-34 again makes clear he has been referring to Jesus Christ.

Revelation 19:13 says Christ is named the Word of God.

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@JennyWakefiel12 The name "Mother of God" points toward Jesus being God who incarnated. It's not saying that she is the cause of the eternal God. It points to Christ.

Also, a mother is not a mere "vessel", which is used and then discarded when it's no longer needed. That is not how God views it.

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@CharlieSue_USA First you have to define what it means to be saved. From what? What's the result of being saved?

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@PracticalTheolo @Brotherhoodoft5 "The Word" is Jesus. It says the Word was with God and was/is God.

What doesn't make sense?

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@UgoCannon Disagree.

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@Truth_matters20 When Jesus said to "repent," did he mean that God would do the repenting for us, or that we are to contribute and play our part?

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@PracticalTheolo @Brotherhoodoft5 It says it in MANY places. For instance, John 1:1, John 20:28, Titus 1:3 , Titus 2:13, 2 Peter 1:1...the list could go on and on.

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@shemaistheway Does the fire of a candle "create" the light it emits? Creation implies that something once wasn't, and now is. But Jesus is coeternal.

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@ComeYeSinners Best to stick with the Church that Jesus Christ and the Apostles started. "How man thinks" God wants to be worshipped is Protestantism.

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@MJKelleyII I mean, the nature of "Schism" is that the thing existed but then broke into two. I'm more with the Eastern Orthodox position, personally, but I wouldn't say that Rome was invented in that year.

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@dollyqwe1 If you don't understand how life is precious.

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@Truth_matters20 Does baptizing an adult do nothing for them, as well? If so, why does Jesus say to do it? It's a meaningless and ineffectual act...for what, then?

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@AbaddonSpeaks @JR3q02 Open your eyes.

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@AL_J82 The Bible requires interpretation. They have faulty interpretation.

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@5Solas Is this a satire account? Do you know what church it was that produced/canonized the Bible? Or do you think it wasn't the church at the time?