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  • N
    Novelist replied to the thread Have You Ever Attended....
    I know that Jesus was not a "Swede" and I never said he was. Many catholic portraits depict him as looking like a Swede and are not...
  • I
    Greetings! I come in peace as an unbeliever/seeker. I have many philosophical and theological questions about God. I don't want to have...
  • Anthony Pritchard
    Scripture does not redefine departed believers as “the living.” It speaks of them as absent from this world and present with the Lord...
  • C
    Cathode replied to the thread Mary’s devotion to Jesus.
    In the line of David, the mother of the King was Queen, thus it follows we hold Mary as our Queen because Christ is King. Joseph we...
  • C
    Cathode replied to the thread Mary’s devotion to Jesus.
    Those in heaven are the living, I don’t think you are getting that. Conjuring the dead is necromancy, if you read scriptural accounts...
  • G
    It's your thread, do with it what you will, as I was trying to stay as close to the wording of the OP as possible, so as not to offend. :)
  • G
    The various depictions of Jesus will vary from place to place in the Catholic Dioceses / Parishes. Not all Catholic churches /...
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  • Anthony Pritchard
    Another excellent point! Both Mary and Joseph descend from David, so Jesus’ royal claim is supported on both sides. Matthew traces...
  • Anthony Pritchard
    Anthony Pritchard reacted to Salty's post in the thread Mary’s devotion to Jesus with Like Like.
    In addition, Jesus can claim royalty not only thur his (bio) mom but thu his (legal) dad as they both were begat by King David!
  • Anthony Pritchard
    Scripture does not define necromancy merely as “summoning or channeling the dead to receive information.” The prohibition is broader...
  • Salty
    Salty replied to the thread Mary’s devotion to Jesus.
    In addition, Jesus can claim royalty not only thur his (bio) mom but thu his (legal) dad as they both were begat by King David!
  • N
    Novelist replied to the thread Have You Ever Attended....
    In my OP, I asked "What was your take on it?" So, that being said, one's "take on it" can and will lead to some of the discussions that...
  • Salty
    Salty reacted to JonC's post in the thread Mary’s devotion to Jesus with Like Like.
    This is false in that it is a stereotype (it is true with some as they go to extremes in their reaction to Catholic practices, but for...
  • Anthony Pritchard
    This is simply false. Scripture distinguishes intercession from mediation. Intercession is praying for one another; mediation is the...
  • Salty
    Salty reacted to Novelist's post in the thread Have You Ever Attended... with Like Like.
    The paintings I have seen in Catholic churches are wrong. Jesus is depicted as a blond haired blue eyed Swede, which he actually was...
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