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@thattradgal Because she was chosen to bear His earthly incarnation. Not, because God decided to promote her to just below Him.

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I don’t read commentaries. I’m a layperson. I read books by John Bevere and various others. I don’t even believe in every Protestant doctrine. I study and go where the Lord directs me. For example I believe in replacement theology, and it pisses most Protestants off when I talk about that. Even my Catholic family members would be angry because I don’t support Israel. I even believe other denominations teach and practice heresy. But, like the Bible says in 2 Corinthians 10:5 “We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ” I’m lucky enough to have gone to Christian schools when I was in school. So I do have an educational knowledge and don’t look at things on surface level. But, you believe in transubstantiation. Which is no different than interpreting John 1:1 as literal. I believe (along with many others), that it’s used to illustrate a commitment to Jesus.

I just told you. Jesus is the fulfillment of the OT. That’s what Protestant scholars teach. By saying the Word was made flesh, John is saying all the OT was fulfilled when Jesus was born. It doesn’t mean paper melted together like the T-1000 in T2 or that it applies to future books and letters written after His resurrection. It illustrates that Jesus was born as the messiah, and thus, every prophecy in the OT was fulfilled. All the OT prophecies about the Messiah, written over thousands and hundreds of years, came together (not literally) and were fulfilled at the moment of Jesus’ birth. Again, it’s not that the OT scrolls literally turned into Jesus. Like my pastor says, I’m like the mailman, just handing you the Word of God and what you do with it is up to you.

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It says the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us. How can you interpret that any other way? And, it was referring to the Old Testament which was written for over a thousand year time period before Jesus’ advent. All of the OT points to Jesus. All the prophecies, stories, psalms etc. He fulfilled all the prophecies about Him, and was born as a human thus being made flesh. It’s not that the OT scrolls literally turned into a human. Maybe, that’s the disconnect between the Catholic and Protestant interpretations. A lot of Protestants don’t study the Bible and just repeat what they hear at a surface level. I’m sure a lot of Catholics do the same.

@Uncommonsince76 Absolutely

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Denying scripture. John writes in John 1:1 “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” He was talking about Jesus. We take the Bible literally. And, you mock a description of Jesus given to us. You put the church before Jesus. Mark 7:8 “You leave the commandment of God and hold to the tradition of men.”

Well, it’s good to know you don’t, but my dad’s family is Catholic and they treat her as Devine by calling her “queen of heaven” and praying to her. No doubt she was blessed more than any other woman in history, but she is just as human as anyone and cannot be elevated to equality with God.

It doesn’t. I’ve seen a miracle happen to someone I knew before and after the miracle. It happened after people laid hands on him and prayed to the Lord. Not Mary or some dead saint. No apparition or a crying statue just the name of Jesus. I doubt you’ve seen a miracle personally. Usually catholic “miracles” are either an apparition that glorifies Mary or Jesus’ face in toast. No doubt there are many fake miracles on both sides, but true spirit filled Protestant churches see them often. And, it’s always in the name of Jesus. Not all Protestant denominations are spirit filled. Some are closer to Catholicism than others. Like anglicans or episcopal. But, my dad’s family is Catholic and my grandparents swear they spoke in tongues at a mass one time. We follow the Bible much closer and discuss doctrine and our focus is on Jesus. If you find fault with that then you have a problem.

I’ve always heard Catholics say she is somehow Devine. If she “Devine” then why would she need a savior? Jesus is God and God has always existed so logically she can’t be “queen” since she didn’t come before Him. She is just a blessed chosen vessel for the human incarnation of God. She never made Him. Your tradition is easily refuted with scripture.

John 1:1 “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” I don’t know why you Catholics always deny the Bible and follow the traditions of men that it warns against. Mark 7:13 “thus making void the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. And many such things you do.” Matthew 15:3 “And why do you break the commandment of God for the sake of your tradition?” You are no better than a Pharisee. Repent.

@RBalsamo1958 @PapageorgioWV “Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.” - Ben Franklin So Ben Franklin thinks you don’t deserve safety or liberty. You should think long and hard about that. Ignorance of history is your problem.

@PapageorgioWV “Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.” - Ben Franklin So Ben Franklin thinks this chief doesn’t deserve safety or liberty. He should think long and hard about that.

@PoliceThePolic1 They’ve had their freedom taken away through due process of law. Just as it says in the constitution.

@CatholicDrip___ She can’t save. She literally calls Jesus her savior. Meaning she was a sinner like everyone else needed to be saved. Luke 1:47 “My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior,”

@Sandra_O_Loftis Good