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"When Pope Joan was first declared mythical almost 750 years after her assassination, the list of the Popes needed to be subjected to a bit of creative book-keeping in order to erase this blot on the record of the Papacy. Although I make no claim to being an expert on the history of the medieval Church, here is one way in which Pope Joan might have been made to disappear from the List of the Popes: It may have been that, until 1601, Pope “Joan” was listed on the official list of the Popes as t

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[quote]In the process huge numbers of fish, birds, and animals were engulfed. Fossil beds were laid down and coal and oil deposits were formed.[/quote] From the "flood" you must be joking. Apparently scientists disagree on you with this one. Many of them state is was a mass destruction due to an asteroid striking the earth. There is no evidence of a "flood" at that time in the fossil records.

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Why is it Lula that you ignored the subject of Bruno Giordano, executed for heresy by the church and then later the church erects a statue in his memory on the same spot that they executed him on? Shall I bring up other contradictions of the church as well? What about St. Joan, or Joan of Arc? Burned at the stake for heresy by the church and later declared a saint by the same church. Then there poor Jean Francois LaBarre, du Chevalier, convicted of heresy, because he "failed to remove his h

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I am very much aware that the church denies Pope Joans existance. The church is in the nasty habit of denying much that it doesn't want to deal with, and they will do what ever is necessary to cover up those things that they wish to deny, just as christians deny that which they also wish to deny. They also denied "child molestation charges by the clergy" as well. But they have agreed to pay off the victims. One doesn't agree to such things that they are not guilty of. They preach the "povert

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Now for the kicker question Ladies, if you truly believe in the words of Paul of Tarsus, tell me, why aren't you also following his admonishments about "women being silent"? You certainly are setting a good example of "women teaching the gospel" aren't you? I've read the book of Acts concerning Paul of Tarsus. That's how I know that how he interprets the words of Jesus are a twisting of the truth of them. It's you who need to read the words of Jesus and compare them to the words of

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Why couldn't a woman be the messiah? Perhaps one should consider the life of Pope Joan. Someone that the catholics deny, and yet she is found in their histories. "Pope Joan (a.k.a. Pope John VIII): Born in Mainz, proclaimed Pope in A.D. 855, stoned to death by cardinals in A.D. 858 (after giving birth on the way to the altar), and declared mythical by Pope Clement VIII in 1601, Pope Joan was a (none-too-feminine) woman who passed herself off as a monk and successfully invade

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[quote]He did not create Christianity or the Catholic Church. That was the apostles[/quote] No it wasn't either Jesus or the Apostles, it was indeed Paul of Tarsus. Before you bother to tell me that I am wrong in this either you Lula, or KF(C?), you'd best reread the apostles testimony of what Jesus told them about praying in seclusion, which means BEING BY ONESELF, and not in the presence of others. That is what the Pharisees did, are the members of the christian faith the pharisees

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Paul desires to prevent punishment and save his own life Acts Chapter 22 Verse 3 "And he said: "I am a jew, and I was born at Tarsus in Cilicia, but was brought up here in this city,a pupil of Gamaliel, and instructed according to the strict acception of the Law of our fahers." Later in Acts Chapter 23 verse 25-29 "But when they had bound him with the straps, Paul said to the centurion who was standing by, "Is it legal for you to scourge a Roman, and that wi

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Jesus says St. Matthew Chapter 6 Verses 25-33 Trust in God "Therefore I say to you, do not be anxious for our life, what you shall eat, nor yet of your body, what you shall put on. Is not the life a greater thing than the food, and the body then the clothing? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow, or reap, or gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are not your of much more value than they? But which of you by being anxious about it can add to his st

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[quote]Enough already![/quote] Sorry, it is not up to you to say enough. It is up to THE I AM. When THE I AM itself tells me it is enough than it will be enough. I heed to no word of man, but only the word of THE I AM.

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[quote]Last I heard Islam allows men to have 4 wives...and women must cover themselves from head to toe in public.[/quote] And the difference between covering of the head and the wearing of a burkha is what?

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No, if I had self importance I'd care what you think of me. I don't. What don't you get about this concept?

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[quote]I'm confident it all went according to God's plan of who He chose to write His Book.[/quote] God did not write this book nor did God chose anyone to write it. Man wrote this book. Nowhere in the new testament does it say that "God" commanded anyone to write anything. If God had chosen to have anyone write a "book" it would have been Jesus who had complete understanding, not the apostles, or Paul of Tarsus, or the disciples. As it was Jesus wrote nothing.

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Quite frankly Leauki, what you think of me is important only to you. Think what ever you wish.

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Lula St. Matthew Chapter 7 verse 15-23 "Beware of false propets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly are ravenous wolves. By their fruits you will know them. Do men gather grapes from thorns, or figs from thistles? Even so, every good tree bears good fruit, but the bad tree bears bad fuit. A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit. Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. Therefore, b

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But don't think that I won't keep goading yourself importance either. I will, and hopefully you will see it for what it is. As to insane, well the bible talks about that one too. St. John Chapter 15 Verse 18-27 The Worlds Hatred "If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before you. If you were of the world, the world would love that which is its own. But because you are not of the world, tbut I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hates

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[quote]exactly. Nightshades I'm doing my best to ignore you remember? I told you I find it useless talking to you. I actually think you are border line insane if you really want the truth.[/quote] You are only capable of ignoring me except when I goad your self importance. Then you have no problem responding. It should make you wonder, but it probably won't. As Jesus said "one can not serve two masters." You can either serve "God" or you can serve yourself. The choice is yours of

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Asking you a question is not whining, (nor did I lie, as you put it) it is simply asking you a question based on what you said earlier to me. I'm not out to impress anyone, what I do doesn't rely on anyone being impressed or not, my reward if any, will not come from any human being. For someone who is not a religous scholar, you seem to cling to your authority with all your might. Why would anyone be a target to begin with? Is that your purpose, to find a target? Whether or not I am your or

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Still no answer KFC? Your silence speaks volumes. more than you realize. Apparently you don't have any answers, and I am not in the least surprised by this.

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[quote]I do it because it forces me to learn.[/quote] If this be the truth Leauki, why do you worry so about being "shown up" and having your authority being questioned?

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[quote]"And I will put enmity between you and the woman and between your offspring and hers; HE will crush your head and you will strike HIS heal."[/quote] This was not a statement of the coming of a Messiah. It was a statement concerning the punishment of the "serpent" that tempted man and woman due to their own sense of self importance. Quote the entire passage not part. "And the Lord God said to the serpent: Because thou hast done this thing thou art cursed among a

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St. Matthew Chapter6 verse 5-6 PRAYER "Again, when you pray, you shall not be like the hypocrites, who love to pray standing in the synagogues and at the street corners, in order that they may be seen by men. Amen I say to you, they have received their reward. But when thou prayest, go into thy room, and closing thy door, pray to thy Father in secret, and thy Father, who sees in secret, will reward thee." And christians think that Jesus intended a new "church" and a

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Muslim states do not reflect not all muslim men, just as christian states do not reflect all christian men. You take what you hear KFC and believe that it is the truth without finding out for yourself whether it's valid or not. I know muslim men and I know christian men, and some of the muslim men treat their wives with far more respect and love and give them far more equality then the christian ones do.

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[quote]In time, this state of degragation ended in the lands that were Christianized. God in fact, in creating the first woman, pronounced these words, "Let us make him a help like unto himself." Gen. 2:18[/quote] Who says so Mark? Simply because it was said that it was dictated by Peter doesn't make it so, nor does it dismiss the fact that there were still 12 apostles, and there are (and I am including Peter just for you), still 7 missing. The gnostic texts are written by some of tho

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No Adventure, I haven't and to tell the truth I don't know who that is. But I'm always curious, so please enlighten me as to who Marcion is.