Really - of Ezekiel? What sort of interpretations? Actually, once I read that those men turning their back to the temple were doing something worse than worshipping the sun, something more abominable. A lot of those other religions had a lot of weird sexual practices tied to them, including whoredom and homosexuality. God really hated to see his people defiling themselves.
Do you think that it is unfair when someone shares their understanding and is attacked? What if that person is misguided and simply needs help? What if that person has been attacked so much to the point of not wanting to share anything until they can understand how a system works?
You’ve given us quite a bit to go off of actually,your responses in other threads, the hit and run style with which you first started posting on this forum and the fact that you refuse to share anything says quite a bit about what you think.
Not Ezekiel, but the Bible.
So based off of my past threads, what would you say about me?
You believe the Catholics to at best be followers of the anti-christ, and at worst outright worshippers of Satan.
See that is the problem. People love to tell others what they believe without knowing.
Depends on what you mean by attacked. Some people feel attacked when someone disagrees with them. Others feel attacked when actually they are doing the attacking and others are reacting.
This seems like an attack.
Yes and some non-catholics feel superior to Catholics and do not think Catholics are Christian and attack them either directly or veiled through what they call questioning.
Yet I note you never denied what I said, which is what I expected.
Interesting. You never denied Nine_Two’s conclusion but simply said that you never *said *it
Correct? Incorrect? Or just sticking with you didn’t say it?
I have already stated that if someone disagrees with me, that is fine. I just would like for them to show me in scripture with their understanding as to why and not attack me because I don’t believe what they believe.
I have noticed that you and few others love to destroy my threads by changing the subject and not responding to the scripture lol
This just seems odd to me. Why the instance on “with their understanding”? Does that mean if I disagree with your interpretation of scripture and I used a Catholic Commentary and the Church Fathers that you will not listen because it is not from my “understanding”?
No you did not state what happened to you, you made a value judgment of what others think and feel and called them ignorant. That is an attack but this does give light to my “understanding” you better.
Again, seems like a veiled attack here.
That’s what I thought.
What’s that? That I believe that catholics are followers of satan? smh
Also, now that you have told me what I believe, what’s next?
Since you still haven’t contradicted me as I invited you to - the conversation ends.
For me, it calls to mind how the Reformers turned their backs on the true church of Jesus Christ and instead blinded themselves by worshipping the light of a false gospel - sola fide and sola scriptura…
(Sarcasm alert!)Peace,
You’re not going to try to help me? Also, I did that by stating “now that you’ve told me what I believe.”
I never said anything. Only posted a scripture. Thanks for responding to the topic.For me, it calls to mind how the Reformers turned their backs on the true church of Jesus Christ and instead blinded themselves by worshipping the light of a false gospel - sola fide and sola scriptura…
I’m sorry, but do you seriously think that Catholics are suppposed to look at this verse and think that because there is a tradition of orienting their worship services to face east (symbolic of turning to meet Christ on the dawning of the Day) somehow their Christian oriented liturgy is defaulted into sun worship? Because if that’s what you are trying to imply then I think you have a lot more homework to present to get from your starting point to your finish line.
Do you think that any church building that orients its worship service to the East is filled with people who are turning their backs on God?
It’s interesting that the passage speaks of men who “turn their back on the temple” whereas in Catholic liturgy all are present inside the place of worship together and - traditionally - all were turned symbolically towards the return of the Savior…
Peace,
Robert