01-30-2007, 02:17 PM
My Lord & My God!
May the peace of Christ be with you!
I've had a long day... I'm absolutely exhausted, so I'll just make this one real brief :sleep2:
* Jesus Christ, the Son of God incarnate, suffered & died in His human nature only!!! I think I've broken the world record for stating this fact the most number of times on any forum ever!
* The Blessed Trinity is a supernatural truth. No human could've known that there subsists Three Divine Persons in God. Now that God has revealed this mystery to us, through His Son, no one can fully comprehend it to the max, however, humans are able to obtain further knowledge & understanding... hence, "Theology" - the study of God.
* Ouch! You're interpretation of Scripture is hurting me - LOL! It's because of people like us that Christians are divided up into thousands of different denominations. Everybody wants to give meaning to verses rather than take meaning out. I'm not a Biblical scholar, but whenever I come across a passage that doesn't quite seem right, I immediately blame a lack of something on my part & not the Biblical authors/teachings of the Magesterium (which is what St Augustine taught me to do - he never doubted the Church's authority).
* Hahaha! How would you like it if I compared George W. Bush to Mohammad (PBUH)? Don't worry, I'd never do that!
* I can't read the Qur'an in Arabic. I can barely understand it in English - hehe!
* Re: Bible manuscripts - No disrespect to Bat Ehman but he's a former "Born-Again Christian". No disrespect to Protestants, but various sects have their own version of the Bible - tailored to suit their personal needs. The ancient Bibles I mentioned are identical (although they're not all written in the same language), & are openly displayed in the Vatican Library for all to see, touch, read, examine, photograph, etc. One thing you must remember is that Catholics aren't "Evangelical Bible Christians"; Catholics evangelize the word of God (Bible), however, we honour Sacred Tradition & Sacred Scripture equally. "Where Peter is there is the Church, and where the Church is, there is everlasting life" (I can't remember which Saint said that - shame on me)!
God bless you.