Help! A family member is attacking me by texting me Bible verses that are not nice at all. this person says shes Christian and not using verses the way god wants us to teach and help each other. What is this kind of person called and why would a person do this?
Mrs GG

Commentary by Mrs.GG
Posted on: 10/14/2009 03:32 am

Thanks L.A., I’m sorry too.

Anywhoo, Catholicism is a valid subtopic for this verse for several reasons:

(1) It is one of the largest groups ‘claiming’ to be Christian, thus, there are many who share Richard’s view of this verse.
(2) There are many like myself, who believe that believe Catholic indoctrination is the ‘only’ reason for his view on this verse.

On another note, this cannot become a Catholic vs. Protestant discussion because frankly, I’m not a protestant.

Commentary by Jason
Posted on: 8/26/2009 11:56 am

Dear Gentleman,

My moderating scripts were to strict. They also filtered out the word “admin”, that’s why some of your conversations were kept in moderation. Sorry for that!

“Lord Administrator”

Commentary by admin
Posted on: 8/26/2009 08:43 am

Scott, I had not interjected anything outside of the Word of God to support my belief. Jason brought up Catholocism and I thought I was responding to be fair to him and others on the basis of my beliefs.

It was an adhominem attack plain and simple by Jason which had nothing to do with John 6:53. Frankly I hope the admins delete the response of mine and Jason’s or any other which have nothing to do with John 6:53.

Commentary by richard
Posted on: 8/15/2009 01:31 am

He asked about my faith and I decided to be fair and answer the question to confirm that my base of belief was Catholic.

Scott, I did not interject anything outside of the holy Word of God to support my belief so I believe you are the one mistaken. I was expecting jason to give a response of that particular teaching and not turn this discussion into protestant vs Catholic hence my response.

It was an ad hominem attack by Jason plain and simple which had nothing to do with the commentary on John 6:53. I should have recognized that maybe Jason had an anti-Catholic agenda and maybe my initial response would have been different. There are tons of other forums in the online world to address such issues. Frankly I hope the admins will delete the responses of jason and I and any others which has nothing to do with John 6:53.

Commentary by richard
Posted on: 8/15/2009 01:26 am

Thanks Scott,

Apparently my comments are being ‘moderated’ by lord Administrator (which, isn’t affiliated with any church, church organization or religious denomination…lol)

Commentary by Jaysun
Posted on: 8/15/2009 01:23 am

Richard,

You are mistaken. You said;

“All I did was back up my beliefs using bible verses..”

But this is not true. You opened the door for Jason’s response with the unseemly historical record of your denomination when you tried to “back up” your beliefs by invoking “2000 years of teaching” as if two millenia is evidence of ERRORLESS teaching.

It would be wise to back away from the “church fathers” on this one and trust only in the text. The historical church record is simply too jaded.

Your accusation of “attack and spewing hate” is likewise unfounded. If you don’t feel equal disdain for the crimes of the Catholic church (historic and recent) that Jason expressed, then you might want to check your own heart to see if it can still blush. Your patronization of Jason’s supposed lack of peace comes across completely disingeuous.

But back on point, your exegesis of this text is terribly inaccurate unless you are trying to prove Catholic doctrine. Let me ask you this: When someone is said to “eat the will of God” is it literal or figurative? How does one literally eat God’s will?? Yet John 4:34 has a clear implication that this is what we are to do. Tell me, how do we literally “sink our teeth” into God’s will?

Or, could Jesus be speaking figuratively?

Commentary by Scott
Posted on: 8/14/2009 22:32 pm

Sorry, Administrator.

My wish was to rebut the common misconception implied by Richard, that Catholicism is the oldest ‘form’ of Christianity. Which further implies that their teachings are therefore more ‘traditional.’

As for ‘hate,’ I admit, I hate Romanism. I make no apologies for that. But perhaps I could have made the same statement, less caustic.

Commentary by Jason
Posted on: 8/14/2009 22:05 pm

Now who is spewing the propaganda? All I did was back up my beliefs using bible verses yet you attack and spew hate. All I can do is pray for you and hope one day you have peace in your heart preferably the peace of Jesus…

Commentary by richard
Posted on: 8/14/2009 21:44 pm

Dear Gentleman,

The Terms of Use of VBVBC.org has the following rule: “Treat other subscribers with courtesy and respect when posting messages and commentaries”. Please keep this in mind before posting!

With all respect,
The Admin of VBVBC.org

Commentary by admin
Posted on: 8/14/2009 21:42 pm