At least do it right..

So churches are only "christian churches" if you say they are?

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I think you are an arrogant *****

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You're probably right. You were condescending, though, and your logic was so off that the matters at hand didn't even matter anymore, so forgive me ;)

BTW: christianity predates the catholic church by at least 100 years...

I find it amusing how those Nigerian spammers have plenty of time to make up these emails.
But they obviously do not have the time to "Spell Check" nor do a little research.

You would have to be really silly to actually take the bait... :dunce:

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Originally Posted by Negative

You were condescending,

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And I was alone?..

sorry I came across as such... but to reply to an insult with an insult only resulted in the same..

As I saw a debate.. I was insulted by your inability to even look at some of my points of argument.. hence i interpreted your reply as an attack NOT as part of a debate. and your previous post, if it was some sort of apology, I may consider.. But would you have tried any of this if it had been Nihil who had made the comments? (ok given that I type with a total of one hand - not the same one, and the style and clarity in our statements is different..).. hmm that may have been a low statement...

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But would you have tried any of this if it had been Nihil who had made the comments?

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Probably, yes... I rarely reply to him, though, because I can't understand anything of what he says :D

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Originally Posted by Negative

Probably, yes... I rarely reply to him, though, because I can't understand anything of what he says :D

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and you can understand me ;) ( i being a citizen of Queenslandium, Australias. and use the water, blood and mud soaked version of the same dictionary)

Religious debate aside ( LOL ) brilliance hasn't responded yet. :P

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When you say that "all christian churches consider them selves part of the holy catholic church", you make the mistake of generalization.

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That's true if you define "Catholic" in the ordinary street sense, but theologians
learn that the word catholic merely means "universal",
and I would venture that most if not all Christians believe that they are
in some sense part of a universal church, regardless of their own sect.

Anyway, no Catholic priest would claim to be the founder of a congregation
Maybe he's Mel Gibson's priest...

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I would venture that most if not all Christians believe that they are
in some sense part of a universal church, regardless of their own sect.

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Most, yes... All, no :)

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Originally Posted by rcgreen

That's true if you define "Catholic" in the ordinary street sense, but theologians
learn that the word catholic merely means "universal",
and I would venture that most if not all Christians believe that they are
in some sense part of a universal church, regardless of their own sect.

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Yes..

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Originally Posted by rcgreen

Anyway, no Catholic priest would claim to be the founder of a congregation
Maybe he's Mel Gibson's priest...

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Interesting thought.. but wouldn't Mel demand to be the head of such a church.. ? in his own honour of course.. ;)

Neg.

While your logic may be impeccable, remember Mr. Spock explained to us that:
"Logic is only the beginning of wisdom"

You are applying a strictly logical approach to statements of semantic ambiguity and you are treating the common, imprecise language with a formality that I consider should not have been implied by the original use of the language.

So, Ms Mittens, any replies yet?

Regards,

Steve