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by MattY
Wed Mar 06, 2024 2:38 pm
Forum: General Theology
Topic: God did not want it!
Replies: 8
Views: 365

Re: God did not want it!

Too much is being made of types and shadows here. You can't just take one verse and build an entire theology off of it. That usually results in taking the verse out of context. Hebrews 10:5-7 is a quote from Psalm 40:6-8. The writer of Hebrews is quoting the Greek Septuagint. It's not the original H...
by MattY
Wed Mar 06, 2024 10:12 am
Forum: Tech Talk
Topic: Tech Frustration
Replies: 15
Views: 536

Tech Frustration

Does MennoNet log you out frequently for no reason? Have you ever typed up an entire comment, multiple paragraphs, etc., and hit "Preview" only for MennoNet to demand that you log in? And after you do, everything you typed has disappeared and can't be recovered, including by trying to go b...
by MattY
Wed Feb 28, 2024 9:53 am
Forum: General Theology
Topic: Why Some Churches Practice Infant Baptism and others do not.
Replies: 196
Views: 2296

Re: Why Some Churches Practice Infant Baptism and others do not.

Jesus started the Church with His Apostles. The Holy Spirit then was poured out on them and the church began and it was said long before Constantine by Origen that the Apostles themselves taught to baptize infants. This was not a late invention. Certainly the ancient Church can go make a Scriptural...
by MattY
Wed Feb 28, 2024 9:13 am
Forum: General Theology
Topic: Israel is Babylon the Great
Replies: 120
Views: 2460

Re: Israel is Babylon the Great

It's fine to oppose Zionism politically, if you can do so without dipping into conspiracy theories about how the "Jews rule the world." :roll: :roll: But anti-Zionist conspiracy theories are inevitably antisemitic. Of course, a deeper question is why the objection is “anti-semitism” as op...
by MattY
Wed Feb 28, 2024 9:01 am
Forum: General Theology
Topic: Israel is Babylon the Great
Replies: 120
Views: 2460

Re: Israel is Babylon the Great

:hi5 If Jews controlled the world, you'd think things would be going better for Jews historically, or currently. Things are going pretty well for them right now, wouldn’t you say? Palestinians aren’t doing so well in Gaza or in the West Bank, though. Not really. https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/31/polit...
by MattY
Wed Feb 28, 2024 8:10 am
Forum: General Theology
Topic: Israel is Babylon the Great
Replies: 120
Views: 2460

Re: Israel is Babylon the Great

:blah: :blah: This is disgraceful. Why do conspiracy theorists always land on "the Jews"? :? :? :roll: :roll: If Jews controlled the world, you'd think things would be going better for Jews historically, or currently. It's fine to oppose Zionism politically, if you can do so without dippin...
by MattY
Tue Feb 27, 2024 2:11 pm
Forum: General Theology
Topic: Why Some Churches Practice Infant Baptism and others do not.
Replies: 196
Views: 2296

Re: Why Some Churches Practice Infant Baptism and others do not.

And you think Orthodox writers do not have a bias? They were "The Church" JM. They've been there since the beginning. Anabaptists mistakenly believed the RC made up infant baptism much later. As Boot has provided info revealing otherwise , I refuse to deny that which I took the time to le...
by MattY
Mon Feb 26, 2024 11:02 pm
Forum: Spoken Word
Topic: History of the Garden City Confession of Faith
Replies: 9
Views: 430

History of the Garden City Confession of Faith

I recently listened to this sermon on the Pilgrim Ministry site about the Garden City Confession. The sermon was given at a Pilgrim church in 2019. https://www.pilgrimministry.org/sermons/history-of-the-garden-city-confession-of-faith It was interesting to hear their perspective on it. I have seen h...
by MattY
Mon Feb 26, 2024 11:02 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Is Donald Trump the Antichrist?
Replies: 29
Views: 775

Re: Is Donald Trump the Antichrist?

People who think they can identify any specific Antichrist in 21st Century America should be given exactly as much credence as those who think they can predict the exact date of the rapture or second coming. Namely...zero. What a surprise, Ken and I actually agree on something. I remember as a very...
by MattY
Mon Feb 26, 2024 9:58 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Is Donald Trump the Antichrist?
Replies: 29
Views: 775

Re: Is Donald Trump the Antichrist?

How does he come up with 15 Bible verses about the Antichrist when the Antichrist is only mentioned 4 times in the entire Bible and solely in the 1st and 2nd epistles of John? There is a motif found through various books of Scripture, especially prophecy, of a powerful opponent of God (a human rule...