Nintendo_Steve

@MichaelsRosary @ComeHometoRome Yes! They were deeply moved by how many people showed up to his funeral and reembraced Christ.

@NintendoSteve @ComeHometoRome Did his parents ever become devout?

Who is the patron saint of wayward parents as Saint Monica is for wayward kids?

@chevalier_Percy @Methodist_Prime Oh, so he could go into a WELS parish and be admitted to table fellowship?

@NintendoSteve @Methodist_Prime No because, and I imagine you know this perfectly well hence why you chose them as your example, the LCMS are very much the exception that proves the rule

If you’re a Roman Catholic or Eastern Orthodox critiquing ‘Protestants’ without being able to distinguish Reformed from Lutheran from Anglican, you’re fighting a strawman you built yourself. Confident ignorance is still ignorance

@Methodist_Prime So, you're telling me you could go to an LCMS parish and enjoy table fellowship with them? (As in, receive the Eucharist with them?)

@NintendoSteve No, we all view each other as “in communion”, like we all view each other as part of the body of Christ. Maybe not amongst all the internet trolls but they exist in every tradition.

@AndrewsBob123 @TaylorRMarshall According to the text it is the "eight people who were saved through water".

@TaylorRMarshall If Baptism is the anti-type of Noah's flood, the who actually got "baptized" during Noah?

“Baptism now saves you.” (1 Pt 3:21) Word for word in the Bible.

@the_thin_place I once watch a couple Baptists and Lutherans argue about infant baptism. The argument morphed into them fighting about who was REALLY following Sola Scriptura and who was bastardizing it. My conclusion was to not worry if someone accuses me of not understanding it.

I've been dealing with a lot of very very very ignorant interlocutors when it comes to Sola Scriptura. And you know what? I think that just as much blame needs to be laid on contemporary Evangelicals as it does on misrepresentation from their own side.

@MajorCompiler (High quantities of drinkable cheeseburgers cause psychosis and hallucinations)

@NintendoSteve Gotcha.

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@KKalvaitis Absolutely correct. The reveal of the reapers as the true antagonist was awesome, but came at a cost. Mass Effect is a cover shooter in which you fight man sized targets. The rest of the series was about finding excuses to have man sized targets.

Everything after Mass Effect 1 was a mistake. Except Miranda's ass. Almost everything after Mass Effect 1 was a mistake.

@MajorCompiler The codex is in my fingers. Unfortunately, I left my fingers with a mysterious cat who told me where to find some tick milk. The ticks made me their king. They are all my fingers now. We eat the cheeseburgers together now. When they bite me I bleed the color of music. All is well

@NintendoSteve Let's see the codex

@DecebalStalin The one thing he didn't try was being willing to put down the riot, and accept the consequences from Rome for it happening.

Wasn't he forced to send Jesus to be crucified after he tried everything to not have him executed?

@the_thin_place @IFFFMEISTER @Catholic_bro I think those sorts of reductios, if pushed hard enough, end up with us having to question whether or not we are all experiencing an illusion world in the Matrix. But the idea that God wanted a visible institution to infallibly settle doctrine is nonetheless warranted.

@IFFFMEISTER @NintendoSteve @Catholic_bro Agreed they aren't all the same but they do all have various claims to infallibility. And the accusation is most often that we can't know what is right or true without an infallible authority confirming it to us.

This is not a rebuttal against Sola Scriptura. Article 20 of the 39 Articles.

@the_thin_place @Catholic_bro I don't think all of those groups even claim to possess a charism of infallibly. Nonetheless it is tragic outcome of history that many people see the need for an infallible church, but are then faced with such a choice. I think the Catholic claim is the most warranted, though.

@NintendoSteve @Catholic_bro Then which infallible Church should I join? The Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, Church of the East, Old Catholic, or certain Anglo-Catholic denominations?

@the_thin_place @Catholic_bro Normally that's true. But if it is an authority which is supposed to be settling matters or truth or falsity for the Christian religion, then infallibly actually becomes pretty important. If not, the only thing it can give you are opinions that might, in fact, be wrong.

@Catholic_bro I'm not concerned with other Protestants. They have their own authority structures just like the Eastern and Oriental churches do. And you are required to give obedience to your own Church when it doesn't speak infallibly. Infallibility is not an essential aspect of authority.

@swamthetiber25 Jesus explains his analogies about Himself. "I am the vine" becomes "you receive life through me." The saying "I am bread from heaven" has the same pattern. The explanation Jesus gives is: "You must eat my flesh". It is the same pattern as the others. Analogy --> explanation.

As a Protestant I asked why this passage was taken literally and not “I am the door”, the usual evangelical retort. I wished someone would have answered me like this: After multiplying loaves for the crowd, Jesus makes a shocking claim: “The bread that I will give is my flesh (sarx) for the life of the world.” (John 6:51) The Greek word sarx, meaning literal, physical flesh, is rarely, if ever, used metaphorically in Scripture. Even many Protestant scholars acknowledge that this language is unusually graphic and difficult to read symbolically. The crowd is immediately disturbed: “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?” (John 6:52) If they had misunderstood Him, this was the moment to explain. Jesus often corrected misunderstandings, like when Nicodemus thought being “born again” meant re-entering the womb (John 3), or when the disciples thought He spoke of literal bread in Matthew 16. But here, Jesus does the opposite. He repeats and intensifies the teaching. “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in you.” (John 6:53) In fact, He repeats this teaching six times in just ten verses, each time making it more explicit and direct. This repetition signals the importance of His words and indicates that He intends them to be understood literally rather than metaphorically. The Greek word for “eat” shifts to trogein, which means “gnaw” or “chew,” a term that implies a physical, bodily act. This Greek term is used nowhere else in Scripture metaphorically, further emphasizing the literal nature of His command. For a Jewish audience, consuming flesh and blood would have been scandalous, which underscores the radical nature of Jesus’ teaching. Remarkably, this is the first instance recorded in Scripture where a crowd walks away because of a teaching, highlighting the difficulty and gravity of His words. The result? Many of His disciples are scandalized: “This is a hard saying; who can listen to it?” (John 6:60) “Many of His disciples turned back and no longer walked with Him.” (John 6:66) Rather than back down, Jesus lets them leave. If He had merely meant a symbol, He had every opportunity to explain it away or soften His language. But He doesn’t. Instead, He turns to the Twelve and asks: “Do you also want to leave?” (John 6:67) Peter’s response is telling: “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life.” (John 6:68) Peter affirms the reality of Jesus’ words. The disciples understood exactly what Jesus was saying: He wasn’t offering a symbol of His body and blood; He was offering His actual body and blood, and they were ready to receive it.

@ProvisionistP It isn't as obvious as you think: If we actually are allowed to say someone converted others, then that language isn't reserved to God alone. It means we actually have to ask questions about modes of speech and secondary causation before accusing others of idolatry.

@NintendoSteve The difference to me is obvious

Roman Catholicism is rightly called "Marianism" This kind of talk should be reserved for God alone.

@isolatedrook If someone is questing on a free kit in solo, I leave that person alone.

Remember to always ask for verbal consent before engaging in PvP. I still don't understand how this mentality made its way into a PvPvE game but I see it a lot. 📷u/xiluts