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@beckevangelista @Damascus_light Awake! - A magazine that covers a variety of topics, including health, family life, and moral issues, all from the perspective of Jehovah's Witnesses' beliefs.

@DNews_0 @Damascus_light And which ones would that be?

Now I’m starting to understand why everyone isn’t supposed to read scripture by themselves. You get “special interpretations” like this. Lord have mercy☦️

@beckevangelista @Damascus_light The Watchtower - A magazine that discusses biblical teachings, current events, and the beliefs of Jehovah's Witnesses. It is published regularly and serves as a primary source of doctrine.

Mary cannot hear your prayers to intercede for you specifically!

@OurFriendGenie @PathToSaint @cloudsurfer118 2/2 Wouldn't it be overly simple for us to say all we have to do is ask him to heal someone and think Satan is going to be so easily foiled? "Curses fOiLeD aGaIn! They asked me to heal someone!!" He has tremendous power and how better to deceive us?

@DNews_0 @PathToSaint @cloudsurfer118 That’s what scripture says. But if it is your assertion that God never gives us a sign, that’s flat out wrong. God gives signs to confirm his word, strengthen weak faith, authenticate his messengers, or demonstrate his power and glory. Demons attempt to deceive - ALWAYS

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@OurFriendGenie @PathToSaint @cloudsurfer118 1/2 If Satan is the Greatest of all deceivers, and the Bible tells us that he can deceive even the Elect, how is it that we can arrogantly presume what his limitations are?

@OurFriendGenie @PathToSaint @cloudsurfer118 Correct! I receive signs every time a prayer is answered, every time I wake up and breath, or see a bird flying in the sky. I see signs when I watch Biblical prophesy unfold.

@Damascus_light @beckevangelista I'm not using any 'private judgements'. They do not use the bible, they use extra biblical texts to "Supplement" the bible. You either have no understanding of what they actually believe or you're just being contrary.

They just have the watchtower thay functions as a normative mechanism for unified belief They use the bible. Again I am repeating There is no differnce between you an the Jw because both of you are using your private judgement to come to opposite conclusions But you have chosen to call them heretics. For what purpose? When both is an exercise of the right to interpret the text themselves. So again they use the bible, they will reject your interpretation of the text just as you would. Whay becomes the tie breaker ?

@OurFriendGenie @PathToSaint @cloudsurfer118 The Protoevangelium of James had as one of its principal aims to prove the perpetual virginity of Mary. catholicstrength.com/tag/the-protoe…

@DNews_0 @PathToSaint @cloudsurfer118 That text is apocryphal and non-canonical. The Church has never accepted it as inspired Scripture. It also did not invent those ideas from nothing. Look up: St. Ignatius of Antioch St. Justin the martyr St. Irenaeus of Lyons All before 200AD Try not to mischaracterize doctrine

@OurFriendGenie @PathToSaint @cloudsurfer118 So wee can see from the historical references that this idea started in the 2nd century with the Protoevangelism of James and grew in popularity, while never being accepted as cannon, it was influential in forming the doctrine.

@OurFriendGenie @PathToSaint @cloudsurfer118 3/3 Church Recognition: The title "Aeiparthenos" was emphasized further by Pope Martin I during the Lateran Synod of 649.

@OurFriendGenie @PathToSaint @cloudsurfer118 2/3 Definition: The doctrine asserts that Mary was a virgin throughout her life. Historical Context: The concept of Mary's perpetual virginity was first articulated in the late 2nd century in texts like the Protoevangelium of James.

@OurFriendGenie @PathToSaint @cloudsurfer118 1/3 The Fifth General Council at Constantinople in 553 recognized Mary as "Aeiparthenos," meaning "ever-virgin," affirming her perpetual virginity before, during, and after the birth of Christ. This title was later emphasized by Pope Martin I at the Lateran Synod of 649.

@OurFriendGenie @PathToSaint @cloudsurfer118 2/2 This doctrine was later affirmed by Church councils and has been upheld by various Christian denominations, especially within Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy.

@OurFriendGenie @PathToSaint @cloudsurfer118 1/2 The idea of Mary's perpetual virginity originates from early Christian writings, particularly the late 2nd-century text called the Protoevangelium of James.

@OurFriendGenie @PathToSaint @cloudsurfer118 The Catholic Church does not treat the Protoevangelium of James as scripture, but it does affirm the perpetual virginity of Mary, a teaching supported by the document. The Church considers the Protoevangelium as a valuable historical and theological source, but not inspired.

@Damascus_light @beckevangelista No... So you're telling me its not entirely clear in the word of God that Christ is God? You're "Not sure" if the Arch Angel Michael is Christ? That reading the text of the Bible doesn't clearly state this to be false and to assert as much is a person's "Private judgement"???

@DNews_0 @beckevangelista Again aren’t you coming to this conclusion by your own private judgement? If all things were as perspicuous, there wouldn’t be schism would there?

@OurFriendGenie @PathToSaint @cloudsurfer118 If the Jews can sin by making a golden calf and calling it The God who took them out of Egypt, then how easy is it for Christians to sin by making a statue and calling it a Saint?

@DNews_0 @PathToSaint @cloudsurfer118 We know what is in our own hearts and so does he. He wrote the law in our hearts. No true catholic worships statues.

@beckevangelista @Damascus_light You're being petty. We both know what heresy is and the statement I made is true.

@DNews_0 @Damascus_light You still can’t define Heresy and what it actually means.

@beckevangelista @Damascus_light How can you claim to have the "True church" and not know that the Trinity is spelled out in numerous verses of the Bible??

@DNews_0 @Damascus_light Where in the Bible is the trinity by that logic?

@beckevangelista @Damascus_light 2 Corinthians 13:14 14 May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.