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@DanKellyHope @DanielleMc24097 @dalepartridge I see. So you found a woman that teachings things you disagree with. Congratulations. If you are concerned about her prosperity gospel teaching, you will find her in good company with men who taught it l...

@DanKellyHope @DanielleMc24097 @dalepartridge I see. So you found a woman that teachings things you disagree with. Congratulations. If you are concerned about her prosperity gospel teaching, you will

@ThokGrararah @DanielleMc24097 @dalepartridge There’s the obvious where His literal words He spoke are captured. But then there is the fact that He inspired people to write specific things down for our sake. Both are the ‘word of God’. “All Scriptur...

@ThokGrararah @DanielleMc24097 @dalepartridge There’s the obvious where His literal words He spoke are captured. But then there is the fact that He inspired people to write specific things down for ou

@ThokGrararah @DanielleMc24097 @dalepartridge Well, except Paul was inspired by

@ThokGrararah @DanielleMc24097 @dalepartridge Well, except Paul was inspired by God to write what he did and I don’t believe he meant what Danielle claims. This is a reading comprehension problem.

@DanielleMc24097 @ThokGrararah @dalepartridge To think that after God gives auth

@DanielleMc24097 @ThokGrararah @dalepartridge To think that after God gives authority to all believers to preach and teach all nations that here in A SINGLE VERSE God decides to stop all women from te

@DanielleMc24097 @ThokGrararah @dalepartridge Peter admits some things Paul writes are hard to understand: “And regard the patience of our Lord as salvation; just as also our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given him, wrote to you, as a...

@DanielleMc24097 @ThokGrararah @dalepartridge Peter admits some things Paul writes are hard to understand: “And regard the patience of our Lord as salvation; just as also our beloved brother Paul, acc

@stone_c45 @dalepartridge Phenomenal logic there… being a deacon is like working

@stone_c45 @dalepartridge Phenomenal logic there… being a deacon is like working on a high voltage line or welding underwater. So women should never do anything dangerous…like leading, serving as a de

@DanielleMc24097 @ThokGrararah @dalepartridge Why doesn’t Paul use the normal wo

@DanielleMc24097 @ThokGrararah @dalepartridge Why doesn’t Paul use the normal word for authority? Why does he use a term we find nowhere else in scripture and hardly anywhere in all antiquity? Think.

@elderthorkell @schism What specifically in the theology is far better? God tells us that in heaven there is no marriage and Paul says our marriage vows are until death and not past that (Rom 7:1-2). So you just want to believe something else? Why ...

@elderthorkell @schism What specifically in the theology is far better? God tells us that in heaven there is no marriage and Paul says our marriage vows are until death and not past that (Rom 7:1-2).

Rom 7:1-2 question

@DanielleMc24097 @ThokGrararah @dalepartridge You clearly have no idea what you

@DanielleMc24097 @ThokGrararah @dalepartridge You clearly have no idea what you are talking about. Orderly worship? The purpose of the letter is stopping false teaching! Go back to chapter 1.

@RustyGremlin @dalepartridge Hey, why are you importing your meaning for head in

@RustyGremlin @dalepartridge Hey, why are you importing your meaning for head into the Biblical text? Think about it. If head means boss, why is it only used of a husband to his wife? Why is no pastor

@J0nMormont @BlondeTemplar @dalepartridge 1Tim 3:12 doesn’t require a male just like it also doesn’t require a pastor is married and has multiple children able to and who believe (Paul himself was single and childless…unless you think Paul was disqua...

@J0nMormont @BlondeTemplar @dalepartridge 1Tim 3:12 doesn’t require a male just like it also doesn’t require a pastor is married and has multiple children able to and who believe (Paul himself was sin

1Tim 3:12 question

@DanielleMc24097 @ThokGrararah @dalepartridge Since you are now trying to argue

@DanielleMc24097 @ThokGrararah @dalepartridge Since you are now trying to argue by simply quoting the scripture I explained in context, here are some questions for you…because you clearly are much sma

@DanielleMc24097 @ThokGrararah @dalepartridge No it doesn’t Sherlock. The contex

@DanielleMc24097 @ThokGrararah @dalepartridge No it doesn’t Sherlock. The context is stopping false teachers. You need to read more than one verse…sigh

@DanielleMc24097 @ThokGrararah @dalepartridge Oh my goodness. That is not logical whatsoever. You think all women are more easily deceived? Why then does Paul say that he’s concerned that an entire church might be deceived like Eve (2Co 11:3)? You re...

@DanielleMc24097 @ThokGrararah @dalepartridge Oh my goodness. That is not logical whatsoever. You think all women are more easily deceived? Why then does Paul say that he’s concerned that an entire ch

2Co 11:3 question

@ThokGrararah @DanielleMc24097 @dalepartridge That’s correct. Paul’s context of 1Tim which is a personal letter to Timothy is that he wanted Timothy to remain in Ephesus to instruct certain people to stop teaching strange doctrines, not to stop anyon...

@ThokGrararah @DanielleMc24097 @dalepartridge That’s correct. Paul’s context of 1Tim which is a personal letter to Timothy is that he wanted Timothy to remain in Ephesus to instruct certain people to

@DanielleMc24097 @dalepartridge Goodness. That’s ridiculous. You think a man is in authority because he was made first then why isn’t an older woman in authority simply because she is older? You need to read your Bible more carefully I’m afraid. Thi...

@DanielleMc24097 @dalepartridge Goodness. That’s ridiculous. You think a man is in authority because he was made first then why isn’t an older woman in authority simply because she is older? You need

@UncutDomination @dalepartridge You might do well to learn in silence since you

@UncutDomination @dalepartridge You might do well to learn in silence since you like many others struggle to read in context. https://t.co/ZQizsThBcj

@elderthorkell @schism I hat are your other reasons to believe?

@elderthorkell @schism How do you know that the “testified to by other mean” is

@elderthorkell @schism How do you know that the “testified to by other mean” is true or not? As I said, I got an answer and it was that the BOM is false. I was meeting regularly with the missionaries

@UncutDomination @RustyGremlin @dalepartridge Nowhere does God command the woman to submit to her husband. There is no imperative in the text you quoted and no submit. God wasn’t speaking to Adam nor commanding him to rule her. God doesn’t say Eve ...

@UncutDomination @RustyGremlin @dalepartridge Nowhere does God command the woman to submit to her husband. There is no imperative in the text you quoted and no submit. God wasn’t speaking to Adam nor

@AbrahamMbaja @dalepartridge Gen 1:28 has God giving the same commands to both t

@AbrahamMbaja @dalepartridge Gen 1:28 has God giving the same commands to both the man and the woman with no differentiation made. God never rescinds what He said to the woman. God never commands the

Gen 1:28 general

@elderthorkell @schism I was sincere. I have an open mind. How then do we know w

@elderthorkell @schism I was sincere. I have an open mind. How then do we know whether I heard wrong or you heard wrong?

@BrettBreakerZ @JosephTrimmer_ LDS teaches polytheism, claiming there are many gods and that humans can become gods. They teach Elohim (the Father), Jesus, and the Holy Ghost are three separate human-like beings with physical bodies, not one eternal ...

@BrettBreakerZ @JosephTrimmer_ LDS teaches polytheism, claiming there are many gods and that humans can become gods. They teach Elohim (the Father), Jesus, and the Holy Ghost are three separate human-

@BrettBreakerZ @JosephTrimmer_ What I quoted shows that God doesn’t contradict His former instruction. Now look at 1Nephi and consider that Lehi claims he heard God tell him to disobey a direct command from God to Jeremiah. Jeremiah said that anyone...

@BrettBreakerZ @JosephTrimmer_ What I quoted shows that God doesn’t contradict His former instruction. Now look at 1Nephi and consider that Lehi claims he heard God tell him to disobey a direct comma

@J0nMormont @dalepartridge No it does not. Think about it. In Gen 1:28, God gave the same commands to both the man and the woman. Why would God restrict a woman from teaching truth to anyone? Did Deborah as the prophet and judge of Israel have to res...

@J0nMormont @dalepartridge No it does not. Think about it. In Gen 1:28, God gave the same commands to both the man and the woman. Why would God restrict a woman from teaching truth to anyone? Did Debo

Gen 1:28 question

@ThokGrararah @DanielleMc24097 @dalepartridge The Bible doesn’t teach this. He i

@ThokGrararah @DanielleMc24097 @dalepartridge The Bible doesn’t teach this. He is wrong.

@DanielleMc24097 @dalepartridge No it doesn’t. You might want to read the Bible

@DanielleMc24097 @dalepartridge No it doesn’t. You might want to read the Bible more carefully. The only restrictions on who can be leaders is based on character, not immutable characteristics. Why w

@dalepartridge The Bible doesn’t forbid women from serving as: pastors, elders,

@dalepartridge The Bible doesn’t forbid women from serving as: pastors, elders, or deacons, police officers, soldiers, firemen, judges, or politicians.

@JosephTrimmer_ God told you? Are you sure? Because the LDS teaches doctrines that contradict God’s own Word and He would never do that. If the test of revelation is more direct revelation, then scripture would’ve made this clear. However, the story...

@JosephTrimmer_ God told you? Are you sure? Because the LDS teaches doctrines that contradict God’s own Word and He would never do that. If the test of revelation is more direct revelation, then scri

@LatterDayBean The second statement may be correct but the first and third state

@LatterDayBean The second statement may be correct but the first and third statements are clearly wrong. Early on in the BOM, Lehi claims God tells him he can disobey Jeremiah’s word that everyone is

@TeeplesCY Yes, that will never stop false teaching from spreading.

@slc_saint That’s idolatry and pagan rituals. It’s a problem of practice. The Roman Catholic Church also has bad teachings like pergatory, praying to Mary and other deceased people, worship of a piece of wafer, and many other things. And the LDS tea...

@slc_saint That’s idolatry and pagan rituals. It’s a problem of practice. The Roman Catholic Church also has bad teachings like pergatory, praying to Mary and other deceased people, worship of a piece

Mark 14:9 Mt 16:18 question

@magnolia0469 @PrayTheRosary12 Every time we read Mark 14:9 and the account we f

@magnolia0469 @PrayTheRosary12 Every time we read Mark 14:9 and the account we fulfill what that passage says. Why do you say all churches are in apostasy? If that were the case, then Jesus’ own word

@ardecllc The Nicene Creed wasn’t made to add to Scripture but to guard it. When

@ardecllc The Nicene Creed wasn’t made to add to Scripture but to guard it. When false teachers twisted the identity of Jesus (Jn 1:1, 14; Co 2:9), the Church summarized what the Bible already said so

Co 2:9 Jn 1:1 debate

@OhruJordan @Sola_GPT When I say core teachings, I mean the core teachings of ev

@OhruJordan @Sola_GPT When I say core teachings, I mean the core teachings of every Christian church. Any church that wants to call themselves Christian must adhere to a set of core teachings to be or

@keystonecfp @Sola_GPT That’s not how this works. God reveals Himself in the Biblical account and then someone thousands of years later says he knows better because he saw a vision? All visions and prophecies must strictly adhere to God’s prior revel...

@keystonecfp @Sola_GPT That’s not how this works. God reveals Himself in the Biblical account and then someone thousands of years later says he knows better because he saw a vision? All visions and pr

@TheGermanicist Yes, of course scripture is true, including Jn 5:19. However, this verse does not mean that Jesus lacks power or ability apart from the Father. The Greek construction (“οὐ δύναται… ποιεῖν ἀφ’ ἑαυτοῦ”) expresses moral impossibility, no...

@TheGermanicist Yes, of course scripture is true, including Jn 5:19. However, this verse does not mean that Jesus lacks power or ability apart from the Father. The Greek construction (“οὐ δύναται… ποι

Jn 5:19 debate

@Vitus_oss The body of Christ is the human vessels of those who believe and cons

@Vitus_oss The body of Christ is the human vessels of those who believe and constitute the church. The bread and wine shared in the Lord’s supper (NOTE: it was a supper, not a snack), is emblematic an

@caitlinmwhite1 @Here_s_Hoping I never said that he started out as a man. The teaching is that he was part of the same uncreated eternal intelligence as us and had to be organized into a spirit child…just like us…just like satan. If He was a god with...

@caitlinmwhite1 @Here_s_Hoping I never said that he started out as a man. The teaching is that he was part of the same uncreated eternal intelligence as us and had to be organized into a spirit child…

@Sola_GPT You are right to point out problems in the Christian church. But the i

@Sola_GPT You are right to point out problems in the Christian church. But the issue with LDS teaching is fundamental divergence from core teachings about the nature of God, man, who Jesus is and the

@prayandfast2 Paul, the other apostles and Jesus (!) believed what I wrote… is that not enough for you? Remember what Paul said: “I know that after my departure savage wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock; and from among your own sel...

@prayandfast2 Paul, the other apostles and Jesus (!) believed what I wrote… is that not enough for you? Remember what Paul said: “I know that after my departure savage wolves will come in among you,

@prayandfast2 My ancestors are Jesus and the apostles. Jesus is clearly not saying they were to eat His literal flesh and drink His literal blood. Not one person began chomping on his thighs… “It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh provides no ...

@prayandfast2 My ancestors are Jesus and the apostles. Jesus is clearly not saying they were to eat His literal flesh and drink His literal blood. Not one person began chomping on his thighs… “It is

@JosephTrimmer_ This is literally a modern day representation of Genesis 3… “‘For God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.’ When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good ...

@JosephTrimmer_ This is literally a modern day representation of Genesis 3… “‘For God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.’ When

@jonathanaplumb This is precisely how I’ve always understood it, that LDS teache

@jonathanaplumb This is precisely how I’ve always understood it, that LDS teaches there is essentially no distinction between Jesus, the Father and everyone else including Satan. They are all from the

@Adminosaurus I read to where Lehi defied God’s word through Jeremiah and I knew it was false. The fruits include the teaching. Being family oriented is great but if the teaching is false none of that matters. Mt 11⎯ Jesus was also born of a woman; ...

@Adminosaurus I read to where Lehi defied God’s word through Jeremiah and I knew it was false. The fruits include the teaching. Being family oriented is great but if the teaching is false none of that

@LDSMormon A Christian cult is not based on whether the leaders pay themselves o

@LDSMormon A Christian cult is not based on whether the leaders pay themselves or not or whether they are growing or not or how long they’ve lasted. It is defined by their teaching about the nature of

@Here_s_Hoping “Please trust us”… He seems like a nice man, but this is not why you follow someone. Even the apostle Paul never said such things and appealed to his volunteer hours as the basis of trust. “But even if we, or an angel from heaven, sh...

@Here_s_Hoping “Please trust us”… He seems like a nice man, but this is not why you follow someone. Even the apostle Paul never said such things and appealed to his volunteer hours as the basis of tr

@TheGermanicist Unless of course God didn’t call Joseph Smith as evidenced by hi

@TheGermanicist Unless of course God didn’t call Joseph Smith as evidenced by his teachings which contradict God’s own revealed Word which God cannot and will not do.

@ThePolemikOne That’s the appeal to authority fallacy. Rather, one should consid

@ThePolemikOne That’s the appeal to authority fallacy. Rather, one should consider what Ignatius said and see if his reasons justify his view. He is not right simply because he is Ignatius.

@defense_of_fam Except Paul wasn’t defining separate heavens for different peopl

@defense_of_fam Except Paul wasn’t defining separate heavens for different people—he was merely explaining that he went to heaven where God was. The first heaven is the atmosphere; the second is where