Recent content by TheLayman

No, no, no, no...you made a big deal out of the word "only," and it is not valid, that is not what "but" (alla) means, it is not in the text. It means what it says... Matthew 6:18 (NKJV) 18 so that you do not appear to men to be fasting, but to your Father who is in the secret place; and...

There is no "only" in the Greek texts...the "only" place you will find "only" is in the NIV and the NET Bible I believe. “so that you do not appear to men to be fasting, but to your Father who is in the secret place; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly." Mt. 6:18 NKJV "so...

No, it is a reference to the mysterious heavenly subject of Daniel 7, a title which Jesus applied to Himself...He is "the Son of man" spoken of in these prophesies. Yes TheLayman

In that it seems clear you are linking this to John 1.1c, it seems as if your are asking is John 1.1c is a convertible proposition. In other words, it seems you are asking if: The Word was God means the same thing as God was the Word. The answer is no, it is not a convertible proposition...

Exactly James...he continues to dichotomize the person of the Son and then asked loaded questions based on this false dichotomy. TheLayman

Your comments on the reliability of the Didache are nothing more than you making things up, or your own personal feelings. And the requirement of "flowing water," or "living water" is very Jewish. Stagnant water (such as ponds) were to be avoided...the same was true of the Jewish Mikvah...

And I will not "over complicate" my response on this point...you have not been able to show this happening in Scripture. That is, you have not shown anyone getting into water and saying X while another person says Y. Guess what...I agree with you here for the most part. One thing seems to be...

As I said, it is impossible to have a reasoned, adult conversation with you because one must constantly try to fish something out of your ad homs. Do you know what an ad hom is? Perhaps you don't, here you go: 1 : appealing to feelings or prejudices rather than intellect; an ad...

You always resort to the really stupid ad homs Adreas...its your signature...and why I don't usually try to have and intelligent adult conversation with you. As the saying goes, “When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.” The reason I asked you these questions is that it...

So other than the "candidate" professing faith in Christ and repentance towards God; baptism being by "immersion" and the name of "Jesus" being spoken at some point by someone, you have no idea about the actual method/form/ritual of baptism in the early church, is that right? TheLayman

Your question presupposes a standard ritual for performing baptisms that is known to those Jesus is speaking to...may I ask you what this ritual is, who it is carried out, and where you came by your information? Also, grammatically speaking, this is onoma (name) in the Greek could well be what...

You didn't answer my question...again.

You continue to do this...you rip something someone says out of its context, begin a new thread with it, and begin with "Trinitarians, since you..." The fact of the matter is that you may be speaking to a Trinitarian (note, "a" Trinitarian) about something, but that does not make everything a...

It is, in this sentence, a reflexive pronoun and "refers" to "I, Yahweh." TheLayman

I'm not playing... TheLayman