re: TX Dem nominee says God gave Mary a choice not to birth Jesus

Force is an odd word to use, she was chosen due to her faith and commitment. Again, it is amazing how little most Christians know about the book they claim to believe in. IF you are a Christian then you would also know that teachers, preachers, and leaders are held to a higher standard at judgement so I would be careful if I were the aspiring Senator or anyone speaking from a position of supposed scriptural authority on matters they clearly know nothing about

Even if Mary had the option (to her credit, she didn't object), I doubt the Nazareth Planned Parenthood would have succeeded in aborting Jesus.

There are a lot of “Christians” in this thread who need to read and pray more lol there is a lot of stupidity in it and I hope for your sakes you haven’t led anyone astray with your feelings and personal beliefs.

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Your definition of "Teaching Authority" must not be the same as mine.

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Of course it is different. You take “authority” to mean infallible magisterial authority to define doctrine without error.

I mean a real authority to judge according to God’s word that has binding power as long as it conforms to what God has revealed in His word.

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Under my definition, when you have a Teaching Authority, your sect of Christianity cannot have opposite interpretations of Scripture, depending on which individual person you ask.

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I understand what you are getting at, but in reality, most Catholics don’t know what the RCC teaches, and they do have opposite opinions and beliefs than what the RCC says.

To your point, though: you are referring to absolute and supreme rule over the consciences of Christians. The Pope and the Magisterium can bind consciences and there can be no allowance for difference of opinion and belief. This also means there can be no correction and reform over what has been dogmatically defined because Rome claims infallibility over such things.

What you are doing is confusing real and binding authority with an infallible human-led rule. I believe the Church was given elders to succeed the apostles and to have real and authoritative rule in Christ’s stead, but who are subservient to the Scriptures and capable of error. That does not negate the real authority, just like the ability for an umpire in a baseball game to get a call wrong doesn’t negate his real authority.

Looks like Will Wade in that pic!

I would have loved to see him debate Charlie Kirk . Kirk would have destroyed him . Even though most real pastors could destroy this nut in a debate . It’s crazy people believe these nuts .

Who knew the Virgin Mary was considering an abortion.