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West Virginia Division of Tourism

Includes a travel planner, calendar of events, maps, suggested trips, photos, and news and media events related to tourism in the state.

West Virginia Division of Culture and History

Provides information about historic sites to visit and a calendar of fairs, festivals and heritage events throughout the state.

West Virginia Rails-to-Trails Council

Supports the creation of rail trails in West Virginia. Includes maps, trail ratings, trailside services, and advice on turning old railways into paths.



Gary McNees wrote:

> Pleeeese! James says outright:
>
> James 2:21, 25, 25
>
> Surely you can do better, Loren.
>
Is James teaching the doctrine of salvation from the same perspective
that Paul does in Romans? No. James is teaching the issue illustrated
by Christ when He declared, "Your sins are forgiven." However, men do
not have the ability to draw conclusions about the hearts of men
except, "Take up your bed and walk," i.e. external evidences. James is
merely teaching that there is an external expection if in fact, as one
might claim, there had been an inward confession.

Yet it still remains true, the internal always preceeds the external.
"Surely you can do better than this?"

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matthew_member@newsguy.com

You did not get _that_ from the Catechism of the RCC! How do I know?
Because St.
Maximus the Confessor is considered a saint in your church too, his
teaching is
still highly respected even in Rome, and he very definitely contradicts you.
>>

My Church believes that "qui bene distinguit bene et docet" and also
that the statements related to the theology belong to at least three
categories:

1./ Those which are part of the revelation either as directly stated
by the Holy Scriptures (e.g. Jesus Christ is the Messiah and he died and
resurrected) or defined by the historical Church as infallible statement
based on the Holy Scriptures bu result of later theological development
(e.g. Jesus Christ is one person with distinct divine and human natures)

2./ Those which are not part of the revelation but the Church
authority requires the acceptance of it (e.g. the celibacy of the
catholic priests)

3./ Those which are free for theological speculation (e.g. the
priority of the Incarnation or the Passion) and in this case not the
authority but the rational arguments are the decisive factor

My argument is that I consider the Old testament as a whole, as the
History of the Salvation, and I assert that we should try to understand
this process. If one believes that God would primarily want the shameful
death of His Son, then one shall explain why God exterminated the
humanity in the time of the Flood, why God exterminated the Israelites
(the Northern state in the 8th Century BC), had to explain the Captivity
etc.

My explanation is that He is not sadist, He wanted His Son's life and
death as comfortable as possible and conceded only allowing the free
choices of the human beings which naturally was given by Him, so
basically following the consequences His previous decision.

laszlo


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