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This is part 12 of the thirteen part series in response to Jay Dyer. The previous part may be found here (link). Jay Dyer says: 11) An agnostic, in that human reason is so damaged by the fall and total depravity, it cannot accurately reason about God and ever attain certainty. I answer: a) The

This is part 11 of the thirteen part series in response to Jay Dyer. The previous part may be found here (link). Jay Dyer says: 10) A liberal higher critic, since Luther can slice up the canon, it follows so might anyone. I answer: a) The Calvinist Position (whether right doctrine or error let Scripture

This is part 10 of the thirteen part series in response to Jay Dyer. The previous part may be found here (link). Jay Dyer says: 9) “ Un-deified, since the Logos’ holy Flesh is not your food, because there was no true henotic union.” I answer: a) The Calvinist Position (whether right doctrine or error let

This is part 9 of the thirteen part series in response to Jay Dyer. The previous part may be found here (link). Jay Dyer says: 8) “ An ecclesiastical relativist, because there is no authoritative Church.” I answer: a) The Calvinist Position (whether right doctrine or error let Scripture decide) God did not leave “an” institutional

This is part 8 of the thirteen part series in response to Jay Dyer. The previous part may be found here (link). Jay Dyer says: 7) “ A Pelagian, in that you have the same view of pre-lapsarian man as Pelagius, and what must be lost is human nature, because nature is grace.” I answer: a)

This is part 7 of the thirteen part series in response to Jay Dyer. The previous part may be found here (link). Jay Dyer says: 6) “ A pagan, in that the Father can damn the Son of His love in wrath, splitting the Trinity: something more akin to Zeus.” I answer: a) The Calvinist Position

This is part 6 of the thirteen part series in response to Jay Dyer. The previous part may be found here (link). Jay Dyer says: 5) “ A gnostic iconoclast, because the Logos cannot be imaged.” I answer: a) The Calvinist Position (whether right doctrine or error let Scripture decide) It is improper to make images

This is part 5 of the thirteen part series in response to Jay Dyer. The previous part may be found here (link). Jay Dyer says: 4) “ A tri-theist, because God the Father cuts off His own Son in the crucifixion (and maybe the Holy Spirit as well?): but Jesus, in all orthodox Trinitarianism, shares the

This is part 4 of the thirteen part series in response to Jay Dyer. The previous part may be found here (link). Jay Dyer says: 3) “ A Monothelite, in that in conversion, the divine will supplants the human will. And this would go for Christ’s divine will as well.” I answer: a) The Calvinist Position

This is part 3 of the thirteen part series in response to Jay Dyer. The previous part may be found here (link). Jay Dyer says: 2) “ Manichaean, in that nature is inherently evil.” (Note, “Manichaean” and “Manichean” are both widely used spellings for this position.) I answer: a) The Calvinist Position (whether right doctrine or

This is part 2 of the thirteen part series in response to Jay Dyer. The previous part may be found here (link). Jay Dyer says: 1) “ Nestorian, in that the Logos cannot assume a fallen human nature.” I answer: a) The Calvinist Position (whether right doctrine or error let Scripture decide) Christ came in the

I had never heard of Jay Dyer before, but he is a non-Calvinist, ex-Protestant. He has eleven claims (source) with respect to what a consistent Calvinist must be. At first, I thought I’d give a quick answer to each and make this a single blog post. However, the more I looked at the issues, the more I realized that there

Mr. William Albrecht (aka GNRHead) is an apologist promoted and endorsed by Steve Ray (a lay apologist and pilgrimage tour guide who frequently appears on the “Catholic Answers” radio program). By way of background, I should point out that I am not usually this harsh in my criticism of Internet videos. I recognize that a lot of folks slap such

Occasionally, I point out that one of the biggest reasons to reject the doctrines of Rome, is that Vatican II dogmatically taught that God and Allah are the same: that Muslims worship the one true God. As well, Vatican II teaches the Jews worship the one true God. This doctrine is false. Those who reject the Son of God reject

Introduction Dr. White, on yesterday’s special edition of the Dividing Line, provided answers and some cross examination of one of the critics of an article I wrote a while ago on the worship of Mary in Catholicism. Dr. White did an excellent job, I write here simply to briefly summarize two of the relevant points, for those listeners who, like

Zenit news reports (and Global Catholic News repeats) that Benedict XVI has asserted, “the distinction between religion and politics is a specific achievement of Christianity and one of its fundamental historical and cultural contributions.” In context, Benedict stated: The Catholic Church is eager to share the richness of the Gospel’s social message, for it enlivens hearts with a hope

Benedict XVI is reported (link to report) as recently praying to Mary: “We implore you to have pity today on the nations that have gone astray, on all Europe, on the whole world, that they might repent and return to your heart.” This is a prayer that is openly idolatrous. Mankind needs to turn, not to the heart of Mary,

In a recent blog post (link), Dave Armstrong (a lay advocate of Catholicism) has made the remarkable argument that “there is one mediator” in 1 Timothy 2:5 does not rule out what Dave calls “mini-mediators.” Dave doesn’t comment on whether “Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD,” rules out mini-Jehovahs or whether “One Lord, one faith, one

On the same Catholic Answers Live episode (May 8, 2008), in which Steve Ray seemingly endorsed 18th Century superstitions (see my previous discussion), Mr. Ray discussed another Rosary-related topic. A caller (Willie in Fredericksburg, TX) asked: I tell somebody I’m going to say a rosary for them, and then I do, and in the process I might have told somebody

On the May 8, 2008, edition of Catholic Answers Live, I was amazed to hear Steve Ray reference (seemingly approvingly) a book called, “The Secret of the Rosary,” for the idea that wearing a rosary “around your neck keeps the Devil away – it keeps the evil powers away, because they hate the rosary and they hate the crucifix …

Steve Ray (a Roman Catholic apologist and pilgrimage tour guide) has again provided an argument for the papacy via his blog (link to Ray’s blog). Ray’s argument for the paaccomes in the form of a reply to an objection based on the peg in Isaiah. Apparently, this was the “only issue” about Roman Catholicism that “unsettled … scripturally” one of

Steve Ray (a supporter of the papacy) has a new post on his blog entitled, “Peter & the Papacy—Verses I Never Saw.” (link to post) Wanting to make sure I did not make the same mistake he made before he joined his present church, I eagerly opened the pdf document he provides at the link, to see what verses he

As we previously identified (link), Augustine had no concept of a continued bodily presence of Christ on Earth after the ascension. A very simple modus tolens logical argument shows that Augustine was not a Roman Catholic, in the sense of holding to the modern Roman Catholic view of the Eucharist. The argument is this: Premise 1: If Augustine were a