tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8766213929139682844.post5115285941892425549..comments2023-10-15T08:36:48.841-07:00Comments on A Counter Apologist Blog: Responding to Critiques on GriefA Counter Apologisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15173218521712325250noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8766213929139682844.post-89741543701204458742019-01-08T09:20:38.753-08:002019-01-08T09:20:38.753-08:001. It's a simple deduction drawn from biblical...1. It's a simple deduction drawn from biblical categories. Christ and the apostles teach of His deity. They also warn against deviating from sound teaching and against false teachers and *specifically* antichrists who deny Jesus has come in the flesh. These antichrists stray from the truth and thus apostatise from the faith, demonstrating they were never truly of the faith (2 Tim. 4:3-4; 1 Jn. 2:18-22, 4:1-3; 2 Jn. 7-9). <br /><br />2. 'Apostate' is not a pejorative at all! It is not meant to be abusive or derogatory. It is simply a descriptive term for those who have departed from/deny the truth. What on earth are you talking about? Dannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03954530962872661952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8766213929139682844.post-7489813769659647792019-01-08T07:48:21.165-08:002019-01-08T07:48:21.165-08:00That's what I meant. I've never seen a def...That's what I meant. I've never seen a definition of "Christian" that demands one believe the Trinity.<br /><br />As for the last bit, I'm certain people in general don't like being called pejorative words.The Apistevisthttps://theapistevist.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8766213929139682844.post-48028958459061981312019-01-08T05:24:19.689-08:002019-01-08T05:24:19.689-08:00'...who even calls Christians who doctrinally ...'...who even calls Christians who doctrinally disagree with him "apostates".'<br /><br />False. Hays does not call 'Christians who doctrinally disagree' apostates; he calls *those who depart from the fundamental truths of Christian doctrine* appstates. These aren't fellow Christians who disagree on non-essential doctrine, or adiaphora; these are people who *apostatise* from the faith and from God's truth. <br /><br />A 'Christian' who 'doctrinally disagrees' with the deity and incarnation of Christ is *by definition* not a Christian. Hays is not treading new, controversial ground here. This is a well-established biblical category. That apostates and their atheist cheerleaders don't like the term says more about them.Dannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03954530962872661952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8766213929139682844.post-76097008319269018822019-01-07T18:21:30.590-08:002019-01-07T18:21:30.590-08:00Quite frankly, I wouldn't spend anymore time r...Quite frankly, I wouldn't spend anymore time responding to Steve's blog. Nothing fruitful can be gained from someone who even calls Christians who doctrinally disagree with him "apostates". "Can the Ethiopian change his skin color or the leopard his spots?"The Apistevisthttps://theapistevist.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8766213929139682844.post-36349300107713841452019-01-06T05:24:33.276-08:002019-01-06T05:24:33.276-08:00https://triablogue.blogspot.com/2019/01/joyriding....https://triablogue.blogspot.com/2019/01/joyriding.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com