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Old 01-28-2026, 08:43 PM
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Re: Discrepancy in Church Practice

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Dom says in post 47
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Let's all say 'God bless Evang. Benincasa'. He's a strong, faithful warrior of the Apostolic Faith. Let's not forget that those who do so should be honoured, having dedicated their lives to the Lord's work.

Don, you aren't the topic of Romans 14, or Romans 15:1. You aren't a new convert, which Paul is referencing. Sorry, but trying to place yourself as a weaker brother of Romans is lame attempt to prove your teaching of "Anything Goes" Apostolic Paul. Good grief, Dom! You can't even take a compliment and thank someone for it.

This is Dom's wish, that I be portrayed as one who thinks that Paul's theology is anything goes. He quotes my post, 45, in his post 47. It is there where I had said that Paul says:
If anyone does not love the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be accursed. O Lord, come! Clearly this does not indicate me thinking of Paul as a "Anything Goes" Apostolic Paul. Dom's wants you to think I have an "Anything Goes" theology when I indicate I do not. Why does Dom want me to be seen as something which I do not portray? What is the motivation of someone who wants another to appear as being different than they portray themselves to be. But, I must say, you certainly proved that no Apostolic Jesus name preacher would be stupid enough to even have you hand out prayer cards. Dom again shows his infatuation with a man by focusing on a man instead of Bible discussion.

After much reminding that this is a discussion forum for Bible topics its good to see that Dom has taken my advice. He has dramatically increased his amounts of actual Bible quoting and actual putting forward of scriptural-based thought. Keep it up Dom!

And while you're at it, decrease the volume of words which are directed to the character of a man. Unfortunately, he has not reduced this much, if at all.

What motivates the focus of a man to post about a brother's character, instead of focussing on Bible discussions? I would much rather not need to defend myself against Dom, but I feel I am forced to do so. If the proliferation of words against my character are believed by readers, and not countered with truth, then undiscerning readers will be overwhelmed and think negatively of the Bible thoughts I share in threads/posts, minimizing their impact. If they are indeed good Bible thoughts, then what the Lord wants to say through me will be minimized. The church will then not be what the Lord wants the church to be. The teaching of Ro14 and the truths it contains must be practiced by Apostolics to be fully functional NT believers.

And instead of taking the time to dismantle the foundations of my thoughts, he proclaims he has done so, just as I predicted he would many, many posts earlier. (see post 36, where I said "Readers, I'll remind you what I said in post 21, which I now quote "I will predict that your future comments will claim that what (hasn't been here and now said) are the arguments you supposedly gave, which had refuted my contentions. But what you have said thus far falls far short of refuting." I made this prediction in post 21, writing it before reading his post 20.".The many volumes of knowledge and experience he actually possesses is wasted in vain characterizations of another Apostolic as an unApostolic, when they could be used in attempts to show the error of the reasoning I've used in my Ro14 commentary. Wasted, just wasted. Most readers aren't fooled by 'no arguments' presented as 'arguments', Dom.
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Old 01-29-2026, 12:24 PM
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Re: Discrepancy in Church Practice

Don, I clearly showed where you are teaching contrary to Paul.
Yet, you posted that you haven’t read all my posts? So, therefore, how did you reach such a conclusion without proving all things, holding fast to that which is good? You never read all my posts dealing with this discussion? We see you quote post numbers? But then post you haven’t read all my posts? Like I’ve stated before, we aren’t friends, we aren’t brothers, and my opinion is you aren’t a Christian, let alone Apostolic.
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Re: Discrepancy in Church Practice

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Don, I clearly showed where you are teaching contrary to Paul.
Yet, you posted that you haven’t read all my posts? So, therefore, how did you reach such a conclusion without proving all things, holding fast to that which is good? You never read all my posts dealing with this discussion? We see you quote post numbers? But then post you haven’t read all my posts? Like I’ve stated before, we aren’t friends, we aren’t brothers, and my opinion is you aren’t a Christian, let alone Apostolic.
But, it doesn’t matter my opinion of you, or your opinion of me. You don’t really care about what I think about you, frankly I don’t care what you think about me.
I’ve answered all your objections, and wherever it lands that will be determined by others. You defending yourself just proves my opinion of you and your teaching. You know what I’m saying is true. So, contemplate this on the tree of woe.
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Let's all say 'God bless Evang. Benincasa'.
All as in who? Who are the all who you are enlisting to bless me? Are they the people standing around you while you type on your computer?

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He's a strong,
I have a decent deadlift, a lousy bench, and a pretty good overhead press. Strong? I'm doing OK for a 65 year old.

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faithful warrior of the Apostolic Faith.
What's with the passive aggressive behavior? You don't believe that, you just posted that people wouldn't be converted to Christ if they had to deal with me.

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Let's not forget that those who do so should be honoured, having dedicated their lives to the Lord's work.
Anyone reading you and I here in this thread wouldn't believe you to be serious. They would take it as you being sarcastic, and passive agressive.


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Good grief, Dom! You can't even take a compliment and thank someone for it.
I can take a compliment when it is from a sincere heart. But you haven't proven yourself to me that you were ever interested in fellowship. You are pretty pompous, and condescending. So, save your good grief for someone else.

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This is Dom's wish, that I be portrayed as one who thinks that Paul's theology is anything goes.
Hey, you can take it all the way back to your discussion on head coverings and your IV teaching. Also your views concerning Romans 2:14-16. You had also mentioned there was no correlation between Romans 14 and 1 Corinthians 10:20, saying that the Apostle was evolving in his understanding. You said "In this we may be seeing the understanding of Paul maturing as he gains more experience. Ro is written after 1Co, after Gal. And Col yet to come." That would call the Pauline epistles into question. You not only portray Paul as anything goes to keep the peace, but that Paul was learning as he goes. Calling into question how clearly he understood anything.


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He quotes my post, 45, in his post 47. It is there where I had said that Paul says: If anyone does not love the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be accursed. O Lord, come! Clearly this does not indicate me thinking of Paul as a "Anything Goes" Apostolic Paul. Dom's wants you to think I have an "Anything Goes" theology when I indicate I do not. Why does Dom want me to be seen as something which I do not portray?
Don, like I said above, you can take it all the way back to your discussion on head coverings and your IV teaching. Your views concerning Romans 2:14-16? Where you mentioned there was no correlation between Romans 14 and 1 Corinthians 10:20, because the Apostle Paul wes evolving in his understanding. You said Paul was maturing "going from weak saint to strong saint?" While he was writing the letters to the churches? That's an Apostle faking it until he was making it? I'm just calling them as I see them. Sorry buddy, but no one has to help you look foolish. I wish I could take all the credit in pointing you out as religious buffoon. But my boy, you can't be outdone, you do it all yourself. You supply gasoline and match for your own ecclesiastical self-immolation.

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What is the motivation of someone who wants another to appear as being different than they portray themselves to be. Dom again shows his infatuation with a man by focusing on a man instead of Bible discussion.
Again, Don, you are what you teach. If you post information concerning your views, those views represent you. We have all taken our turn at the wheel. We have all taken our lumps, I've been the first partaker of the fruit more times than I can count. But, the difference is that I don't snivel. Or take pages and pages of a thread with me sniveling. Roll with the punches, and disprove what I posted concerning the topic of Pastor J.D. refusing to let B. Smith have a snow shovel ministry.

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After much reminding that this is a discussion forum for Bible topics its good to see that Dom has taken my advice.
More condescending patronizing? You see, this is what keeps it hot. But, you know that. God bless blah blah blah Apostolic warrior blah blah blah. Dom is so spiritually strong, yawn. Don, this is how you get portrayed because you give me the preaching material. One of my brothers in the church says this, "you never have to fire anyone. They always fire themselves." Don, you supply the gas, and the matches. Keep up the good work. You are like the prophets of Baal, who just escalate everything until they are a tired bleeding mess.


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He has dramatically increased his amounts of actual Bible quoting and actual putting forward of scriptural-based thought. Keep it up Dom!
Here we go, he opens the post whispering sweet words of blessings and then hits with insults. But, then I'm supposed to be the bad guy? Keep'em coming.

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And while you're at it, decrease the volume of words which are directed to the character of a man. Unfortunately, he has not reduced this much, if at all.
Don, you exhibit typical narcissistic behavior. No word serving position for you.

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What motivates the focus of a man to post about a brother's character, instead of focussing on Bible discussions?
What motivates? You motivate because you are a smack talker. just like all narcissistic religious individuals, they maintain passive aggressive behavior. Then when called out on it, they play the victim. You lost the argument in every single thread. Here is your last attempt to sooth your mental turmoil. Because you can't be wrong. Pastor J. D. deserves a raise.

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I would much rather not need to defend myself against Dom, but I feel I am forced to do so.
Another tactic of narcissism. They do what they do because "other" people "force" them? Right on!

Why did you beat your wife! Because she made me do it? Why did you commit adultery? Because she made me do it! Weak, really weak.


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If the proliferation of words against my character are believed by readers, and not countered with truth, then undiscerning readers will be overwhelmed and think negatively of the Bible thoughts I share in threads/posts, minimizing their impact.
Own your own behavior, don't blame anyone else for your sorry hermeneutics. Your character? You mean someone besmirched your character? Don, go back and reread all the threads you posted in. My boy, you take the chainsaw to you character all by yourself. I really would like to take credit, but you got me beat.

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If they are indeed good Bible thoughts, then what the Lord wants to say through me will be minimized.
What the Lord wants to say through you? The Lord is speaking through you but others can shut down the Lord speaking through you? Jesus spoke with power and authority. Where pray tell have you spoken with power and authority? Mind pointing that out?

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The church will then not be what the Lord wants the church to be.
Because the Lord is speaking through you and you are the restorer of the church? Don, seriously?

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The teaching of Ro14 and the truths it contains must be practiced by Apostolics to be fully functional NT believers.
If B. Smith believes like you, and am very sure, that Pastor J. D. would most certainly call him an Uber.

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And instead of taking the time to dismantle the foundations of my thoughts, he proclaims he has done so, just as I predicted he would many, many posts earlier. (see post 36, where I said "Readers, I'll remind you what I said in post 21, which I now quote "I will predict that your future comments will claim that what (hasn't been here and now said) are the arguments you supposedly gave, which had refuted my contentions. But what you have said thus far falls far short of refuting." I made this prediction in post 21, writing it before reading his post 20.".
Again, this is would be funny, but you are too dishonest. Everything I answered and refuted. You also posted that you hadn't read all my posts! Therefore if that is the case, then how do you know what I answered or hadn't answered? You are just a sore head, who doesn't like being corrected by anyone. Because after all, the Lord speaks through you.


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The many volumes of knowledge and experience he actually possesses is wasted in vain characterizations of another Apostolic as an unApostolic, when they could be used in attempts to show the error of the reasoning I've used in my Ro14 commentary.
Characterizations were all supplied by you dear boy. You are as Apostolic as Swami Vivekananda.


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Wasted, just wasted. Most readers aren't fooled by 'no arguments' presented as 'arguments', Dom.
They aren't fooled by you. You do a lot of complaining when you run out of road. No word serving position for you. Another thing, who needs for someone to "give" them a 'word serving position?" Go sit in a coffee shop, open your Bible and start reading. If someone is interested they will ask if they can sit down. Then they are all yours. Now you can start your word serving position. Because Jesus opened the door. Give it a try Don, let's see how it goes for you.
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