Angels posing as men.

No, demons weren't in my cat, my cat was a demon. Cats are demons. If you knew about angels and demons, you would know that some animals are demons and others are angels. I know this because of what I have witnessed. A witness can be considered an authority. Just look at courtrooms; witnesses are called to testify to what they have witnessed, which serve as authorities on certain matters.

If one witness is admissible as evidence then the earth is flat, but also a ball. Also ghosts, bigfoot, the Loch Ness monster, UFOs and functional McDonald's ice cream machines are all real.

functional McDonald's ice cream machines are all real.

Bogus theories will all be proven to be false and the truth will be shown to be just what it is as well.

Bogus theories will all be proven to be false and the truth will be shown to be just what it is as well.

I'm glad you recognize this... remember it when you are shown the truth.

So only YOUR theories are true, and all the others are bogus?

They all claim to be witnesses too. If one witness is valid, then all those things exist just like your demon cat.

Tobit claims that the smoke of a fish's heart drives away demons. Tobias 6: 7 Then Tobias asked the angel, and said to him: I beseech thee, brother Azarias, tell me what remedies are these things good for, which thou has bid me keep of the fish? 8 And the angel, answering, said to him: if thou put a little piece of its heart upon coals, the smoke thereof driveth away all kind of devils, either from man or from woman, so that they come no more to them."

The good angels do do as God commands, but they still have their own freedom and abilities to determine what they do themselves. The bad angels, however, don't do as God commands, so they just make their own way themselves. Again, it depends on what kind of angel it is.

Why do you believe that Tobit is not inspired? Why would it be in the Bible if it's not inspired? Do you think people are wrong to include it in the Bible?

No, I didn't say that only my theories are true and all others are bogus. Every witness is valid as long as he or she is telling the truth. Truth and falsehood will all ultimately prove themselves to be what they are.

Cats are demons. It's a fact of life; sad, but true. I'm sad about my cats being demons. I loved them all and I miss them! My last one died last month; I'm still in mourning. The thing about it is that taking my cats in and giving them a home was all a part of a demon ploy... another thing you have to witness to understand what I'm talking about. Cats have nine lives... these weren't their first lives. They are demons and they come back from the dead, so I never should have taken them in. I'm glad it's now finally over, but it was nice getting to know them and take care of them. You can see I'm conflicted over the whole matter.

I've been around cats my whole life. My mother always had at least one cat in the house, usually more than one.

If cats were demons, they would never have stuck around our Christian home.

functional McDonald's ice cream machines are all real.

Thanks Lynx, Magenta, and Dino246 for filling me in on the Book of Tobit. In being Catholic for 35 years, I wasn't exposed to the Protestant notions about the books of the Bible. I've been aware of the apocryphal books, I just considered them as a part of the Bible because I read Catholic Bibles. When there are two sides to an argument, as there is between Catholics and Protestants, you've got to wonder which side is right. I see what you're saying about Tobit, but the Catholics are saying the Contrary, that it's inspired. I really don't know who to believe. I need more evidence to say one theory is right and the other is wrong. Well, inspired or not, Tobit depicts an example of an angel in the form of a man. It serves as a case in point for what this thread was originally about.

of everything in your list, this is what I most long to see.

Well... this thread needs a large bowl of popcorn, and probably some licorice nibs as well. Who's in?

You are welcome.

According to the Book of Tobit (4:11; 12:9), alms giving alone would save a person. Oh, well, yes, of course the Catholic church would accept and teach this. In fact, indulgences was the main reason Luther nailed his 95 theses to the door of the Castle Church at Wittenberg. This is a clear contrast with the New Testament's teaching of salvation by grace alone through faith alone in Jesus Christ alone (Ephesians 2:8-9). John 3:16 is clear, "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life."

I read a biography on Luther after I parted from the Catholic Church. The argument he had about indulgences makes sense. So, I know what you mean by that. Luther is regarded as a heretic by the Catholics, though.

I don't find anything wrong with what Tobit 4.11 and 12.9 say, Jesus himself condoned almsgiving: Matthew 6.3. Is it because you disagree with the effects of almsgiving that are stated in Tobit 4.11 and 12.9 which makes you find it to be faulty? If almsgiving has an effect such as the forgiveness of sins, is there something wrong with that? Well faith and repentance are paramount to finding forgiveness, but I wonder about the statements made in Tobit about almsgiving.