Since Trinitarians say that the Trinity IS A MYSTERY;why do they then Quote Scriptures TO "TRY" prove it?

You might try posting this is the Politics & Government > Law & Ethics category for advice of a legal nature. I can't guarantee that anyone there will be able to help, but it's worth a shot. You'll probably also benefit from reading this article about custody battles in NC: http://www.rosen.com/childcustody/cartic... From the sound of it, most of their battle is going to have to be based on hard evidence.

They can make outlandish claims, but unless they have something concrete to back it up, the courts are generally going to rule in favor of the parent. Regardless of what happened in your past, it sounds as if you have been working hard to better your life and the lives of your children. I'd say that should be the focus of your response to the complaint, but I'm not a lawyer, nor do I play one on the internet.

I can't imagine how much stress you're going through right now, but you'll probably also need to collect all of the records you have to disprove their allegations, and it might not hurt to make an organized time-line regarding everything that's occurred in your life since leaving your abusive ex. That way, you'll probably feel far less scatterbrained & far more ready to face this challenge. Also, I'd compile a list of people you can use as character references, should the need to call on them to support your version of the events become necessary.

Also, check out this site for free legal counsel relating to NC laws: http://www.lawhelp.org/nc You might even find a law firm willing to give you free or low cost advice, but if nothing else, it wouldn't hurt to educate yourself regarding NC custody laws. Good luck!

It's all about contextualization. (And most people don't even know what that is!).

You can make ANY writing say what you want it to say if you take statements out of context, resort to undisciplined methods of metaphorical interpetation, change or ingnore word meanings, pay no attention to grammatical marks and fail to treat an entire writing as a cohesive and rational whole. That does not mean that what you come up with is really a valid explanation of what the text is saying, however. Edit for Jon M I'm not sure what "crowd" Jon M is listening to (perhaps only those here on R&S who care to respond to that particular question?).

Anyone who can Google can, at the touch of a button, call to his screen literally hundreds of web-sties responding directly to the question raised by James' statement that "faith without works is dead". The most common answer that you will find will not be a "rant", but rather that faith that does not produce works is not genuine. (However, there are a few others that can be found, also.) While this is a fair try by some to reconcile the one short passage in James to the multitudes of passages in Paul's writings that speak explicitly of "sola fide", it is not the only one that is presented.

For instance, the word "dead" in the James passge can valdily be translated as "barren", or "unfruitful". James is then seen to be saying, not that faith without works is "false" or ingenuine, but rather that such faith is "stagnant" and "unproductive". Now, the point of this edit is not to argue for a particular perspective on what James is saying contra Paul, but rather to answer the charge that no one from the "sola fide crowd" answers this question.

Count me as one of the "crowd", and count your example as no longer valid.

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.