Posted on 11/14/2014 1:01:10 PM PST by millegan
The term “fundamentalist” is a pejorative term today, used to label someone the speaker believes is an irrational religious extremist of some kind.
But a hundred years ago, the term was taken as a badge of honor by theologically conservative Protestants to distinguish themselves from liberal Protestantism. While liberal Protestants in mainline denominations were denying basic Christian teachings like the authority of the Bible and the bodily resurrection of Jesus, conservative Protestants called for going back to the “fundamentals” of the faith – hence the term.
There are obviously a lot of issues on which Catholics and fundamentalists disagree, but there are a few important issues for which fundamentalists take a lot of heat in our culture that Catholics actually agree with them on – or at least are supposed to. Unfortunately, in my experience many Catholics – afraid to have themselves labeled a “fundamentalist” – can throw the baby out with the bath water and end up denying beliefs espoused by fundamentalists that are also taught by the Catholic Church.
Here are 5 things that are already present in the Catholic faith, but that Catholics could learn from their fundamentalist brothers and sisters to take more seriously:
(Excerpt) Read more at churchpop.com ...
I do not know you so I will not say what I really think. My mom taught me better but I will say you do not have a clue as to what you said. I have known this man since 1983 and he is one of the most Godly men and most intelligent ones I have ever known. Do not talk about someone you do not know. RMs if I said something you do not like, let me know. I simply do not like people who say stupid things.
Amen!
Wow! That was a sad, sad commentary on Catholicism.
Well there goes the eating of real blood taught by Catholicism.
Which is just what Rome did - and which you denied when i brought it up!
Ever notice how some people, no one on FR of course, but some people, just set themselves up as ersatz authorities and start issuing proclamations?
Obviously inferring me, but which once again, is what you had done, making and affirming an entirely subjective claim that you could not even substantiate, and would actually require omniscience.
Ever notice how many civilians, when they interact with the military, just assume that they are equivalent to officer rank?
Which again is what you did, asserting what could not be substantiated, and then even what was disproved by documentation. But at least you one time admitted that you "misspoke," political speech for making a false claim.
But as i said, if you want to get into this then do a group PM or even better, the "Smoky Backroom" if you want, as forum rules, forbids carrying debates from thread to thread.
I brought up your lack of credibility as you made a personal judgment ("I have never seen"), and thus the impossibility of showing you otherwise, and that is where it should end.
As for debate on past examples, the RM (which you have often been cited by) has told you after once of your denials and implying i was lying, "He responded by Freepmail and copied to me. Whether or not you acknowledge his reply is irrelevant. It is the only way that kind of challenge can be answered on the Religion Forum, i.e. on this thread. The Smoky Backroom is available to posters who thrive on flame wars. That option is always available to either of you - just do not bring the flame wars back here to the RF. "
But then you even accused the RM of bias, and made another presumptuous accusation you could not prove, and persisted in it and in your self righteous RC arrogance. I admire the RMs tolerance.
Thus your assertion that "you have NEVER seen a Catholic teaching proven false," pertains to your own credibility, and which began this present exchange.
Similarly, we sometimes see people of mediocre ability thinking that they have prevailed in a debate...
Another ambiguous assertion. If you want to show me where i have done so then bring it on.
I wonder why.
Oh go ahead and say it. Catholics are like that all the time.
As in Catholics speaking on the Holy Spirit.
You don't give Catholics nearly enough credit. Most of their beliefs go way back to Babylon.
Your post 134.....more like a 5th grade reply. If that’s the best you’ve got then you need to do some more work.
Who am I that I should substitute my judgment for theirs?
And these men are found in every religion...There's a lot of smart educated muzlim men out there who have convinced over a billion people that you need to be dead if you do not convert to their religion...Kinda like those smart, wise Catholics thru out its history...
There are a lot of smart, wise, educated Jehovah Witness teachers out their who teach right out of the bible and convince a lot of people that their religion is correct...
And the Mormons...Who can forget the Mormons...
One of the things these false religions have in common with your Catholic religion is that they've all created their own 'holy' doctrines, traditions, bibles or literature outside of and independent of God's words written and preserved and given to mankind...
Another common trait of the people who make up these religions is that they refuse to 'search the scriptures' as commanded by God, and 'prove' all things...
You can follow whichever man you want but God gave you the scriptures to find out whether these men are telling you the truth...How can one be a Christian and not be interested in what God has to say about these religions???
That obviously is because you don't consider God's words to mankind to be any kind of authority...You seem to view the Bible the same way the muzlims do...
Now that's some pure biblical and spiritual ignorance right there...
Who would you say taught you that, God or Satan???
humanistic wisdom and
faith in the Catholic religion
neither of which have anything to do with God...
How many times have you been show the scripture that man's wisdom is meaningless to God???
I didn't expect you to provide any anyway.
You can't provide what you don't have.
Then perhaps it would be best for you to stop.
Meanwhile, the Holy Spirit continues to lead me as He has for the last 35+ years.
I don’t.
You can’t give what you don’t have.
Rom_8:9 But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.
Apparently dsc is admitting that he/she does not belong to Jesus...
In a dream??? you surely didn't get it from God's written words to us...
"...be ye ready always..."
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