(In contrast to the Blessed Virgin Mary, who Elsie has calculated can process 139 requests per second, if Catholics are praying as they ought!)
"That was a joke, son!" --- quote from Foghorn Leghorn.
Anyhow, the aggravation caused by Fun-House Mirror reflections about what Catholics believe --- proffered without asking actual Catholics, of course, why would a person want to do that?? --- remind me not to similarly offend by speculating about what Protestants believe.
Which is always a much dicier proposition anyways, since you don't have a nice concise Catechism, like we'all have. And "The Fundamentals" (the collection of twelve books on "fundamental" Protestant theology published in 1910) is something I don't actually intend to read. Ever.
Though in Purgatory I might have a couple of years to burn through.... :o)
As to your expertise about Catholicism, you say:
"I grew up Catholic and have studied the teachings of Catholicism. Alter boy. Confirmed."
I'm---
Well.
In all charity, what can I say?
Good Lord. I'm ducking out now. My squash plants are all pregnant. I have to go tuck some mulch under their sweet little bottoms and watch them grow.
Love,
Mrs. Don-o
“I thought everything I was responding to was in #180 -— ...discussing Catholic belief.”
Indeed, you responded to what I wrote to another and claimed I was telling you what you believed. Not so.
“Anyhow, the aggravation caused by Fun-House Mirror reflections about what Catholics believe -— proffered without asking actual Catholics, of course, why would a person want to do that??”
First, because they do not believe it is a ‘fun-house’, but reality.
I can only imagine a catholic, tooling along, believing everything they’ve ever been taught, coming in contact with someone who knows the truth and tells them that what they thought was from Christ is pagan. What they thought was Christianity is nothing but religious works than never save. No one ever appreciates it when you invalidate their life experience. Still, Christ did it to Paul on the Road to Damascus.
“Which is always a much dicier proposition anyways, since you don’t have a nice concise Catechism, like we’all have.”
Well, you could always read any of the great protestant confessions of faith.
“Though in Purgatory I might have a couple of years to burn through.... :o)”
No worries, just another false catholic doctrine that denies the sufficiency of Christ’s sacrifice and resorts to additional works that can neither save nor purify. You will either go to heaven to the presence of God, or you never entrusted yourself to His gracious gift.
“As to your expertise about Catholicism, you say:”I grew up Catholic and have studied the teachings of Catholicism. Alter boy. Confirmed.”In all charity, what can I say?”
Not a thing required. In addition to my exposure to Catholicism first-hand, I spent 4 years in seminary, studying theology, church history, and most importantly, the Sacred Scripture (far more Bible than your priests cover in their seminaries). We covered every verse. Every chapter. Every book. And I’ve now read the Scriptures regularly since 1976, when I came to know Christ and my eyes were opened to Him.
best.
Keep in mind that not ever non-catholic is reformed in theology (I'm not), but all the major beliefs overlap. It's a start for you.
Not much calculation to it.
I plucked some random numbers out of thin air and then did some simple math.
Hey!
I could come up with some Catholic NON-doctrine this way!