Posted on 01/30/2016 8:51:32 AM PST by Salvation
You are quite right.
And I apologize for any distraction I introduced. I am not exception to the need to learn where I must stop. God is awesome and the more we ponder His works, the more we see the awesomeness in it. God has not let there be any shortage of BAD examples in the world, so we can see where we might be if it were not for His grace.
Answer: Part of the answer to this is to understand that the Gospels do not propose to be chronological histories of the Lord’s life. The Gospels do record the things that Jesus actually said and did, but they do so in a selective way. St. John says why near the end of his Gospel: “Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of his disciples that are not written in this book. But these are written that you may come to believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that through this belief you may have life in his name†(Jn 20:30-31).
Now, if all catholics could understand this we'd be getting somewhere.
We have everything we need to know about how to have eternal life in the Scriptures. Catholic tradition is not needed.
No, I didn't do any mining.
I once asked a few to explain how THEIR denomination was different than Catholicism, other than the papcy, and how their denomination was different from the others.
Sadly, no one really knew any answers except it ab incunabulis.
Why don't they spent the equal time extolling their own denomination of Protestantism? There have been tens of thousands of them. We would get a glimse of their diversity.
They must be very impressed with the Church to pay SO much attention to it: maior e longinquo reverentia.
“why can’t he even dust it up once with the playground bully”
In the same way that He dusted it up with the money changers?
I can see Him knocking a bully in the dirt if it were the right thing to do.
Christianity is neither a suicide pact nor insanely pacifistic.
“Any time you post something about our faith a few of the standard Catholic bashers come out of the woodwork.”
Rust and Satan never sleep.
“Question: One of my great frustrations with Scripture as an historical source is that it leaves so much out. Almost 30 years of Jesus’ life receive no mention at all. How can this be that the life of the most pivotal figure in history receives such vague biographical treatment?— Name, location withheld,”
What’s really funny is that the Holy Scripture is even more vague about Mary, but the RCC has volumes made up about her. Just make it up your good a fairy tales.
Not bashing just telling the truth IAW the Holy Scriptures.
I can agree with that.
“It might have ended up being the target of idolization, for all we know.”
Can you just IMAGINE what a certified soiled diaper relic would have gone for???
What “Catholic bashing”?
This is getting bathetic.
Holy poo...
The whole journey was one so fraught with risk, that He needed a significant prefatory period before even daring to do it. We know that as the Old Testament. C. S. Lewis’s description even sounds kind of funny; he describes it as hammering. Centuries of it.
And when it happens, it is like poof, in and out in the twinkling of an eye. If you blink, historically speaking, you will miss it.
But this is the move that turned the world upside down.
It's kind of like the "hokey-pokey." You remember:
"You put your right foot in; you put your right foot out; you put your right foot in and shake it all about."
Then with hands in the air, forefingers pointing up and turning slowly in a circle you say:"You do the hokey-pokey and your turn yourself about. THAT'S what it's all about."
Then, you continue with all the body parts and SHAKE IT ALL ABOUT!"
Got it? Whenever you hear of "Catholic bashing" you simply do the hokey-pokey!
Never fails.
THAT'S for sure.
Satan, the Adversary. May he rot in hell....oh, that's right, he already does. He is without God for all eternity. THAT is the definition of hell.
What a goofy answer! Since you couldn’t point anything out, I guess then you do the Chicken Little?
If a trip to England were ever to happen for me, Glastonbury would be on the must see list.
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