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"To: narses [from Salvation] - Please don’t leave. You have a lot of Catholic knowledge."
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Amen, "Salvation"!

And, "narses", it was good to see you posting again. Don't be too hasty and anxious to leave the FR "Religion Forum"! We need good people here.

Please consider the following.

"The Catholic-Bashers Choir & Glee Club"

is obviously holding another horrendously vitriolic, anti-Catholic "choir practice" here tonight, but wouldn't it be great if they were to serious consider turning over a new leaf, and begin to "sing" a brand new tune from now on?

(Perhaps as a start, the Catholic-Bashers would no longer compulsively ping a very long ping-list of fellow anti-Catholics as a sort of "flash-mob-alert" on every anti-Catholic post they make here, trying to get all their fellow Catholic-Bashers to "gang-up-on-the-Catholic-poster" in a manner reminiscent of lawless flash-mob urban gangbangers in the inner-city. Perhaps they would begin to just respond individually to other posters in the future, in a kind, civil, and decent manner, and completely lose their false, pretentious, obnoxious, "know-it-all" exterior attitude. Perhaps they will also lose their tendency to engage in trying to pilfer the sovereign action of declaring a judgment of the eternal destiny of their fellow humans, since we know that that kind of judgment, of course, belongs only to God, and God has not divulged to those posters the results of His judgment.)

Picture this: Here they are (as I generally picture them "singing" -- based on their many prior loathsome Catholic-Bashing posts), the "Catholic-Bashers Choir & Glee Club", in all their magnificent glory (see below).

Now, imagine in the future that instead of "singing" their usual disgusting and repulsive Catholic- Bashing "music", they began to "sing" a new and completely different kind of heavenly "choir music" from now on, as they peacefully and joyfully "sing" with compassion toward all their brothers and sisters, in beautiful harmony, exuding nothing but Christian love towards everyone! Wouldn't that kind of drastic change be unbelievably great?

Can't you almost hear that completely different kind of marvelous "singing" if they changed their tune? Let us all hope and pray that a miracle takes place here, and, from now on, the "Catholic- Bashers Choir & Glee Club" will begin to change their vile posting practices, and will begin instead to harmoniously and lovingly practice the following kinds of songs in their new choir practice, openly expressing their strong desire for Christian unity and solidarity, as they reach out to their Catholic brothers and sisters with humility, meekness, kindness, compassion, sincerity, and genuine Christian love.

"They'll Know We Are Christians By Our Love"
("Not My Sister, Not My Brother, But It's Me O Lord")

"Standing In The Need Of Prayer"

"An Evening Prayer"

("If I have wounded any soul today...")
("If I Live A Holy Life, Shun The Wrong, And Do The Right")

"I Know The Lord Will Make A Way For Me" (version 1)

"I Know The Lord Will Make A Way For Me" (version 2)

(A beautiful "faith plus works" Protestant hymn!)

"Faith of Our Fathers"
"Blest Be the Tie That Binds"

"By this all men will know that you are my disciples,
if you have love for one another." John 13:35

(So, please reconsider your decision to leave the "Religion Forum", "narses" (and other good posters here). Have a great evening, and no matter what the Catholic-Bashers ultimately choose to do with their posting habits, always keep in mind how Jesus and His Apostles were also bashed hideously by their foolish attackers and detractors. Goodnight, and God bless you.)

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...another horrendously vitriolic, anti-Catholic "choir practice" here tonight,

Hahahahahaaaa! You are joking, right?

What a hate filled spew from such a self righteous claim! The pics posted are quite representative of the rabid Catholic cult posting herein!

Thanks!!! You proved the point quite well. RC's are mentally unstable...

("Our hearts are restless, Lord, until they rest in Thee." - St. Augustine)

Well...

...some of them do.

Bernadine: …all gifts, all virtues, and all graces are dispensed by the hands of Mary to whomsoever, when, and as she pleases. O Lady, since thou art the dispenser of all graces, and since the grace of salvation can ONLY come through thy hands, OUR SALVATION DEPENDS ON THEE.

Bonaventure: …the gates of heaven will open to all who confide in the protection of Mary. Blessed are they who know thee, O Mother of God, for the knowledge of THEE is the high road to everlasting life, and the publication of thy virtues is the way of ETERNAL SALVATION . Give ear, O ye nations; and all you who desire heaven , serve, honor Mary, and certainly you will find ETERNAL LIFE.

Ephem: …devotion to the divine Mother…is the unlocking of the heavenly Jerusalem.

Blosius: To the, O Lady, are committed the KEYS and the treasures of the kingdom of Heaven.

Ambrose: …constantly pray ‘Open to us, O Mary, the gates of paradise, since thou hast its KEYS.

Fulgetius: …by Mary God descended from Heaven into the world, that by HER man might ascend from earth to Heaven.

Athanasius: …And, thou, O Lady, wast filled with grace, that thou mightiest be the way of our SALVATION and the means of ascent to the heavenly Kingdom.

Richard of Laurence: Mary, in fine, is the mistress of heaven; for there she commands as she wills, and ADMITS whom she wills.

Guerric: …he who serves Mary and for whom she intercedes, is as CERTAIN of heaven as if he were already there…and those who DO NOT serve Mary will NOT BE SAVED.

Anselm: It suffices, O Lady, that thou willest it, and our SALVATION is certain.

Antoninus: …souls protected by Mary, and on which she casts her eyes, are NECESSARILY JUSTIFIED AND SAVED.

I would suppose that addressing others as "you fool" would be even worse than a simple accusatory (even inflammatory) use of "you."

lonely bull; you might want to make a statement here...