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And that in a nutshell...was the drunk Ellen White's whole point. Even the mob guys got it.
1 posted on 05/02/2025 1:46:14 PM PDT by vespa300
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To: vespa300

I’m not a practicing Catholic any more but many members of my family are. One nice thing about being Catholic is that they can greet each other at the liquor store.


2 posted on 05/02/2025 1:50:00 PM PDT by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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To: vespa300

People like to make up what they want the Catholic Church to be


3 posted on 05/02/2025 1:51:25 PM PDT by stanne (Because they were mesmerized by Obama, the man for whom this was named, whose name they left out of )
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Why should you always take two Baptists fishing?

If you take just one Baptist, he’ll drink all your beer; if you take two, they won’t drink any.


4 posted on 05/02/2025 1:52:48 PM PDT by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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To: vespa300

Anyone that gets their understanding of Catholicism (or any religion) from the movies should not put their ignorance on public display.


5 posted on 05/02/2025 1:54:25 PM PDT by fidelis (Ecce Crucem Domini! Fugite partes adversae! Vicit Leo de tribu Juda, Radix David! Alleluia!)
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To: vespa300

Do you never get tired of stirring things up?

Maybe you should spend more time praying and less online.


7 posted on 05/02/2025 1:58:36 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: vespa300

What a stale joke.

You’re going to hell for that one. After, of course, you’re done soul sleeping.


8 posted on 05/02/2025 2:01:18 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (Nobody elected Elon Musk? Well nobody elected the Deep State either.)
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To: vespa300

You do understand the concept of comedy, don’t you?


9 posted on 05/02/2025 2:03:34 PM PDT by Petrosius ( )
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To: vespa300
And that in a nutshell...was the drunk Ellen White's whole point. Even the mob guys got it.

I don't recommend you get your Catholic cathechism from Hollywood films.

14 posted on 05/02/2025 2:06:59 PM PDT by Angelino97
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That’s how Catholic kids explained it to me growing up. Of course I was going to hell anyway because I didn’t believe the same malarkey they did...


18 posted on 05/02/2025 2:10:55 PM PDT by bigbob (Yes. We ARE going back!)
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"Boy's voice: it was great to be Catholic and go to confession. You could start over every week."

The boy does not understand Catholic teaching. A "firm purpose of amendment" is required for absolution and if a person keeps committing the same sins - especially serious ones - to the same priest, he may be denied absolution.

On the other hand, I have heard many Protestant preachers suggest that once you say the so-called "sinner's prayer" you are automatically saved no matter what sins you commit later on. Someone may say, "That isn't the actual teaching," but it sure sounds like it.
35 posted on 05/02/2025 2:36:08 PM PDT by Steve_Seattle
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You can go through life murdering, raping and stealing as long as you say your sorry you get a free pass to heaven.
Ain't life grand.
That free pass works for Protestants also.
So your good. Figured I’d chime in so you were here all alone posting to yourself.🤡
36 posted on 05/02/2025 2:38:21 PM PDT by MotorCityBuck (XKeep the change, you are filthy animal! Re )
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To: vespa300

I start over again several times per day:
1 John 1:9
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Micah7:18-19
18 Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy.

19 He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.

Romans 6:1
What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?

2 God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?

3 Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?

4 Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.

5 For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection:

6 Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.


37 posted on 05/02/2025 2:42:05 PM PDT by sopo
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To: vespa300

And he probably only had to go to school for 5 days.
He got two days to goof off.

The Beast system seems like a much better deal that God’s system, hey Vespa?


40 posted on 05/02/2025 2:51:39 PM PDT by delchiante
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You just really hate the idea of sins being forgiven, and sinners getting a new start, don't you?

You know who else hates it? Old Scratch.

From one who belongs to a church that considers all others heretics and murdered millions during her reign of terror.

"SDAs ... we make a big deal about keeping the Sabbath, but throw the Commandment about 'not bearing false witness against thy neighbor' right into the trash where it belongs. Of course, Romanists aren't really our neighbors anyway, so who cares what kind of malarkey we make up about them?"

You know, the one that calls for Sunday to be a legal holiday.

Oh, you mean like it was pretty much everywhere in the 1950s? Yes, that would be truly horrible. Giving people the day off on Sundays is truly the devil's work. It's a wonder we even survived those dark days.

45 posted on 05/02/2025 3:20:13 PM PDT by Campion (Everything is a grace, everything is the direct effect of our Father's love - Little Flower)
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Jews don't believe Jesus was the Messiah

Protestants don't believe Mary was a virgin

Baptists don't believe they see their fellow congregation members at the liquor store

50 posted on 05/02/2025 4:06:03 PM PDT by Tench_Coxe (The woke were surprised by the reaction to the Bud Light fiasco. May there be many more surprises)
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To: vespa300
...and when I was fourteen...


54 posted on 05/02/2025 5:02:44 PM PDT by GingisK
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Who is “drunk Ellen White”?


55 posted on 05/02/2025 5:04:07 PM PDT by HereInTheHeartland (“I don’t really care, Margaret.”)
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Jesus forgives. Ellen White chooses who He forgives.

Priests do not choose, they only forgive. If you are disingenuous, it serves you nothing.

Priests forgive in God’s name, not theirs. Priests consecrate the Eucharist in Hod’s name, not their sinful name.


64 posted on 05/02/2025 5:53:54 PM PDT by If You Want It Fixed - Fix It
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To: vespa300

A Hollywood movie. Wow, an unimpeachable source of information for questions about religion!


66 posted on 05/02/2025 6:01:33 PM PDT by Trump_Triumphant (“They recognized Him in the breaking of the Bread”)
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To: vespa300

Catholics man. It’s absolute nonsense that you can confess your sins to another man and be forgiven. That’s a personal conversation between your savior. Not some guy dressed up like a penguin. The whole idea of confessional at the beginning was for population control. Catholics need to wake up to this nonsense, dog and pony show.


70 posted on 05/02/2025 6:39:07 PM PDT by Hammerhead
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