Bush Brought a Gift for the Pope: The Alliance Between Catholics and Evangelicals

WWW>CHIESA ^ | 6/7/2004 | Sandro Magister

[Pelayo]

Amazing you put that scripture in such small print. Why exactly did you do that?

Largly to emphasize the contrasting nature of the two.

I'm not sure if you're agreeing with I said before or disagreeing. Please clarify.

Well I thought it was obvious but I'll explain more if you like. The assertion that "Group-A" (in this case members of the RCC) are refusing to listen to the sectarian arguments of another "Group-B" because the former have become too parochial in their outlook is, frankly, a silly statment to make. It's at the very least hypocritical and at worst self-deceiving.

[OrthodoxPresbyterian]

Given that she (Condoleeza) is a pastor's kid, and a Baptist pastor at that, I think we have to realize that there are no assurances she's even a Christian! ~~ She's a Presbyterian, therefore, clearly among the elect. :-) -- by topcat54

LOL!! Good and funny response.

You know, I had also read Associated Press accounts of of "Condi" being the "daughter of a Baptist minister"... but upon further investigation, I'm pleased to note that you are entirely Correct -- Condoleeza's father was, in fact, the Teaching Elder (aka, "pastor") of Westminster Presbyterian Church of Birmingham, and by all accounts Condi is an adherent of the Faith of her Father.

The only "Baptist" connection which I can find is that, when Condi was age 9, her childhood friend Denise McNair was killed in the bombing of the Black Sixteenth Street Baptist Church by white supremacists on September 15, 1963. One can reasonably surmise that ever since, Condi has felt a special fellowship with her Baptist brethren and sisters (albeit, despite mis-reporting in the Press [as is usual], not a Baptist herself).