Spiritual Windsurfer

WorldMagazine.com ^ | Marvin Olasky

[Stubborn]

I have never been to the Paulist center, but from its reputation, the whole place should be excommunicated since it regularly pulls stunts worse than this.

[HowlinglyMind-BendingAbsurdity]

Does Sen. Kerry speak about sin? Can't find that anywhere in his published speeches, but he did tell American Windsurfer, "So much of the conflict on the face of this planet is rooted in religions and the belief systems they give rise to. The fundamentalism of one entity or another." WORLD looked for a Catholic spiritual advisor who is close to him, but Sen. Kerry's most ardent praise seems to be for "the Dalai Lama who I've spent some time with and who is absolutely intriguing. Extraordinary person. He is certainly telling us there is life from enlightenment—here and hereafter, but I think, whether or not we're going to be [enlightened] is the great test that all of us are struggling with."

Is this Catholicism? No, but it's what is taught at Sen. Kerry's home church, the Paulist Center in Boston. Jonathan Last of The Weekly Standard attended a Center service and observed a reciting of an edited version of the Nicene Creed, with the section on believing in only "one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only Son of God, eternally begotten of the Father, God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God," dropped out.

Indeed.

None dare call it heresy?

[Aquinasfan]

Indeed.

Wow. Nothing really surprising though. This explains his little Buddhist bow thing too.

[Zack Nguyen]

The root cause of bottomlessness is always theological confusion...

Boy, is this the truth. Theology fuels everything. Even atheists have one.

[HowlinglyMind-BendingAbsurdity]

Kerry probably thinks there is nothing wacky, wrong or contradictory with being a quasi-Unitarian/Transcendentalist/New Age/neo-Gnostic/Arian/Albigensian/Bogomil pseudo-Buddhist pantheist while claiming to be a Catholic. Apparently, he adheres to some version of Siger of Brabant's "double truth" theory - the one Aquinas refuted 800 years ago.

[Zack Nguyen]

The Protestant -- campaigning on opposition to abortion and homosexual marriage -- will likely get the Catholic vote. The Catholic -- campaigning on embryo-destruction, partial-birth abortion, and the alternative lifestyles of pagan antiquity -- will get the mainline Protestant vote.

This is unique in American history. Christendom has been altered irrevocably. We are no longer as divided by denomination as we are by worldview - faith in Christ, belief int he Bible as true.

[Alkhin]

I love the use of the nautical jargon 'having bottom' to describe the difference between GW Bush and Kerry. A real sailor's compliment!

[maryz]

The creed is not up for debate in our Church.

I saw that article (or a similar one). The Paulist Center also omits the "One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church" section.

As I recall, the Paulist Center advertises itself as "A worship community in the Roman Catholic tradition." (The place was loony as early as the 60s.)

[bornacatholic]

John Allen of the National Catholic Reporter writes that "if the Holy See were to vote in a secret ballot for the American president, Kerry would beat Bush 60-40." Polling of American bishops would even be higher.

*LMAO Did he really say that? What an idiot

[bornacatholic]

Perfect. A phony goes to a phony church where a phony creed is recited. It fits perfectly.

This guy is truly frightening. If he is elected, we are in deep doo doo