Posted on 04/05/2005 1:20:22 AM PDT by nickcarraway
>> We haven't watched any news at ALL since the pope began to decline. Total coverage of this non-event is insulting to Evangelical Christians who base their beliefs on the Bible. <<
The leader of a billion people and who brought communism to an end isn't worth the sort of attention that Princess Diane or John Kennedy, Jr. or Laci Peterson got?
And where do you think the Catholic church GETS its doctrines? Do you know why the Gospel of Mark is in the Bible, but other gospels (Gospel of Phillip, etc.) is not? The Catholic Church saw that the Gospel of Mark accorded with its doctrines, and the Gospel of Phillip did not.
But see, Catholics recognize that people can read the bible in isolation and come up with different meanings, so they also cite Tradition. Tradition only means "This is what the Church Fathers understood what meant by this." This causes confusion among Protestants who see the catechism, for instance, cite St. Augustine. This doesn't mean that the Catholic doctrine is based on St. Augustine! If you read the work they are quoting, you would find that St. Augustine was citing, in turn, the bible.
Sorry I had to say it.
Has to be the same bejeweled one.
Crucifiz today? Oh my. Nothing like staged dressing.
No amnesia here. Sparks are always going to fly where the City of God brushes against the City of Man.
Which was written and perserved for them by the Roman Catholic Church.
Try a little Protestant charity towards a fellow Christian.
<< I saw one today who was so damn off-putting.
A truly sorry creature.
Pathetic. >>
You mean they come in more than one variety?
Well, I'll be darned!
[Haven't noticed that meself]
"Are you saying Catholics don't base their beliefs on the Bible?"
Yeah, everyone knows us Catholics read from the National Enquirer at Mass on Sundays...
I stand corrected on you, sir!
We know what the truth is; unfortunately AP isn't interested in the truth.
Are you jumping to every thread that is related to the death of the Pope, just to bash Catholics ?
We get your opinion.
Go watch something else on TV, or go read a book.
I don't understand why FReepers jump on threads just to bash each other.
I'm curious ... what kind of "Evangelical Christian" picks as her screen name a reference to someone who promoted prostitution? Does your Bible not include Paul's condemnations of whoremongering?
My guess is you are no "Evangelical Christian" at all.
Unless they're not a real FReeper.
Jesus answered this before anyone even asked Him the question:
Matthew 5:11-12 NAB
Blessed are you when they insult you and persecute you and utter every kind of evil against you (falsely) because of me.
Rejoice and be glad, for your reward will be great in heaven. Thus they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
If it weren't for the Catholic Church, you wouldn't have a Bible.
How do you explain the differences between all the protestant denominations when they all claim to be led by the same Holy Spirit in interpreting sacred scripture? How can they all be correct and yet be so very, very different?
The Bible alone will not get you there, will not get any of us there. Sola Scriptura is a concept that Jesus would have laughed at. Jesus founded a Church. One. Holy. Catholic (from the Greek: Universal). Apostolic. He didn't write a book and tell the Apostles, 'Go read this and do what it says.' You should have a big problem with that. Regardless of what mis-information you may have willingly swallowed about Catholicism, the fullness of the faith resides with it. Same now as ~2000 years ago.
The truth is out there, but you have to pull your head out of the protestant paradigm to find it.
The fact that you wrote your thoughts of the Holy Father passing as a non-event glaringly magnifies your ignorance of his impact on 'course of history altering' world events the past 26 years. Perhaps someone should wake you up when Mama's Family comes back on.
Hey brall!
Good to *see* you.
President Bush met with the Pope to try and undo the work President Clinton had done, and to divide Catholics from the Democratic Party, and each other.
I see it didn't take long for them to show their true colors. I was wondering about that.
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