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To: rose

As usual Albert Mohler is late to the party. He has quite the road to hoe and needs to publicly and humbly recant from his calling the Catholic Church a cult on Larry King Live before Catholics should be patting him on the back.


43 posted on 01/12/2008 5:47:57 AM PST by A.A. Cunningham
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To: A.A. Cunningham; rose
It's true that Dr. Mohler has serious theological objections to the Catholic Church and espresses them by using provocative terms like "cult."

However, he is pret-near 100% with the Catholic Church on moral issues and social policy, which is intriguing because it shows he is not intellectually blinded by prejudice. In other words, he's open to reason.

That's why I would like to give him every opportunity to see us as allies, not opponents. That means extending a whole lot of patience and graciousness, and realizing that as we (we and Dr. Mohler and other fellow-travelers) continueon a trajectory of truth, we'll always be getting closer and closer. The Holy Spirit isn't idle, and has a million winning ways.

This is not to say we should ignore theological differences --- the differences are important --- but that we should serenely not take the bait with words like "cult."

My own fave bioethicists include Paul Ramsay (Methodist) and Leon Kass (Jewish). My maximum-fave family policy advocate is Allan Carlson (Lutheran). They all think like Catholics. Some would get a wry smile out of that, but it's true.

48 posted on 01/12/2008 7:04:32 AM PST by Mrs. Don-o (Viva sweet love.)
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I cannot hate him for that, only prayers. All I am saying, it is good he has and is preaching something so good and right.


49 posted on 01/12/2008 7:04:51 AM PST by rose
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