[Fichori]

Here's a little something you need to get your mind around.

Spam is not permitted on FR. (The moderators will pull threads deemed to be spam)

Here is what the gentleman who owns FR had to say about GGG's threads.

Whining and calling these threads spam, is nothing more than barfing on the carpet.

But hey, if thats the best you've got, so be it.

[GodGunsGuts]

PS Mr. Socialist is trying to play the victim. Our little spat didn’t come out of nowhere. The newb began insulting me from the first time he ever replied to one of my threads. Here’s an example. You will also note his rank ignorance of the difference between operational and historical/origins science on the same thread.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2325829/posts?page=55#55

[socialismislost]

I have no problem with religion and I have said that in several posts. I also have no problem with the idea of creation or ID. What I do have a problem with is it being called science. Also saying that Catholics are not really Christians isnt helpful either. Its not what I got, and I really dont care either way.

[socialismislost]

And I dont own the website, so whatever the owner wants to put on it is none of my business. If he wants to allow it, fine by me. But just so you know the judeo-christian world is not fundamentalist by and large, and these articles, like it or not, do nothing to add to the ranks of like minded conservatives. They just divide us. And im not even Catholic, but here is a good example.

Vatican Condemns Literal Interpretation of the Bible

VATICAN CITY, Italy - The Vatican criticized a literal interpretation of the Bible
and said the fundamentalist approach to scripture was “a kind of intellectual suicide.”
A Vatican document said fundamentalism “refuses to admit that the inspired Word of God has been
expressed in human language... by human authors possessed of limited capacities and resources.”
The 125-page document, The Interpretation of the Bible in the Church, was written by the Pontifical Biblical Com-mission, a group of scholars who assist the Pope in the study of scripture.
It noted that a fundamentalist interpretation of the Bible had been gaining strength. The Vatican is
increasingly concerned about the number of Catholics, especially in Latin America, who have abandoned the church for fast-growing fundamentalist sects.
“The fundamentalist approach is dangerous, for it is attractive to people who look to the Bible for ready answers to the problems of life,” the document said. Fundamentalism actually invites people to a kind of intellectual suicide.”
A fundamentalist interpretation of the Bible began during the Reformation, when Protestants showed an increasing concern for fidelity to the literal meaning of scripture.
The document said fundamentalism refused to admit that there was a human element in the transmission of the Word of God.
One member of the commission, Jesuit Father Joseph Fitzmyer, said fundamentalists failed to recognize that several years elapsed between the time Jesus spoke and the time when the gospels were written.
“There was no stenographer, no one with a tape recorder on that time,” said Fitzmyer.
From The Star, 1994 Manila, Philippines