US Catholics ready to follow Pope's 'marching orders' on climate change

MSN news ^ | June 18, 2015 | Suzanne Goldenberg

[detective]

Leaders of the Catholic Church in America took their “marching orders” from the Pope’s encyclical on Thursday, fanning out to Congress and the White House to push for action on climate change.

The high-level meetings offered a first glimpse of a vast and highly organised effort by the leadership of America’s nearly 80 million Catholics to turn the Pope’s moral call for action into reality.

“It is our marching orders for advocacy,” Joseph Kurtz, the president of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops and the Archbishop of Louisville, said. “It really brings about a new urgency for us.”

[CynicalBear]

They don’t understand that in these end times the lies have brought the Catholic Church to it’s prophesied destiny. For Catholics it’s going to be a scary road.

[al_c]

BTW, have you read the encyclical — a letter to the Bishops?

That's the problem. People are acting just like the congress that passed Obamacare ... judging without reading.

[GreyFriar]

I believe that Princess Pelosi will be saying to the Pope: “Frankie baby, welcome to the golowbull warming band wagon. Now if you will only get your act together on following my lead regarding making the Catholic Church pro=abortion, I’ll forgive you of your sins.”

[Arthur McGowan]

Everything I said about Mary is taught in Scripture. All those parts of Scripture are simply ignored by Protestants. Get BEHOLD YOUR MOTHER, by Tim Staples. The books shows where in Scripture all the Marian dogmas are taught.

[Arthur McGowan]

Everything I said about Mary is taught in Scripture. All those parts of Scripture are simply ignored by Protestants. Get BEHOLD YOUR MOTHER, by Tim Staples. The books shows where in Scripture all the Marian dogmas are taught.

[Elsie]

Name one sin Mary committed.

She got pregnant before she was married.

[Elsie]

Are you calling me out for a whore??? A "prostitute???"

Not my intention at ALL!

I just thought I'd toss in a reference of OTHER sexual items in the bible.

I was misunderstood once again; basically from my own doings.

I am sorry for being unclear in my intentions.

[Elsie]

So what is your beef with Kurt Russell?

None.

Just a dyslexic play on the name you posted.

Kurt Russell was what my mind saw first.

Maybe I should be a less impulsive poster...

[Elsie]

What's the difference, Elsie?

I'd ask, "What's the similarity?"

[Elsie]

We already fully know that masturbation fulfills no requirement beyond temporary, immediate sexual pleasure — certainly it does not have any further purpose at all.

And the MORMONs have this area all neatly wrapped up...

What is your church doing to help the male to stay true?

 

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"All of this should be conveyed without having priesthood leaders focus upon intimate matters which are a part of husband and wife relationships. Skillful interviewing and counseling can occur without discussion of clinical details by placing firm responsibility on individual members of the Church to put their lives in order before exercising the privilege of entering a house of the Lord. The First Presidency has interpreted oral sex as constituting an unnatural, impure, or unholy practice. If a person is engaged in a practice which troubles him enough to ask about it, he should discontinue it."
- Official Declaration of the First Presidency of the Church, January 5th, 1982

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"Prophets anciently and today condemn masturbation. It induces feelings of guilt and shame. It is detrimental to spirituality. It indicates slavery to the flesh, not that mastery of it and the growth toward godhood which is the object of our mortal life. Our modern prophet has indicated that no young man should be called on a mission who is not free from this practice. What is more, it too often leads to grievous sin, even to that sin against nature, homosexuality. For, done in private, it evolves often into mutual masturbation-practiced with another person of the same sex and thence into total homosexuality...."
- Prophet Spencer W. Kimball, The Miracle of Forgiveness, Pages 77-79, 81-82

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"Among the most common sexual sins our young people commit are necking and petting. Not only do these improper relations often lead to fornication, [unwed] pregnancy, and abortions - all ugly sins - but in and of themselves they are pernicious evils, and it is often difficult for youth to distinguish where one ends and another begins. They awaken lust and stir evil thoughts and sex desires. They are but parts of the whole family of related sins and indiscretions. Almost like twins, 'petting' and fornication are alike."
- Prophet Spencer W. Kimball, The Miracle of Forgiveness, page 65

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"Also far-reaching is the effect of the loss of chastity. Once given or taken or stolen it can never be regained. Even in a forced contact such as rape or incest, the injured one is greatly outraged. If she has not cooperated and contributed to the foul deed, she is of course in a more favorable position. There is no condemnation where there is no voluntary participation. It is better to die in defending one's virtue than to live having lost it without a struggle."
- Prophet Spencer W. Kimball, The Miracle of Forgiveness, page 196

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"And Cain said unto the Lord, My punishment is greater than I can bear. Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth." (Genesis 4:9-14.) That was true of murder. It is also true of illicit sex, which, of course, includes all petting, fornication, adultery, homosexual acts, and all other perversions. The Lord may say to offenders, as He did to Cain, "What hast thou done?" The children thus conceived make damning charges against you; the companions who have been frustrated and violated condemn you; the body that has been defiled cries out against you; the spirit which has been dwarfed convicts you. You will have difficulty throughout the ages in totally forgiving yourself."
-Prophet Spencer W. Kimball, "Love Versus Lust", BYU Speech January 5, 1965. Often-used quote still used today in LDS seminary classes.

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"I do not find in the Bible the modern terms "petting" nor "homosexuality," yet I found numerous scriptures which forbade such acts under by whatever names they might be called. I could not find the term "homosexuality," but I did find numerous places where the Lord condemned such a practice with such vigor that even the death penalty was assessed."
- Apostle Spencer W. Kimball, "Love Versus Lust", BYU Speech January 5, 1965

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"If adultery or fornication justified the death penalty in the old days, and still in Christ's day, is the sin any less today because the laws of the land do not assess the death penalty for it? Is the act less grievous? There must be a washing, a purging, a changing of attitudes, a correcting of appraisals, a strengthening toward self-mastery. There must be many prayers, and volumes of tears. There must be an inner conviction giving to the sin its full diabolical weight. There must be increased devotion and much thought and study. And this takes energy and time and often is accompanied with sore embarrassment, heavy deprivations and deep trials, even if indeed one is not excommunicated from the Church, losing all spiritual blessings."
-Prophet Spencer W. Kimball, The Miracle of Forgiveness, Page 155

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"How like the mistletoe is immorality. The killer plant starts with a sticky sweet berry. Little indiscretions are the berries -- indiscretions like sex thoughts sex discussions, passionate kissing, pornography. The leaves and little twigs are masturbation and necking and such, growing with every exercise. The full-grown plant is petting and sex looseness. It confounds, frustrates, and destroys like the parasite if it is not cut out and destroyed, for, in time it robs the tree, bleeds its life, and leaves it barren and dry; and, strangely enough, the parasite dies with its host."
- Apostle Spencer W. Kimball, General Conference Address, April 1, 1967.

[betty boop]

I am sorry for being unclear in my intentions.

Me too, for my own insufficiently clear intentions, dear sister in Christ. But we can only do the best we can, and rely on the Lord for all the rest.

Thank you so much for writing!

[Elsie]

God had also promised / prophesied to Abraham that his descendants would be as numerous as the sand on the seashore

Not gonna be much standing room; is there!?

But it HAS to be literally TRUE; just like "THIS is my BODY" because GOD said it!

[Elsie]

To my knowledge, a “hypocrite” is a sinner who conceals his sins.

Let's add to it:

1 John 1:8
If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

[Elsie]

Are you assuming that Mary meant, "Let's go home now"?<

I can ASSUME any thing I wish!

If Rome can do it; so can I!

[Arthur McGowan]

What evidence do you have that John was addressing Mary?

[Elsie]

The context doesn't indicate that.

Watch it!

You are coming close to that Sola thingy!

[Elsie]

Mary's statement makes sense if she expects Jesus to "do something about it."

IF???

Leave your Roman teaching OUT of this!

[Elsie]

At this point, I invite you to take up your beef with Mary, the Spouse of the Holy Spirit, the Mother of God, the Queen of Heaven, the Queen of the Angels, Co-Redemptrix, and Mediatrix of All Graces, about her disrespect for the Pope, Cardinals, and Bishops of the Church.

Sorry; but the 'beef' is all Rome's.

Mary of the bible is NONE of the things that Rome has saddled her with!

Spouse of the HS? (Not found in Scripture.)

Mother of GOD (Not found in Scripture.)

Queen of Heaven? (Not found in Scripture.)

Queen of the Angels (Not found in Scripture.)

Co-Redemptrix (Not found in Scripture.)

Mediatrix of All Graces (Not found in Scripture.)

[Amendment10]

"Not gonna be much standing room; is there!?"

Genesis 18:12 shows that Sarah, Abraham’s wife, had reservations about God’s plan.

[caww]

....”I sensed the Lord saying that the first thing He wants us to do with this teaching is to examine our own conscience. Put aside judgments, put aside one’s own filters,”.....

That’s about the same routine you’ll find in the New Age Movement and the Emergient Church....”clear your mind”...

God never tells us to clear our minds or not use the good judgement he’s equipped us with...nor to put aside common sense. We are Called to make right judgments.

The office all should be paying attention to is the office Of Jesus Christ alone...not the Pope who is leading your church into darkness....