[HarleyD]

Thanks for pinging me. Yes, I was getting a little tired "dissing" the RCC on the other thread. I might as well do it here. I look at you Catholics as my mission field (or my cross to bear). Please feel free to consider me the babbling heretic. :O)

I'm so glad that the RCC has "...expressed increasingly critical views about the spread of Islam and the challenge this poses for Catholicism." Of course the article neglects to include any of these quotes. Perhaps a Catholic could find such a quote? But, once again the article did manage to throw in Cardinal Ratzinger quote that the West "no longer loves itself" . Tsk, tsk.

I'm glad the RCC is making such a strong statement of why Catholic women shouldn't marry Muslim men. But rather than saying they would have a hard life wouldn't it had been more appropriate to have used the Bible and said not to be unequally yoked with a non-believer. Of course why use the Bible when you have tradition.

I'm not impressed.

[Campion]

Leave it to you, Harley, to find nothing good to say about anything Rome does.

Go find another cross to bear and another mission field. My mission field is inside my own heart; maybe you ought to work on yours.

[Jeff Gordon]

As I see, the RCC problem of the moment is the Pope. He is too old, sick and feeble to be the head the church. He is no longer exercising discipline over his subordinates. These subordinates are making all sorts of conflicting statements about many things they should be keeping quiet about. His lack of control is making the church look bad if not actually making it bad.

If the Pope is acting on God's authority one can only assume that God has decided to destroy the RCC.

[D-fendr]

I look at you Catholics as my mission field (or my cross to bear).

You poor dear. It might be easier on you if you picked a field you knew more about - or better yet pick a non-Christian field for your missionary work.

Nothing gets our religious blood boiling like attacking others; and it's so much easier than doing the work to attract them on the merits of our own religion.

I'm not in the recruitment business.

Good thing, you'd go broke.

[Aliska]

But rather than saying they would have a hard life wouldn't it had been more appropriate to have used the Bible and said not to be unequally yoked with a non-believer

I don't know why they don't draw on scripture more in their public pronouncements, but the catechism is backed up by lots of references to scripture so it isn't as if they don't regard it as important. That scripture you cited is especially appropos in this situation.

[Gamecock]

Please feel free to consider me the babbling heretic

You be the heretic, I have been accused the anti-RC troll. The troll and the heretic! What a team!