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To: Goodgirlinred; ninenot; sittnick; Salvation
My very Catholic mother's best friend was a wonderful old-fashioned Methodist woman about ten years older than mom. Her name was Hilda. She was a wonderful hostess to others according to their own tastes (within reason). Although Hilda believed that dancing, card-playing, consumption of alcohol and, I think, caffeine would be immoral for her according to her understanding of Scripture and morality, she would have a few beers ready for my dad if he were her guest and coffee or tea for mom and Coca-Cola for me.

As the years went by, Hilda had been an absolute pillar of the church she belonged to for 50 + years, running rummage sales, caring for others, etc. She read her bible so much that the words probably wore off the pages. She lived accordingly.

The Methodist Church in Connecticut is verrrrrrry liberal and eventually Hilda had no Methodist Church that she could attend. Between Hilda and her well-read KJV bible, the old Methodist faith remained alive in Connecticut so long as she remained alive (until 1990 or so). I have no way of knowing her outcome but, if she is not in heaven, heaven must be sparsely populated and I must be in real trouble.

BTW, there is still in print an encyclical of Pope St. Pius X who served from 1903 to 1914 and is the only pope of the last 300+ years to be canonized as a saint. The encyclical is Pascendi Domenici Gregis aka On the Theories of the Modernists. He wrote, among many other things roughly that "the Scriptures are cover-to-cover, word-for-word, the inerrant word of God. Who would say otherwise, let him be declared anathema." He also attacks Darwinist notions of evolution and declares the holders of such notions as anathema.

Again, God bless you and the very ecumenical yours.

88 posted on 04/12/2005 5:35:33 PM PDT by BlackElk (Dean of Discipline of the Tomas de Torquemada Gentlemen's Club)
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To: BlackElk
I loved that. Thank you. I feel pretty sure that Hilda is in Heaven, don't you? I wish that there were more people like her.

My Catholic friend could not believe that I believe in Creationism as he called it. I just believe in what the Bible says. God created the heavens and the Earth and all the animals and Adam and Eve in 6 days and rested on the 7th. My simplified version. We debated that on instant message for a long time. I can't imagine why he doesn't. He is still a strong Roman Catholic. However, he is a scientist. Do you suppose that has tainted his beliefs? He is older than I am. He is about 64, I think. I would have thought that he would not be so liberal.
93 posted on 04/12/2005 6:15:53 PM PDT by Goodgirlinred ( GoodGirlInRed Four More Years!!!!!)
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