Posted on 10/21/2005 12:19:22 PM PDT by ScubieNuc
...this should prove interesting
No kidding.
Do we really need to get into a Protestant / Catholic war on an open forum. Hey everyone, let's watch Christians bash each other ....
By this shall all men know that you are my dicsiples, if you have love one for another.
Sorry about the format. I failed to review it good enough. A few paragraph breaks would have made it much easier reading.
Sincerely
Would this not be more appropriate in the religion forum?
I think open discussion is good for the soul. It's good to know what you believe and why. If people want to be rude and make it a "war", then it reflects bad on them.
1Pe 3:15 "But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and [be] ready always to [give] an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear,"
Sincerely
This belongs in the Religion forum.
Free Republic is a good place for religious discussions, but they belong in the Religion forum. This anti-Catholic article is likely to create a certain amount of message traffic, but it's still a religious topic.
Oh, I don't mind open discussions within the faith, I actually enjoy the give and take. It's more such a debate in an open forum, with non believers watching the whole thing. The Protestant / Catholic thing can be very divisive, and, whether we agree or not, those outside the faith really don't see alot of difference between the two. All they see is Christians fighting over this and that. I just hate to see any possible "stumbling blocks" thrown out to those outside the tent of faith. Those of us truely save by God's amazing grace are all family, but as they say, family fights best.
For a fascinating, comic-strip version of your article, you might enjoy this:
http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/0074/0074_01.asp
Interesting how no one ever seems to address the theology of the Orthodox Church. Ignorance on the part of the "apologist"? A lot of this stuff reminds me of the old question, "how many angels can dance on the head of a pin."
(the answer there of course is as amny as want to.)
A better example is the qualifications of bishops -- Catholic tradition prohibits marriage, while Scripture expressly requires it.
And I agree this belongs in the Religion forum.
Wow!
trying to start a war godless atheist (8^)
(no-one knows scripture, it seems save for the atheist)
"Wow!
trying to start a war godless atheist (8^)
"
Nope. That war started a long, long time ago, and the battles continue. I just find it interesting that the various denominations of Christianity find it useful to toss word bombs back and forth at each other.
The text bomb that started this thing is little different from the Jack Chick tract I linked to. I just dislike folks stirring up these battles on FR.
As for my knowledge of scripture, you're right. It's quite extensive.
Sorry, again! I messed up by not posting on the Religion forum. I agree that it would be best posted there. I assumed wrongly that I posted it correctly. Oops!
If someone knows how I can get it removed or transfered over there I would be glad to know.
Sincerely
All you need to do is send a private message to Admin Moderator, and it will be done.
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