Posted on 12/14/2005 10:18:51 AM PST by presidio9
...patiently awaiting first "paragraphs are our friends" comment...
Paragraphs are our friends ;)
If they think it's bad now, just wait until they read the Bible.
A nun living in a monastery for six years?
Interesting.
I wonder if a monk who lived in a convent for six years will weigh in.
OK. Paragraphs are our friends. Whatever.
That being said, this is an important issue. What will the Vatican do about the "renegade" clergy that openly defy the Pope's orders. Maybe defrocking and excommunicating the ringleaders will make it clear that the Pope was not kidding.
Why don't you just use them then? Is it one of your joys in life to post huge blocks of text that are hard to read?
So, we are all saved no matter our Faith or our Works?? I think that repenting of our sins, and going forth to "sin no more" needs to be part of the equation.
Or, just do what feels good and see how it works for you.
Did God make Tookie, Hitler or Sister Theresa the way they are?
No. They chose the direction they would go in life, with many little steps and maybe a couple big decisions.
Hetero sexual men are "naturally" attracted to many women not their wife. Does that make adultery right, or at least "understandable" because that is the way they are?
It is "natural" to be tempted by 30 pieces of silver... it just depends on how big the pieces are. Does that make it excusable to accept a bribe?
Since you are new here, I'll let you know that cutting and pasting an article to the "Body of Thread" box is not, strictly speaking, an HTML exercise. But thanks.
"Judaism cannot make peace with homosexuality because homosexuality denies many of Judaism's most fundamental principles. It denies life, it denies God's expressed desire that men and women cohabit, and it denies the root structure that Judaism wishes for all mankind, the family."
- Dennis Prager
.... I suspect the same principles apply for a lot of Catholics, too.
Bump
Of course, in a sense, Christianity is a Jewish sect anyway.
I'm not new here, Einstein. However, you are indeed incompetent.
Next time, try using "View Source". All the work is already done for you. Even someone as HTML challenged as you should be able to successfully utilize that tool.
Touchy touchy.
By my standards, you ARE new here. Perhaps if you weren't, you would recognize that this occasional problem is specific to Miami Herald articles.
In any case, if paragraph breaks are essential to your own comprehension ability, you are always free to click on the hyperlink and read the story directly from the website. Thanks so much.
They clearly do NOT believe, otherwise they would accept the teaching.
If they want to invent their own personal Jesus, they should consider another means of accomplishing that besides trying to destroy the Catholic Church.
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