So, let me get this straight: We, gratuitously and falsely attacked,on the Lord's Day, (those Protestants calling themselves Seventh Day Adventists: excuse me, this is for the sake of argument only) with lies, should turn the other cheek and gently point out the error of those who come at us with slander and anything but gentleness? We're guilty until we demonstrate our innocence?
I'll play this game: We do not believe and never have believed that one can buy God off. Sure SOME Catholics may have believed it, but it was never official teaching. Some Protestants, after all, think sex is intrinsically evil (Some ignorant RCs too) and I have heard one say that sexual intercourse was original sin, but I have never claimed that Protestants, as a class, believe that.
Now I grasp the magic 8-ball in my hand and turn around three times (not omitting to worship some saint or other and generally bowing down to a stock, or possibly a bond, of wood) and the mantic deamon comes upon me and tells me that this clarification will be met with outright denial, in the form of,"Well, what about this or that practice? What about Tetzel, what about blah blah?"? And when, if I should have the time, I deal with that, someone else will say I am "parsing".
And when I finally lose my patience at dealing with this passle of lies, I will be told I am not gentle.
My personal opinion is that if you want to attack the RC church, the way to start would be to find out what she says of herself. Then your attacks would not be seen by her members as being SO very wide of the mark as to exhibit culpable negligence.
So, let me get this straight: We, gratuitously and falsely attacked,on the Lord's Day, (those Protestants calling themselves Seventh Day Adventists: excuse me, this is for the sake of argument only) with lies, should turn the other cheek and gently point out the error of those who come at us with slander and anything but gentleness?Exactly! The Way of the Lord is not an easy Way, but it IS the ONLY Way.
My dad used to say the Bible never tells us what to do after we turn the other cheek (we run out of cheeks, after all. we're never told to just keep turning them back and forth).
I am no longer Catholic, but am so sick of people who think it is their duty to bash other religions. I understand people wanting to talk about why they think their religion is better for them, but the outright bashing of other religions is ridiculous. Because I know when someone bashes a religion it makes me want to be join right up with whatever church is insulting other people's spiritual beliefs. That's sure a prime example of Christianity.