Posted on 03/30/2007 11:03:33 AM PDT by Gamecock
What's a beautiful Lassie like you doing on a thread like this? Do you like Jack Chick comics?
tipple...[think I'll have another!]
Slainte!
Francis
Knox can't beat up Maximus the Confessor!
I confess (get that-a wee joke) I know very little about Jack Chick.
A shamrock, is it? I'll be cryin' now and singin' "Mother Machree!"
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Not even the likes of St. Peter would dare to assume what God's judgement will be. Throughout the New Testament, the philosophy of Faith and Hope is taught. Not the absolutes of predetermined judgement. Your judgement will be from Him. As will mine, and everyone else's.
The facts are straightforward here. Supporting any other conclusion should prove quite interesting.
Sad, really.
I suppose I'll have to use Mother Theresa as the modern yardstick.
See you tomorrow, Lassie! Don't be around this thread when the sun goes down!
...that looks like me cousin Seamus' cottage near Kerry!
:) A pleasant evening to ye.
Izlam is almost as old and Bhuddism is older...???
Islam is 1400 years old. history, it can be your friend.
Agreed.
Post #88 wasn't the fruit of my belief, it was the fruit of the one who posted it, and it was removed because of it's content.
Men should feel uncomfortable with idolatry.
Not just "feel uncomfortable". Man should not participate in idolatry.
Please look at my post #150. If you deem it personal, please remove. I am trying to take a step back. Please also look at Iscool's #25. Thank you.
http://www.leaderu.com/theology/southernbapt.html says that::
Thus, the "messengers" to the annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention acknowledged that America's largest non-Catholic flock has been hit by waves of clergy sexual abuse affecting untold numbers of women, men, teen-agers and children. The resolution, which passed with little opposition, called for "ministers of the gospel -- whether they are pastors, counselors, educators, missionaries, chaplains or others -- to be above reproach morally, both within the body of Christ and in the larger community."
The intent of it is clear. Yet this statement also demonstrates why it will be hard for freewheeling and autonomous Protestant congregations to attack clergy sexual abuse.
While news media have repeatedly focused on abuse among Catholics, Protestant insiders have also long known that many of their own clergy -- especially youth workers and pastors who do counseling -- were breaking the laws of God and man.
"The incidence of sexual abuse by clergy has reached 'horrific proportions,' " according to a 2000 report to the Baptist General Convention of Texas. It noted that studies conducted in the 1980s found that about 12 percent of ministers had "engaged in sexual intercourse with members" and nearly 40 percent had "acknowledged sexually inappropriate behavior."
12 percent of ministers had sex with members and 40 percent had engaged in inappropriate sexual behaviour. I think that the celibacy thing is a red herring. I think it really is a societal thing and we have not dealt with it sufficiently yet. But we are doing so.
I am in debt to you for this post and for being faithful to truth in reporting and truth in presenting facts. Truth has been sadly absent or sadly abused on these forums.
Thanks many times.
Gee, what happened to my post #88? Have I been knocked off the top spot already?
What did you say? I had to busy about my Saturday chores and missed everything.
From this point on Titanites, please ping me to each post wherein you refer to me, else please refrain from slandering me behind my back altogether.
Awww, shucks. 'Tweren't nuthin'.
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