Posted on 04/25/2007 4:41:04 PM PDT by NYer
What did I attribute that you said falsely?
I ended that post with a question??
Go figure??
As I sit here and read all of this,and all I can think of are the churches out there now preaching abortion,homosexuality, is ok. There will always be people who will not have the desire to believe anything other than what they want to believe for many different reasons.But the one holy scripture which stands out every day for me is Isaiah 5:20,Woe unto them who call evil good,and good evil.who put darkness for light.and light for darkness,who put bitter for sweet,and sweet for bitter.And we can see our youth today falling away if we Christians do not unite. Our young people today,in elementary schools are being taught homosexuality is ok and look to yourself and if you are it’s ok. Young children. We see millions of children murdered every year through abortion but can’t understand the violence in school shootings. There will always be a difference in opinions of what scripture says because we all WANT to be right.But how many times has the world been coming to an end,the rapture,end time prophecy,over and over,using holy scripture to lay it all out.And yet we have been told not even the angels,or Christ himself knows the time. But we can see evil in front of us every day and telling us that it is not evil and it’s ok.I am not a college graduate or that smart,but I try to humble myself before God and tell him I don’t understand what you are saying in holy Scriptures.Am I the only one who needs help? lol So I look to the church to see what they have to say and then go back and read scriptures to see if it makes sense to me. lol I love reading books written by Scott Hahn and yes he is a convert to the Catholic faith and makes makes scripture come alive through his talks and books. I am reading the Lambs Supper now,along with the bible. Gods’ peace to all.
red irish, your point about churches that call evil good, is a compelling one. It’s one of the strongest arguments that Catholics can make on behalf of their church, I have to admit (as a non-Catholic). It’s the one church that can always be counted on (at least from the Vatican) to be consistent in opposition to abortion and other assaults on life. I suppose the Orthodox are consistent on these issues too, but you don’t hear from them - maybe because they’re a small group in the US, and they are split up among various patriarchates. Even the evangelicals were late in waking up on the abortion issue. So I can’t argue with Catholics who say, Our church is consistent and strong on the social issues that count.
Well, I should be grateful for those kind comments. :-)
For most of history, the average lay person was illiterate. Kind of hard to read when you don't know how, eh?. It was the monks in monasteries that maintained the Bible in manuscripts. Each copy of the Bible took a long time to transcribe and was not very portable. After the printing press was invented, it was the heretical translations of the Bible that the Catholic Church didn't want the laity to read. The Douay-Rheims Bible is an English translation approved by the Catholic Church.
What Catholic radio do you listen to? All the Catholic programs I listen to are very much concerned with the salvation of those who do not know Christ.
You are deluded if you think the Catholic church has any direct political power anywhere in the world. Any laws or restrictions are put in place by those who are running the government.
If you will look again at Post 21 you will find the following Scripture references. I’m surprised that you missed them.
John 17:11,21-23
Matthew 16:17-19
John 6:51,53-54
Luke 22:19-20
2 Peter 3:15-16
2 Maccabees
I'm listening to the local "Immaculate Heart" station - and the emphasis seems to be on converting protestants.
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