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To: Mad Dawg
I could be wrong about this

You are wrong about it.

65 posted on 05/06/2007 6:28:09 PM PDT by GoLightly
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To: GoLightly
You are wrong about it.

And a blessed Monday to you too.

I may be wrong about the reality but I'm the world's foremost expert on what it looks like from here. And what it looks like from here is a bunch of angry, hostile, and judgmental people dead set on not understanding (note: I did not say "agreeing with", I said "understanding")what we teach, eager to misrepresent what we teach, speedy to condemn us for not believing as they do.

Last night it occurred to me that if one's religion includes the assurance that one is right as a sign that one is saved, then one can expect a kind of brittleness and inflexibility in conversation. Entertaining the possibility that there might be something worthwhile in catholic Christianity would mean entertaining the possibility that one was not saved, which, according to some theologies would be sign that one was not saved.

No wonder conversation is difficult!

68 posted on 05/07/2007 3:29:07 AM PDT by Mad Dawg ( St. Michael: By the power of God, fight with us!)
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To: GoLightly; P-Marlowe
Go here for an example of the kind of post which APPEARS to make "faith" a work which must be performed correctly.

(P-Marlowe: pinging you because I'm referring to a post of yours)

133 posted on 05/08/2007 4:24:24 AM PDT by Mad Dawg ( St. Michael: By the power of God, fight with us!)
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