Says the man who makes a sweeping generalization about how prots prattle in their messages...
It’s showing contempt towards a people of a particular Faith, dumping them all like clones into one basket.
Says the man who says prot preachers all prattle and would assume mine does rather than read what he had to say. I have attended Catholic services in Italy, NY, Minnesota, all and all at more parishes than I could count and while the order might differ more and more thats pretty much the contents of a given service.
The macro picture you paint of Catholics doesn’t fit a large number of them.
I did not paint picture of Catholic people, I painted a picture of catholic mass. I am sure there are catholics craving meat but they are not getting it in mass. And there are *many* catholics who would not know meat if it sas spoon fed to them, they might wonder 'why does the service have to be so long'..
1.) Go to the Saturday Night, 5:30 p.m., "quicky";
2.) Arrive 5:32 p.m. -- Take seat in back near door;
3.) 5:33 to 5:45 p.m. -- Look around to see if you know anybody;
4.) 5:45 p.m. -- Wonder how long the priest will drone on about whatever the heck he is talking about during the homily;
5.) 5:50 p.m. -- Hope the communion line moves faster. Why do so many people insist on receiving the host in their hands, don't they know how much longer that makes this last?!
6.) 5:52 p.m. -- Communion is ending. Do I duck out now, or wait until the last song starts?
7.) 5:55 p.m. -- Guilt held me until the start of the last song. If I leave now, I won't have to talk to anyone, and I can get to my poker game on time (okay, that's a low blow, sorry.);
8.) 5:58 p.m. -- Whew! I'm glad I went tonight! Tomorrow I'd have to sit there for nearly a full hour.
I beg your pardon.
I have not written that Protestants “prattle”. I was echoing what Protestants were saying about Catholics. I have never accused Protestants of prattle. I have Protestant siblings and I am very carefult to treat them and all like them with respect. “You must esteem the person of every man” says St. Peter in his epistle.
Find the place that I personally and directly said that Protestants (and their preachers) “prattle”. Just for the sake of clarity, I will say it again: I was repeating BACK what Protestants were saying about Catholics who “prattle”.
By now, that word prattle is starting to look ridiculous in print and worse in my brain.
I’m not at all concerned about what may be interpreted by saying this:
I’m not interested in continuing on this thread. I’ve reached a point where I don’t see any point in wasting any more time here.
So sayanara and may God bless each and everyone of us.