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To: Dr. Eckleburg
I'm assuming you have read the entire chapter of Romans 12?

Indeed I have. The question is: are you presuming to be the ones "feeding?" Because I've got to tell you, as a non-Catholic looking in: you and your pals are doing a really fine job with "haughty" and "wise in your own sight," and a damned poor job of "feeding."

And I presume that you have read the first chapter of 1 Corinthians:

I appeal to you, brothers, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be united in the same mind and the same judgment. For it has been reported to me by Chloe’s people that there is quarreling among you, my brothers. What I mean is that each one of you says, "I follow Paul," or "I follow Apollos," or "I follow Cephas," or "I follow Christ." Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were you baptized in the name of Paul? I thank God that I baptized none of you except Crispus and Gaius, so that no one may say that you were baptized in my name. (I did baptize also the household of Stephanas. Beyond that, I do not know whether I baptized anyone else.) For Christ did not send me to baptize but to preach the gospel, and not with words of eloquent wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power. (1 Cor. 1:10-17)

St. Paul was writing about precisely the sort of activity you are engaging in. It is you who are actively working to divide the Body of Christ. Oh, yeah, you say you're working for right doctrine, but look at what you're sowing: pointless dissention.

To be more specific, you're bashing about with the kind of "knowledge" that Paul dismisses:

Now concerning food offered to idols: we know that "all of us possess knowledge." This "knowledge" puffs up, but love builds up. If anyone imagines that he knows something, he does not yet know as he ought to know. But if anyone loves God, he is known by God. (1 Cor. 8:1-3)

Loving God is key. Nothing else really matters. So unless you want to (falsely, and damnably) claim that Catholics don't love God, and are therefore not known by Him, perhaps your efforts might be better spent getting your own house in order.

478 posted on 01/29/2008 8:13:16 PM PST by r9etb
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Because I've got to tell you, as a non-Catholic looking in: you and your pals are doing a really fine job with "haughty" and "wise in your own sight," and a damned poor job of "feeding."

You've told us with every post that you're some kind of "non-Catholic," but I've never met a "non-Catholic" who defends the RCC with such personal and unbridled enthusiasm, and with so much disdain for those who hold the Scriptures above the doctrines of men.

And with cursing, no less.

St. Paul was writing about precisely the sort of activity you are engaging in. It is you who are actively working to divide the Body of Christ. Oh, yeah, you say you're working for right doctrine, but look at what you're sowing: pointless dissention.

"Pointless dissention?" I don't know many Protesants who view the Reformation and the differences between Rome and non-Romanists as "pointless."

Usually those who refer to Paul as St. Paul are Catholics.

Since it's been asked of me countless times, do you mind telling us what church you do attend?

491 posted on 01/29/2008 10:59:51 PM PST by Dr. Eckleburg ("I don't think they want my respect; I think they want my submission." - Flemming Rose)
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To: r9etb; Dr. Eckleburg
Loving God is key. Nothing else really matters.

Wrong. Receiving the love of God is the key, and that love is so inextricably intertwined with His Word as found in the Holy Scriptures that they are inseparable. A person's word is so intertwined with who they are that you cannot accept the one without accepting the other.

If you have His Word as found in the Scriptures in your heart, then you have received His love. But if you reject His Word, then you have rejected His love -- and that is what matters.

And I presume that you have read the first chapter of 1 Corinthians:

And I presume that you read all the way through chapter 13 which says:

"Love rejoices not in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth." [I Corinthians 13:6]

A Christian's love rejoices in the truth. What does your love rejoice in????

500 posted on 01/30/2008 3:47:55 AM PST by Uncle Chip (TRUTH : Ignore it. Deride it. Allegorize it. Interpret it. But you can't ESCAPE it.)
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Loving God is key. Nothing else really matters.

The greatest commandment is of course love "God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength, and your neighbor as yourself." (Jesus, circa 30A.D.) Have you ever fulfilled all that is commanded by that law even for a couple of hours? Do you put God above all 24/7? Do you love your neighbor as your self?

Tell me not to steal my neighbor's jet ski, that I can do. But Love him!?! What if your neighbor is a homosexual atheist with a body ravaged by AIDS? Do you love him? Will you take him a casserole? Bath him? Hold his hand as he dies? Heck, I don't even love my wife as myself and she treats me like a king.

When Christ told the rich young ruler to sell his possessions and follow Him was He really condemning material wealth or did our Saviour really hit the ruler where he failed to fulfill that law after boastfully claiming to have kept the whole law? The passage clearly teaches it was the later.

If you really say you love God with all your heart and your neighbor as your self you don't need Christ. You trust your ability to love God with ALL YOU HEART I put my trust in Christ who fulfilled that law perfectly and imputed that love to me.

515 posted on 01/30/2008 6:56:22 AM PST by Gamecock (Aaron had what every mega-church pastor craves: a huge crowd that gave freely and lively worship.)
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