[StAthanasiustheGreat]

Outstanding response. You won’t get a reply because they have none when challenged by facts, rather they close their ears and stick with the dis-proved concepts.

[Mad Dawg]

At the risk of sounding outrageously self-righteous, I'd say: Let us pray for our enemies. They cause us pain, but they do themselves greater harm.

What will become of sinners if we do not first see that we are sinners and then pray for all sinners, "especially those most in need of [His] mercy"?

It's like The Big Rock Candy Mountain -- sweetness and ease and strength -- "The buzzing of the bees and the cigarette trees, the soda water fountains!" -- and all these angry and sorrowful ones who look at it and are repelled!

We have plenty to weep over and plenty for which to repent.

[Mad Dawg]

Actually it appears that Pastor Silva did answer my email on Friday. Unfortunately his email ended up in the directory I reserve for junk. I erred in not checking more carefully. He was prompt.

His email, which illustrates a major gambit of Sado-Evangelism, namely: changing the subject, follows. After it I have posted my reply.

His email:

From: Apprising Ministries [mailto:apprising@hughes.net] Sent: Friday, February 29, 2008 10:39 AM To: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Baptism and the RC Church

Hello xxxxxx,

Thank you for contacting Apprising Ministries.

Below you write: "May I ask exactly what service you hoped to perform by carelessly promulgating a falsehood?"

You do realize that the additional quotes you cite in your letter only further my contention that the apostate Church of Rome preaches a false gospel, right?

For Christ's honor I labor,

Pastor Ken Silva President Apprising Ministries http://apprising.org/ Ezekiel 3:7-14

General Editor Christian Research Net http://christianresearchnetwork.com/ 2 Corinthians 11:12-15

Here's my reply:

Sir,

Thank you for your email.

I was going to write, “Thank you for your response,” but your email was not a response. You changed the subject and did not address the issue I raised.

The issue is not what furthers your general contention. The issue is that you said that the Catholic Church teaches a thing which it in fact does not teach.

Now you know that the Church does not teach what you said it teaches. Even if it were stipulated that the Church “preaches a false gospel”, I cannot understand how someone committed to Him who called Himself the Truth would use falsehood to establish what he thought was the true Gospel

How can it be a labor in the honor of Christ to say what is not so? I ask again what service you hope to perform by persisting in what you now know to be a falsehood.

Yours faithfully in Christ,