Posted on 05/14/2008 10:16:49 PM PDT by Dr. Eckleburg
I’m so disappointed in your comment. LOL!
See #279
“But even if she had “made it personal” - two wrongs would not make it right.”
You’re right of course. I’m sorry.
I was looking for consistency in treatment. We see her comments towards me differently I guess. So be it.
I don't hate Mary or Diana worshipers. I find them very intresting. I find that Wiccans have far less reverence and all other words that mean worship for the Goddess than Marian RCs have for Mary.
You are doing great, but as you can see, some just like to argue.
Not being able to do that is sad for them.
They want to fight the 100 Years War again.
Since I am the one who made the reference that included Hitler (Oh great, an article by a Baptist (Spurgeon) referring to an Anglican (Pusey) selectively quoting on what Catholics believe. So much more reliable than listening to the Catholics themselves. (So, Mr. Hitler, do the Jews really drink the blood of German babies?) I will respond to the statement above.
As I stated earlier, it was not my intention to equate Protestants to Nazis. I here apologize if that was the impression that I gave. The point I was trying to make (and the only point) is that relying on a biased and hostile source like Spurgeon for what Catholics believe is like relying on Hitler (another biased and hostile source) for the practices of the Jews. I find relying on demonstrably anti-Catholic writers as sources of Catholic belief particularly offensive since Catholics themselves are not shy in explaining what we believe. What is the point of going to such a source when there are plenty of Catholic sources to go to?
We are looking for theological truth on threads, not looking to demean people personally.
I have no problem with a rough and tumble give and take. If someone wants to state that Catholic veneration of Mary is excessive or unwarranted (or even unBiblical), that would be fair game. But to insist that Catholics believe something that we have repeatedly denied and to use an anti-Catholic source rather than our own documents to "prove" it is dishonest.
Not that you or I have ever been guilty of that sin, I'm sure......(cough, cough, cough).
"Me" and "they" and "I" are pronouns.
(/grammar lesson)
You worship statues and you're ignorant of the Scriptures!
Can be effectively morphed into newspeak thusly:
It seems to me that RC's worship statues and it appears that they have may not the same Scriptural knowledge as I.
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Somehow, it doesn't have the same je ne sais quoi. :)
God would really bless me if you'd disengage combat long enough to pray for JR and set a good Christian example here. Who knows, this might turn into another powerful Christian thread for a very ill man, the founder of FR. And that would be far more Christian than anything that's being posted on this thread right now. Jim Robinson needs your prayers - it's that's simple - got it?
Didn’t you hear? I’m a walking living saint.
Ask my sisters *snicker*
But I have to say that I am really loving how the new posting is going. I have seen so many signs of love, it warms my heart.
I’m thinking of starting a thank you thread, but I have to pay a bit more attention to the posters. It’s been marvelous!
We have a huge enemy, and it’s not each other!
I went to one midnight Christmas mass accompanying a friend of mine
Have you ever read the liturgical order of the Mass?
No, but I will go to the link
Aside from the grammar lesson, sandyeggo has pegged how it is that so much gets under the radar screen. It’s all in knowing how to finesse, I guess. And unless you know how to perfect the art, NucSubs, you may find that there isn’t always consistency.
“It’s the way things are”. (With credit to “Babe”).
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