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I'm joining the Catholic Church next month. Advice/Books/Etc.?

Posted on 05/28/2008 6:05:04 PM PDT by Ultra Sonic 007

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To: Ultra Sonic 007

Well said.


1,061 posted on 05/31/2008 6:49:54 AM PDT by Judith Anne
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To: Mad Dawg

Heh. I’m a #3 also. :D


1,062 posted on 05/31/2008 6:52:32 AM PDT by Judith Anne
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To: Cronos
You think we didn't have reformers IN the Church? We did -- St. Francis for one, St. Ignatius Loyola for another.

The, ahem, Dominican (but who's counting ...) Pope Saint Pius V ...

1,063 posted on 05/31/2008 6:57:03 AM PDT by Mad Dawg (Oh Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee.)
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To: xzins

“Unfortunately, with the credibility issue, I’m only left with the real possibility that this thread is designed as some kind of coup for the RC side in the ongoing RC/Prot discussion.”

That’s absurd. Are you really thinking that there is a coordinated cabal of Catholics designing strategies on a BBS website that we read when, in my case, I rest between tasks and running around?

A coup? Do you seriously believe this?


1,064 posted on 05/31/2008 7:05:29 AM PDT by OpusatFR (Will hijack threads for cheese - brie or better. No Borden's please.)
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To: Ultra Sonic 007; xzins
I’m only left with the real possibility that this thread is designed as some kind of coup for the RC side in the ongoing RC/Prot discussion.

As I thought, the whole thread is a Catholic conspiracy! Be honest, did the Jesuits put you up to this? This ranks right up there with other conspiracy threads about Peter never went to Rome, Simon Magus and the Pseudo-Isidorean Decretals.

Oh yeah, Welcome Home!

1,065 posted on 05/31/2008 7:08:59 AM PDT by pegleg
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To: XeniaSt; Petronski
The Eucharist is some Pagan Fable created following Constantine the first Pontiff of the Roman church created sunday worship and the Pagan feast of easter

You mean the festival of Pascha as it's termed in non-English European languages? Bashem, hash them words together.
1,066 posted on 05/31/2008 7:10:04 AM PDT by Cronos ("Islam isn't in America to be equal to any other faith, but to become dominant" - Omar Ahmed, CAIR)
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To: XeniaSt; Petronski
The Eucharist is some Pagan Fable created following Constantine the first Pontiff of the Roman church created sunday worship and the Pagan feast of easter

You mean the festival of Pascha as it's termed in non-English European languages? Bashem, hash them words together and you get funny stories about how easter is derived from eostre or something, completely forgettnig that there are other languages besides English, catch'em?
1,067 posted on 05/31/2008 7:10:40 AM PDT by Cronos ("Islam isn't in America to be equal to any other faith, but to become dominant" - Omar Ahmed, CAIR)
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To: OpusatFR

Perhaps I should start a thread (caucus, of course) to form one.....:D


1,068 posted on 05/31/2008 7:11:17 AM PDT by Judith Anne
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To: OpusatFR; Dr. Eckleburg

doc eck speaks for all Protestants. He knows everything about all the various groups, the unitarians, the Jehovah’s witnesses, the Lutheran, the Angicans, the Prebyterians, the Church of Moon, the Mormons, etc. etc all the non-Catholic groups who seem to distinguish themsevels by saying they are not Catholic. they have nothign in common but their hatred of The Church


1,069 posted on 05/31/2008 7:17:45 AM PDT by Cronos ("Islam isn't in America to be equal to any other faith, but to become dominant" - Omar Ahmed, CAIR)
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To: xzins; Ultra Sonic 007
You say that you have just converted to RCatholicism,

[ Big Buzzer Noise! ]

Actually, I'd like to bring this case back into court so I can throw it out again. Where, precisely, does US7 say he has "just converted"?

(Hint: NOWHERE!)

What he in fact says is that he is THINKING, or PLANNING to convert. That would be a discussion of some act in the FUTURE at the time of writing.

The title of the thread, for those whom the scent of blood has momentarily blinded, includes:

"I'm joining the Catholic Church next month",
(Emphasis added for obnoxiousness.)
Let's gather our wits a second. I know that when Catholics aren't being so incredibly dumb that they cannot string two words together to make a mumble, then they are wily beyond earthly reckoning, but I think we just might consider that US7 is being fetchingly and disarmingly candid. It might be that he is not yet infected with the filthy Jesuitickle disease and means and has meant pretty much what he has written: to wit: that he has been thinking about joining the Church for a while, and that he has made up his mind and is asking for some advice for the next few steps of his pilgrimage.

I recognize that this far-fetched conjecture would require our Protestant friends to attribute to someone who disagrees with them ingenuousness, simplicity, and candor. I can see how hard this might be to imagine, how unlikely a stipulation it is to entertain. So I say again that he has not yet joined and so still may maintain a few shreds of decency, threads which will of course be wrenched from him entirely when his conversion is complete and he falls, ensnared into the lethal embraces of the Whore of Babylon.

Well! THAT was exhilarating.

1,070 posted on 05/31/2008 7:20:23 AM PDT by Mad Dawg (Oh Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee.)
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To: Ultra Sonic 007; xzins
xzins post making it personal has been deleted.

"Please: NO profanity, NO personal attacks, NO racism or violence in posts."

1,071 posted on 05/31/2008 7:22:11 AM PDT by narses (...the spirit of Trent is abroad once more.)
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To: Judith Anne

Please put me on your Vast Catholic Wing conspiracy ping list. ;-)


1,072 posted on 05/31/2008 7:23:20 AM PDT by netmilsmom (I am Ironmom. (but really made from Gold plated titanium))
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To: Mad Dawg; Dr. Eckleburg; 1000 silverlings; P-Marlowe; Gamecock

If you read my post again, I said that the existence of US7 RC pings back to 2005 and the lack of Prot pings at all raises reasonable doubts. It does. No denying it.


1,073 posted on 05/31/2008 7:26:40 AM PDT by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain -- Those denying the War was Necessary Do NOT Support the Troops!)
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To: netmilsmom

I’m mentally composing it at this very moment....

:D


1,074 posted on 05/31/2008 7:27:46 AM PDT by Judith Anne
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To: netmilsmom

Actually, better than that, to keep away vampires, always carry a set of keys around with you — I’ve always carried keys with me and I’ve never been attacked by vampires. Now, THAT’s a fact


1,075 posted on 05/31/2008 7:29:10 AM PDT by Cronos ("Islam isn't in America to be equal to any other faith, but to become dominant" - Omar Ahmed, CAIR)
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To: xzins
reasonable doubts

Sadly, it cannot be read again. Perhaps it could be reworded?

1,076 posted on 05/31/2008 7:30:23 AM PDT by Judith Anne
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To: Petronski; XeniaSt

Ah, Constantine was, according to Xenia a Pontiff of the Church. So too was Snoopy and Big Bird according to.. So, if you keep repeating the same things over the over again, some people believe that constitutes the truth, so if you bash’em, you cash ‘em.


1,077 posted on 05/31/2008 7:31:32 AM PDT by Cronos ("Islam isn't in America to be equal to any other faith, but to become dominant" - Omar Ahmed, CAIR)
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To: Ultra Sonic 007
>>US7, DrEck’s post is pretty devastating. In it she lists posts that go back to 2005 through 2007 that show you behaving in a Roman Catholic manner.<<

This is the funniest thing I have seen in a long time and I give you Kudos for answering it with grace. I may have just pointed and laughed.

>>Unfortunately, with the credibility issue, I’m only left with the real possibility that this thread is designed as some kind of coup for the RC side in the ongoing RC/Prot discussion.<<


1,078 posted on 05/31/2008 7:32:38 AM PDT by netmilsmom (I am Ironmom. (but really made from Gold plated titanium))
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To: Cronos

Ya know, come to think about it, I’ve never had a vampire anywhere near me.

I think you’ve got something with the key thing....


1,079 posted on 05/31/2008 7:34:07 AM PDT by netmilsmom (I am Ironmom. (but really made from Gold plated titanium))
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