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To: bdeaner
A person who allows THIS to be done to them, in an act of pure obedience and self-sacrifice, for the salvation of mankind, is NO WIMP.



Too bad the Protestants cannot handle meditation upon the crucifix -- I guess they are too wimply to handle the harsh reality of what the Lord did for us when he suffered and died for our sins. Never forget.
15 posted on 06/27/2009 9:33:13 AM PDT by bdeaner (The bread which we break, is it not a participation in the body of Christ? (1 Cor. 10:16))
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To: bdeaner
A person who allows THIS to be done to them, in an act of pure obedience and self-sacrifice, for the salvation of mankind, is NO WIMP. Too bad the Protestants cannot handle meditation upon the crucifix -- I guess they are too wimply to handle the harsh reality of what the Lord did for us when he suffered and died for our sins. Never forget.

What in the world are you talking about??? Do you know???

This is your religion, not mine...I didn't write this stuff, your guys did...About you...

A certain feminine spin to Christianity is no modern novelty, of course. To the early pagans, our religion must have reeked of unmanly weakness, with its insistence on monogamy and celibacy, its idealized pacifism, its exaltation of mercy, its preference for the poor and helpless, and its meek-and-mild founder whose humiliation and death were somehow a blessing.

All of this is making today's Church, according to Leon Podles, author of The Church Impotent, "essentially a women's club with some male officers."

And the more "feminized" Catholicism thus became — the more its pews became recognized as the province of wives, children, and the effete

Like the article says, this is YOUR church, not mine...I was offering a suggestion how to attract men...There must be some medicine out there that will thicken your skin...

19 posted on 06/27/2009 5:49:29 PM PDT by Iscool (I don't understand all that I know...)
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