Posted on 02/15/2010 9:07:17 AM PST by GonzoII
The Scenario:
Ever have one of those days when you’re feeling full of energy and vigor? I mean, you’re feeling just obnoxiously happy? Well, this is one of those days.
Driving home from work, you switch on the radio to see what’s happening, and you tune in to a local Protestant radio station just in time to hear a preacher speaking against various Catholic doctrines concerning Mary. The show is called Pastor Bob’s Bible Hour. Pastor Bob proclaims: “Jesus knew Catholics would come along and begin to worship His mother and call her perpetual virgin and absurd things like that. But the Bible says: ‘Is not this the carpenter’s son? Is not His mother called Mary? And are not His brethren James and Joseph and Simon and Judas? And are not all of His sisters with us?’ (Matt. 13:55-56a). And isn’t it sad, my brothers and sisters?”
Pastor Bob goes on to say: “Jesus dealt with these Mary worshippers in His day. In Luke 11:27-28, the Bible says, ‘A woman in the crowd raised her voice and said to Him, “Blessed is the womb that bore You, and the breasts that You sucked!” But He said, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and keep it!”’”
On a normal day you would probably just listen, take a few mental notes and drive on. But not this time. You’re feeling a little bit too saucy. You take the first exit you see and head for a phone. This is just one more reason why you need to buy that cell phone you’ve been talking about getting.
Step One:
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lol. In this discussion it is YOU who has brought up Ratzinger and his father. Not me. And I have never posted any lies about Ratzinger and his father.
Just more proof of your stalking me from thread to thread, trailing clattering tin cans from the tailpipe.
Do you kneel and pray to mattresses, too?
So it is ok to say Mary does not produce the holy water she just has possession of it and sprinkles it where SHE WILL?
How nice of God to give His unmerited favor to his mom and tell her to do with it as she will.. Do you have any evidence of this or is it all concocted by men?
My personal opinion is that, for sure, one outward sign of election is robust Marian devotion. On the other hand, the venom with which Marian devotions are met is a sure sign of a soul in great danger. I don't know if that i strue in absolutely every case, dogmatically, but this is a rule of thumb I have.
LOL ..I am sorry but there is no scriptural basis for any of this nonsense
How was grace distributed before Mary had the sprinkler?
Jhn 1:17 — For the law was given by Moses, [but] grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
Rom 1:5 — By whom we have received grace and apostleship, for obedience to the faith among all nations, for his name:
Yes. I was wondering how this thread could have gotten this far without you heaping them with Nazi smears.
And I have never posted any lies about [His Holiness Pope Benedict] and his father.
You have posted more than once your false claim that Pere Ratzinger was an officer in the SS.
It was, is and will remain false.
Or is this just more of your "it's not in the Bible so we can do whatever we please?"
You mock a miracle of Christ with stunning bile.
You seem genuinely to not understand the role of His miracles in His mission.
Since you claim we must not do so, perhaps you can show me where it is barred.
This dude Eckleburg is just fishing out of the net.
She ain’t no dude.
They still have work to do on earth, the Blessed Virgin Mary's earthly life is complete and rewarded therefor we see her as an example to be followed.
I think Cletus, after having it explained it to him 50-60 times would understand the Catholic position.
Either our non-Catholic friends are not as bright as Cletus, or simply choose to be intentionally dishonest.
It’s about as honest as someone saying “Conservatives worship Karl Marx”, and as if repeating it enough will make it true.
lolol. Thank you for the admission that it was you, and not me, who brought up Ratzinger and his father and their sorry past.
"Clatter...clank...boink," go the tin cans of thread stalkers.
And I've never called Ratzinger a "Nazi." He was a member of the Hitler Youth; he shot at Allied planes as a member of a German anti-aircraft unit; he was imprisoned by Americans as a prisoner of war; his father was a SS officer; and his family suffered no reprisals from the Nazis. His father retired on time and in comfort in Bavaria.
I respond to misrepresentations, distortions, and hatred of the Catholic faith wherever I find them.
I never denied it. In fact, I stated it twice.
Some men have itching ears and enjoy the sound of their own names waaay too much.
Where in Scripture does it say it has to be there?
Absolutely false. And you have no proof.
Remember you said that. If experience is any teacher, 100 posts from now you will be accusing me of bringing it up all by my lonesome.
Why aren't you holding fast to the Traditions whether by word or epistle?
That's exactly what Petronski was refuting, and you continue to spread that lie! You also leave out the fact that German youth were required to join the Hitler Youth, and that German young men were drafted. You also leave out the fact that the young Ratzinger deserted.
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