Testimony of a Former Irish Priest

BereanBeacon.Org ^ | Richard Peter Bennett

[Iscool]

Jesus never told his apostles to write down a single word. He told them to TEACH. They do so by preaching and also by referring to the Word in Scripture, which was written under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit.

Would I get this if I became a Catholic???

[wagglebee]

Yes, the bigotry does truly exist; in fact, I do believe it often is actually hatred.

There really isn't a difference.

[metmom]

Besides you, I take it....

;)

[metmom]

If you don’t care, why are you making such an issue about it?

You’re complaining, using inappropriate language that apparently got pulled once already, and pining everybody and their brother complaining about how you don’t like how the RF is run.

You were the one begging for the thread to be locked earlier (post 2568).

I have to agree with Dr. E, it sure looks you’re trying to get that done again.

If you don’t care, why are you here?

[metmom]

pining=pinging

[Brian Kopp DPM]

Please feel free to share your typical daily scripture readings (just a typical day, please don’t exaggerate).

[xone]

ph

[Religion Moderator]

This is an "open" Religion Forum thread meaning it is in a town square format, it may be contentious and thick skin is required.

Posters who are uncomfortable with that type of debate should IGNORE "open" RF threads altogether and instead post to threads labeled "caucus" "ecumenical" "prayer" or "devotional."

Either stop picking at the scabs and discuss the issues without making it personal or leave the thread.

[Brian Kopp DPM]

Is it in the Soylent White Wafers?

Wow. Quix has reached a new low in the level of deliberate insult with intent to injure fellow Christians. You do your side of the debate proud.

As a psychologist . . .

Quix is a psychologist?!?

[Dutchboy88]

"I realize this is foreign to most Roman Catholics who spend their Sundays on their knees contemplating their own good works; ignorantly praying to dead people; venerating Mary as a "co-redeemer;" and most egregiously of all, partaking in the blasphemy they call the eucharist which is nothing more than "another Christ" ignoring the teaching of Hebrews by offering what he wrongly presumes to be Christ again for new sins committed which, in fact, is a charade of true Christianity and an affront to Jesus Christ who has not been brought down from heaven to be served up again like yesterday's pork roast, but who, after having paid the total price for all the sins of His flock, now resides in heaven where He sits making His enemies such as Rome his footstool.

Not only is this grammatically correct, but it is theologically perfect...especially the "pork roast" part. Amen, amen, amen.

[Cronos]

Do you speak any language besides English? Do you know of gender terms used for objects? like in french, table is feminine, horloge (clock) is neuter and radio is masculine.

In French, the name Pierre (Peter) is masculine and the noun pierre (rock) is feminine. The metaphor works wonderfully in French as it did in Aramaic. "Tu es Pierre et sur cette pierre je bâtirai mon Eglise..."

But in Greek, the noun "rock" was feminine and therefore unsuitable as a name for Simeon, The noun Rock was translated to the masculine name Petros when it referred to Peter, and to the feminine noun petra when it referred to the rock. In ancient Koine Greek, petra and petros were total synonyms, unlike modern Attic Greek and unlike Ionic Greek which was about 400 year before Christ.

Do you understand? Petra = Petros in Koine greek, synonyms (that means that they meant/mean the same, but in masculine/feminine gender)

[Natural Law]

"How about Wiccans? They see "God" all around them."Do you even know what an Abrahamic religion is? Are you a polytheist believing that there is more than the one God of Abraham?

[Cronos]

In Evangelical circles, the "little rock, big rock" theory is fairly recent. Nearly every Protestant commentary written in the last 50 years interprets Peter as the rock upon which the Church was built.

W. F. Albright explains this:

Peter as the Rock will be the foundation of the future community, the church....To deny the pre-eminent position of Peter among the disciples or in the early Christian community is a denial of the evidence.

[Natural Law]

"Just lucky, I guess."

Incredible luck is a major component in most cofabulations. It is often referred to as deus ex machina. It helps tie the implausible ends together, but requires a suspension of disbelief. Its just looks pretty clumsy because I still don't believe you.

[Natural Law]

"Calling the Catholic Church's veneration of Mary “blasphemy” is a vicious lie. Period."

Either that or she just can't comprehend the meaning of the word venerate.

[Cronos]

Metmom: And the difference between *Scripture* and *the Word of God* is what precisely?

John 1:1 :

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

He was with God in the beginning.

3Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.

4In him was life, and that life was the light of men

The Word of God is not encompassed just in the Written Word. As +Paul says it is the spoken Word as well -- Jesus IS The Word and He has no boundaries

[Quix]

Great questions to the absurd Vatican position.

[Natural Law]

"Quix is a psychologist?!?"

It requires a considerable leap of faith to believe it a(which I don't) but I'll bet he has spent a lot of time in the company of mental health professionals.

[Quix]

It appears that along with
mangled theology,
mangled reality testing,
mangled Bibles,
mangled history texts,
mangled daffynitionaries,
mangled logic texts, . . .

I guess it’s kind of automatic . . .

one ends up with mangled perceptions and mangled emotions.

High Mass,

Biomass . . .

Pomp and Circumstance, Hoopla.

One hopes that somehow God was involved.

If not, what a vainglorious waste, affront, even.

[Quix]

It’s called “hyperdulia”. Look it up.

It’s called “blasphemy.”

Look it up.

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ABSOLUTELY TO THE SUPREME DEGREE!

God has NEVER been into weasel words.