Posted on 08/05/2010 12:36:10 PM PDT by NYer
There's no such thing as "Trinity" in scripture either...was that made of whole cloth, too?
You see, this is the problem with you Bible-Thumpers...you criticize the organic growth of Church doctrine, and act like every situation can be shoved into a scriptural box, even when it can't, then just ignore the Bible when people you can't do without fail to live up to the scriptural anecdotes you've made into doctrines.
Find me a "Bible" Church without at least one divorced man on the deacon board!
I suggest you read more about what an annulement really is. It’s a tad bit more than a “wink and a nod”. You seem to have a knack for representing half-truths and myths about the Catholic Church. If that offends you & you’d like to run to the moderator to have me banned, so be it but it’s the truth.
You are right about God not being mocked & people finding that out someday. That we can agree on. I think we will differ, however, in who those people are.
Observing that a poster is insensitive to a primary issue while attending to a secondary issue is “analysis,” not “mind reading.”
Could you suggest a better phrase for pointing out that incongruity than the colloquial use of “seeing” in such cases?
If you don't want to get "spanked," quit picking up "rocks."
You are being unfair, but even if your generalization was correct, it does not justify turning away from God. The Catholic Church was established by Christ as the sole means of salvation. The niceness of other sinners who answer the call should be a secondary concern.
Blood-bought believers have direct access to the Throne of Grace.
Thanks, you answered my question.
Were I to leave evangelicalism for Catholicism it would not be for intellectual reasons. It would be because of their unity combined with their apostolic heritage. Those are the strongest selling points of the RCC, imho. The intellectual rigor of academic reformed theologians is 2nd to none and that of academic evangelicalism is not far behind
Whether Catholic, reformed or evangelical none of those reasons are based on emotion
“And some, like Scott Hahn were fraudulently hyped...”Presbyterian minister” my eye! He went to seminary, and was an elder in tiny tiny house church—and while teaching at a Christian school (where he had fraudulently sworn that he believed their statement of faith—when at the time he did not) “
Echoes of Charles Finney. Unfortunately still touted by some on FR as an Evangelical Protestant Christian.
http://www.spurgeon.org/~phil/articles/finney.htm
As a recently baptized Catholic who agrees with you on your interpretation of canon law, I would hope to see our faith represented with a heavy dose of love.
The love that I felt at Sacred Heart in Tampa is what initially attracted me to the church after a great deal of church shopping.
Just as the church teaches that both the body and spirit are good and of God... our arguments can be pursued with both intellect and mercy.
The better that our priests and parishioners combine and understanding of the faith, with clear standards AND mercy they better off the church and our society will be.
Thank you for the heads up on next weeks roman catholic "talking points".
I would like to know what it is like to live in an alternate universe, so tell me...
I would like to know what it is like to live in an alternate universe, so tell me...
I would like to know what it is like to live in an alternate universe, so tell me...
You'd better pick up the Red Phone and tell Jesus; he's out there saving souls left and right based on nothing more than their belief in Who He is, and their faith in the sufficiency of His sacrifice on their behalf.
A nullity of marriage is not a Catholic form of divorce.
It is a declaration that there was never a sacramental marriage based on facts that are very private and intimate to the couple.
The process is intense and painful for those involved.
Though it has been abused, what in the world isn’t?, it not divorce.
Most Catholics who divorce civilly do not go through the annulment process because it delves into many intimate details of one’s marriage before a decision is made.
The Rosary is the New Testament in prayer.
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