Did you mean vestment(s) and mitre(s) which are also worn by many protestants and the Greek Orthodox?
to tell them what the Bible means speaks to the fact that the majority of Catholics are Democrats who believe that Obama and Pelosi and Barney Frank are somehow qualified to interpret the Constitution for them.
You think you'll ever have to answer for bearing false witness?
AAC: You think you'll ever have to answer for bearing false witness?
Only if she ever does. So far I haven't seen that she has. Where is she lying oops... "bearing false witness"?
“You think you’ll ever have to answer for bearing false witness?”
I’ll have to answer for a lot of things. But in this case there’s nothing to answer for. While I applaud the Catholics who eschew the politics of the liberal Democrats it is demonstrably true that the majority of Catholics support liberal Democrat politics. Since the Catholic mind is apparently geared to having someone in authority to ‘interpret’ the meaning of the Bible for them it then seems to me to be a logical explanation for why Catholics overwhelmingly support liberal Democrats.
The liberal Democrat assertion that the Constitution is a ‘living document’ whose meaning changes from day to day based upon how it is interpreted is consistent with the view that the Bible is valid only as it is interpreted by church leadership.
And, yes, I stand by what I said with the silly hat and dress comment. That’s because Jesus and the Apostles wore the clothing of the common man of their time and their teachings and Authority were neither diminished nor enhanced by their clothes and there’s nothing in Scripture that says otherwise.
Pope John Paul II was still every bit the Pope when he was dressed for the ski slopes he was fond of and whether or not he wore the effeminate garb of the Vatican did nothing to enhance or diminish his wisdom.
The Reverend Billy Graham never wore such things and no one ever questioned his authority on Scripture because he declined to dress in silk robes and a silly hat.
In some respects, I think Catholicism would be more approachable were the Catholic clergy to dress like normal people as opposed to setting themselves apart from and above the common people.