Posted on 03/09/2011 1:30:07 PM PST by NYer
Ping!
I’ve not gone to the C of E ever since they took the liberal position of homosexuality.
If they want to include homosexuals and then ignore what is nature and Gods word then they lose me.
Seems inclusive means ignore the majority and appease the very small minority.
Have been thinking of going to a Catholic church, we’ll see.
In other news, millions of disaffected Catholics try to get forgiveness in an unbiblical manner. Headquarters, in desparate need of the money, power, and new bathrobes, decides not to mention this grave error.
lol
You ever cross the Tiber? I once did, on a bus.
The Tiber is a muddy, turbulent cesspoll of a river.
Ever been to Lake Geneva? I’ve been there.
Cool, calm and refreshing.
Fitting, isn’t it?
Abandoning Jesus for the 700 Saints Club seems a bit of an overkill.
cesspoll=cesspool
That is just fantastic! No bridge...just a bus. Probably drove on top of the floating garbage. I've seen Lake Geneva on a postcard and it certainly looks a lot cleaner. And, yes, fitting. Deep, cool, pure. No additives.
Definitely.
You Calvinistas are a laugh riot.
You wanna see pictures?
Not seeing the problem with the Catholic sacrament of reconciliation here. Christ gives His Church the authority to forgive sins.
How do you get your sins forgiven? Do you shyly admit Divine sinlessness? I hope not.
Do you boldly declare that Christ will forgive your sins whether you repent of them or not? I hope not!
Rather: I hope and trust that when you have sinned you go to Christ - as best you can - and repent.
So it is with the Church, which is Christ's body. We go to His body, where He is truly present. We confess our sins and repent of them, and we resolve not to sin again. And Christ forgives us. This is a simply tremendous thing!
Trust in Christ! Trust in the Divine Mercy! Don't be a stranger!
Read 2 Cor. 5:14-21 for a complete understanding of reconciliation.
It says nothing about a priest being able to remit or retain sins. It says nothing about retaining sins at all. It says nothing about "The Church" acting in any way between man and God.
The grave error the Roman Catholic Church makes is assuming that Jesus is speaking to them. Tragically, they do not read the rest of the story.
"And when the Gentiles heard this, they began rejoicing and glorifying the word of the Lord; and as many as had been appointed to eternal life believed." See if you can find this in the "movie".
Predestined to believe? Appears so.
Absolutely.
I will be praying for you
You (collective you) just can’t help yourself can you? Truly it is good that you believe in forensic justification.
Seriously? Predestination?
How can you then even believe in the concept of Sin? You don't even believe in Free Will! Whether you go to heaven or not has nothing whatever to do with you!
Well that must take the pressure off, I guess. Sin as much as you like, its all God's doing, right?
Predestination ranks alongside the Mohammedan concept of co-existing contradictory Truths, and the Skeptic concept that there is no such thing as objective Reality as one of the three or four most absurd pieces of grade A tripe ever believed by Man.
Sorry for the immoderate - indeed, offensive - hilarity, but I am just so astonished to find people still believe in this! Seriously, it's like finding people who think that metal is a kind of fruit. And here on FR too!
Man, your meetings must be a hoot.
You are absolutely correct, sir. Coming to the realization that I cannot help myself is one of the greatest graces that God has granted me in, lo, these many years. He was kind enough to let me see what all those whom He has called realize, that we want to "...be found in Him, not having a righteousness of my own derived from the Law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which comes from God on the basis of faith."
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