Posted on 09/02/2011 9:07:47 AM PDT by marshmallow
Minneapolis, Minnesota (CNN) –Prior to 2006, few people even knew that then-Minnesota state legislator Keith Ellison was a Muslim. Because of his English name, he said, no one thought to ask.
But five years ago, when he ran for a seat in the United States House of Representatives - a race he would go on to win - word of his religious affiliation began to spread.
“When I started running for Congress it actually took me by surprise that so many people were fascinated with me being the first Muslim in Congress,” said Ellison, a Democrat now serving his third term in the House.
“But someone said to me, ‘Look Keith, think of a person of Japanese origin running for Congress six years after Pearl Harbor–this might be a news story.’”
Though Ellison's status as the first Muslim elected to Congress is widely known, fewer are aware that he was born into a Catholic family in Detroit and was brought up attending Catholic schools.
But he said he was never comfortable with that faith.
“I just felt it was ritual and dogma,” Ellison said. “Of course, that’s not the reality of Catholicism, but it’s the reality I lived. So I just kind of lost interest and stopped going to Mass unless I was required to.”
It wasn’t until he was a student at Wayne State University in Detroit when Ellison began, “looking for other things.”
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I am certain of that.
John 15:26 But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:
John 16:7 Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you.
The Holy Spirit who dwells in every true believer, comforts us. We don't need an institution to do it in His place.
Yep. Like so many others, that's all what post 349 was.
Or are they issued DAFFYNITIONARIES at infant baptism?
Who? All Catholics? That’s abusive.
I've got to ask this, because you don't seem to know very much about most Protestant Churches. Have you ever actually spent a significant amount of time in a Protestant Church? I don't mean have you been to one on a Sunday every now and then, but rather have you been to one on Sunday evening or Wednesday night when the core of the Church gathers?
I've been in several, mostly of various types of Baptists, and Wednesday night is usually when the real teaching and comforting goes on simply because that's when the truly devout show up.
One other thing that I'd like to know. How does the administration of Last Rites offer peace of mind? If I understand Catholic doctrine correctly, the soul of the departed still has to go through Purgatory before it can enter Heaven so why the worry over Last Rites if you still have to go through the waiting room, so to speak?
A Who???
Do you see that our last posts were deleted?
I have to admit, I am a little surprised.
Its best to ignore the likes of that. Responding only encourages the juvenile minds and rewards the behavior. Some Bart Simpson types are such attention whores that they will escalate the level if invective and antagonistic rhetoric until otherwise sympathetic moderators have no choice but to discipline them.
Potty language and references to potty language are not allowed on the Religion Forum.
Who is worrying? I said it is a work of spiritual mercy. I know several Baptists in depth, and have had many church discussion with them. I've been to revivals and prayer meetings with Baptists, and I love the old music. But I am not a Baptist.
The otherwise sympathetic moderator may soon have no other choice than to discipline ME.
I'm not, but then again, we are not among the elect.
Annointing the sick is not only for the dying. I don’t, frankly, see a lot of protestant ministers in the hospitals I’ve worked in. They seem uncomfortable around death, like they don’t know quite what they are supposed to do in a sickroom. Maybe they just need more training.
Ah, okay, I was misunderstanding how you were approaching this area then. While I don't agree with the RCC doctrine of Last Rites or the inability of the Believer to know of their state of Salvation, I do agree with you that it's a work of mercy in that it brings reassurance, whether based in sound doctrine or not, to those about to meet their Maker.
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