You wrote:
“Dutchboy88 uses God’s Word to prove his points.”
Nope. What he does is posts verses, that don’t prove his point, but which he insist do prove his point.
“Scripture after Scripture is given to compare, study, and talk about.”
None of which ever prove Dutchboy’s claims against the Catholic Church.
“And you think cereal boxes are the RCC’s answer to studying God’s Word?”
No, I think cereal boxes are a clever way of pointing out that Dutchboy serves up sugar coated Protestant heresies and stupid attacks rather than real nurishment.
“The problem isn’t that you all are not given information.”
That is, in fact, one of the problems. We also get outright falsehoods from Dutchboy. Here’s an example: Hilda wrote: “Purgatory not only appeals to common sense and what we understand about God, but is in Scripture at 1 Corinthians 3:15 (that pesky Paul again). Also Jesus Parable starting at Matthew 18:22.” So, Hilda mentioned TWO verse - and I see no reason to believe she only believes those two speak of Purgatory. Yet, how did Dutchboy respond: “You are basing the entire doctrine of purgatory on one verse about the work of a man being tested by fire?” So, not only did Dutchboy misrepresent what Hilda actually posted - she posted TWO verses - but he claims to read her mind and know that she bases the “...entire doctrine of purgatory on one verse...”
When dealing with that sort of man you might as well post cereal boxes.
“The problem is that you all do not seem interested in the information.”
Did it ever occur to you that we have had the same misinterpreted verses thrown at us here for years and years already? After a while you realize you’re dealing with Protestant anti-Catholic bigots who not only don’t know what they’re talking about (just a matter of days ago I had to correct such a bigot about a Catholic doctrine he clearly DID NOT UNDERSTAND), but you’re dealing with someone who is too dim to understand that his attacks have already been refuted hundreds of times.
“It’s enough to suck down another wafer and call yourself “holy” I suppose. Cereal boxes may BE your only alternative.”
Wow. You’re so offended by a cereal box that you attack the Eucharist. . . and then you wonder why we don’t listen to your old, tired attacks on the Christian faith?
Have you actually read Matt. 18:23ff (I believe Hilda meant this passage rather than 18:22). Clearly, this parable is not about purgatory anymore than I Cor. But, if Rome attempts to train its congregants with this, it ought to scare the hell OUT of them, not teach them about purgatory. Read it, my FRiend...it doesn’t say what she thinks.