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German Bishops Tell Vatican: Catholics Reject Sex Rules
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| 2/3/14
| Tom Heneghan
Posted on 02/03/2014 7:38:38 PM PST by marshmallow
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To: Cicero; daniel1212; boatbums; metmom; CynicalBear
Poor catechism? Maybe so.
To: bboop
LOL, Dr. of theology Luther has to always be mentioned when things are arwry in Roman Catholicism:)
Maybe the German Catholics are staying because the Protestant churches won’t have them. There an assertion for an assertion.
To: redleghunter
LOL It has to be. Its the only explanation.
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posted on
02/03/2014 10:04:22 PM PST
by
CynicalBear
(For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ)
To: xone
Don’t forget that “wonderful” pope Julius before Leo.
To: marshmallow
Bishops are supposed to teach their flocks not take public opinion polls in the pews. These results are quite sad.
To: NKP_Vet
A majority of an entire nation of Catholics with a whimsical view of morality? How did that happen?
To: redleghunter
Maybe the German Catholics are staying because the Protestant churches wont have them. There an assertion for an assertion. And a darn fine one at that! ;o)
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posted on
02/03/2014 11:32:37 PM PST
by
boatbums
(God is ready to assume full responsibility for the life wholly yielded to Him.)
To: redleghunter; xone
And Alexander VI (Rodrigo Borgia) was right before them.
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posted on
02/03/2014 11:34:34 PM PST
by
boatbums
(God is ready to assume full responsibility for the life wholly yielded to Him.)
To: marshmallow
bound to raise pressure on Pope Francis to introduce reforms....or to reignite teaching efforts.
Why do seculars always assume the Catholics, or any other church, should change doctrines to fit society's views, when what matters are God's views?
(An) Answer: the seculars believe God was created in their image, and doesn't really exist except as a concept.
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posted on
02/04/2014 12:30:20 AM PST
by
ApplegateRanch
(Love me, love my guns!©)
To: SampleMan
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posted on
02/04/2014 12:36:09 AM PST
by
antceecee
(Bless us Lord, forgive us our sins and bring us to everlasting life.)
To: marshmallow
They said the survey, drawn up for a synod on possible reforms in OctoberThere will be no reforms. The survey was taken to find out how clergy is handling these issues.
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posted on
02/04/2014 4:23:54 AM PST
by
al_c
(Obama's standing in the world has fallen so much that Kenya now claims he was born in America.)
To: redleghunter
“A majority of an entire nation of Catholics with a whimsical view of morality”.
You mean sort of like protestants, who go their merry way, believing whatever they feel like believing, and most never going in the front door of a church. The devil has been winning for years.......in all forms of Christianity.
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posted on
02/04/2014 5:50:51 AM PST
by
NKP_Vet
("I got a good Christian raisin', and 8th grade education, aint no need ya'll treatin' me this way")
To: marshmallow
I think it is more illustrate of what is going on in Germany.
I suspect a similar poll would give the same results taken among the State church.
I would also expect that a poll taken among the Free Church members, and among daily mass goers and older liturgy folks, would show a higher dedication to the Christian mores.
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posted on
02/04/2014 6:13:37 AM PST
by
redgolum
("God is dead" -- Nietzsche. "Nietzsche is dead" -- God.)
To: NKP_Vet
Correct I believe.
Many self identify as “Catholic” or “Lutheran” without any understanding of what they believe.
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posted on
02/04/2014 6:15:00 AM PST
by
redgolum
("God is dead" -- Nietzsche. "Nietzsche is dead" -- God.)
To: NKP_Vet
To: redleghunter
Interesting defense. The same one offered with the sex scandal: "Well what about you guys?"
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02/04/2014 3:57:44 PM PST
by
xone
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