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To: tjd1454
At some point you will need to face up to the fact that the true “enemy” of Christians and Christian culture lies in Islamic fundamentalism and secularism.

Really??? The Catholic religion teaches muzlims are their brothers, far more so than any Protestant organization...Where did you say you got your degrees from???

151 posted on 11/04/2017 6:51:51 PM PDT by Iscool
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To: Iscool
To be more specific (emphasis and breaks mine).....

But the plan of salvation also includes those who acknowledge the Creator. In the first place amongst these there are the Muslims, who,

professing to hold the faith of Abraham, along with us adore the one and merciful God,

who on the last day will judge mankind.

http://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/documents/vat-ii_const_19641121_lumen-gentium_en.html

153 posted on 11/04/2017 6:58:49 PM PDT by ealgeone
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To: Iscool

Which is the first of all the commandments?” 29Jesus replied, “The first is this: ‘Hear, O Israel! The Lord our God is Lord alone! 30

You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.’j 31

The second is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”k 32

Love your enemies!

The Catholic Church teaches that God’s love overcomes evil and causes a real change in us. This idea is a hallmark of John Paul II’s theology: “Especially through his lifestyle and through his actions, Jesus revealed that love is present in the world in which we live—an effective love, a love that addresses itself to man and embraces everything that makes up his humanity. This love makes itself particularly noticed in contact with suffering, injustice, and poverty—in contact with the whole historical ‘human condition,’ which in various ways manifests man’s limitation and frailty, both physical and moral. It is precisely the mode and sphere in which love manifests itself that in biblical language is called ‘mercy’” (Dives in Misericordia, 3).


173 posted on 11/04/2017 8:05:49 PM PDT by ADSUM
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