Posted on 12/29/2018 6:57:14 AM PST by SeekAndFind
MANILA, Philippines – President Rodrigo Duterte mocked the Christian doctrine of the Holy Trinity, calling it “silly” on Saturday, December 29.
In a speech in Kidapawan City, Cotabato, the President attacked the doctrine of God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit as he once again went into a tirade against priests and the Catholic Church.
"You’re already praying at one God, then you’re going to pray at these cursed saints. There’s only one God. There’s only one God, period. You cannot divide God into 3, that’s silly,” said the President.
Before attacking the Holy Trinity doctrine, Duterte said Jesus Christ is “unimpressive” because he had allowed himself to be nailed on the cross.
"Your God was nailed on the cross. How unimpressive. I’m God and you will crucify me? I’d tell them, ‘Lightning, finish all of them. Burn all the non-believers.'"
The passion, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ is among the central doctrines of Christian faith, with Christians believing that Jesus sacrificed himself to save the world from sin.
The President likewise belittled the belief in saints, whom he previously called as “fools” and “drunkards.”
"Saint Catalina, Saint Anne, Saint Thomas, Saint Sebastian, Saint Rodrigo, they’re nothing… I don’t know them. Look, those documents were written – if at all – 3,000 years ago. Why would they care about our lives now?"
"Who wrote about them? Who’s Saint Thomas? We don’t know who they are. That might even be a name for a cow or camel then"
The President – under whose term a string of priests have been murdered – had previously stirred controversy for calling God “stupid."
On December 6, Duterte even joked that bishops should be “killed” for supposedly doing nothing but criticizing his administration, which is waging a bloody war against drugs that has killed thousands.
(Your post there demonstrates that you really should spend a little more time studing your Bible, Elsie, and less time here posting goofy posts, and making silly arguments.)
(I must go do some real work now, so, cheerio, Elsie!)
Placemarker
Not many I would suspect, but then again, he goes to that other heathen state, called California, a lot, so it’s hard to say. NYC, seems to me, it’s a spiritual desert, the belly of the beast, if you will. But then again, so is California.
Anyway, you know I am also living in the belly of the beast, as I am surrounded by false religious cult members. You know which cult I am talking about. 😁 I used to be in that cult, but no more. Now, I understand 1st Corinthians 2:14. 😆🇵🇭🙃
California is the scene of a big revival.
I hope you are right. I always thought California was very sympathetic to atheists and muzzies.
Perhaps you could put them in a BOOK so folks can REALLY ignore them.
What part of the FACTS of the matter presented to you do you not approve of?
It's clear you're all atwitter over the messenger who has tossed the albatross onto your doorstep.
Excellent example of ‘muddying the water’ BTW.
OK...
Call no man father
Were you at Fatima?
You wanna talk GOOFY??
Cheer up; and keep your Brown Scapula clean!
Didja notice he didn't address ANY of the Catholic TEACHINGS posted?
Would this, by any chance, be the fire retardant version? 😁👍😂🤣😇🇵🇭
['Just don't try to change the Scriptures like that anymore, Elsie']
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"OK...Call no man father"
That is so much better, Elsie! Now, honestly, doesn't your conscience feel so much better, when you're not doctoring up those Bible quotes falsely anymore?
Exactly which of those very simple words in that post didn't you understand, Brother Elsie? Your response honestly brings to mind these words that the Lord said:
"Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they, seeing, see not; and hearing, they hear not, neither do they understand." Matthew 13:13
However, I'll be happy to make it even more simple for you, Elsie, so that you should be able to grasp it more easily.
Right from the very beginning of the Church, there have always been prominent Church Leaders who have not always seen eye to eye at first, about various teachings of the Church, as evidenced by this very clear example in the Bible, which illustrates the initially incompatible private interpretations (of the Scriptures and the words of Jesus Christ) between the Apostle Paul and the Apostle Peter, who held opposing views at first concerning the new Church teaching involving Non-Jewish converts. This is described and documented in the Bible at
The Church resolved that question as she resolves all such questions, through prayerful consideration by the Church leaders (aka, the "Magisterium"), under the absolutely necessary guidance and powerful protection of the Holy Spirit, as promised by Jesus Christ. Out of that process, the Church ended up eventually with a brand new formal doctrine, which stated officially that Gentile converts to the Church do NOT have to adopt Jewish customs and practices (such as circumcision) when becoming Christians.
If you really want to know the truth, look at the actual teachings of the Church, which were carefully hammered out by the leaders of the Church (the "Magisterium"), under the very necessary guidance of the Holy Spirit, as ordained by God. Those official Church teachings and doctrines can be found here in the "Catechism of the Catholic Church", not in long lists of random, dubious, conflicting quotes from various "Catholic" individuals, who express a view that somehow contradicts the actual teaching of the Church, like the list you provided, Brother Elsie.
('I must go do some real work now, so, cheerio, Elsie!')
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"Cheer up; and keep your Brown Scapula clean!"
I don't have a "brown scapular", Brother Elsie, and, frankly, I don't know any Catholics who do. (That idea came out of a "private revelation" in the distant past, and Catholics are not at all obligated to believe in private revelations -- see this article "Are Catholics obliged to believe in Marian apparitions?" - Karl Keating -- to finally become fully enlightened concerning the truth about that.)
(SPECIAL NOTE to Mark17 in post #237: Those fire-retardant versions are reserved for Church bashers, as they are certainly gonna need 'em!) :-)
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