Posted on 07/10/2023 12:38:23 PM PDT by ebb tide
You are IGNORANT.
Bi-polar Bob makes some good points, although he should have quoted you more extensively, as your post 10 states
The CATHOLIC Church is PERFECTION , except for some of the people in it!
At the moment, so far as I know, everyone perfect in the Catholic Church is in heaven, and it has been that way since the Assumption.
As you seemed to be referring to the Church Militant (those people baptized Catholic who have not yet died, FYI Bob), I believe I accurately quoted you, did not lie, and am spot on in my theology.
Whether or not that makes me a bigot or evil, I leave for you to judge.
He connected his message to that of Pope Francis and his encyclical Fruti TuttiWell, it all make more sense now.
I’d rather be Ignorant than a bigot, uncharitable, or a bad theologian.
me too. I suppose I shall wear label of ignorance as a badge of honor.
Fruti Tutti, oh Rudy!
Pope Francis is the first anti-Catholic Pope just like Obama was the first anti-American President.
I won’t step foot inside a Catholic Church until Francis is gone and hopefully replaced with someone who isn’t a pro-Muslim tool.
You are ALL THOSE THINGS!!!!
Maybe. Out of curiosity, who do you think has been perfect on earth since the Assumption, and why? Perhaps I missed an encyclical or two.
I think that bipolar bob just might have a point or two that you might benefit from listening to.
I generally find the Church to be amazing not because of what has been accomplished by the people who belong to her, but what has been accomplished inspite of the people who belong to her.
That in the end the mess that is the present college of cardinals will be swept asside and the Church will continue on is going to be pretty amazing. Pretending that most Catholics are incredible and that by some fluke we have a number of people that I wouldn’t trust with a theology course running around the Vatican, many with red hats, seems a bit disingenous.
I notice one poster doesn’t really use logic or rationale and obviously wasn’t the captain of her debate team but she has LOTS OF EMOTION!!!
I suspect there may be more than one, but who am I to judge?
(one of my favourite lines from the Holy Father).
LOL!
When Revelation was written, on about 95 AD, the center of the church was Jerusalem. A Catholic Church by any reasonable definition did not exist at that time. Context makes it clear that the Whore of Babylon was the Roman Empire , then under Domitian. I have heard some protestants say they thought the Whore of Babylon was the Catholic Church. They were wrong but then a lot of protestants say a lot of things about the Catholic Church.
You are aware that Jerusalem got kind of trashed after the rebellion in the late 60’s? Tradition has it that no Christians were killed because they all cleared out first.
If you read Acts, you will discover that while the Apostles were sent first to Jerusalem, after they spent a decent amount of time there, they skipped town and got working on the “whole world” part.
I Peter was written from “Babylon” if you know what i mean, not Jerusalem.
And weren't all those sinners in the same boat?
Stinkin' sin is always the battle, Bob...
And we ALL sin one way or another,
so we ought not reconcile ourselves by pointing
fingers at the sins of others... any of us.
No matter how good it makes one feel about oneself...
It is Catholic tradition that Peter was at Rome but there is no concrete evidence of it. But at the same time Babylon did not have a large population in his time, so who can tell? Apparently he had his wife with him in his travels. (1 Cor. 9:5) and they traveled extensively.
If you follow the string, I think that you’ll find Bob rather justified in this particular instance.
I rather doubt that the Ark was as bad as the slave ships, FWIW
There is decent enough evidence for Rome. Paul isn’t pointing to Peter in particular but rather to his own state, FWIW.
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