Posted on 01/29/2024 4:50:28 PM PST by ebb tide
And yours are all wrong.
As I posted to someone else, I’ve known lots of Catholics who don’t run down and insult people of other religious beliefs.
I won’t blame them for your very poor example.
What beliefs?
You’ve already stated you don’t belong to any church.
You think only people who belong to churches have spiritual beliefs?
(You seem to have an unfortunately limited life experience.)
Muslims also have “spiritual” beliefs.
So do Buddhists, Hindus, and Satanists.
And so do you.
That doesn’t make any of them True.
I think God, not you or I, will judge whether individuals have ‘true’ spiritual beliefs - and not everyone wears their beliefs on their sleeve for the judgmental to see.
I will sometimes express my own beliefs, but I have no desire to convert anyone else to any particular doctrine. I have faith that God leads everyone to believe what is correct for them at any moment. He doesn’t need you or me; and the ‘truth’ of any belief lies in how the individual lives and conducts himself.
My problem with you is that you insult people who don’t follow the doctrine that you believe - particularly Protestants. You think you seem very smart when you post the writings of people far more educated and intellectually accomplished than you are; but when one gets you alone, you prove to be small-minded and mean.
Have a good night. I’m done with you - for this thread.
It was you who came into this thread looking for trouble.
Don’t blame me.
You’re not an ‘island’ when you post here; and I’m not the one who initiated the thread, posting phrases like ‘Anglican orders are null and void’ and ‘false worship’.
I’m also not the one who tells people who believe differently that their beliefs are not ‘truth’, or that they’re ‘wrong’.
You’re being weaselly. Stand behind what you post - and quit getting an egotistical kick out of disrespecting the beliefs of others.
Outside the (Catholic) Church there is no salvation.
What do you think I have been doing? I stand behind this article that I have posted.
Don't accuse me of personally insulting you just because you don't like the article.
Same goes for you. If you don’t want to be told your wrong, or you don’t have the truth then stay out of the discussion. No one is forcing you to make comments.
When dissenting comments aren’t wanted on religious threads, it’s customary to slap a ‘caucus’ designation on them.
Otherwise, fair game.
Then don’t be surprised when you are told you are wrong.
You then have 2 choices:
1)Suck it up and move along
2) Prove why you think you are correct.
I’m not concerned about you insulting me - I don’t belong to a church, remember?
But many people here do; and not all belong to YOUR church.
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