Posted on 07/31/2003 5:55:16 AM PDT by lrslattery
Canadian Prime Minister Taunts Church: "I Am A Catholic And For Abortion"
Catholic Church asks Tom Daschle to stop calling himself a Catholic
On Catholic Politicians and Faith
Vatican Urges Catholic Politicians to Vote Along Church Lines
Senator Santorum on Being Catholic and a Politician
William E. Simon, Sr. and Jr. Devout Catholics, Philanthropists and Politicians
Deadly Dozen senator taken to task over claims of Catholicism
THE BISHOP AND THE SENATOR [author links to FR thread regarding Daschle in her online column]
Blood On Their Hands: Exposing Pro-abortion Catholic Politicians
MI Gov Granholm Proclaims June "Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Month"
Colorado Governor To Media:'WE LOVE OUR CHURCH' [Gov. Bill Owens
U.S. Senator Brownback and Commentator Dick Morris Join Catholic Church
PRIEST REFUSES COMMUNION TO KNEELING PRO-LIFE POLITICIAN [Richard Black, Virginia]
Kerry [Catholic} says he'll filibuster Supreme Court nominees who do not support abortion rights
Have you been to the NARTH site? If so, what do you think? Of all the theories and explanations, their's is the one I've come to see as the most convincing.
Here's the LINK
Would you be so kind as to provide the citation; chapter and verse.
Acts 17:11 Now the Bereans were of more noble character than the
Thessalonians, for they received the message with great
eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if
what Paul said was true.
chuck <truth@YeshuaHaMashiach>
The Presbyterian Church in America checking in. Examples of my older taglines speak for me:
The PCA, we're the intolerant ones!
The PCA, annoying the liberal church since 1983!
I.T., do you wish to add anything?
I think the following from 1 Corinthians 5:1ff explains wideawake's position...
"It is widely reported that there is immorality among you, and immorality of a kind not found even among pagans--a man living with his father's wife. And you are inflated with pride. Should you not rather have been sorrowful? The one who did this deed should be expelled from your midst. I, for my part, although absent in body but present in spirit, have already, as if present, pronounced judgment on the one who has committed this deed, in the name of (our) Lord Jesus: when you have gathered together and I am with you in spirit with the power of the Lord Jesus, you are to deliver this man to Satan for the destruction of his flesh, so that his spirit may be saved on the day of the Lord. Your boasting is not appropriate. Do you not know that a little yeast leavens all the dough? Clear out the old yeast, so that you may become a fresh batch of dough, inasmuch as you are unleavened. For our paschal lamb, Christ, has been sacrificed. Therefore let us celebrate the feast, not with the old yeast, the yeast of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth." [1 Cor 5:1-8]
As a denomination, Catholics oppose it. There are Catholics who oppose the Catholic teaching on homosexuality and abortion. Just like there are protestants who oppose the teachings of their denomination. However, there are denominations who teach that homosexuality is nothing more than an alternative lifestyle or, to a lesser degree, are silent on the issue.
Yes, that's exactly the difference between Catholic Natural theology and Reformed Natural theology. Being Reformed means not trusting reason because of the noetic effect of sin. Any knowledge we have outside of scripture is a priori knowledge which comes from God.
How do we know that it is from God instead of from the adversary?
Presumably you would say by confirming it through the Scriptures - that true General Revelation cannot contradict Special Revelation.
Bingo ! All that talk about giving churches money for their social action will eventually put them in the position of having to comply with all federal law (just as they destroyed education)
Church will be sued for discrimination and preaching about the sin of homosexuality ...There will be a religious/cultural war.
There is a bill in Canada that will forbid pastors reading or preaching passages that are anti gay , on the basis they may produce hatred and violence. Sodom is closer than we think!
I do agree with that statement , it is not the states business. But practically speaking the state will make its decisions relevant..no matter what personal beliefs we hold
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