Pope wants new international order to keep peace

Reuters | January 1, 2004 | Claire Soares

[Bluntpoint]

Is it true that Yossarian from the Biography "Catch 22" married that girl from "Mork and Mindy" and now flys for Delta?

[StopGlobalWhining]

We should push Congress to issue a formal Declaration of Independence from the UN.

It worked when we declared our sovereignty from Great Britian and King George, it's time we did the same to the UN.

[Big Bopper]

Now there you've gone and done it!! We can't have common sense and facts in this thread.

[Big Bopper]

Now there you've gone and done it!! We can't have common sense and facts in this thread.

[MississippiMan]

If you actually READ the text

I did read the text, thank you very much. So what if he's calling for a "new" world body? I don't want ANY world body with the power to interfere with sovereign nations, which is exactly what any such body would attempt to do. I don't want ANY world body to dictate any more "sharing" of resources between rich and poor. And on and on.

MM

[ninenot]

Nope. TWA

[ninenot]

Well, that's fine. You don't want one.

Tally the votes, blunt...

[Polycarp IV]

Now there you've gone and done it!!

Indeed! You've spammed yet another Catholic thread with a post that is, thankfully, so damn long no one will ever read it. (Of course, if they scroll down to the screen name, no one will read it regardless.)

[Polycarp IV]

Welcome back. Stick around again.

Time will tell.

[Bluntpoint]

I never read long posts. I just figure somewhere in all those words there is something that pisses me off and I go away mad and look for a nice long Debka or Newsmax article to post in rebuttal.

[Tao Yin]

Really? If it’s only a small handful, them I'm sure it will be easy for you to list them here.

And then we can compare the 2000 year old interpretation of those scriptures to YourOwnPersonalInterpretationOfScripture

Matthew 16:18 for starters. It all goes down hill from there. Peter is not the rock. The belief that Jesus is the Son of the Living God is the rock. Because if Peter is the rock in verse 18, why is he Satan in verse 23. And no I did not call him Satan, Jesus did that. Five verses after He called him the rock.

Your turn: 3 questions

• What did Luther misinterpret?
• Is the Catholic Church infallible?
• Why does the Catholic Church need to add to scripture?

Catholicism: the other sacred teachings.

[Bluntpoint]

As long as you are asking the questions, find out what is up with this:

[Polycarp IV]

Matthew 16:18 for starters.

We obviously have differing interpretations of Matthew 16:18.

I say yours is wrong. You say mine is wrong. Prove it, infallibly, that mine is wrong and yours is correct.

[Polycarp IV]

What did Luther misinterpret?

Matthew 16:18 ;-)

[saradippity]

He like MOST of us is fed up with the U.N.....he is calling for an end to the U.N. and a new "order" I believe.

Could he be talking about a "new order" under the "Kingship of Jesus Christ"? I do reall him asking us to pray the rosary for the conversion of Islam.

Christians comprise one sixth of the world's population. That is probably more than either of the present contenders (Communists or Fabian Socialists) for world hegenomy have.

[Tao Yin]

Then please explain Matthew 16:23

But he turned and said to Peter, "Get behind me, Satan! You are a hindrance to me. For you are not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of man."

[Polycarp IV]

Is the Catholic Church infallible?

Do you even know what "infallible" means to the Catholic Church? If so, please define it so we are not arguing apples and oranges.

Why does the Catholic Church need to add to scripture?

The Church simply does NOT add to scripture.

But Why do you believe in sola scriptura and YOPIOS when neither are scriptural?

[Polycarp IV]

Well that was prior to Pentecost, so I'm not too concerned about it. Even after his misstep, Jesus Thrice instructed Peter to feed His sheep. Peter was still in charge. Your excerpt does not change that.

[GirlShortstop]

...with a post that is, thankfully, so damn long no one will ever read it. (Of course, if they scroll down to the screen name, no one will read it regardless.)

LOL.  Ya know, I think that's funny and sad at the same time:  this thread contains the complete text (number 253) of JPII's letter, but *clearly* it has gone unread by the majority of those who opine.  Interesting to note that some consider demonstration of their cut and paste "skills" more worthwhile than discussion of the news item itself.  Sad that posting acumen [among other things] stinks, eh?
FReegards.

[Polycarp IV]

Definitely. Things haven't improved around here during my brief absence.