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To: CasearianDaoist
This is a real shame, but perhaps necessary: "Judgment begins in the house of the Lord." It happened in the Evangelical denominations, then the Catholic, then the Episcopal Church.<

This seems the purification by fire that is going to drive those true to God directly to Him (the true Body of Christ) and away from any denomination that is no longer following the perfect will of God.

38 posted on 06/04/2004 5:27:37 PM PDT by KriegerGeist ("In the war on terror there is no substitute for victory" General Douglas MacArthur (and GK))
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To: Geist Krieger
that is no longer following the perfect will of God.

I have very little doubt that you have a direct connection with God himself and that you know exactly what his will is. Let's keep it friendly, shall we?

42 posted on 06/04/2004 5:38:18 PM PDT by Patangeles
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To: MeekOneGOP

This is where I get irritated with the Pope, that he feels obliged to give the President a slap in the face instead of a thank you, and infer that Dubya, and the USA, do not share 'human values'.

However, that was the phrasing of the article's writer, twisting the Pontiff's words.

Still, I'm slightly bummed.

Dubya deserves a big hug and a public thank you from the Pope, not a nuanced condemnation.

The President doesn't condemn the Church for the actions of pederastic priests, nor Bishops who covered their tracks.

Likewise, the Church should not condemn the US for the ill-advised actions of a few prison guards.

Christ's injunction to turn the other cheek is righteous, and the Pontiff's obligtion to follow that teaching is noble, but the reality of it is that it could get us killed, and our neighbors and kin, too.


47 posted on 06/04/2004 5:41:49 PM PDT by jwfiv
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