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To: arthurus
"The Church is not in the business of judging these people. The Church is in the business of saving souls."

What claptrap and liberalspeak.

If the Catholic Church (or any other Christian denomination) is not in the business of judging, why are the Ten Commandments used as a judging criteria?

If nobody is ever judged, why do we need religions at all? And why would we have to "save souls" if the good and evil in all souls are never judged?

I could write a 5-page essay on the above oxymoronic statement. But it's a belief typical of New Age clerics who judge not, lest they be judged.

Clerics in search of causes should remember the Bible says render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's........like obeying laws.

26 posted on 12/24/2006 8:18:13 AM PST by MinuteGal (The Left takes power only through deception.)
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To: MinuteGal

The good and evil in men's souls is judged by the Lord. The Church judges that these people continue to be vessels of souls. Perhaps your judgment that they left their souls at the Rio Grande is better but I would not bet my own soul on it. People judge attitudes and actions and the Church seeks penance and conversion. The Church does not disdain souls because the bodies that house them have committed crimes. It is up to secular law enforcement to enforce laws. It is for the Church to save souls.Would your church, if you have one, refuse to allow these people in to worship? If so, than your church is all about social relations and only incidentally about saving souls.


29 posted on 12/24/2006 8:37:16 AM PST by arthurus (Better to fight them over THERE than over HERE)
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