Posted on 04/16/2015 3:35:16 AM PDT by markomalley
I hope my comments did not lead you to believe I thought Catholicism has any special defense from apostasy. My only point was that Catholics have no "well that's your interpretation" escape clause so prevalent among our Protestant Brethren.
No, our "tares" have no ad hoc or doctrinal defense.
I would not attend...out of love for them.
No Christian would be caught dead attending a PAGAN RITUAL. If they were caught dead there, theyd be on the expressway to Hell.
Exactly right.
If I am attending a religious ceremony or service of any sort, then it must be something that I believe to be valid and consistent with my beliefs.
Weddings ARE NOT entertainment, business or personal events, they are a religious ceremony.
Someone should call around to liberal synagogues and tell them that they have a 12 year old DAUGHTER who is just starting to take the hormonal treatments to become a boy and ask to schedule a bar mitzvah.
Not saying that the issue is irrelevant. I'm saying that the issue will be a moot point when the country is under Sharia Law.
Stupid is as stupid does.
Bring what?
I’m not Catholic. I’m Evangelical.
There is no interpretation that homosexuality is anything but an abomination.
Depends. As my Dad told my Mom, “Honey, you’re the mother of the groom. Your only job is to just shut up and wear beige.” :-)
You’re one of those?
I was asking Paradox what to bring? What does a beige dress have to do with anything.
Huh?
Sorry. Too quick on the draw. Meant it for 100.
I’m going back to sleep.
Are you really trying to make the argument that good economic policy is a better defense against encroaching islam than Christian Orthodoxy?
Your comment about being "embarrassed" reminds me of an incident in my early life.
When my wife was in college, we worked on a conservative newspaper in the Dartmouth Review tradition. There were all manner of conservatives on staff with the paper and one was even an atheist.
Once, we had a staff lunch at a restaurant and before we began to eat, many of us began to say "grace." The atheist did everything he could to interrupt us short of telling us to stop praying. We completed the prayer, and proceed with lunch.
My point is I have no doubt the atheist was genuinely embarrassed by our prayer before the meal. What he didn't seem to recognize was his own "over the top" behavior in trying to interrupt such an innocuous act.
I submit you may well suffer from the same myopia.
Do you really think anti-christians aren't resourceful enough to try to make their argument on grounds other than homosexuality?
That stuff is apostasy 101.
There was a time in ancient America when a “gay wedding” meant it was fun and well executed.
No problem
Second attempt to clarify from Paradox what to bring.
Ah, the proud defiance....
Bring the Zot, I guess.
This thread is bringing out the pro-gay marriage crowd like nothing I’ve seen in a long time.
Never mind.
I hate to think a class of '98er holds heterodox beliefs on family and marriage.
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