Posted on 01/26/2018 1:04:07 PM PST by GoldenState_Rose
We are in a time of the first ever mass conversions of Muslims,” Father Mitch Pacwa SJ told me in a phone interview. “God is doing a mighty work among them.”
Pacwa said that mass conversions are happening even in very fundamentalist countries. There is rapidly growing number of conversions especially on the edges of the Muslim world in the western and southern parts of Africa, he said. “Africa is now growing predominantly Christian despite crackdowns,” Pacwa said.
Some of the noteworthy countries he mentioned include Iran, reported to have 3 million Christians, and Indonesia with reports of 2 million a year converting.
“In Mongolia, the president opened the country to Christians and there’s even an archbishop,” Pacwa said. “They built a Catholic school there too. If I was younger, I would have gone.” He said that the desire for a Western education was the impetus to open up the country to the Catholic Church.
There are even conversions happening in many strict Muslim countries, according to Pacwa. He did not want to go on record with particulars for fear of increased retribution. Mass conversions are also being reported among refugees that are filling up the Christian churches left empty by Europeans. Many wonder if those are authentic conversions or just a response to improving their chances for amnesty, but time will tell.
Signs of this conversion are showing up in the U.S. too, Pacwa said. “I was about to celebrate Mass at a Maronite church in San Diego and I said hi to a man who introduced himself as Achmad. I asked if he was a Christian. He said: ‘Yes, I was recently baptized.’ He said he from Morocco. Christians do not have the name Ahmad—that’s a form of Mohammad.”
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Very sound advice.
I've answered your question...you've not answered the one I asked.
Do you get hungry or thirsty?
Weak excuse. I’ve had Revisionists claim the Jews got so mad at Stephen that they bit him. Can I attribute that to you?
Further, you’re going to pontificate about incorrectly explaining texts just before citing “I’ve been told?” That’s chutzpah.
So where’s the verse that gives revisionists the leeway to ignore the verses on how women are to be attired or have their heads covered?
Weak excuse.
Hey, it's what your fellow Roman Catholics have claimed.
I’ve had Revisionists claim the Jews got so mad at Stephen that they bit him. Can I attribute that to you?
I've not seen that ever before.
Further, you’re going to pontificate about incorrectly explaining texts just before citing “I’ve been told?” That’s chutzpah.
No...it's Roman Catholic chutzpah....
Full Question: Is apostolic Tradition, apart from the Bible, inerrant or can it contain errors?
Answer: It is inerrant, and because it is inerrant, apostolic Tradition will never contradict the Bible, which is also inerrant.
https://www.catholic.com/qa/is-apostolic-tradition-apart-from-the-bible-inerrant-or-can-it-contain-errors
Did you go to Catechesim class?
So where’s the verse that gives revisionists the leeway to ignore the verses on how women are to be attired or have their heads covered?
Changing the topic already??
yeah, I see how this is going to play out.
Later.
Can’t answer the questions I see. Have a good one.
The old longevity trick eh bro? I ain’t playing your game. Maybe you should be a Buddhist. After all, he started his religion before Jesus was ever on the scene. Nice try bro, but that won’t cut the mustard. I will now enjoy my assurance of salvation. I don’t know for sure, but if you don’t have any, that’s on you. I certainly do. Have a nice eternity. I plan to. 😇👍
I agree. I left the unending hamster wheel of death, a long time ago. You know, it’s already about 9:30 AM, Saturday here. I think it’s 8:30 PM, Friday night, on the east coast. We might go to my south sea island beach today, and sip cool drinks 🍷🍸 👍
Oh man...the beach? Now that’s just wrong as it’s still cold here in the States.
I honor the flag, I don't worship it.....I honor the office of the president, I don't worship it.....
really????would you reply to a stranger the same way that you'd reply to your mother????
46While He was still speaking to the crowds, behold, His mother and brothers were standing outside, seeking to speak to Him. 47Someone said to Him, “Behold, Your mother and Your brothers are standing outside seeking to speak to You.” 48But Jesus answered the one who was telling Him and said, “Who is My mother and who are My brothers?” 49And stretching out His hand toward His disciples, He said, “Behold My mother and My brothers! 50“For whoever does the will of My Father who is in heaven, he is My brother and sister and mother.” Matthew 12:46-50 NASB
Do you actually believe that God flooded this planet with water higher than mount Everest....where'd all that water go?
If I ask YOU to pray for me in a time of strife...that's necromancy??????
Guess again. THIS
Genesis 9:4 But you shall not eat flesh with its life, that is, its blood.
pre-dates the Law. The command was given to NOAH.
Yes, if it is indeed blood that the priest changes the elements into.
So it can’t happen because God would never contradict Himself.
If it’s not in the Bible NOBODY can be sure what those traditions are.
The point is for all Catholics claim they obey Jesus, they don’t.
God is no respecter of persons.
He tells us that’s a sin.
If Jesus is going to listen to His earthly mother more than others, He’s playing favorites.
Are you still going to insist that Jesus sins?
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