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To: BibChr; lady lawyer; PBRSTREETGANG; all
I just wonder why my plain-sense questions

Snicker... Snort... Chortle... GUFFAW!!! ROFL!!!. Danny boy, nothing you have to say regarding the Catholic Church is "plain sense". That you have the effrontery to style your snide, sarcastic, and dishonest question as "plain-sense" reveals much about you, none of it good.

I'll answer, though, for the sake of lurkers. Stripped of its illogical baggage, your question is "How can the Church founded by Jesus of Nazareth, the Christ, the Son of God, have sinners in it?" I suggest you ask Judas Iscariot, he might have an answer for you. You might also ask Simon Peter. He might have some insight into the matter. Jesus promised the He would be with us, His Church, always, and the the gates of Hell would not prevail against His Church. He didn't promise there wouldn't be a few evil people amongst us.

AB

38 posted on 03/20/2002 11:04:25 AM PST by ArrogantBustard
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To: ArrogantBustard,BibChr
Sorry, Arrogant, but I can't agree with your assesment of the RC church. The RC church does not (and has not for many, many centuries) resemble the church founded by the humble son of a Jewish carpenter. The Son of God who was born in a humlbe stable and died on a cross for us never ever intended for his disciples to live in palaces, sit on golden thrones, amass vast quantities of wealth and treasure, and lord it over people.

The people who sit in the pews of the Catholic churches are not really the problem here (although they accept the problem), it is the leadership that so often throughout history have preached, no demanded, that their followers behave one way while they are exempt from the same requirements.

I know I will be acused of bigotry, Catholic bashing, etc., just as BibChr has been here, but I've just come to accept that most Catholic defenders on this forum resort to that rather than discuss actual specifics.

57 posted on 03/20/2002 11:37:49 AM PST by Pablo64
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