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To: sinkspur
You mischaracterize my positions, of course, but it suits your purpose, so, what the hell?

No, you sir are mischaracterizing my positions. I converted from Protestantism to the Catholic Church because I believed the fullness of truth in faith and morals subsists in it. I did not convert only to have it be turned into another Protestant church by people who don't even value the Church, don't believe in her teachings and want to change it into a liberal AmChurch.

56 posted on 04/26/2002 5:33:34 PM PDT by Unam Sanctam
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To: Unam Sanctam
No, you sir are mischaracterizing my positions.

Your problem is not your religous beliefs, but your anally-retentive personality.

Have you not, mr. convert, yet been able to distinguish between matters of faith, and matters of discipline?

Or, do you think everything in the Catholic Church is of the same import?

Read some of Cardinal Dulles' early works in which he posits a "hierarchy of beliefs"; some matters of faith are more important than other matters of faith.

At bottom, your ire with me is my objection to mandatory celibacy. A discipline. A discipline which is not absolute, even today.

Your antipathy toward Protestantism wants to wipe any evidence of your former denomination from your present denomination. I'm a convenient whipping boy because I question some non-essentials.

Now that I understand your background a little better, I won't be so hard on you. Your reaction is totally in character with many Protestant converts I know.

I've been here since sun-up. You came at 3:00, but I'm glad to be in the vineyard with you, nonethless.

59 posted on 04/26/2002 5:50:17 PM PDT by sinkspur
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