Posted on 08/18/2004 11:47:32 AM PDT by Alfred Hitchcock
How have I been uncharitable to you?
Oh swell. Looks like the article was posted 3 times. And the other one at your link looks like it was posted earlier. So this thread might get pulled as well.
Many catholics slip, like their protestant and Jewish brethren, for various reasons, the biggest one being - youthful disdain for their parent's 'wisdom'. Ultimately, the foundation laid in childhood, is the one upon which we all rebuild. If it was solidly laid - good catechesis - then it will become the building block upon which the returning catholic constructs his values.
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You do realize that the Hail Mary is Scriptural, don't you?
No I didn't. Please advise.
Deal needs to go nuclear and reveal the "journalist."
"Many catholics slip, like their protestant and Jewish brethren, for various reasons, the biggest one being - youthful disdain for their parent's 'wisdom'."
Yes, and many of us do things we wish we hadn't done as a consequence.
I think -- though some don't -- that a person should be allowed to put those things behind him and let the past be past, so long as he repents and mends his ways.
IMO, this reporter is despicable, and it's a darn shame that dueling is illegal.
Interesting article. We all have something in our lives we wish we could undo or hide away forever, but in the end, its better to wear your sins on your sleeve. Better for me, at least. Slings and arrows may fly, but it strengthens my belief that I'm a better person now, through Christ, than I was in the past. That's pretty tough armor. Withstands just about anything.
No, it was basically all Catholics with a 50/50 mix of Hudson bashing and bashing Hudson bashers. The thread was pretty lively until it suddenly got pulled in favor of another thread that only had 4 posts at the time.
Anyway (and I'll be paraphrasing here), once when he was being hounded by the Press, a reporter dredged up a skeleton or two, and hit X with them somewhat unexpectedly. Malcolm looked right at the guy, and said so?
He said something to the effect of, I came to terms with my transgressions long ago, you can trot them out from sun-up to sun-down, they, and as a consequence, you, hold no power over me, so be gone.
Good stuff, if you ask me. And more people should reply in such a way, because it totally defangs that particular bunch of vampires.
"Snakes couldn't have turned on me faster than theliberal. Yes, I will pull offthat liberal's halo that he spends such efforts cultivating! TheNorth"s liberals have been for so long pointing accusing fingers at the South and getting away with itthat they have fits when they are exposed as the world's worst hypocrites."
-Malcolm X
ohhhhh-kayyyy. Moses talked to a bush. Do you guys pray to shrubbery?
His comrades would.
Seriously, I cannot for the life of me understand how devout Catholics could in good faith vote for this man. His disregard for the clear teachings of his Church, the scriptures, and his obvious deceitful life should tell them something about his character.
I didn't see any of the other postings of this article, so I appreciate the fact that you posted it.
"Do you guys pray to shrubbery?"
Ever had a manger scene in your church around Christmas?
Were you praying to it?
Ever asked anybody to pray for you?
Were you praying to them when you did?
Think about it.
Were you praying to it?
No.
Ever asked anybody to pray for you?
Yes.
Were you praying to them when you did?
No. But they're alive.
Think about it.
Okay.
"No. But they're alive."
People in Heaven are dead?
Christians are one body. Where does it say that the death of the physical body severs a Christian from the mystical body of Christ?
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