Posted on 04/17/2007 8:44:15 PM PDT by Terriergal
Growth, learning, insight, understanding, balance, perspective, honesty . . .
those would do for a start. I’m not interested in pity.
Those poor souls who’ve been burned, beaten, jailed, ran out of town etc. for their faith in Jesus deserve pity and more.
And their ruthless attackers in Mary’s name deserve severe punishment.
Be a jerk and you will get rough treatment. It is not the matter for the Church and does not interest me all that much. Where were these evangelical hatemongers when the priests in Mexico were shot on sight?
Would have to check. But I suspect Evangelicals were quick to offer aid.
I don’t see that much jerky behavior on the part of the Evangelicals.
Regardless, jerkiness is NO EXCUSE for an EVIL INQUISITION from the pit of hell.
First time I’ve ever heard the saints referred to by others as “Gods”, but it’s very fitting.
As far as I can see the principle difference is that many on your side just can't STAND that there are any Catholics at all, except for the few who pass your own particular tests. I've seen this throughout my adult life. A charismatic comes up to me, and takes my temperature to see if I meet her (it's usually a her) high standards of orthodoxy and born-again-itude -- and then is surprised if I later on suggest that a little more charity and less insistence that everyone live up to her standards might do better at spreading the love of God.
There seems to be a notion that God never heard of Saint Paul until the Damascus road experience, that what Ephesians has to say about God's plan and election isn't true, and that if people have not already walked up to MY point in MY way, then they're are walking astray. People say the Catholics put out all these restrictions, that we bind burdens on people's backs, but we embrace all sorts of people, from the on-fire Cantalamessa to the cool rationality (which still bursts into poetry) of Thomas Aquinas, and we allow God to sort 'em out. But for the Charismatics, evidently if we're not doing it their way, we're doing it wrong. And they just CAN'T STAND IT!
They hear of what certainly sounds like some atrocity committed by some Catholic flakes and it's proof, PROOF that Catholicism is corrupt. We, on the other hand, hear of some Protestant or Charismatic atrocity, we pray for the victims, minister where ministry is useful, and move on.
Do you not see what you are revealing by posts and threads such as these? We're not going away. We love you too much to go away. But we're not going to play your game either.
Where do you see Inquisition? Did the jerk claim to be Catholic? By the looks of it all he did was swear at Catholics, and some people became understandably upset.
MD,
I’ve said persistently from the beginning
that
ALL Christian sects/groups
have serious problems of a similar or identical nature.
I’ve repeatedly owned that, noted that; said that.
I have yet to hear much very convincing or abidingly operant on the RC side that owns well at all the distorted junk so commonly there.
No, we are not. Good post.
Happy Easter!
Did you read the article?
You are aware I did not post this thread?
Of course. Did you?
Certainly.
But I’ll wait to deal with it point by point.
This is still mind boggling to me.
Should this be moved at some point to the RELIGION FORUM?
Jeepers. Thanks for the ping!
Nice, annalex. YOUR tone could use a little changing here.
Uh, where did he swear at Catholics? I may have missed it at midnight but that’s not what I got out of this.
Are they talking about Santaria?
“But for the Charismatics, evidently if we’re not doing it their way, we’re doing it wrong. And they just CAN’T STAND IT!”
I had this experience with some charismatics. Not all the ones I knew, but some of them. Highly annoying.
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