Posted on 04/15/2008 8:07:25 AM PDT by NYer
You said:
“I have no knowledge of that. SO if that oath is fake, show me the real one.”
Now, I see you’ve been given the smack-down by the RM...so you’re now aware that the “oath” you are “familiar” with is a fraud...but that still doesn’t eliminate the fact that you’ve tossed this piece of garbage in the Knights’ yard.
I am a Fourth Degree Knight.
Each of our degree ceremonies is “secret” insofar as we keep the contents of the ceremonies secret from the general public. Priests are, however, always welcome at our ceremonies. We do not keep these things secret to hide things so much as to preserve them.
Each of our tenets - charity, unity, fraternity and patriotism - is tied to each of our degrees. The degree ceremonies are powerful experiences for those who go through them. I, for one, experienced intense ranges of emotions and gained much from the experiences.
Those experiences would have been greatly diminished had I known up front what to expect. The secrecy is key to allowing all Knights to get the full benefit from the experience.
I assume, Levinite, that you have finished high school. Would a test for which you already had the answers been a valid gauge of your knowledge?
Would you wish to see a movie knowing how it ended?
You've noticed that,too? Knowing that all this FR hatred is archived on google for all the world to see. It's sad.
Members of the Knights of Columbus, from left, Paul Lambert, Richard Head, Anthony Fortunato, and Charles Gallina, gather along Pennsylvania Ave. across the White House in Washington, Tuesday, April, 15, 2008, The Knights of Columbus are the honor guards for Pope Benedict XVI who arrives Tuesday.
Amen.
Pretty despicable link you readily provided.
Ah Ha!
YOU write for Bill Mahr, don’t you!
(ok..Joke on your Joke)
Sacriligious, snarky comments about
elements of the Catholic faith on a
thread referring to same, or on any
thread referring to another religion
to which the posters relate, are pretty
low class.
And your defensive sarcasm after
you’ve been called on it compounds
the offenses.
The fact that you say you don’t get
offended on threads where I’m assuming
your religion is dissed, displays a
sad layer of spiritual emptiness and
cynicism. I offer a prayer for you.
I think it’s time.
Building Ties With Catholics A Bush Priority
Excerpt:
“During a private meeting in the White House living quarters last year with the Roman Catholic bishop of Hong Kong, President Bush expressed passionate appreciation for the church’s defense of human life on abortion and other issues.
As recounted by former speechwriter Bill McGurn, who was at the meeting, Bush told Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-Kiun that “the church is the rock — it is the only thing that can withstand the wave of secularization, which says you can kill someone else to make your own life more convenient. He said the Catholic Church must never give in on this.”
~~~
God bless Pres. Bush and protect Pope Benedict XVI
on this journey.
Pope Benedict’s comments today:
““It is a great suffering for the Church in the United States and for the Church in general and for me personally that this could happen,” the Pope said. “It’s difficult for me to understand how it was possible that priests betrayed in this way their mission to give healing, to give the love of God to these children,” he said.
“I am deeply ashamed and we will do what is possible so this cannot happen again in the future,” he added. He promised that the Church would do everything possible to screen candidates for the priesthood “so that only really sound persons can be admitted”.
“We will absolutely exclude paedophiles from the sacred ministry. It is more important to have good priests than many priests. We will do everything possible to heal this wound.”
You are a disruptor, plain and simple.
I rummaging through my stash of indulgences for my Opus Dei Sock Puppet. He and I vill vant to talk mit you.
I would think that priests molesting kids would be low class but I guess you know better than me. Maybe you should offer your prayers for those tens of thousands of kids rather than me.
Predictable, to the end.
My thought exactly. That was the wierdest sentence in this odd article.
Photos of the Knights at the White House at the K of C site:
http://www.kofc.org/un/index.cfm#
Click on More Photos.
Thanks!
Exactly!
Stop telling everyone our secrets! Now I gotta go to the my evil Irish Catholic Legal Clubs to plot to take over the judiciary :)
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