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To: DungeonMaster

Before you even say it, I know you will say “It doesn’t say I can’t pray to other than God”. To that I can only say God says how to pray, why are you looking for wiggle room to do something different.

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INDEED.

Sometimes, I think the RC edifice is an institution built on wiggle room.


3,322 posted on 06/06/2008 8:51:58 AM PDT by Quix (GOD ALONE IS GOD; WORTHY; PAID THE PRICE; IS COMING AGAIN; KNOWS ALL; IS LOVING; IS ALTOGETHER GOOD)
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To: Quix
Sometimes, I think the RC edifice is an institution built on wiggle room.

Exactly. You get that feeling in these debates, every possible soft interpretation is used, every possible missing instruction is taken advantage of. And then things like "full of grace" are turned into:

http://www.ewtn.com/library/Montfort/truedevo.htm

3,336 posted on 06/06/2008 9:02:02 AM PDT by DungeonMaster (Obamafeld, "A CAMPAIGN ABOUT NOTHING".)
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To: Quix
Sometimes, I think the RC edifice is an institution built on wiggle room.

I'm seeing that here too.

3,436 posted on 06/06/2008 10:11:34 AM PDT by dan1123 (If you want to find a person's true religion, ask them what makes them a "good person".)
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