Posted on 07/23/2008 2:47:21 PM PDT by Pyro7480
When Gov. Alfred E. Smith ran for president in 1928, his candidacy was derailed in large part by anti-Catholic prejudice. It has been nearly 48 years since John F. Kennedy became the first (and so far only) Roman Catholic president, but experts say that anti-Catholic sentiment — much of it originating in, or as a response to, immigrants in New York — remains an enduring force in American culture.
That was the consensus of a panel assembled at the Museum of the City of New York on Tuesday night to consider the question, “Is Anti-Catholicism Dead?”
...The Rev. Richard John Neuhaus — a leading conservative intellectual, a former Lutheran pastor and the editor of the leading Catholic journal First Things — offered a surprising view on the question.
“To be a Catholic is not to be refused positions of influence in our society,” he said. “Indeed, one of the most acceptable things is to be a bad Catholic, and in the view of many people, the only good Catholic is a bad Catholic.”
...He added that anti-Catholicism was as likely to come from the left — sometimes from commentators who believe that a “threatening theological insurgency is engineered and directed by Catholics,” with evangelical Protestants merely as the movement’s “foot soldiers.”
(Excerpt) Read more at cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com ...
Ms. Court Reporter, will you please read the question back for the witness?
Show me one Catholic on this forum who has consigned any poster to hell.
The posts you reference are not models of probity or charity in some instances, but they don't answer the question asked.
Actually thank you for making my point crystal clear. My post was not about a specific statement, my post was about the hypocrisy of those crying about being attacked while at the same time throwing out vicious attack. Your post could not have possibly been a better illustration.
Yep, you’re missing something.
You couldn't find the answer you wanted, so you answered a different question. Fair enough, but don't expect an absence of comment on that common debate stratagem.
You remain unable to find an example of any Catholic poster telling a Protestant (or any other denomination) poster that he or she is going to hell.
It just isn't done. We don't make decisions about who is heading for the Bad Place, there's only One who does that.
(Besides, who could dislike such a cute weasel (ferret)? Her name is Rita, and she doesn't look vicious to me at all!)
Well I have run across posts by Catholics saying if you don't believe in trinity you are headed straight to hell. But so far I have only seen quotes similar to above concerning salvation directed at Protestants, which does imply hell to Protestants. And I run across a lot tons of posts like 'Comment #2,263 Removed by Moderator' on these threads, so who knows what was said there. But I am a bit surprised it is difficult to find one more damaging, so perhaps I was wrong in my perception.
I was going to say that exact thing! (I wish I were so eloquent.)
Now, back to lurking!
**I know Christians who won’t contribute to Crisis Pregnancy Centers when they have Catholics on the board.**
Doesn’t sound too ‘Christ-like’ to do something like that.
Well, it always seems worse when you’re on the receiving end! :-D
On the Religion Forum, I remove hateful posts, tacky posts and posts which are very personal, including posts which condemn other Freepers personally.
But I do not remove posts for theological condemnations because evidently each time a belief spawns from a previous one, both condemn each other in the harshest terms they can muster.
In other words, it is standard fare in “open” religious debate – and even in official religious doctrines and documents – for one belief to designate another belief as apostate, a cult, heresy, anathema, idolatrous, infidel, sect, satanic, pagan, and blasphemous. It is the nature of “open” religious debate to flesh out the differences between beliefs and such terms come with the territory.
I do not doubt that, in the minds of some whose beliefs are on the receiving end, such terms can amount to a curse, even an eternal one. And I do not doubt that some take it personally. Thin-skinned RF posters should stay away from the “open” threads and stick with the “ecumenical” “caucus” “prayer” or “devotional” threads.
A couple of years ago, the assistant pastor of a large “Church of God” here announced that the church would no longer support the homeless shelter or the food bank because Catholics participated. To their credit, the congregation told him to shut up - maybe he was a goofball, but they weren’t.
I have to remember that pocket weasel for the “science” poster.
They DO smell bad, but they're so alert and inquisitive and friendly. Kind of like Siamese cats on speed. . . .
I’ve known people who kept ferrets. They do have the worst qualities of cats, though, and then some!
They are very rough on rabbits though.
Our rabbits around here are pretty stupid. They come hopping through the yard, and the Labs have hysterics. My cagey older Choc has actually caught two - she will edge along nonchalantly pretending not to see bunny until she gets within range and then pounce.
The young one just barks and bounds and scares them off. She'll learn though.
What’s your point. I challenged you to defend an unfounded claim that you made and you replied with that stupid picture?
sorry, wrong thread. Had too many tabs open and chose the wrong one.
OK...
LOL. I dunno...in a bizarre way I kinda like that that pic.
Most excellent!
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