1 John 1:8
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
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 ...
Our church tries to work with all churches in the village. We started a women’s Bible study in the American Baptist church downtown and we have 34 women from every church in the village, including Catholic, Episcopalian, Baptist, Methodist, Non-denominational. It can and does work. Not joining a pro-life or other organization because Catholics are there is small minded and really stupid. We all have something to offer.
1 John 1:8
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
I care not one whit about the “RC edifice,” whatever that is.
I’m a Catholic. I worship in the Catholic Church.
AMEN! AMEN! AMEN!
Absolutely. About a dozen churches in Norman, OK, including the Catholic parishes, held an Ecumenical Vacation Bible School every summer we lived there. Each church hosted a different grade, and they all used the same non-denominational curriculum. I did baby-nursery most years, and liked the First Christian Church so much that my two oldest sons went to preschool there.
“Edifice,” honey. It’s that place with the roof and the bathrooms where we go to Mass. Sometimes the electricity works, too.
The harpies can’t prove their claims by fact or reason, so they resort to their usual tactics:
bait and switch
reductio absurdum
strawmen or women as in always attacking Christ’s Mother
quickly followed by:
gibberish - and finally
little cartoon characters
“you shall know them by thier fruits”
(to answer the main question of the thread)
You said: As though RC heresies did not??!!!!
Your answer is an admission to heresy within the protest-ant edifice...and rightly so. May be some progress here.
There are no heresies that are part of what the Catholic Church teaches and upholds. That would be impossible lest Christ be a liar.
The building where I attended mass this morning has no “skill levels” or “archival data” and as an inanimate object is not fit to “judge from” anything.
You’re always good for a laugh, annalex. Praying to Mary isn’t going to help ONE person go to heaven. Only by faith in the Lord Jesus Christ and repenting of and confessing your sins so He can cleanse you of your unrighteousness will do that. But, hey, keep trying. LOL.
FOR SURE.
AAAAAMEN, ALEX.
I’ll second the motion—if I’m not TOO late, i.e.
False.
Mary leads us to Christ, her soul doth magnify the Lord. †Luke 1:46-55
You know as well as I do that Jesus Christ is the center of the Catholic Church and the center of the Mass.
You are throwing rocks where none are necessary — or so it seems.
As I said in the quote................ At the moment of your death, be ready NOT to apologize for the Blessed Virgin Mary, for she is the Mother of God, Jesus Christ, true man and true God.
BTW, what were Mary’s last words spoken at the Wedding of Cana?
“Do whatever he tells you.” She directs us, even today as she did then, to her Divine Son, Jesus Christ.
That sounds like fun! Hope you had a great time.
Sorry, what?
That’s a lie from the pit of hell, Linden. WE DO keep our minds on Jesus. I have never heard anyone in our churches around here say anything against the Catholics. Most of this seems to be in your minds.
But does it have flush toilets?
Not believing in the dogma of Mary was one of the most recent ones posted.
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