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To: 1000 silverlings
yet so far, none of you have explained whether or not you or the Catholic church, all or some of you, believe that Mary is all those things. If any of you would step up and say yea or nay to just what it is we are to believe, it might be a step in a direction.

As though you've NEVER been told what Catholics believe before. As though we've kept it a secret! LOL! Not a chance. Look it up.

1,161 posted on 05/03/2010 11:48:18 AM PDT by Judith Anne
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To: Judith Anne; Quix; Dr. Eckleburg; Alex Murphy; wmfights; Alamo-Girl; editor-surveyor; ...

We do look it up, that seems to be what’s causing some catholics the greatest difficulty. Is Mary the tree of life for example? Is she the “firstborn” of every creature? And so on, and so on, and so on. And if she is, if she does in your theology, usurp all the roles that belong to Christ, then defend why it’s so, or you believe that it’s so and proper. Calling people “bigots” for asking serious theological questions is childish behavior and doesn’t belong on a religion forum.


1,167 posted on 05/03/2010 11:55:25 AM PDT by 1000 silverlings (everything that deceives, also enchants: Plato)
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To: Judith Anne

What a slightly clever cop-out.

Doesn’t wash at all but nice try.


1,224 posted on 05/03/2010 1:03:56 PM PDT by Quix (BLOKES who got us where we R: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2130557/posts?page=81#81)
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To: Judith Anne; Quix; RnMomof7

Actually, from what I’ve encountered, the Catholics don’t generally tell you what they do believe, but rather what they don’t.

Someone will provide a source to back up a point they’re making and all I’ll see is *Catholics don’t believe that*, instead of telling us what they do believe and correcting the error.

Almost always in the negative, virtually never in the positive.

Well if Catholics aren’t going to refute the error with positive (this is what they believe) instead of negative (that’s not what they believe), then everyone else can justifiably conclude that it was not error after all. It just puts it to the level of opinion with no fact to back it up.


1,239 posted on 05/03/2010 1:18:20 PM PDT by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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