To: Outership
Im curious to how Paul would feel about being called insane. Would he think it was offensive? Would he think it was harsh? Consider the prayers that Catholics offer to saints, along with the claims that "they're not dead" and "they can hear us in Heaven". Consider the reverence / veneration that Catholics offer to Mary, the mother of Jesus. Now watch the backspin as a Catholic tries to justify saying that one of Christ's apostles was insane when he wrote his epistles.
For comparison's sake, try imagining the reaction from Catholics if a Protestant were to say that Mary was just experiencing severe PMS when she composed the Magnificat.
550 posted on
05/01/2010 3:55:16 PM PDT by
Alex Murphy
(....doing the jobs that Catholics refuse to do....)
To: Alex Murphy
I did not say St. Paul was insane.
To: Alex Murphy; Outership
For comparison's sake, try imagining the reaction from Catholics if a Protestant were to say that Mary was just experiencing severe PMS when she composed the Magnificat. ouch...I think I just got a cramp.
561 posted on
05/01/2010 4:34:06 PM PDT by
boatbums
(God is ready to assume full responsibility for the life wholly yielded to him.)
To: Alex Murphy
576 posted on
05/01/2010 5:26:27 PM PDT by
Outership
(Looking for a line by line Book of Revelation Bible study? http://tiny.cc/rPSQc)
To: Alex Murphy
For comparison’s sake, try imagining the reaction from Catholics if a Protestant were to say that Mary was just experiencing severe PMS when she composed the Magnificat.
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INDEED TO THE MAX
594 posted on
05/01/2010 6:50:05 PM PDT by
Quix
(BLOKES who got us where we R: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2130557/posts?page=81#81)
To: Alex Murphy; Quix
For comparison's sake, try imagining the reaction from Catholics if a Protestant were to say that Mary was just experiencing severe PMS when she composed the Magnificat. One can only imagine. They get the vapors when one merely suggests that she wasn't always a virgin but that she had a normal marriage relationship with Joseph as evidenced by His siblings.
And imply that she was not immaculately conceived, and you're banging on the gates of hell.
606 posted on
05/01/2010 7:05:02 PM PDT by
metmom
(Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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