To: Mad Dawg
The granting of indulgences, given the history of the practice, would not be something I would claim benefits anyone.
691 posted on
05/01/2010 10:46:11 PM PDT by
count-your-change
(You don't have be brilliant, not being stupid is enough.)
To: count-your-change
Amen. Just the opposite. God does not barter His grace and I doubt He’d be happy if we assume He does.
696 posted on
05/01/2010 11:58:28 PM PDT by
Dr. Eckleburg
("I don't think they want my respect; I think they want my submission." - Flemming Rose)
To: count-your-change
Imagine my surprise!
;-)
The reason I mentioned indulgences was that, whether one thinks they are a good thing or not, if one is granted for reading Scripture that would seem to argue that the Catholic Church is encouraging reading Scripture. The charge had been made that the church discourages it.
In general, I would say a thing's having the capacity to be abused does not necessarily prove that it's a bad thing.
738 posted on
05/02/2010 11:52:49 AM PDT by
Mad Dawg
(Oh Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee.)
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