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To: The Comedian
The Church is a Church of sinners, and absolutely we have our share.

Some would offer that it's a cult of nothing but sin and sinners, of blasphemy and pedophilia, but I probably wouldn't go that far.

I have absolutely no wish to find out about your personal life.

Actually, when you claim Obama is a "Protestant" and basically state that Protestantism is the reason he's ruining America, you paint a big red circle on yourself.

Take your best shot.

When you asserted the destruction of America at the hands of Obama was due to his (incorrectly ascribed) "Protestantism", you opened this "guilt by association" challenge for inclusion in the debate.

He claims membership in the UCC and attended a UCC church for 20 years. The UCC claims him. Do you have anything else to offer? The preceding claims were that Catholics were ruining the planet for all humankind and all Catholic countries (en masse) were offered up as evidence of corruption and ineffectual goverments simply by being Catholic. Another poster swatted that down with per capita statistics, and here we are.

Evangelicals, or what you term "Protestants" do not assert any moral, theological, or ethic superiority due to any hierarchical management structure, nor in fact to any human construct or tradition whatsoever, so attempting to decry the actual Christian church en toto by decrying two of its members has no logical basis or effect. It is basically saying "Nuh uh, you are". But, when one has come to a battle of wits unarmed, one swings whatever one has access to, I suppose.

Have a nice suppose, may it do you good. Protestantism is the breaking away from the Church of Jesus the Christ and the belief that everyone may create his own belief system and doctrines. Have at it.

Catholics invest all of their theological validity tokens in the group authority of the Romanist priesthood. That Romanist priesthood accepts and continues to embrace Pelosi, Biden, Kennedy, and a host of other reprobate communist child murder-supporting servants of Lucifer, thereby negating any validity they may have held up to that point.

Nice version of Christianity. You might want to read up on Luke 7: 36 10 11 A Pharisee invited him to dine with him, and he entered the Pharisee's house and reclined at table. 37 Now there was a sinful woman in the city who learned that he was at table in the house of the Pharisee. Bringing an alabaster flask of ointment, 38 she stood behind him at his feet weeping and began to bathe his feet with her tears. Then she wiped them with her hair, kissed them, and anointed them with the ointment. 39 When the Pharisee who had invited him saw this he said to himself, "If this man were a prophet, he would know who and what sort of woman this is who is touching him, that she is a sinner."

40 Jesus said to him in reply, "Simon, I have something to say to you." "Tell me, teacher," he said. 41 "Two people were in debt to a certain creditor; one owed five hundred days' wages 12 and the other owed fifty. 42 Since they were unable to repay the debt, he forgave it for both. Which of them will love him more?" 43 Simon said in reply, "The one, I suppose, whose larger debt was forgiven." He said to him, "You have judged rightly."

44 Then he turned to the woman and said to Simon, "Do you see this woman? When I entered your house, you did not give me water for my feet, but she has bathed them with her tears and wiped them with her hair. 45 You did not give me a kiss, but she has not ceased kissing my feet since the time I entered. 46 You did not anoint my head with oil, but she anointed my feet with ointment. 47 So I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven; hence, she has shown great love. 13 But the one to whom little is forgiven, loves little." 48 He said to her, "Your sins are forgiven."

49 The others at table said to themselves, "Who is this who even forgives sins?" 50 But he said to the woman, "Your faith has saved you; go in peace."

So what do you think on the mighty throne of your Christianity?

1,939 posted on 06/25/2010 5:20:29 PM PDT by MarkBsnr ( I would not believe in the Gospel if the authority of the Catholic Church did not move me to do so.)
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To: MarkBsnr; Dr. Eckleburg; Quix
He claims membership in the UCC and attended a UCC church for 20 years. The UCC claims him. Do you have anything else to offer?

Trinty UCC is as Christian as you are Baptist.

Try harder next time.

Do the tiniest amount of research, even if it doesn't confirm your prejudices. It may not help you win the argument, but it might stifle a lot of laughter at your expense.

You've lost. We're closed.

You don't have to go home, but you can't stay here.

Nite.


Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.

1,955 posted on 06/25/2010 6:03:14 PM PDT by The Comedian (Evil can only succeed if good men don't point at it and laugh.)
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