Posted on 07/18/2010 6:04:05 AM PDT by Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus
Nonsense.
Perhaps you can explain some meaningful connection?
Most RC’s hereon know that I believe that many RC’s are Christians.
Not all, of course.
Ditto for all denominations—not just the RC’s.
What failed?
INDEED.
That sure cuts down on Catholic divorce statistics, doesn't it.
Actually, no, it does not. Unless you can point out any secular or civil authority that recognizes annulments. Otherwise, those who get their annulments must also get a divorce in order for their remarriage to be recognized by the state.
In which case, even considering annulments, Catholics STILL have a much lower divorce rate than their non-Catholic peers, as per the two articles I posted above.
Maybe that wasn't funny...No one laughed but me...
It is accurate to say however that Jesus didn't spend any time extolling 'oral' tradition...What I find interesting in those statements, and there are over 20, is that Jesus is speaking to people who 'have not read', but they only heard...But yet what they 'heard', had been written...
All of the times that Jesus said, It is written, or Have ye not read, or Ye have heard that it has been said, never once did Jesus refer to 'oral' tradition...Jesus directed people to the written word, whether to read it or to hear it...
Judith Anne's proudest moment. When she had to come back and correct the post #. It takes the ah-HA!! air out of her post.
Iscool’s post 850 failed. My mistake, I said 870 instead of 864, which I have already posted but you have evidently not seen.
What?!?! Now Barna IS a reputable source for material on religious issues?
Which is it? Can they be trusted or not?
Or does it depend some on how the Catholic church is portrayed?
Wow! Thats a good point. I did not think of that. I have gone to weddings in my late20’s and 30’s that were because of “conversion”.
Your stock market sine curve analogy would show a 600 year, and continuing, decline.
Wrong. I have never done anything I am proud of. What does it feel like?
Are the parentheses in the original?
Obviously you don't believe those plain words of John the Apostle...
Maybe I do and maybe I don't. I'm just asking where in the Bible the words "Bible alone" appear. It's interesting that so far what I have received as a response is questions about what I believe, a statement about what I obviously do not believe, and a novel textual tradition of John which includes parentheses.
Tell me where in the Bible do the words Bible Alone appear, PLEASE?
Thanks for providing an example. What you think is clever and witty is, by any comprehension of the English language, thinly veiled contempt and personal attack. It's your style and for whatever reason, you are allowed to get away with it. How "rabid clique" can be seen as other than personal attack, escapes me.
Those items are not in my quiver.
Yer killin' me here!
You are missing an important item...How many annulments in the Catholic religion...Let’s add those to the divorces...
If you have credible statistics that challenge those posted in post # 875 and 877, please post them here.
Why? They are only a subset of those that get divorced and remarried (with rare exceptions, such as those who go on to Holy Orders or religious life), so you cannot add them statistically.
"George Barna was born in Princeton, New Jersey as a Catholic, but later converted to evangelical Christianity. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology from Boston College and 2 Master’s Degrees from Rutgers University. He has also completed a doctorate from Dallas Baptist University. The Barna Group founded by him is a market research firm."
He is obviously not carrying water for the Catholic Church. If anything, this would reinforce the validity of his statistics regarding Catholic vs non-Catholic divorce rates.
"Always" and "Never" are two words that should be used with extreme caution by those who believe works are part of their salvation.
It's how they defend the faith, dontcha know?
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