Intended Catholic Dictatorship

Independent Individualist ^ | 8/27/10 | Reginald Firehammer

[MarkBsnr]

Fatalism is the view that people cannot do anything other than what fate has determined that they will do. Calvinism is the view that people cannot do anything other than what God has determined that they will do. The main difference is the name that they give to their deity.

Yea, Robo Christians.

The Planet of the Robot Slaves aka Calvinist Paradise.

[Natural Law]

"Good grief. I posted excerpts the other day."

You cut and pasted from the Time magazine article, you didn't read the book or even capture the context of the quotes. The rules of proper decorum prohibit me from further characterizing your actions.

[stfassisi]

“”Divinity cannot lose faith, but Mother Teresa says she lost hers.””

I have always noticed throughout my life that when I start focusing on other peoples trials as if I feel I am immune to these trials myself that God allows me to be tested in a harder fashion.

So, If I were you,I would expect to be tried since you seem to elevating yourself as if your faith is greater than someone like Mother Teresa who reached out to love the worst of human suffering

[Dr. Eckleburg]

You continue to post chunks of Scripture which pertain to what? What point are you making? What concept are these verses supposedly re-enforcing?

Posting Scripture is a positive move, Mark, but please, do us a favor and read it.

[caww]

False:...Almost all Protestants ridicule anyone who venerates the woman who was chosen by Christ to be His Mother.

False:...None of you give her the due she deserves.

False:...And all of you call her a sinner, no better than you.

Dr.E....why do some catholics always seem to pigeonhole 'everyone' who isn't a catholic into the same category? No wonder some use the term anti-catholic so much..some simply cannot discern the difference. It does get tiring to say the least. At some point you would hope the difference would be clear.

Mary was exactly who Christ said she was. Mother to our Savior Jesus Christ. Honored, yes, worshiped?... no not in the least. She would be appalled beyond measure to see any uplift her to the place she would not ever choose to be.

[MarkBsnr]

The necessity for monasteries today is the same as it was in the past. There’s a variety of functions. Priests come out of monasteries, lay people go on retreats at monasteries. A life of prayer has value, and monastics pray for us and for the world.

The Reformed have no need of prayer. They are predestined for the limousine ride to Reformed salvation and the rest of humanity can just go to hell, with the Reformed sneering out of the windows of the limousine. The only value of prayer for the Reformed is a mechanical exercise which ultimately means nothing.

[Dr. Eckleburg]

I'm not elevating myself in the slightest. I'm quoting Mother Teresa who was presented here as a model of Christian perfection.

But she was not. And it is foolish to say she was. It's foolish and destructive to true Christianity to elevate to sainthood a woman who said she did not believe in Christ, who lost her faith for the last 50 years of her life and who taught others that all faiths are equally valid.

That is not how I have learned Christ. Nor you, I would hope.

[Dr. Eckleburg]

AMEN to every word, caww!

[kosta50]

For someone who makes as many typos and grammatical errors as you do, you presume editing abilities beyond your pay grade.

How kind of you. I suggest you examine your own on this thread alone.

[D-fendr]

You value monastics without even knowing it.

[D-fendr]

The Reformed have no need of prayer.

Don't want no dank monastic's prayer anyway it seems.

[Religion Moderator]

Reading the mind of another Freeper is a form of "making it personal."

Discuss the issues all you want, but do not make it personal.

[kosta50]

On what did the church base this "'correct' Trinitarian formula?"

On Tradition, Bible and a lot of rationalizing.

[Dr. Eckleburg]

I’m not the one going around pointing out everyone’s typos and flinging [sic}s indiscriminately.

I learned a long time ago it’s best not to draw attention to someone else’s mistakes because we all make them. When I do, I invariably screw up one of my own posts.

[MarkBsnr]

I prefer the life Christ outlined for His sheep -- marriage, family and His instruction to "go into all the world, and preach the Gospel to every creature."

Sure; Matthew 19: 12 "Some are incapable of marriage because they were born so; some, because they were made so by others; some, because they have renounced marriage 9 for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. Whoever can accept this ought to accept it." does not apply to Reformed theology whatsoever, does it?

The answer is no. The Reformed have been removing inconvenient passages from their Bible since Calvin was terrorizing the good burghers of Geneva. You argue and argue against celibacy in the clergy, but have not as yet on this thread acknowledged this quotation from Jesus. Is there any Christ in Reformed theology?

[Dr. Eckleburg]

As much as it may pain some to admit, the doctrine of the Trinity was founded on Scripture.

[stfassisi]

Dear Sister, Mother Teresa continued to love others resisting her trials of faith.

Can you even imagine seeing dying child after dying child in your arms day by day and waking up each morning to see this horror over and over for years?

People who love much are tempted and persecuted much in this world.

Read the lives of the Saints.

Good Night!

[kosta50]

You didn't make a typo. You implied that Catholics can say something with certainty about someone soul. That is incorrect.

[kosta50]

As much as it may pain some to admit, the doctrine of the Trinity was founded on Scripture

Pontificating doesn't make something true. Find me where the Bible says God is Triune; find where it says the hyposases are co-equal and co-eternal.

[D-fendr]

As much as it may pain some to admit, major contributions to the definition of the Trinity were made by monastics.