Yes, that would be a fair criticism. The Church exists in time and is as a political entity, is not infallible. However, that does not diminish my desire to see a robust inquisition instituted today.
It does.
It shouldn't.
That's not how it's portrayed to the rest of the world.
The church has no business being or becoming a political entity. That is NOT the mission of the church or Christ.
That completely contradicts what we've heard from FRoman Catholics for years.
Even you, annalex, have insisted the Roman Catholic church is infallible.
Thanks for your candor. The RCC is not fallible. It makes mistakes. It errs. It gets things wrong. It teaches incorrectly.
Many believe it’s headed this way
as the AntiChrist uses Islam to erase all other religions then erases Islam insisting that the one world religion worship him alone.
Post #469: Torture was considered a valid interrogation technique, but the state did the executions, not the Church.
Post #524: The Holy Inquisition was an ecclesial court that investigated heresy and publicly excommunicated the guilty using the best methods available and thought proper at the time in cooperation with the civil authority. I support American Inquisition, that would utilize modern techniques and cooperate with the civil authority of the United States, in order to, foremostly, publicly excommunicate those Catholics who hold positions of power and teach contrary to the Catholic doctrines, or commit sexual abuse. The Church, incidentally, condemned the use of torture by the US government, so that might do something good also to the US secular practices.
And thus we must conclude that the "right to torture" is held exclusively by the Catholic Church. The Church can torture someone all year long, so long as the final, actual death blow is rendered by the civil government.
Your profile page indicates that you profess to be a monarchist (much as the dearly departed B-Chan was). Is it your desire to see the USA turned into a Catholic monarchy, where the Church gets the right to execute, too? I have to wonder what your ballot looked like in last Tuesday's elections, annalex.
My political ideal is feudal society. This makes me a monarchist. I believe that modern forms of government are an understandable reaction to the excesses of absolute monarchies of 16-19c Europe.
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"The commandment to turn another cheek applies when someone is attacking you. When someone is attacking Christ, His Saints, or His Church, we are to strike back because we love God and one another."
-- FReeper annalex, July 8, 2008
I am all for perceived blasphemy and propaganda to be subject to censorship....I do not think that modern institutions, especially the UN, are capable for drawing the right distinctions.
-- FReeper annalex, April 2, 2009
"I pray that Catholicism in America rids itself from the political left that for a while got the upper hand at the Vatican II. This is why a Holy Inquisition here in this country would be a terrific idea. The Catholic Church in America needs purifucation."
-- FReeper annalex, September 20, 2010