Posted on 03/26/2011 12:59:03 PM PDT by Dr. Eckleburg
When I say Catholic is the largest “denomination” in America and the world, you keep denying that by saying that there are more “Protestants” and “Evangelicals.” I don’t know what else you could be saying by that.
As an aside, not everyone agrees that Michael Archangel isn’t God
Really? The angels were created by God. So, Roman Catholics pray to the created, not the Creator, and then make the claim that somehow the Archangel Michael is God? And this from people who subscribe to the "Church" that claims to have given us Scripture?
Wow. If this doesn't go to prove the apostasy of Roman Catholicism, what does? Is it any wonder the nature, extent, and vileness of the pederasty that goes on in the cult of the Roman Catholic Church!
I'm stunned.
And there are those who would claim Protestants are heretics.
Hoss
The RCCs are simply a bigger target than most other groups.
I'd like for you to figure out why Philadelphia, obviously run by a bunch of pedophiles, is going after the RCC other than for the purpose of removing some of the competition.
Everybody knows the City Fathers were out after the Boy Scouts and want to have access for their pedophile friends, so why aren't they happy enough to have 37 of them infiltrated into one diocese?
You cannot deal with the one problem without also recognizing the other ~ so far your arguments simply Do Not Compute.
Certainly is a tip-off that Rome isn't Kosher. 8~)
If this doesn't go to prove the apostasy of Roman Catholicism, what does? Is it any wonder the nature, extent, and vileness of the pederasty that goes on in the cult of the Roman Catholic Church!
Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them." -- Matthew 7:16-20 "Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
Evil begets evil.
More deflection. More “but they all do it.”
37 priests in one city in one diocese.
The error is to think this diocese is exceptional. It’s much more likely to be illustrative of the majority of them.
It did take years, but as I said, patience pays.
They finally did get an answer on Alex Murphy.
So far you have not shown me where, as you accused, I have said Protestantism is a denomination.
Wouldn’t it be a lot simpler to say you misread what I wrote and in fact, I have not said Protestantism is a denomination?
These kinds of endless trajectories only serve to further ignore the article that began this thread.
Almost as if that were the intention.
You implied that Protestant is a denomination but did so with plausible deniability.
Nobody needs to *defame* the Catholic church. The church has done plenty all by its lonesome to defame itself.
If it would quit providing material for others to merely point out, it would have nothing to complain about. Then it could rightly say that it's all slander and lies.
But it isn't. All they end up screaming is *anti-Catholicism*. They aren't (and can't) denying that it's true. They're claiming that people pointing out the obvious and rightly condemning the behavior is being *anti-Catholic*.
Martyrdom only works when someone has done nothing wrong. When one is caught and condemned for wrong doing, it's called *consequences*.
lol. No, I didn’t. And the shoddy defense of “you implied” carries zero weight.
You implied you were a giraffe.
Disprove it.
What you'll find in statistics is that you usually need more than one sample cell (in this case a diocese) to work out your statistical norms.
You know very well your typical pedophile is NOT A LONER.
The RCC is just a larger target. Those women in all those public schools certainly prove the phenomenon is quite widespread although DC did have a "nest" several years back who got caught. Vermont, for example, has several judges who appear to have the job of turning these guys loose and you'll never hear Senator Leahy, for another example, criticizing any of his fellow Democrats who are soft on pedophiles.
“So, Roman Catholics pray to the created, not the Creator, and then make the claim that somehow the Archangel Michael is God?”
Catholics do not claim that Michael is God. Jehovah’s Witnesses claim that he is Jesus. If you think that Catholics believe Michael the Archangel is God, then that shows how little knowledge of Catholicism you have.
“And this from people who subscribe to the “Church” that claims to have given us Scripture?”
Yes they did. It’s funny that you put “Church” in quotation marks, because it is an actual Church, unlike the various ecclesiastical communities that you may or may not belong to.
“Is it any wonder the nature, extent, and vileness of the pederasty that goes on in the cult of the Roman Catholic Church!”
Yes, the pederasty is less in extent and vileness than other organizations. And it’s funny that you call the Church a cult.
“And there are those who would claim Protestants are heretics.”
Cause they are.
It's not a case of "they all do it", but Philadelphia does seem to have a nest of pedophiles in positions of authority.
You can't excuse the city government and the local prosecutors for what they tried to do to the Boy Scouts by pointing to what they see to be doing to the RCCC now.
These two acts must be reconciled.
Spew food on keyboard and monitor....
Thanks a lot.
Terminological consistency requires that a Protestant to be a real Christian heritic first have been a Catholic.
Ok, then their doctrines descend from heretics.
That should be.....
Interesting term for a “newbie”
I think that would screen quite effectively on the seriousness of folks call . . .
I doubt it would help the priest shortage a lot.
So, Roman Catholics pray to the created, not the Creator
The post says basically, 'this prayer is good for those coming into this discussion' -- and it's a prayer to the Archangel Michael. Roman Catholics pray to a created being INSTEAD of praying directly to God?
"Our Father...."
No one else. Just God.
Please -- focus.
So.. Roman Catholics, according to your post (or at least some of them) pray to angels. This is heretical. Do you not see that? When Christ taught his disciples to pray, He didn't say, "pray like this: Archangel Michael/Mary/St. So-and-So, patron saint of Widget makers...." NO!
Hoss
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