Posted on 09/02/2011 9:07:47 AM PDT by marshmallow
Minneapolis, Minnesota (CNN) –Prior to 2006, few people even knew that then-Minnesota state legislator Keith Ellison was a Muslim. Because of his English name, he said, no one thought to ask.
But five years ago, when he ran for a seat in the United States House of Representatives - a race he would go on to win - word of his religious affiliation began to spread.
“When I started running for Congress it actually took me by surprise that so many people were fascinated with me being the first Muslim in Congress,” said Ellison, a Democrat now serving his third term in the House.
“But someone said to me, ‘Look Keith, think of a person of Japanese origin running for Congress six years after Pearl Harbor–this might be a news story.’”
Though Ellison's status as the first Muslim elected to Congress is widely known, fewer are aware that he was born into a Catholic family in Detroit and was brought up attending Catholic schools.
But he said he was never comfortable with that faith.
“I just felt it was ritual and dogma,” Ellison said. “Of course, that’s not the reality of Catholicism, but it’s the reality I lived. So I just kind of lost interest and stopped going to Mass unless I was required to.”
It wasn’t until he was a student at Wayne State University in Detroit when Ellison began, “looking for other things.”
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ENTITLEMENTS INDEED.
That’s why I posted the STATIONS OF THE WHITE HANKY.
It’s good to occasionally note the more outrageous unwritten dogmas etc.
In our home, my husband’s last rites were very relaxed, casual, and peaceful. Nothing felt “formal,” mostly because we were all family and had a close connection with our priest.
You know full well what I think of you, and why.
That actually brings up another thing which we do which you may not be aware. We also anoint the sick if they request it, but it's not something which is talked about very much. If a member of the Church requests to be anointed with oil by the elders of the Church, then a special service is held where the elders anoint the sick and the entire Church prays over them for God's will to be done. It's not done very often, but it is still done.
That’s a very nice thing for the protestant church(es) to offer, and Biblical.
It was the same way when my mother was dying. The Pastor was a very close family friend who had known my parents for decades and the meeting, which started out as very somber, almost wound up turning into a revival service with God being praised for His faithfulness to not only my mother but my whole family.
Assumptions can be quite misleading.
There’s a lot of RC minds I wouldn’t dare to pretend any capacity or willingness to read! LOL.
No different then you pimping your denomination.
Since you don’t know what you’re talking about, and I am not about to conduct a seminar for you, let’s just drop it.
No arguments here, my only question would be why don't the other Churches do it? It's sound Biblical doctrine and well within a believer's rights to ask to be anointed and prayed over by their Brothers and Sisters. I don't know why others have strayed from this, but they have.
As far as I know, Lutherans do it. Mo Synod, at least.
Welllllllllll
have fun all y’all.
I think I’ll go wash my brain and fingers out and do some other things preparing for sleep.
Blessings to all who seek God as God . . . for Himself.
CHRIST ALONE!
CHRIST ALONE!
CHRIST ALONE!
THE BLOOD SHALL NEVER LOSE IT’S POWER!
PRAISE GOD for His Love, Christ’s Faithfulness, Holy Spirit’s Presence, comfort and teaching.
My husband was a church musician, and the priest loved his music, which was very classical.
Well that's a good sign. I know most of the mainstream Protestant Churches around me have steered away from this practice, or at least I haven't heard of them doing it any longer. Even some of the Baptist Churches have let it drop lately, but usually they at least proclaim to believe in anointing with oil, even if they don't practice it any longer. My family's home church, on the other hand, keeps a bottle of anointing oil on the altar just in front of the pulpit.
I wasn't born yesterday on a turnip truck. This "anti-Catholic" bigotry that is oh so easily tossed around these days could just as easily be called anti-Protestant bigotry. It's all in the viewpoint, isn't it? I remember many provocative threads years ago with titles such as, Why Catholicism is the Only True Faith and Why Protestants are Heretics. If the terms were reversed wouldn't you expect to be able to give an objection? Wouldn't you be totally within your rights to be able to do so? The "Caucus" tag only works when the content does not compare one faith to another or speak unfavorably of another faith. Those are easy enough to follow, don't you think?
As to the VERY few caucus threads for Non-Catholics that get posted (we're not afraid of alternate views), I see those getting the same "interruptions" that you are complaining about. While we are on the topic, I think it is quite strange, actually, that on Catholic Caucus threads there is such a vehement protectionism that, even if someone has something positive to say about the thread OP, the immediate challenge is, "Are you a Catholic?", "Get off this thread!", and it doesn't matter what was said. It is exclusionary to the point that even good comments are excluded. I was hit with just such a thing when I expressed support for the subject person of the article. How are you ever to expect respect when the caucus designation is used as a club complete with Moderators having to pose as your personal bouncers?
You know, have your "special" threads, but drop trying to make the Religion Forum a Catholics Only place. We have every right to post our thoughts and every right to defend against false claims, false doctrine and any other misunderstandings of the Christian faith. It is OUR faith, as well. You really don't do yourselves any favors by complaining about Anti-Catholic bigotry because bigotry can go both ways. It means "a person obstinately or intolerantly devoted to his or her own opinions and prejudices, especially one exhibiting intolerance, and animosity toward those of differing beliefs" (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bigotry). Fits some of you guys, too, doesn't it?
In what way were their rights infringed,
I suspected that you must have had some kind of musical interests due to some of the lyrics I've seen you use before and that would explain it. My own parents were very heavily involved in the Church, not only singing but also visiting the sick and working as Bible School helpers and teachers. My father served as not only a Sunday School teacher, but also the Sunday School superintendent before being elected to act as one of the Deacons a few years ago. Needless to say, I was raised in Church and have been involved in it in some capacity since before I was able to walk and talk, much less read and understand so you can understand my interest in seeing how other denominations live out their faith.
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