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.”
(Excerpt) Read more at religion.blogs.cnn.com ...
What Scripture says so?
Do we have to drag in Mormon theology as well, to this thread? Don't we have enough on our plates already? What the heck, go for it.
Well; you didn’t SAY that, but you evidently put great faith in things you’ve experienced.
MORMONs do the same.
I can see Hill Cumorah from my front door!
That was not the issue in post 4400. Try to keep up.
It WASN'T???
HMMmmm...
I don’t see any indication anywhere in the NT that indicates that we are to pray to those who have died and left this planet and stage of their existence.
Sounds right to me.
"Do whatever he tells you"
(John 2:3-5)
Matthew 12:46–50:
While he yet talked to the people, behold, his mother and his brethren stood without, desiring to speak with him. Then one said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to speak with thee. But he answered and said unto him that told him, Who is my mother? and who are my brethren? And he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren! For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.
Yeah...
Sure...
Just like lepers and blind men and little girls did...
Why not; as no ones seem to care much about the TOPIC: Catholic converts to ISLAM.
Sorry, Mary, about how you were treated here.
Not to worry though; for the Catholics will elevate you to a high posititon.
Mercy! That’s my personal mind you happen to be reading there.
Do you think I am a Mormon?
lol!!
Thanks for teaching us all how, by your examplr.
I did go bsck to the first 60 posts, and it looks like the topic was discarded before the thread got to 49.
According to Mary, God has elevated her to a high position:
My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord,
my spirit rejoices in God my Savior
for he has looked with favor on his lowly servant.
From this day all generations will call me blessed:
the Almighty has done great things for me,
and holy is his Name.
He has mercy on those who fear him
in every generation.
He has shown the strength of his arm,
he has scattered the proud in their conceit.
He has cast down the mighty from their thrones,
and has lifted up the lowly.
Thanks for the uplifting link.
So God sent Mary ito lead the jews in battle? On top of the ark is the mercy seat when the blood of lambs is poured ... so Mary is the mercy giver?
God allowed the mother of Christ to be kidnapped touched and kept by heathens .... how respectful.. .
Everything that the ark contained was to be seen in Christ
“And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth.” (John 1:14)
"The verb translated as “dwelt” is the Greek verb “eskeinOsen” which is clearly from the same root of “skeinei” which is translated as “tabernacle” in many passages (ex.: Acts 7:44). So John 1:14 is saying that when the Word became flesh, He thus tabernacled among us, and thus we have seen His Glory… This Roman Catholic author says that this tabernacle is the womb of Mary… Now, let’s think about this logically: John is talking about how the Word was incarnated and how they saw His Glory; how could they see His Glory while He was in the womb of Mary? Actually, you notice how this Roman Catholic only quoted the first part of this verse, and he didn’t quote the part in which John says that, through this “tabernacling”, they saw Christ’s Glory… Besides this, Jesus didn’t stay in the womb of Mary for the whole of His life on earth, so how could the womb of Mary be that Ark in which the stones of the Law were placed to stay there?…"
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