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To: MarkBsnr; boatbums
All this could have been avoided if the question about the bowing of the knee had been answered instead of returning fire with a fusillade of angry fluff.

What a crock.....

Basing someone's level of spiritual maturity based on outward physical signs is ridiculous.

People bow their knees to all kinds of deities in this world. An outward physical sign of kneeling is meaningless as an indicator of the person's heart.

The fruit of the Spirit is.....

Galatians 5:22-23 22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.

Even Jesus said.....

Matthew 7:15-23 15 "Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves. 16You will recognize them by their fruits. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? 17So, every healthy tree bears good fruit, but the diseased tree bears bad fruit. 18A healthy tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a diseased tree bear good fruit. 19 Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. 20Thus you will recognize them by their fruits.

21 "Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. 22 On that day many will say to me, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?' 23 And then will I declare to them, 'I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.'

1,753 posted on 11/12/2011 6:11:28 AM PST by metmom (For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore & do not submit again to a yoke of slavery)
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To: metmom
>>Basing someone's level of spiritual maturity based on outward physical signs is ridiculous.<<

But that’s pretty much what CC teaching is based on so how would they understand anything different?

1,755 posted on 11/12/2011 6:21:42 AM PST by CynicalBear
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To: metmom
All this could have been avoided if the question about the bowing of the knee had been answered instead of returning fire with a fusillade of angry fluff.

What a crock.....

In other words, you have nothing and cannot refute it.

1,758 posted on 11/12/2011 6:32:27 AM PST by MarkBsnr (I would not believe in the Gospel, if the authority of the Catholic Church did not move me to do so.)
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