To: presently no screen name
Spare me from the *sympathy* of a Catholic. I’ve endured too much of that in my life.
I guess it all depends on how *sympathy* is defined.
3,177 posted on
11/20/2011 9:49:18 PM PST by
metmom
(For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore & do not submit again to a yoke of slavery)
To: metmom; presently no screen name
I think RCC *sympathy* is defined as "what kind of penance am I going to have to perform for those ways I sinned in thought, word, and deed. I know, I'll show "sympathy" and maybe I'll get off with a few "Hail Marys" and a fast or a charitable gift to the poor. That'll work."
Press *here* for *link* to *website* for penance information. Author of post: smvoice. Reformation Day-and What Led Me to Back to Catholicism. Post 317something, I don't have the exact post number yet.
3,181 posted on
11/20/2011 10:04:57 PM PST by
smvoice
("What, compare Scripture with Scripture?..We'll have to double the Magisterium...")
To: metmom
Spare me from the *sympathy* of a Catholic. I’ve endured too much of that in my life.
I see it as a deep need for wanted what we have but too proud to admit it. What they are screaming for is sympathy for themselves and the bondage they are in - they are 'in' but can't get 'out' - since it's all they know and pride holds them there.
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