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To: CynicalBear
You are so correct that there are many personal reasons to “come out” of the earthly rituals and mysticism of the RCC cult. No more restrictions to approaching our personal Lord and Savior personally rather than the uncertainty of a fallible man calling himself a “stand it” or “representative” but assured that we have a personal mediator between us personally and the Father.

Very good. The church of I me mine. My salvation. My mediator. My personal Lord and Saviour, bruited about like a personal trainer or personal valet or personal parrot that sits in a cage and squawks upon command. If you read the fervent Protestant posts here objectively, I trust that you'll see the same trend. It's the gimme gimme mindset of much of American culture - all the way from the seasoned citizens whacking their Congressmen with their canes in order to ensure their Social Security benefits do not decrease in their increases all the way to the whinging and demanding kids who not only expect XBoxes, but will call the police if their 'guardian' of the month won't immediately give it to them.

2,500 posted on 12/04/2011 4:13:42 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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To: MarkBsnr
>>My salvation. My mediator. My personal Lord and Saviour<<

That’s the truth of scripture. Can you find anywhere in scripture where someone is saved simply by belonging to a group or is it a personal decision which causes someone to be saved and then becoming part of the “body of Christ”?

2,505 posted on 12/04/2011 6:03:32 AM PST by CynicalBear
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To: MarkBsnr

Whose pushing the gimme mindset ?

Papal prescription for universal health care
Sunday, January 16, 2011
http://www.uscatholic.org/culture/social-justice/2011/01/papal-prescription

Pope, church leaders call for guaranteed health care for all people
http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/1004736.htm

Pope Calls Health Care An ‘Inalienable Right,’ Urges World Governments To Provide Universal Coverage
http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2010/11/19/131348/pope-universal-healthcare/

Pope calls for health care for all
http://blog.beliefnet.com/deaconsbench/2010/11/pope-calls-for-health-care-for-all.html


2,524 posted on 12/04/2011 7:02:05 AM PST by Lera
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To: MarkBsnr

Our salvation as Catholics rooted in our faith in Jesus Christ and our supernatural encounter with him physically and corporeally in the sacraments.

I don’t place my faith in the Pope, priests, bishops, etc. The trouble is so many Catholics are poorly educated about their faith, especially since Vatican II.


2,526 posted on 12/04/2011 7:08:05 AM PST by rzman21
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