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To: rzman21
Catholics cannot engage in an “I’m OK, you’re OK” mentality vis-a-vis Protestantism. If Protestants have a problem, then we will just have to agree to disagree, agreeably. We can’t be relativists.

Yes, I agree. But if you believe in something you should be able to defend it in an intelligent way and not resort to name calling or twisting words around. It must be reasonable and worthy. We're not trying to convert each other (or at least I'm not) but hopefully understand WHY you believe something. Catholics believe something because the Church tells them what to believe. Protestants find that unacceptable.

47 posted on 12/28/2011 7:07:08 PM PST by BipolarBob (Of all the taglines in all the posts in all the world and she read mine.)
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To: BipolarBob

Catholics believe something because the Church tells them what to believe. Protestants find that unacceptable.

>>Truth is not an individual thing. The Protestant idea that the subjective is the truth and that individuals create their own truth is why our culture is plagued by moral and religious relativism today.

Protestantism=Liberalism.


54 posted on 12/28/2011 7:13:53 PM PST by rzman21
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To: BipolarBob

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Yes, I agree. But if you believe in something you should be able to defend it in an intelligent way and not resort to name calling or twisting words around. It must be reasonable and worthy. We’re not trying to convert each other (or at least I’m not) but hopefully understand WHY you believe something. Catholics believe something because the Church tells them what to believe. Protestants find that unacceptable.
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So the Truth changes? The Church tells us what has always been not what today’s culture has decided is the new truth.

Just look around at all the denominations who have bought into the culture. What is happening in those churches?

So what do we have now? New churches springing up daily saying: We teach the Bible. Yeah well maybe today but what happens tomorrow?


110 posted on 12/28/2011 8:05:41 PM PST by Not gonna take it anymore (If Obama were twice as smart as he is, he would be a wit)
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To: BipolarBob

“Catholics believe something because the Church tells them what to believe.”

This, of course, is baloney.

But I think you know that.


144 posted on 12/28/2011 8:51:22 PM PST by moonhawk (Romney tucks his tail and licks the hand that beats him. Newt rips it off at the shoulder.)
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