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To: Ransomed

“As far as Christian faiths claiming that another isn’t Christian, there’s a vocal minority of nonCatholic Christians who go beyond thinking the Catholic Church is wrong on many grave things to thinking Catholics aren’t Christians. FR actually bans some of the things produced from this mouth-breathing wackadoo-ism.”

Since many Catholics are not Christians, being a Catholic does not make one a Christian any more that being Italian makes one a Christian.

Being Baptist, or, (insert whatever denomination here) also does not make one a Christian.

Doing the will of the Heavenly Father makes one a Christian (according to Jesus).

(And what’s wrong with mouth-breathing...?)


13 posted on 10/01/2012 8:32:14 AM PDT by PetroniusMaximus
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To: PetroniusMaximus

If you believe in the following, then you are a Christian and will have eternal life. If you think that Jesus was just running His mouth and didn’t believe what came out of His mouth, you have problems with the Lord Jesus Christ, and need to take a serious look at your faith.

“I am the living bread that came down from heaven; whoever eats this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give is my flesh for the life of the world.” The Jews quarreled among themselves, saying, “How can this man give us (his) flesh to eat?” Jesus said to them, “Amen, amen, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you do not have life within you. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him on the last day. For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me and I in him” ~ John 6:48-68.

“Then he took the bread, said the blessing, broke it, and gave it to them, saying, “This is my body, which will be given for you; do this in memory of me.” And likewise the cup after they had eaten, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which will be shed for you.
~Luke 22: 19-20


15 posted on 10/01/2012 8:56:35 AM PDT by NKP_Vet
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To: PetroniusMaximus

The comment was about labeling whole faiths. The Catholic Church is a Christian group, as are Baptists. Both have great sinners that claim the label, as well as great Christians who follow the tenets of of the faith, which are Christian tenets.

The comment about mouth breathing is for those who never learned to also breath through their nasal passsages, or have medical problems with breathing. This has the effect of usually leaving the mouth open, giving a dopey appearance. Perhaps because ‘uhhh’ and ‘duhhh’ are usuallay said with the mouth open, as well as facial expressions denoting shock and confusion. Now the term is used to denote a lack of intelligence. ‘Slack jawed’ is a similar term.

Freegards


16 posted on 10/01/2012 8:57:45 AM PDT by Ransomed
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To: PetroniusMaximus
Since many Catholics are not Christians, being a Catholic does not make one a Christian any more that being Italian makes one a Christian. Being Baptist, or, (insert whatever denomination here) also does not make one a Christian.

I think it is different for Baptists, one has to actually be a Baptist, it isn't something that you are born into, or are baptized into as an infant. For an atheist to remain a member, or consider himself a non attending member of the Baptist denomination would be rare, a very strange thing.

18 posted on 10/01/2012 1:09:36 PM PDT by ansel12 (exact)
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