Pay No Attention to That Man Behind the Curtain! Catholic History and the Emerald City Protocol

reformation21 ^ | April 2012 | Carl Trueman

[Elsie]

—if you disagree with LS9; it’s hearsay.

[Alamo-Girl]

LOLOL!

[Elsie]

Yes, but the values of honest work and human dignity are Catholic values.

Only?

[Elsie]

Classic “Look!!! Over there!!” wasn’t it...

[LurkingSince'98]

Have checked around - the dearth of scripture in protest services has been talked about by others too.

So find a protestant service with more scripture than a Catholic mass and you win the contest.

Being a fallen away Catholic yourself you have a big jump on the rest of the protestants because you know that all Catholic masses follow the liturgy exactly and the scripture for every mass is written down for everyone —catholic or protestant to see.....

For the a Greater Glory of God

[Elsie]

Posters living immoral lives are not conservative in any sense of the word.

What about Liberals living moral ones?

Are they posters?

[metmom]

How many of the self-righteous ‘Christians’ who post on these threads can answer yes to any of the above?

Probably most of them can answer *yes* to have a job.

Is there a problem with that?

[Elsie]

So far zero protestants said they can prove their point if you can prove it then do it otherwise it’s just talk.

Wow!

You're 180 from where you started!

[af_vet_1981]

Just to be clear: leaving aside the sarcasm, of course Mary is an embodiment of Israel's ideal of purity and the fruit and high point of the Nation of Israel. My laugh was at the oligophrenic desire to substitute "Israel" for "mother of Christ" in order to deny Mary's presence in that chapter.

Yes, that was my assumption, and you express it succinctly and with grace as "of course Mary is an embodiment of Israel's ideal of purity and the fruit and high point of the Nation of Israel."

[Elsie]

But they can’t prove their assertion.

Turn your problem around and use it on them.

Now THAT is cool!!!

[Elsie]

It wouldn’t be hearsay if some protestant put his money where his mouth is.

I triple dog dare ya to buy a BB gun with the rest of your money.

You are an immoral Liberal if you don't.

[LurkingSince'98]

Know any admitted liberals around here I sure don’t.

However may have some closet liberals.

AMDG

[metmom]

That’s because protestant church services don’t have near the Scripture of a Catholic mass.

Which you have yet to prove.

Not to mention that I daresay, the average poster on these threads probably gets more Scripture in one day than your average Catholic gets in mass in a year.

[Elsie]

Catholic priests have ZERO leeway in adding or subtracting from the liturgy.

Sounds a bit repetitious.

[metmom]

Not surprising is what it is.

[boatbums]

There was a LOT of standing up, and sitting down; too.

That reminds ME of a joke:

A man attended Catholic Mass with his wife for the first time. There was frequent standing, then kneeling, then sitting, standing, kneeling, sitting, etc. As they were sitting down once again, the man took out his handkerchief and wiped his sweating brow. He then laid it across his lap so it might dry out a bit. "Is your fly open?", his wife whispered concernedly. "No", he answered, "Is it supposed to be?" ;o)

[metmom]

Yet still you claim that protestant services have more scripture than a catholic Mass but can’t prove it.

And you claim that Catholic masses have more Scripture than Protestant services and have yet to prove it.

[metmom]

As I’ve shown you the Catholic Church doesn’t care a wit what scripture says so what good is more scripture in their rituals?

Window dressing.

Gives it a look of authenticity.

[metmom]

Mary the Mother of God is just human, and she gave us our Savior; in her the natural history of the Hebrew nation culminated.

God gave us our Savior. Mary did not.

Sheesh, another attribute of deity attributed to Mary.

[LurkingSince'98]

From Illinois, deep in enemy territory, so my youngest son shot BB gun when he was 4.

My 17 yo daughter is proficient with a 22 at 400 yards and 9mm handgun at 75 feet. Both my wife and I have Utah concealed carry permits.

Believe me don’t need more guns and ammo-well maybe ammo.

Illinois has been circling the drain for years which is why we live in the middle of nowhere.

AMDG