Posted on 06/06/2014 11:46:00 AM PDT by NYer
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Those who insist others pray and believe exactly like they do, those who have alternatives to every church teaching and benefactors who use the church as a cover for business connections may call themselves Catholics, but they have one foot out the door, Pope Francis said.
"Many people say they belong to the church," but in reality have "only one foot inside," the pope said June 5 at the morning Mass in the chapel of his residence.
(CNS/Paul Haring) |
**Or...heres another one...if receive Holy Communion in your hand (as opposed to the tongue) youre not really a Catholic.**
Also not true. But you will be much happier in heaven for having received Communion on your tongue.
I don’t hold hands, etc. If a priest preaches anything political candidate the church can lose its tax-free status — so it’s not done.
The Kennedys, sad to say, were CINOs, Catholics in name only. They, nor Pelosi, etc. represent true Catholicism.
Sanctity of life IS part of social justice. BTTT!
Catholics? Sacraments, first Communion, Confirmation, marriage by a bona fide priest, Mass on Sundays and holy days of obligation, no divorce/remarry, confession, penance, Communion once a year, no meat on Ash Wednesdays and Fridays during Lent and, finally, Last Rites. WHEW! What a HUGE burden to bear!! < sarc. >
“We know how groups vote”
We have a secret ballot, and therefore do not know how groups vote.
We have self-reporting by a self-selected sample, and I find it hard to think of anything less reliable.
Even if we accept your numbers, though, we still see substantial numbers voting against republicans.
You can pretend that we don’t collect voting data and have been for over a 100 years, and that all the billions of dollars of campaigns and strategies and voting studies, and history books and analysis based on the data is all an illusion, but why?
Do you think that blacks and homosexuals and Jews and atheists and Catholics are actually voting pro-liferepublican?
Hebrew and Arabic use a construct of multiple words, "uncle's son" or "aunt's daughter" to express the idea of cousin. I am not aware of a single Hebrew or Arabic word for cousin.
Thanks for the ping!
How do you think your reasons will sound to Our Lord? Go to Latin Mass where no nonsense is preached, Our Lord awaits you there. As for the real estate we own, which hospitals, schools, churches and orphanages should we sell? The sins of the Kennedys are their personal sins, we all have enough of our own. Humble yourself, submit to God, go to confession, be all that God wants you to be. In the midst of chaos He raises up great saints from the humble.
All christians are NOT christians...
“You can pretend that we dont collect voting data”
How nice it would be just once to get an honest answer out of a certain cadre.
I didn’t say people weren’t collecting something; I pointed out, clearly enough for anyone to understand, that these “data” are collected for the most part by extremely untrustworthy organizations, that they are based on self-reporting, and that the sample is self-selected. If you don’t know enough about research to understand the implications of the foregoing, look it up.
“all the billions of dollars of campaigns and strategies and voting studies, and history books and analysis based on the data”
Neither all that, nor all the king’s horses and all the king’s men, were unable to get algore, bob dole, Ensign Band-Aid, or Romney elected.
“Do you think that blacks and homosexuals and Jews and atheists and Catholics are actually voting pro-liferepublican?”
If your own data are to be trusted, it is very probable that a large percentage of Catholics are.
Prejudice is an ugly thing.
“over a 100 years”
You can say “over 100 years” or “over a hundred years,” but “over a 100 years” is just wrong. Makes the writer look semi-educated, at best.
I don’t know why I’m even trying to help you, since it’s virtually certain that my reward will be a shitstorm of abuse.
Anyway, you’re welcome.
Should have been, “Neither all that, nor all the kings horses and all the kings men, were able to get algore, bob dole, Ensign Band-Aid, or Romney elected.”
I have to assume that your only interest in this political site, is the religion section.
Certain people glom on to what they perceive as a truth but which is nothing more than a ham-handed hypothesis. They see correlation as causation. They then combine that with a little Glenn Beck-inspired flow chart/blackboard razzle dazzle and voila, you've got a psychohistorian whose able to project the trajectory of mankind from one civilization to the next. Thus sounding the alarm. A Paul Revere for the ages.
Today, confess your sins today. Do not delay. Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. And five of them were wise, and five were foolish. They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them: But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept. And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him. Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps. And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out. But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves. And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut. Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us.But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not. Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh. We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain. (For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.) And one of the company said unto him, Master, speak to my brother, that he divide the inheritance with me. And he said unto him, Man, who made me a judge or a divider over you? And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth. And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully: And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits? And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods. And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry. But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided? So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.
Matthew 7:5
Try some of the metric tons of gold, art work, apartment buildings, real estate, the throne the pope sits on, bonds, shares of stocks in companies.... Where do you think the RC church came up with the millions of dollars to cover up the homosexual rapes that were settled out of court and are used to rehab the pederasts?
Yes, that blessed freedom, truly a gift of the Holy Spirit....
A robot like Nancy Pelosi just doesn't get it.
Thank you dear NYer for posting this splendid article. And thank you, dear YHAOS for the ping.
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