Protecting God’s Word From “Bible Christians”

Crisis Magazine ^ | October 3, 2014 | RICHARD BECKER

[Elsie]

I'm still waiting for someone to find something about "worshipping Mary" in the Catechism.

Why?

It's ORAL tradition!

[Elsie]

HEY!

[Elsie]

Jim has got a cool area to use and test all the formatting stuff that FR can handle: http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/htmlsandbox/index?tab=articles

[Elsie]

I shudda read ahead; again...

[Elsie]

Peter was clearly in the wrong...

[Elsie]

Sad to see so many attacks coming from ‘our separated brethren’.

[Elsie]

Specifically a man and woman have sex.

NOT Mary and Joseph!!!

[Elsie]

521: “I haven’t encountered a Catholic with enough honesty and integrity to ever TRY to understand…”

A childish insult, and probably mind-reading, in that the writer assumes that Catholics disagree because they lack honesty and integrity.

Poor parsing on your part.

"Haven't encountered" is NOT the same as claiming ALL catholics do such and such.

[Elsie]

I can handle far more than those lackwits can hand out.

Hold the snake by the HEAD; NOT the tail!

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"But 506, 515, 516, 519, and 521, all of which contain childish insults that serve no purpose other than to incite flame wars, pass without comment."

[Elsie]

One very important component of human discourse is discerning the intent, motivation, and even the character of those with whom one communicates.

I read your stuff quite thoroughly...

[Elsie]

Yes; I want the TRADITIONAL Pegasus; just like is mentioned in those Scriptures that PROTESTants (spit!) have removed from the Bible.

[metmom]

ouch.......

[metmom]

It applies to ALL human beings.

God created mankind in His image and likeness.

Whatever possessed you to ask that anyway?

I don’t see how it is relevant to what I posted about Mary as she is labeled in the CCC.

[CynicalBear]

>>Well, Moses did come down, so there is precedence, so let’s just say that it isn’t a cornerstone of my faith.<<

And any attempt at communicating with them was quickly stopped and focus was directed at Christ.

[metmom]

If the Protestants here did not say untrue, malicious, and downright despicable things about Catholicism and Catholics, these threads would not exist.

If the Protestants Catholics here did not say untrue, malicious, and downright despicable things about Catholicism Protestantism and Catholics Protestants, these threads would not exist.

And actually, this thread in itself is an attack on Protestantism. For all the claims of not *Prot bashing* that Catholics make, threads like this belie that claim.

[metmom]

Until all are treated equally, your oh-so-reasonable lecture is just a waste of time.

And where does calling non-Catholics "lackwits" fit in with treating people reasonably?

Or what about your cohorts who refer to non-Catholics as "mouth breathers"?

Do as I say and not as I do is never going to end well.

[CynicalBear]

>>So if you ask your family to pray for you, its a sin?

Not if they are alive on this earth.

[metmom]

You stated in your post that cutting oneself for the dead was not prohibited by God.

I posted two verses showing that it was.

No one said anything about making doctrine or anything else out of it.

It was simply to show that your statement was incorrect.

[SampleMan]

And any attempt at communicating with them was quickly stopped and focus was directed at Christ.

If I recall, the apostles suggesting building shelters for them and a voice from heaven interrupted them directing them to listen to Jesus.

Certainly open to interpretation. One such would be that the Old Covenant was over, and the teachings of Moses and Elijah ignored, henceforth. That would be a more logical explanation than yours than yours, although I don't think either one totally defines the episode.