Posted on 11/28/2014 2:33:31 PM PST by NYer
God is the only way...
The jihadis don't care whether you are a Southern Baptist or Greek Orthodox. You're a Christian, ripe for crucifixion or beheading.
Speaking of everybody's problem, The Virgin Mary: there are even Muslim cults that honor Her, as did Martin Luther. What? He's not Protestant enough for you? Mariolatry? Get over it.
Sola Scriptura? Well, the Catholics know just as much as the Protestants about stretching a text to the breaking point. And if anyone can interpret scripture for himself, why have any church at all?
Northern European Christianity is a Father religion. Mediterranean Christianity is a Mother religion. So what? Frankly, this kid's "conversion" makes me itch. I just know he'll finally wind up as a Unity Church pastor.
But I'll settle for small gains. The Romans, The Anglicans, The Orthodoxes, and The Lutherans ought to get together and then deal gently with the "sola scriptura" people.
Like you, I too was educated by the nuns from 1st through 12th grades. Back then, the schools were packed; we had 3 classes for each grade with students numbering 55+ in each class. It took a long time to recognize how these nuns needed to be strict disciplinarians in order to maintain order in such large classes. Moreover, there was no departmentalization. You were assigned to a class where the same sister taught the entire curriculum.
Fast forward to when my daughter attended a top rated public school. She would bring home papers written for different classes. These papers were graded strictly on content material. They were rife with grammatical errors. The sisters, OTOH, graded us, not only on content, but also on spelling and grammar - for each subject. That attention to detail entailed devotion to teaching, done out of love for Jesus Christ. How many young people today have been taught mental math, can discern the difference between "to, too or two", how to end the sentence: "my friend and ___" (most insert "me"), are able to count change? I will pit my Catholic School education from back then against any contemporary teaching method today. This understanding has resulted in prayers for those women who devoted their lives to ensuring we would grow up to compete in today's society. God bless them! (even the ones who scared the bejeebees out of me).
The Catholic Church stands fast against Infant stem cell research, assisted suicide, abortion, artificial contraception, Euthanasia, Same sex unions, etc...
While individual assemblies or individuals may oppose them you can be certain that every single protestant church that doesn't already allow them will within 50 years.
Interesting suggestion you make there that the church founded by Jesus Christ Himself is not Christian.
We are all part of HIS church who worship in his name. The Catholic has no sole claim on Jesus
Definitely an unchristian and uncharitable comment to make
Slow on the uptake???
The person is talking about Christianity-as a whole
versus Catholocism as a subgroup of Christianity.
Welcome to the club Bubba. I was brought up in the Presbyterian church. Dad an Elder Mom Director of Christian Education. I had that carpola jammed down my thoat for 17 years til I finally just refused to go to church anymore and they could no longer make me.
I never understood why we were not Catholic since about two thirds of my Irish family was catholic and Italian catholic on the in law side. For 20 years I never attended church unti I finally took instruction and converted to Catholicism. I have never looked back. I felt like I had come home the first time I went to mass.
God is the only way. His is my way. He helps me find my way at Mass. I get the fire occasionally when I go to church. Find a pastor you like, that’s a start. We’ve been church hopping lately, and have found a tremendous parish. Get involved; help out. It is amazing how that helps stoke the embers. I’ll pray for you.
Like NYer, I’m a Knight of Columbus. Being with a great group of guys who work together for good can be an uplifting experience.
Back to read later.
If that’s what he meant, why didn’t he say “Catholics and Protestants” rather than “Catholics and Christians”?
I’m not preaching anything. This is the story of a young man’s journey from Evangelical, home to the Catholic Church. I posted it and pinged the Catholic List.
It is a worthless story. It made false claims as I pointed out in my reply.
Me thinkest they doth protest too much.
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