Answering 10 Catholic Complaints (Part One and Two)

Pillar of Truth Ministry ^ | March 3 & 4, 2015 | Jason Marianna

[CynicalBear]

>font color=blue>2 Timothy 2:1 You then, my child (teknon, be strengthened by the grace that is in Christ Jesus,

Greek ) teknon - Definition: a child, descendent, inhabitant. [http://biblehub.com/greek/5043.htm]

5043 téknon – properly, a child; (figuratively) anyone living in full dependence on the heavenly Father, i.e. fully (willingly) relying upon the Lord in glad submission. This prompts God to transform them into His likeness. [http://biblehub.com/greek/5043.htm]

Now, prove that Paul was clearly referring to Timothy as his "son" as in a fatherly sense.

Philippians 2:22 But you know of his proven worth, that he served with me in the furtherance of the gospel like a child serving his father.

Using the likeness doesn't show that he was a father to Timothy. Only that it was like a child serving his father.

There are a good many more, but go ahead, pretend to know what you're talking about. You still need to prove that the intent of Paul was to present himself as a father like Catholics would like to portray.

[Rashputin]

To: Rashputin

Please don’t ping me again. I will return the favor.

1,891 posted on Friday, December 21, 2012 12:38:42 by CynicalBear
==============================================

People who do not and cannot keep their word are by definition untrustworthy.

[CynicalBear]

The “dolts” are the Catholics who are required to submit “will and intellect” to the likes of Francis. Catholics are the “dolts” who are deluded into following some paedophile rather than thinking for themselves. Want to talk about “dolts”? Those who submit “will and intellect” to practising homosexuals who are part of what they call the magisterium would certainly qualify as “dolts”.

[CynicalBear]

A “dolt” is a person who doesn’t understand when I tell them that I had to repent of that because scripture says I can’t let false gospel to not be challenged with scripture.

[Resettozero]

I think we will pay a very high cost if we slander the faith of other believers.

You mean, speak the truth? Slander is a very strong word to use in place of "dispute" or "speak in disagreement with".

Who is this "we" to whom you refer? All the American citizens?

[Resettozero]

People who do not and cannot keep their word are by definition untrustworthy.

What about the FReepers who hold grudges for years? Or harbor any lasting resentment toward another FReeper?

[Rashputin]

Is taking someone at their word a grudge ?

Given the fact that someone expects others to accept their word for a bogus or absurd interpretation of Scripture, is taking someone at their word as they expect you to holding a grudge?

Resentment ? I pity some folks here but I don't resent any of them.

[Resettozero]

Missed the point.

[Iscool]

The Church is the bride of Christ, the nuns are part of the Church.

Why do they wear burqas???

[BlackAdderess]

Disagree by all means, just don’t be nasty about it. For sure there has been plenty of that on both sides already.

[BlackAdderess]

An inability to quit bad habits?

[BlackAdderess]

Christians.

[Zuriel]

**And the hate goes on.**

Disagreements and disputations don’t necessarily amount to hate.

But, the progressives have shoved the word to the forefront of everything contrary to their mindset. Don’t let them influence your ability to judge.

[Zuriel]

I directed a RC friend to the link where the statue falls and is beheaded during a ceremony. Even he thought it was hilarious! The one nun almost gets clobbered when she tries to ‘save’ it. LOL

[Resettozero]

Disagree by all means, just don’t be nasty about it. For sure there has been plenty of that on both sides already.

You're now a moderator? Congratulations.

Nasty about what?

[Resettozero]

Christians.

Oh.

In your opinion, Christians are slandering other Christians? Is that what you meant? If so, which ones are slandering which ones? How does one tell which group is slandering and which group is being slandered?

Do you identify with any particular group of Christians?

[Iscool]

An inability to quit bad habits?

That's a good one...

[BlackAdderess]

“Catholicism is a false religion” from number seven seems a little nasty to me, without going into the whole prophetic books thing about Catholicism being the Whore of Babylon and the Pope being the Antichrist.

[RnMomof7]

This hit the nail on the head...

[Resettozero]

“Catholicism is a false religion” from number seven seems a little nasty to me

You're right. I need to clean that up and sanitize the sentiment and make it more palatable somehow.

How do you suggest I should have expressed the thought in a acceptable to you non-nasty manner?

How about: "Catholicism, as presented by posters on FR Religion Forum, is a system of religious rites and pagan practices based not on the Gospel of Jesus Christ but on distortions of what is actually written in the Holy Bible, and although Roman Catholicism remains a large religion purporting to be the one true and only Christian church, as do Jehovah's Witnesses, Mormons, and members of other smaller cults of Christianity, it is not the the largest religion in the world and is in fact anti-Christian at it's core."

I see nothing "nasty" about that; it's just my opinion as a non-Catholic Christian