Dave: Yes, that would appear to be one way out of it. I'll try to remember.
Becky: Does this make sense? :) Becky
Reggie: It makes sense to me.
All together now:
;o)
Posted on 03/30/2002 7:53:37 PM PST by malakhi
All I've been hearing is that a win by Colorado is not good for USC or Kansas State. But very good for Notre Dame.
Yes, that would appear to be one way out of it. I'll try to remember.
SD
I think you would be surprised. I was. I worked with a girl who was in a minority group, and someoe asked her this very question. I believe that the only thing that kept a cat fight starting was the fact that the girl who was the minority had alot of common sense and control. As it was she got her point across that although she was a minority she saw nothing wrong with herself and would stay that way no matter what.
I was being somewhat cheeky, and I certainly didn't mean to imply that people are or should be ashamed of what they are.
I was saying that if race were completely arbitrary, no rational person would choose a race that was treated as second class. My point being that race is not arbitrary, and that whatever one is born, that is what they are.
SD
His appearance on O'Reilly was a reiteration of his letter.
For example, it is ok to be a Democrap and still keep your citizenship. This kind of degeneracy is, in fact, encouraged by our constitution.
Does the same hold true for the RCC?
Can a RC decide to join his local Baptist Church, become very active it it's activities, stop attending mass, stop contributing to the church, and still be called a Catholic?
Note: I didn't say he wouldn't be counted in the Catholic census for years, only that he isn't really, truly, a Catholic.
Catholic = 100 million.
Heretic = 1.1 billion.
Total = 1.2 billion*
* For internal use only. When publishing Catholic numbers always use the 1.2 billion number.
Always off on a tangent, aren't we?
Quester said, In that final analysis, it will not be acceptable that you have acquiesed to accept the truth from any so-called teacher, however right or wrong he/she might be.
Accept the truth, he said. Not a counterfeit version.
His statement even acknowledges that this "truth" may be "right or wrong."
In other words, even if we get the truth right, it is still "not acceptable" if it came to us through any channel except private, individual revelation.
So I repeat, does it matter how we get our faith and truth, or if we get it?
SD
Jesus wants to give us far more than we can ask or imagine. He wants intimacy with each one of us. He wants to lavish his love and friendship on us. St. Augustine once said: "God loves each of us as if there were only one of us to love." Let's draw near to the Lord in this Advent season with hopeful expectation that he will fulfill all his promises.
Wow! Two days in a row that I am in total agreement. No need for a mediator between us and the Lord! Wow!
More red herrings.
Who was arguing anything about populations, or using population as an argument for correctness?
Nobody.
Did you truly not understand what I was saying when I sad "Catholics believe?" Were you confused about what I meant?
No.
SD
Dave: Yes, that would appear to be one way out of it. I'll try to remember.
Becky: Does this make sense? :) Becky
Reggie: It makes sense to me.
All together now:
;o)
We'll have to wait for Quester to enlighten us on the meaning.
Note to Quester: Your replys are well thought out and exceedingly polite. Welcome. Would you mind telling us your sex in order that we may use he, she, her, him, when speaking of you?
I simply make an issue of it to prevent confusion for any newcomers.
You miss the boat again.
Quester said "right or wrong," which means that the word "truth" he used could indeed have been the real truth. Not a simulation or fallacy.
So we return to the question for the third time.
In other words, even if we get the truth right, it is still "not acceptable" if it came to us through any channel except private, individual revelation.
So I repeat, does it matter how we get our faith and truth, or if we get it?
SD
How very condescending of you. It's really not a difficult subject. When someone says "Jews believe in the same God as we do," you don't pester him about whether that meant all Jews, even the athiest ones.
SD
I will attempt to resolve the dilemma that I have created here.My point in my last response was this.
If you depend solely upon, even, your trusted friend to provide you with the necessary $20.00 admission to the theater, you may end up with the necessary $20.00 with which to gain admission to the theater, ...
... or ... you may end up with a worthless counterfeit.
Wouldn't it be wise to examine what you have obtained and personally discern whether or not you have the real thing ?
Why, ... you might even wish to seek the counsel of the One who issued the $20.00 note(s).
It may, very well, turn out that what your friend has given you is valid, but it never hurts to check with the final authority. Especially when the show is one none of us want to miss.
It matters very much and is exactly our issue. Does it come from God or is it man-made?
Reggie,Thank-you for your welcome.
By the way, ... I'm a he.
Sorry for any difficulty that came with that ... (and any other) vagueness.
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