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To: AlguyA
Jesus' intention to not show any affection for His mother because He knew Catholics would raise her up too high.

There you go again with this "any" business. With certain of you guys, it's all or none. Everything's digital, on or off. Either He elevates her above all mankind, or he shows no affection for her. Either she's to be venerated, or we loathe her.

"Who is my mother and who are my brothers" ought to put a damper on any thought of exalting His blood relatives over, say, the apostles for instance. That is, of course, unless one has the RCC Magic Decoder Ring to put that stuff in the "proper" perspective.

49,716 posted on 04/29/2003 3:55:49 PM PDT by newgeezer (fundamentalist, regarding the Constitution AND the Holy Bible)
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To: newgeezer
"There you go again with this "any" business. With certain of you guys, it's all or none. Everything's digital, on or off. Either He elevates her above all mankind, or he shows no affection for her. Either she's to be venerated, or we loathe her."

Uh, before you go on a rant against me, perhaps you'd be so kind as to actually check out the post to which I was responding. To wit:

"Could that explain why there doesn't seem to be even one affectionate sounding communique between Jesus and his mother?"(emphasis mine)

In other words, geezer, is was one of 'you guys' who went the all or nothing route, not me. Care to launch a rant against him?

You know, at one time, I was a regular participant on these threads. I left because, frankly, I found the hatred, animosity, and ill-will eminating from the other side to be literally spiritually harmful. I started to view all Protestants through the prism of my experience here on FR.

Since then, I've found it best to visit only occasionally and to keep my visits to around two to three weeks. Posts such as yours confirm the wisdom of this practice.

49,729 posted on 04/29/2003 5:01:50 PM PDT by AlguyA
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