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Not sad at all, janelle. What's sad is, you haven't grown since the 1950s.
If Christians can't find commonality/shared brotherhood among their thousands of denominations, what hope has mankind?
Grow up. Quit being so petty. Your Jesus would be ashamed.
I can find commonality/shared brotherhood with other denominations but unless those denominations believe the same about communion as the Catholic church does I don't believe we should share communion. Why would those who do not believe the same as Catholics do about communion want to receive it just to receive it and not understand?
I can find commonality/shared brotherhood with other denominations but unless those denominations believe the same about communion as the Catholic church does I don't believe we should share communion. Why would those who do not believe the same as Catholics do about communion want to receive it just to receive it and not understand?
Maybe because they're also fans of Jesus and believe sharing in your ceremony means acknowledging and sharing the bond you also feel for him.
Do differences in skin colour matter to you, janelle?
That may be what Catholics believe, but others believe it is a way to REMEMBER Jesus and His achievement for us all. Why should your beliefs about it prevent any Christ-follower from participating in the REMEMBRANCE? Do you actually think Jesus would have condoned keeping anyone from remembering Him for any reason??? When His disciples wanted to prevent children from coming to Him what did He say? Do you think His attitude really only applied to children?
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Originally Posted by MysticPhD
Sorry, Janelle. I did not mean to insult anyone. I simply believe what Jesus said. It was to remember Him. I do not take it literally. There have been many things done in meditation to invoke the deeper states (that also accompany truly devout prayer). I see it as in that category - invoking closer communion with Jesus and God. It was not intended to be an exclusionary ritual, IMO. It is meant to be an inclusionary one.
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The difference is that Lyndarn is INcluding the Catholics who are not so up in arms about EXcluding Lyndarn and anyone else who sees communion as an INclusive ceremony, while the idea that others should abstain out of "respect" for the idea that "they" are different is EXcluding all Catholics on the basis of what "they" believe about communion. I'll take INclusive.
Does any Christian really think that Jesus was NOT inclusive????
YOU are proving just how far some of our priests have strayed. Yes, it is a problem in our church now. Sad but true.
This event took place over a decade ago. They were died in the wool Roman Catholic's, nothing about them or their thoughts/actions were sad. It is those outside who observe and judge are sad.
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