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I take it you have nothing to offer in the debate on climate change.
The rep of the Catholic Church is pretty much mud in 2015. What I'm trying to say is I trust them as far as I can throw them and I was raised "Catholic".
Climate change: it happens all the time. Some of my older friends told me the big worry in 1970 was another Ice Age was getting ready to hit.
One of the best ways for the pope to fight global warming is to allow his followers to use birth control, encouraging global over population they way the Vatican has for so long contributed greatly to the problem.
The Church promotes birth control through the use of abstinence, through the use of self-control - available to God's higher creatures.
Originally Posted by nononsenseguy:
"I realize that they consider themselves to be Christian. But their not. They do not practice Biblical Christianity. That's why we had a Reformation. And they haven't changed their ways to this day.
Examples:
The Catholic Mass. They sacrifice Christ over and over again. But Christ died ONCE for all for all time.
The priesthood. Christ did away with that.
There are many other things wrong with Catholicism, including the unbiblical "purgatory" and praying for your dead relatives. Once theyre dead, prayers can't help them. If they didn't know Christ in life, they are in Hell."
Nononseguy, while I enjoy your comments and usually agree with you, I fear you have a common, but distorted view of the Catholic Church.
Just a few notes:
Catholicism is based on both the Old and New Testaments. The Mass is built around both. The Mass goes through the Bible, taking stories and quotations, from beginning to end, over three year periods. The sermon (homily) always relates to a biblical story within this system. One of the beauties of this system is that one can go to any Catholic Church, and still receive the same teaching for that day's Mass.
As Catholics, we are encouraged to read the entire Bible, with the understanding that the prophets spoke of the coming of Jesus Christ throughout the Old Testament, and with the understanding that the first covenants with Adam and Eve, with Abraham, with Moses, etc., were the foundation of Jesus Christ sacrificing Himself for the sins of the human race.
I could go on and on, but suffice to say, Catholicism is Bible-based!
Two other points:
The Catholic Communion (Eucharist) is a metaphysical-mystical ritual, which builds one's belief/faith in Jesus Christ.
The Origin of Catholic Priests (and the Catholic Church) are the Apostles. For more info, read "The Acts of the Apostles."
Originally Posted by nononsenseguy:
"I realize that they consider themselves to be Christian. But their not. They do not practice Biblical Christianity. That's why we had a Reformation. And they haven't changed their ways to this day.
Examples:
The Catholic Mass. They sacrifice Christ over and over again. But Christ died ONCE for all for all time.
The priesthood. Christ did away with that.
There are many other things wrong with Catholicism, including the unbiblical "purgatory" and praying for your dead relatives. Once theyre dead, prayers can't help them. If they didn't know Christ in life, they are in Hell."
Nononseguy, while I enjoy your comments and usually agree with you, I fear you have a common, but distorted view of the Catholic Church.
Just a few notes:
Catholicism is based on both the Old and New Testaments. The Mass is built around both. The Mass goes through the Bible, taking stories and quotations, from beginning to end, over three year periods. The sermon (homily) always relates to a biblical story within this system. One of the beauties of this system is that one can go to any Catholic Church, and still receive the same teaching for that day's Mass.
As Catholics, we are encouraged to read the entire Bible, with the understanding that the prophets spoke of the coming of Jesus Christ throughout the Old Testament, and with the understanding that the first covenants with Adam and Eve, with Abraham, with Moses, etc., were the foundation of Jesus Christ sacrificing Himself for the sins of the human race.
I could go on and on, but suffice to say, Catholicism is Bible-based!
Two other points:
The Catholic Communion (Eucharist) is a metaphysical-mystical ritual, which builds one's belief/faith in Jesus Christ.
The Origin of Catholic Priests (and the Catholic Church) are the Apostles. For more info, read "The Acts of the Apostles."
So you get to decide who is Christian and who isn't? Better leave that to the man upstairs (if he exists). Mormons claim to be Christians and who am I or you to say differently.
So you get to decide who is Christian and who isn't? Better leave that to the man upstairs (if he exists). Mormons claim to be Christians and who am I or you to say differently.
As long as we all agree that nononsenseguy and others like him don't get to decide, I'm good with that.
No, he is a well schooled and trained Jesuit who has fully accepted his vows and really accepts Christ's teachings especially the ones about being ones brother or sisters keeper, that GOD not Man is the master of Creation, that it is a great sin against HIM to harm or destroy that creation, and that only the meek and humble will have a place in Heaven.
what is "leftist" about halting or reversing the damage done to this precious planet ?
does the never-ending pursuit of avarice - the love of money - rule your entire mind ?
those who do not care about the environment are a scourge, a plague on nature.
I care more about nature's precious ecology than I care about scumbag corporate profits.
That doesn't make me a "liberal". It makes be a conscious human being.
If you believe that our Earth has intrinsic evident worth that should be passed down to our progeny, you are a Conservative in the best sense of the word. For conserve, conservation and conservative all have the same language root. I wish American conservatives would understand this !
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