Posted on 05/01/2010 3:00:14 PM PDT by NoLibZone
I still believe in a higher power just not the one that supports Communism/Marxism.
Biggest problem Jewish voters have in my area is their voiced support for Israel and then they vote for the left. The two don’t mix and they know it.
I thought the pope was in charge of the Catholic Church worldwide. Doesn’t he have a say,a final say, in these matters, like in Arizona?
See? That’s how I feel. I was born Catholic, rasided Catholic and will die Catholic. However the church is political and split and it is not traditional as it was and how I was raised within.
There is NO WAY I don’t believe in God and all He is. That is inside me and that is what I go with. I believe in everything except what is happening within the church and it’s hierarchy. I KNOW who I am and what I was taught and how I was raised. Today’s church doesn’t even come CLOSE.
We didn’t let them drive us from the church either. We just stood and watched as the church drove themselves away from us and millions of others.
They are politically correct. They have their noses in things that they should not. They should be taking care of their own business and not politics. They can say what they want but they are the same as the politicians in DC and...you are right...it is ALL about money!!!
We know what we do and we know how we pray and other things we won’t go into. But...I’m tired of churches looking like auditoriums and singing songs that are foreign to me and changing how we behave at Mass into ways that look like once again foreign to me. Kids acting up, eating, bringing their toys and playing in the pews, adults dressing inappropriately and some wedding photos we have seen where Bride’s dresses are totally inappropriate to stand before a Priest and Congration in God’s own home. So, anyone can talk until they are blue in the face to us and it won’t matter. We have made peace with within and we know in our hearts the church is not what it is supposed to be and we refused to just “go along” for the sake of going to church. It’s awful and hopefully one day will return to what it should be but...until then??? No way.
Yeah I gotcha, agreed.
A question which keeps bothering me about the modern church is are we a religious body united for worship or are we a weekly gathering of amateur social workers? If there is a difference, what is the difference?
There IS no difference. I’m tired of people (I don’t care if they are Priests or who they are) telling me how much I should give to people and how much I should LOVE everyone and how I should be TOLERANT of others.
Fist off: No one needs to tell me about ANY of that stuff. I learned that along with my brother and sisters from our PARENTS who taught us what we should know.
Secondly: My mother gave to charities all the time. We learned by example and so I don’t need some politican or priest telling me what I should do with my money.
Thirdly: I AM tolerant. Tolerant of those who think they know everything and put their noses into everyone else’s lives thinking they know better what is good for me than I do myself. I AM tolerant of them. The trouble is...they don’t want to be tolerant of me or anyone else. Therein lies the trouble. Therein lies their mistake. Therein lies the reason the American public are rising to take back our country in first 2010 and then in 2012. We will vote in new leadership ...leadership who DOES care about the American public and not the enemy!!!
Just keep praying and beliveing in your God as you should knowing what YOU are doing is the right thing. There is no sense going to church listening to a bunch of claptrap. I cannot allow myself to sit and listen to things I know are not true just because I should be going to church. That enables the Priests to continue on with their high and mighty sermons and their political agenda. That to me is not what church is all about. I know the difference. They think they can fool us but...we cannot be fooled.
The pope is the head of a church with over 1 billion adherents. Most of the Mexicans are members of the church. Why would he do anything to harm them?
The US government has allowed illegal immigration to continue unabated for the past 30-40 years. Don't blame the church for defending its members, even if some cardinals, bishops, priests, etc. use inflammatory language when doing so. These people have been welcomed by many people/businesses and now may be forcibly repatriated leaving behind family and friends. It is not a pretty situation.
It would appear that The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) and its Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD) are ignorant of both government policies, Catholic teaching concerning government laws, and original Catholic practices governing legal and illegal populations. It appears that the lead sheep have strayed and become lost.
“In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that the whole world should be enrolled. This was the first enrollment, when Quirinius was governor of Syria. So all went to be enrolled, each to his own town.
And Joseph too went up from Galilee from the town of Nazareth to Judea, to the city of David that is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family of David, to be enrolled with Mary, his betrothed, who was with child.”
Luke 2, 1-5
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