Posted on 10/21/2008 6:22:38 AM PDT by Ottofire
Aw, bless yore heart!
Some were brought up to hate Catholics and cannot change.
Nope, no bigotry here.
Anti-Catholic alert!
“Your energies are best directed against the secularism, which is currently the strongest weapon that the enemy uses against Christ.”
Amen to that!!
If anyone with a brain takes the time to really learn Roman Catholic theology, he would quickly see the nonsense of the protestant attacks on Catholicism.
There is no theology in the Christian world as intellectually sound as Roman Catholic theology.
We Catholics do not WORSHIP Mary. We WORSHIP only God. We recognize Mary as the mother of Jesus. And we pray to her to intercede with her Son. GET IT STRAIGHT!
I think if you go back to original concepts of secularism, it was intended to separate Church and State. The original concepts were that Government should not be run by religion. Some countries such as Iran have Government sponsored religion, and the idea was to keep that from happening. The original concepts was to allow people to believe as they choose, and Government to remain neutral. The definitions have changed recently to promote various political stances. I think we should be careful how the term is used, because its original intent was not all bad.
To the Original Poster, Perhaps your energies would be better spent leaving the American beliefs alone and concentrating your vitriol on the Muslims.
Islam used Iconoclasts to undermine Christianity in the past in Byzantium. I guess we have some idiot home grown ones right here.
Rubbish. She is asked to take pity and intercede for us. Which is the idolatrous part: taking pity on us or praying for us?
Glad to see you're catching on.
Hate hate hate!
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Know this, my dear brothers: everyone should be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath,
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for the wrath of a man does not accomplish the righteousness of God.
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Therefore, put away all filth and evil excess and humbly welcome the word that has been planted in you and is able to save your souls.
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Be doers of the word and not hearers only, deluding yourselves.
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For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks at his own face in a mirror.
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He sees himself, then goes off and promptly forgets what he looked like.
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But the one who peers into the perfect law 12 of freedom and perseveres, and is not a hearer who forgets but a doer who acts, such a one shall be blessed in what he does.
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If anyone thinks he is religious and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, his religion is vain.
devotional thread ... no arguments please LOL /sarc
Indeed, here is an anti-Catholic bigot misrepresenting the words of Christ in order to put in His mouth dishonor for His own mother.
Sickening the depths to which anti-Catholic hatred can drive a soul.
Thanks for your input, but I was referring to our general cultural secularism. I totally agree that the state should have no *preference* regarding religion.
I pray that the Blessed Mother touches your heart and illuminates your mind. Her Son teaches us to pray for those who hate us, her intercession helps us to carry out His command.
ROFL!
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