Posted on 12/01/2009 6:34:51 AM PST by NYer
....move along, people....no socialism to be seen here....move along....
I'm confused Alex, are you advocating the inequitable distribution of resources?
Could I open up a tavern where I could smoke cigars and drink beer? would I have to fill out a 15 page "not-a-long-form-census-form"? Would the pope require me to license my dog? would the bishop require a background check and a three day wait before I got to pick up my new long bow?
What we call liberty looks a lot like more serfdom the freedom.
You didn’t answer my question.
I don’t have to mention the 50 million unborn children that would have been much better off under the thumb of a dastardly pope than under the care of our modern theologically enlightened nation. Makes Geneva in the 16th century look downright welcoming.
Really? couldn’t see the direction I was taking? Must be a Calvinist...Give me the dark ages over the modern age any day. Clear enough?
No, he's a Catholic.
He’s surely pushing for a monopolistic control of rights by the See of Rome.
Look behind you, it's a Swiss Guard....BOOO!
I’ll take neither, thanks. I don’t believe I posed the question as an either/or. The context of the question was the 12th-16th century the hayday of equitible distrubution of rights. I realize Romanists have a difficult time dealing with the context in reading so I hope my clarification helps.
Have you seen the first three words of his tagline?
Quite an admission.
That's exctly what I thought when I read the Pope's letter to the Ecumenical Patriarch! Well spotted!
"This is so cunning", I said to myself........."under the guise of a simple fraternal greeting for the Feast of St. Andrew, we have here a subtle yet ingenious attempt to turn the clock back eight centuries!! This letter is really aimed at distribution of rights."
Are we smart, or what?
“This letter is really aimed at distribution of rights.”
Correct. Try to stay on topic and not wander off on some other tangent. Here’s the quote we’re dealing with:
“...and the inequitable distribution of resources.”
Well, I guess if your comfortable living with a created religion, I guess you can create your own fantasy time period to live in as well.
I don’t believe I posed the question as an either/or. The context of the question was the 12th-16th century the hayday of equitible distrubution of rights. I realize Romanists have a difficult time dealing with the context in reading so I hope my clarification helps.
You may want to re read both what you wrote and what I wrote. All choices are implicitly either/or at the least, with out options the concept or choice is moot and yes, the "or" can be nothing/no change, which is what was implied in your question. This left poor dumb slobs like me assuming you wanted the context to be a contrast, which is a basis for virtually all choices, between enligntend modernity and the dark, vile, evil, smelly days of the papist monarchey... unless you meant to contrast the 12-16th centuries against the third millennium BC? Was that your context? Clearly I'm out gunned in the smarts department.
You probably spell better than I do too.
You still failed to answer the question but instead went on some tangent about your difficulty of reading in context.
Oh well.
Rule Two: In case of doubt, see Rule One.
All else is irrelevant.
Keep an eye on that one...a real up-and-comer in the world of FR anti-Catholic bigots.
I think were supposed to prefer the global governance models of Calvinists like Woodrow Wilson, America’s first fascist President.
Did you miss this?
Calvinist seem to worship America or at least the ideals of America like some sort of materially present proof of the validity of their odd religion.
"The Earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof ..."
Is it the will of God for some to live in grinding poverty, filth, and disease, such as those who live in and pick their way through trash dumps in foreign countries or who are homeless and mentally ill on the streets?
We don't need to be liberals and blame it on capitalism or say the government is the answer to agree that God does wish us to resolve these problems.
Careful. You are very close to claiming that the Church errs by supporting the ecclesiastical poll taxes of Europe.
Yeah, like those craaaazzzzyyy members of the Nordic Catholic Church. What a loss to Lutheranism they would be if they Poped. (/sarcasm)
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