The Doctrine of the Catholic Kennedy? Worthless

Chiesa.com ^ | March 2, 2010 | Sandro Magister

[TASMANIANRED]

Just like the protestant witch hangings in Salem.

[mockingbyrd]

Only last Sunday I was marched to Church at gunpoint by my KGB-wannabee pastor!!

Wow. You must be important. My familiy only qualifies for a gun toting extraordinary minister.

[Campion]

Were the RCC to gain the power that they once held in Europe in this country, we would lose that freedom.

Only if you managed to turn back the clock to 1450. Suprisingly, Catholic theology has not stood still in the intervening 500 years.

For starters, you might try reading Dignitatis Humanae, the Vatican II declaration on, uh, religious liberty. (No, it does not suggest burning heretics.)

You might also stop to reflect that the first community to practice freedom of religion on these shores was founded by ... wait for it ... Catholics. (St. Mary's Towne, Maryland)

But it's kind of rich of you to plea for "freedom of religion" while denouncing people who dare to express opinions different from yours as "Papist tyrants". "Freedom of religion" under the Puritans existed only for the Puritans. Is that the kind of "freedom of religion" you support?

[johngrace]

Are you a fan of Martin Luther who caused 100,000 people to be killed after he nailed the famous 95 on the church doors and aligned himself with the crooks of the Diet of Worms. Yes they killed people in the Churches. There’s a real Saint Martin. He said you could murder a hundred times and hundred thefts while still a christian. Meanwhile as you read the other writings of Paul talking about __Burning if you did lustful things. Yeah once saved always saved. Stop reading the that stupid Book of Martyrs which has a little bit of truth mixed with fabrication that certain Christian bookstores sell to naive people. Certain people on both sides did horrendous things. Get a complete history.

[Religion Moderator]

They don’t belong on FR.

You are welcome to your opinion. So are they.

There's a niche for everyone on the Religion Forum.

"Open" RF threads are a town square format. Posters may argue for or against beliefs. They may ridicule beliefs, deities, religious authorites. Thick skin is required.

No debate of any kind is allowed on "prayer" or "devotional" threads.

Only members of the caucus are allowed to post on threads labeled that way, e.g. "Catholic Caucus" or "LDS Caucus."

And no antagonism is allowed on threads labeled "ecumenical."

[Palladin]

Thank you for explaining this policy.

[Judith Anne]

They are mostly bigoted trolls. They will post multipage cut n paste junk, or big blue screaming zonkers all over any thread they get on. Best thing is to ignore them, if possible.

They really think they know it all. And yet, can’t even agree among themselves. The only points of agreement are that Catholics worship idols and are pedophiles, and Mormons aren’t Christian they’re polygamous. Other than that, it’s pretty much a bunch of very strange, very bizarre people, some of whom believe that the grays are gonna usher in the second coming.

They justify their rude behavior by saying they’re only concerned about our immortal souls. What a laugh!

Again, it’s probably best to ignore them, if at all possible. They love to bait people into responding to their swill. It makes them feel all gooshy and elect.

[Palladin]

Thanks for the advice, Judith Anne. I generally avoid the Religion Forum, except for Catholic caucus threads.

I am still stunned that this blatant bigotry against two of the largest conservative groups (Catholics and Mormons) in America is allowed to go on unabated on FR.