Posted on 09/06/2013 3:09:37 PM PDT by RBStealth
"Bad Religion: How We Became a Nation of Heretics":
In his latest book, Ross Douthat, a public intellectual and a Catholic, argues that “bad religion” poses a greater danger to our nation than does secularism. His book is divided into two parts: in the first he chronicles the decline of traditional Christianity since 1965; in the second he examines four heresies that have flourished since then.
(Excerpt) Read more at newoxfordreview.org ...
Good one. More like a queef, actually.
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing, and you have very little knowledge, which makes you doubly dangerous because you think you know it all.
It's the smart people who have doubts.
If you are referring to the Roman institution, one doesn’t have to “have very little knowledge” about it, the information is out there for anybody to see.
Pretending it's some sort of parlor trick displays the intellectual integrity of a Jesse Jackson.
Discuss the issues all you want, but do not make it personal.
So you believe that papal infallibility is a parlor trick, where the pope knows everything and you wouldn't want to play poker with him?
Your snyde sarcasm seems mighty personal.
We just happen to be blessed with the very best Religion Moderator on God’s Creation. If you can’t abide by our RM, please stay off our Religion Forum. In the meanwhile, please keep your personal “snyde” remarks to yourself.
I find it highly offensive when someone makes an ignorant, sarcastic remark about papal infallibility. The fact that it is on a moderated religion forum makes it even more offensive because you and the moderator appear to share the same view.
If you want to ban me for this, please do.
Well, I hereby give RM the greenlight. The next step is up to you whether you wish to continue on FR or not, ie, you may register your objection, but please do not give our moderators a bad time. Thanks
Thank you for your support.
Bump to self
Freep-mail me to get on or off my pro-life and Catholic List:
Please ping me to note-worthy Pro-Life or Catholic threads, or other threads of general interest.
Protestantism.
Good luck finding a New Testament without the influence of the Catholic Church, in particular St. Augustine and a number of Popes from the 300s to the 1500s.
Without the Catholic Church, there would be no Scriptura from which one could claim to proclaim Sola Fida.
The argument here is pretty poor.
Douthat certainly isn’t Rome and the work doesn’t claim infallibility due to the fact that the writer is not and does not claim to be the Pope.
That said, there are are around 30,000 protestant denominations, and several Pastors who may claim to be Pope.
As a Catholic, Douthat is obviously not one of them.
Plenty of problems with Catholic Atheists who show up to Mass... and then ignore the teachings of the church the other 167 hours of the week.
There are lots of Protestants and Evangelicals who would make outstanding Catholics.
That is nice. But I find nothing Catholic in the New Testament
This is the same type of argument that John McCain makes when he says that a Muslim shouting “Alahu Akbar” is the same as a Christian Proclaiming “Praise God!”
It’s just not rooted in reality.
In fact, Martin Luther is quoted as saying.
“We are compelled to concede to the Papists
that they have the Word of God,
that we received it from them,
and that without them
we should have no knowledge of it at all.”
The term Papists is one of ML’s favorite derogatory terms for Catholics.
Now Catholics, Protestants and Evangelicals have a lot to learn from one another.
Politicians like John McCain could learn an awful lot to learn too. Especially from a little, 76-year old man... who is a virgin and basically wears a dress to work every day... about how to actually stand up to Barrack Obama.
Perhaps if he could step away from his poker game for a moment he might learn something.
The truth is that it went wrong when the protestants began to be upset that Catholic schools were receiving public monies at the same rate as the "protestant model".
Catholics were upset that their children were FORCED to read from the KJV and follow the man made doctrines of Sola Fide and Sola Scriptura. The Bishop of NYC initiated the construction of Catholic schools that had Nuns and Priests as the primary teachers.
The protestants became very upset over this and petitioned the federal government to end funding for these schools.
When the Catholics were removed from the school the protestants were free to free to follow liberal dictates and this is the end result.
You are correct that the system needs repair, but let's place the blame where it belongs.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.