Oh, I look forward to debating you in the future many times!
You force something that happens rarely in day to day life - you make me examine my faith and the Church. Even though I may not be able to explain things to you, it makes my faith deeper.
There are many wonderful non-Catholics here on FR. Figure The Lord knows his own, irrespective of denomination.
Yeah, I know, penance again ....
If it were called for, Bro, I could willingly engage you in such dialogues . . . as I believe you can engage in authentic dialogue.
However, with folks I have as much affection as I have for you, I'd rather avoid the more contentious stuff.
Given the enemy's increasing assaults in this era,
it seems to me, we could all on Christ's side, use a lot more of the following vs the gilded rock throwing (and, believe me, I'm not compromising my values and priorities at all--as some Charismatics and Pentecostals could recently attest. Sigh):
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THE TRUTH IS—EVERYONE’S GOING TO HURT YOU. DECIDE WHO’S WORTH THE PAIN.
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