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Ex-pope Benedict says God told him to resign during 'mystical experience'
The Guardian ^ | 8/21/2013 | Tim Klington

Posted on 08/21/2013 8:05:05 AM PDT by Vermont Lt

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To: .45 Long Colt
I cannot be quiet while Catholics spread their soul-destroying propaganda.

Thanks for proving the points of multiple posts upthread.

May God Bless you too, and enlighten you to the Truth.

41 posted on 08/21/2013 10:16:46 AM PDT by Brian Kopp DPM
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To: dmz

There’s lots of evils. And anti-Catholicism is one of the worst.


42 posted on 08/21/2013 10:25:37 AM PDT by Brian Kopp DPM
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To: marron

I agree, but having said that, this is one of my personal failings too. Ahhh, the human condition...


43 posted on 08/21/2013 10:26:39 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (This post coming to you today, from behind the Camelskin Curtain. Not the Iron or Bamboo Curtain...)
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To: Brian Kopp DPM
There’s lots of evils. And anti-Catholicism is one of the worst.

Yeah, it tops murder, rape, child molestation, human trafficking, arson and whole host of other felonies. When Jesus railed against the Pharisees, He was seen as the worst threat also.

44 posted on 08/21/2013 11:07:53 AM PDT by BipolarBob
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To: BipolarBob

The poster was talking about evils on this forum. I’m not aware of murderers, rapists, child molesters etc. on this forum. But maybe you know something I don’t.


45 posted on 08/21/2013 11:25:04 AM PDT by Brian Kopp DPM
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To: Brian Kopp DPM
There’s lots of evils.

I don't see a on-this-forum in this statement.

The topic was also the Anti-Catholicism. One would naturally want to know the cause of this. And if a person were to rank Anti-Catholicism topping murder, rapes and pedophilia then that might be a cause of these conflicts.

46 posted on 08/21/2013 11:50:19 AM PDT by BipolarBob
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To: BipolarBob
I don't see a on-this-forum in this statement.

If you are unable to follow a conversation in a thread, you should refrain from commenting on that thread.

To: pgyanke

When evil is daily tolerated on a forum (the way anti-Catholicism is here), it overtakes it and chokes out the good. FR is a shadow of its former self.

13 posted on Wednesday, August 21, 2013 11:26:16 AM by Brian Kopp DPM

To: Brian Kopp DPM

Is it just the anti Catholic sentiment that is evil? Or is it evil when Catholics dismiss Protestantism (as is daily done here on this forum)?

30 posted on Wednesday, August 21, 2013 11:52:34 AM by dmz

To: dmz

There’s lots of evils. And anti-Catholicism is one of the worst.

42 posted on Wednesday, August 21, 2013 1:25:37 PM by Brian Kopp DPM
And if a person were to rank Anti-Catholicism topping murder, rapes and pedophilia then that might be a cause of these conflicts.

If a person were to deliberately take something out of context and try to use it to advance their anti-Catholic bigotry, what else would be new on FR?

47 posted on 08/21/2013 11:56:51 AM PDT by Brian Kopp DPM
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To: pgyanke

If Obama said he was directed by a higher power to attack Syria, the folks around here would be up in arms.

This guy found himself heading a corrupt organization. He did not have the intestinal fortitude to deal with that. I respect that.

Saying that he was otherwise directed is a cop out.


48 posted on 08/21/2013 12:24:20 PM PDT by Vermont Lt (Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? Who will watch the watchers?)
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To: Vermont Lt
If Obama said he was directed by a higher power to attack Syria, the folks around here would be up in arms.

I would believe him... except his higher power is quite a bit lower than the Pope's. Just sayin'...

This guy found himself heading a corrupt organization. He did not have the intestinal fortitude to deal with that. I respect that.

Coming right out and admitting your anti-Catholic bias. I appreciate that. It saves a lot of back and forth arguing whether or not you're a bigot.

Saying that he was otherwise directed is a cop out.

Gee, a man whose only job is communion with God and administering His Church takes what he believes to be God's direction... clearly, we must look for another reason.

49 posted on 08/21/2013 12:47:17 PM PDT by pgyanke (Republicans get in trouble when not living up to their principles. Democrats... when they do.)
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To: Brian Kopp DPM

Oh FRiend, based on John 6:45 we know that all who come to Christ have been taught by God. My eyes were opened and I was enlightened to the Truth of Christ way back in 1977. That’s when I was saved by His glorious grace, and His grace alone.

I’m sorry Catholics don’t like it when others express themselves regarding the papacy and the Roman Catholic system of religion. I suppose that’s understandable and I don’t mean to be hurtful. However, it should likewise be understandable that many of us are equally offended by Rome. It should be understandable that those of us who live under the explicit anathemas of Rome, those whose spiritual ancestors were slaughtered for centuries by Rome, cannot now pretend that the Roman church is just another Christian denomination that happens to do things a little differently. I can’t in good conscience pretend the popes are anything but wicked men. And based on the Bible I can’t pretend the Roman religion is anything but apostate.

To keep the peace, perhaps all things Catholic should be limited to caucus threads so Catholics aren’t offended by all the hurtful responses from those of us bound by conscience to speak against the pope’s system and to speak for the gospel of His free and sovereign grace.

To be clear, my issue is with the Roman Catholic system— her institutions, doctrines, and leadership—and not her people. Based on Revelation 18:4, I am hopeful there is a remnant of regenerate believers to be found among the Catholic laity. I suspect that once men are truly saved they will grow uncomfortable and eventually leave the Catholic system. I know many Catholics, to include a good number of my own relatives, and most are ignorant of both Catholic and Christian doctrine, and I feel sorry for them. What they need more than anything in the world is for people like me to care enough to sound the alarm and tell them the TRUTH.

“And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.” (Revelation 18:4)


50 posted on 08/21/2013 12:48:34 PM PDT by .45 Long Colt
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To: .45 Long Colt
;-)


51 posted on 08/21/2013 1:01:38 PM PDT by Brian Kopp DPM
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To: .45 Long Colt

Everything a Calvinist says or does is an attack on the Master! I cannot be quiet while Calvinist spread their soul-destroying propaganda. Repent!


52 posted on 08/21/2013 1:21:55 PM PDT by D-fendr (Deus non alligatur sacramentis sed nos alligamur.)
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To: pgyanke
I don't mean to be offensive with this... but there is no such thing as a "casual" Catholic. You either accept the identity and authority of the Church or you don't. "Casual" Catholicism gets us the Kennedy's, Kerry's and Pelosi's of the world.

So does that mean you have accepted Pope Francis' teaching to "not marginalize homosexuals but integrate them into society," in your mind, heart, words and actions?

Or is your treatment of this papal teaching more casual than that?

53 posted on 08/21/2013 2:50:46 PM PDT by Talisker (One who commands, must obey.)
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To: Brian Kopp DPM
I’m not aware of murderers, rapists, child molesters etc. on this forum.

They are the ones that excerpt their own blogs.

Easy to spot.

54 posted on 08/21/2013 3:34:17 PM PDT by humblegunner
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To: D-fendr

“The old truth that Calvin preached, that Augustine preached, that Paul preached, is the truth that I must preach to-day, or else be false to my conscience and my God. I cannot shape the truth; I know of no such thing as paring off the rough edges of a doctrine. John Knox’s gospel is my gospel. That which thundered through Scotland must thunder through England again.”—C. H. Spurgeon

I stand with the Apostle Paul, Augustine, John Knox and Charles Spurgeon! Calvinism is New Testament Christianity, nothing more, nothing less.


55 posted on 08/21/2013 3:36:11 PM PDT by .45 Long Colt
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To: Brian Kopp DPM

While I am concerned about eternal souls, you’re posting cartoons? Clown all you want, these aren’t trivial matters to me.

As to the substance of your cartoon, I know what I know and I know WHO I know. My faith is in Christ alone, the Christ Jesus of the Bible. Your faith is in the unbiblical rituals of religion and an old fool most Catholics had never heard of before this year. Don’t let the joke be on you.

“For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.” (Ephesians 2:8-9)


56 posted on 08/21/2013 4:04:49 PM PDT by .45 Long Colt
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To: Brian Kopp DPM

I cannot disagree. God can indeed speak to those who want to listen to Him. In a way that is unmistakable. If someone doubts that, he’s an atheist.


57 posted on 08/21/2013 4:36:06 PM PDT by little jeremiah (Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point. CSLewis)
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To: Brian Kopp DPM

If Christians, instead of attacking each other (what comes to mind especially is the vicious hatred towards Catholicism, I remember one incident when a statue of Mother Mary fell while in a procession in some South American country, and the glee that caused among some Catholic haters), but preached to atheists, what a different world it would be.

There are millions and billions of people with either no faith in God at all, or messed up faith in something they may think is “God” but is a creation of their own minds, or a wretched misunderstanding. For instance, thinking that “God” will be pleased by torturing and killing people for “Him”, etc.

The attacks in particular against the Catholic path disgust me because they are so extreme. If people used their energy to convince atheists of God’s existence, instead of attacking others who also worship God and accept the teachings and person of Jesus Christ - imagine how different things would be.

That is my position. I can see not one single good reason for such attacks and hatred, whether against Catholics or Protestants. Defending oneself is a different matter; if one’s faith is blasphemed, then it is a sacred duty to speak the truth. But since FR (and I guess other places, I don’t know or go to such places) has hammer and tongs hatefests in the religion forum, maybe if the people whose faith is being attacked just didn’t show up on the thread, the attacks would stop.

Just an idea.


58 posted on 08/21/2013 4:48:00 PM PDT by little jeremiah (Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point. CSLewis)
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To: humblegunner
Ah, now it all makes sense. Thanks.
59 posted on 08/21/2013 6:13:21 PM PDT by Brian Kopp DPM
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To: .45 Long Colt

Some posts are so ridiculous, all one can do is post cartoons in response.


60 posted on 08/21/2013 6:14:21 PM PDT by Brian Kopp DPM
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